EBSCOhost Databases for SCDSB Staff – for staff

professional learning (not for student use)

(as of Dec. 2015)

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school’s network)

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Video Tutorial on how to improve your search results in Ebsco
Brief intro to available databases
Teacher Reference Center

Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 periodicals. In
addition, 96% of journals indexed in the database are peer-reviewed. Topics include:
Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research,
Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media,
Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and
Teacher Education.

CINAHL with Full Text

CINAHL® with Full Text is one of the world's most comprehensive source of full text for
nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 603 journals indexed in
CINAHL. Of those, 305 are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search™,
Health Source®, or Nursing & Allied Health Collection™. This authoritative file contains
full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. With
full-text coverage dating back to 1981, CINAHL® with Full Text is the definitive research
tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.

This database also provides indexing for more than 3,000 journals from the fields of
nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 2.9 million records dating
back to 1981. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and
publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses'
Association, CINAHL® with Full Text covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences
librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health
disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing
dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational
software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited references for more than
1,300 journals are also included.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text indexes more than
560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus
books, research reports and proceedings. This database also contains full text for more
than 330 journals and nearly 30 full-text monographs including Handbook of Electronic
& Digital Acquisitions (2006), Library/Vendor Relationships (2006), Journals of the
Century, etc. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging,
bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage
in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. The thesauri in Library,
Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text includes 6,800 terms, 2,700
of which are preferred terms. This database also includes author profiles. Customers
can review information on 5,000 of the frequently indexed authors, such as which
subject terms are most commonly applied to their articles, and in which publications the
author has been published.

Communication & Mass Media Complete

Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research
solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the
content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication
Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along
with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related
fields of study to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and
depth encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline. CMMC offers cover-
to-cover (“core”) indexing and abstracts for more than 570 journals, and selected
(“priority”) coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 770
titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for over 450 journals. Many major
journals have indexing, abstracts, PDFs and searchable cited references from their first
issues to the present (dating as far back as 1915). CMMC contains a sophisticated
Communication Thesaurus and comprehensive reference browsing (i.e. searchable
cited references for peer-reviewed journals covered as “core”). In addition, CMMC
features over 5,400 Author Profiles, providing biographical data and bibliographic
information, and covering the most prolific, most cited, and most frequently searched for
authors in the database. To further develop and enhance this database, EBSCO has
established two working groups of expert advisors represented by leading librarians,
bibliographers, and professionals in the areas of communication and mass media.

Education Research Complete

Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research.
This massive file offers the world's largest and most complete collection of full text
education journals. It is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly
research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all
levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational
specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education
Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as
administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides
indexing and abstracts for more than 2,300 journals, as well as full text for nearly 1,400
journals. This database also includes full text for nearly 550 books and monographs,
and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text is the definitive research
tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts. International Bibliography of
Theatre & Dance with Full Text was initiated by the American Society for Theatre
Research, and since 1984, the Theatre Research Data Center (TRDC) at Brooklyn
College has published 14 volumes of the IBTD. These volumes comprise a fully
indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles,
books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and
performance in 126 countries. As experts in the subject area, TRDC will continue
indexing various titles for the database as well as coordinating international contributors.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text contains more than 450
full-text titles, including more than 140 full-text journals (such as Canadian Theatre
Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of
Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education,
Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many
more); and more than 360 full-text books & monographs (such as Avant Garde Theatre,
British Realist Theatre, History of European Drama and Theatre, Learning Through
Theatre, Opera, Performance Theory, Shakespeare, Theory and Performance, Theatre
and the World, Twentieth-Century Actor Training, Who's Who in Contemporary World
Theatre, World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre and many more).

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

This database provides access to more than 530 full-text journals, including Canadian
Journal of Psychiatry, European Archives of Psychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience,
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, European Journal of Neuroscience,
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, International Journal of Psychiatry in
Clinical Practice, International Review of Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical & Experimental
Neuropsychology, Journal of Mental Health, Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric
Epidemiology and many more.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection also provides particularly strong coverage
in child & adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling.

SocINDEX with Full Text

SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality
sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a
wealth of extremely useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological
study. The database features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from
a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert
lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 1,300
"core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. In addition, this file provides data
mined from more than 450 "priority" coverage journals as well as from over 2,900
"selective" coverage journals. Extensive indexing for books/monographs, conference
papers, and other non-periodical content sources is included. Searchable cited
references are also provided.

SocINDEX with Full Text offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing

all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion,
criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies,
marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social
development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural
anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance
abuse & other addictions, violence and many others.

In addition, SocINDEX with Full Text features over 25,000 Author Profiles covering the
most prolific, most cited, and most frequently searched for authors in the database.
Each author profile includes biographical data and bibliographic information, which
together allow users to quickly ascertain an author's areas of expertise and
academic/professional focus. All author profiles are updated on a routine basis as new
information about each author becomes available. Moreover, profiles continue to be
added for additional authors within the database on an ongoing basis.

Computer & Applied Science Complete (CASC)

Computer & Applied Science Complete (CASC) covers the research and development
spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. It contains collected
knowledge on traditional engineering challenges & research, and is a resource for
research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. CASC
provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 academic journals, professional
publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also
available for more than 1,000 periodicals. Subject areas include the many engineering
disciplines, computer theory & systems, new technologies, and social & professional
context. Research is aided by the inclusion of searchable cited references for key
journals.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text

SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the world’s most comprehensive source of full text for
sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for 550 journals indexed in
SPORTDiscusOf those, 393 are not found with full text in any version of Academic
Search, Health Source or Biomedical Reference Collection. This authoritative file
contains full text for many of the most used journals in the SPORTDiscus index - with no
embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1985, SPORTDiscus with Full Text is
the definitive research tool for all areas of sports & sports medicine literature.