Research Guides: INQ 300 Issues in Education: Databases & Websites

Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with full-text periodicals, peer-reviewed journals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. It features PDF content going back as far as 1887.
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
"... provides full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. Content includes in-depth coverage of special education and more than 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more."
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
ERIC (Education Resources Center) This link opens in a new window
Education resources from the Department of Education: Bibliographic records for: journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials. If available, links to fulltext
Hein Online Academic This link opens in a new window
“… [contains] more than 182 million pages and 281,000 titles of historical and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. … [provides] comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,800 law-related periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of academic journals, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.”
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Covers today's hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration.

Websites

Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Datasets
"... provides interested researchers with access to the original datasets generated by PD&R-sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, median family incomes and income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population."
National Center for Children in Poverty
Provides data & policy tools, 50-State Demographics Data Generator, 50-State Policy Tracker, Basic Needs Budget Calculator, Benefit Cliffs Calculator, demographic profiles, early childhood profiles, Family Resource Simulator, immigration profiles, Young Child Risk Calculator.

National Center for Education Statistics This link opens in a new window
"... primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. NCES is located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. NCES fulfills a Congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally."
U. S. Census This link opens in a new window
Provides demographic information from 130 surveys and programs each year, including the decennial population survey, household survey, and business survey.

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services - Poverty & Economic Mobility
"ASPE releases the annual U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines, which are used to determine financial eligibility for some Federal programs. Presented here are the poverty lines for every State and the District of Columbia. You will also find extensive resources on poverty estimates, trends, and analysis, plus historical information on poverty and the Guidelines. More broadly, this section also encompasses issues like poverty and income dynamics, and asset building and financial literacy."
USDA Food & Nutrition Service
Federal agency website offering information on grants, research & analysis, program data, child nutrition, tables, food distribution program tables, SNAP tables, Puerto Rico NAP tables, and WIC data tables. Also has links to fact sheets, the Federal Register, guidance documents, legislation, policy memos, and videos/webinars.