Databases

Rohrbach Library’s Databases for Education

Below is a list of some  of Rohrbach Library’s individual, education-related databases. For more information and a complete list of all the databases we have through Rohrbach Library, please go to:
http://www.kutztown.edu/library/er/index.asp

• BrainPOP – “BrainPOP is an award-winning producer of animated, standards-aligned content that supports educators and brings curriculum to life. Targeting grades K-8, BrainPOP’s short movies and related activities cover hundreds of topics. Educators rely on BrainPOP to enhance and reinforce lessons, and for resources like lesson plans, curriculum calendars, quizzes, and printable templates.” (description from vendor) Our account provides access to BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr (not Espanol) Username: kutztown1 Password: university
• Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database – The Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is an acquisition, research, and reference service that offers more than 1,450,000 MARC records and more than 315,000 reviews of children’s books–all full text searchable from 37 review sources.
• Curriculum Resource Center – This electronic library of printable teacher-handout material combines Facts On File’s curriculum-oriented On File print reference materials with powerful search capabilities and a user-friendly interface. By presenting concepts visually, in core subject areas including U.S. and world history, science, and geography, this resource delivers a wealth of clear, informative, supplemental material that will enhance the middle, high school, and junior college curriculum. The Curriculum Resource Center also includes links to some of the Web’s best educational sites.
• Education Research Complete – Education Research Complete 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 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
• ERIC – Educational Resource Information Center. The ERIC Index is a major resource for research in all areas of education. ERIC contains approximately 1,000,000 references and abstracts. It annually indexes articles from over 800 journals as well as 13,000 documents (conference papers, research reports, state, federal, and local education documents, selected books, etc.). ERIC is produced by the US Department of Education. Of the approximately 500,000 ERIC documents (ED) available, about 100,000 are available online from ERIC.
• Kids Search – EBSCO has created a search interface designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities. The Kids Search interface combines a state-of-the-art search engine (powered by EBSCOhost) with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that is both powerful and fun to use.
• LearningExpressLibrary – Learning Express Library is an online database to test preparation in basic skills and career advancement. Includes practice tests for: academic, advanced placement, basic skills success, civil service, college preparation, cosmetology, EMS, ESL (Spanish) skills improvement courses, firefighter, GED, graduate school entrance, law enforcement, military, real estate, skills improvement courses, teacher certification, technical and career college, and US citizenship. You must register as a new user, selecting your own username and password. Upon returning to the site, you can use that information as a retuning user to follow up and continue using your individual user profile.
• Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print – Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute, contains fulltext information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology as included in the print edition. Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
• Student Research Center – EBSCO has created a search interface designed specifically for secondary school students according to their needs and search abilities. Student Research Center provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the information that they seek from their EBSCO databases.
• Unitedstreaming – Discovery Education’s Unitedstreaming is the largest online, multimedia library of educational videos and images geared towards a K-12 audience. It is searchable by keyword, subject, topic, grade, and curriculum standard. It includes more than 4,000 full-length video programs, chaptered into more than 40,000 content-specific video clips that can be streamed or downloaded directly for use in the classroom. NOTE: To use this database, you must set up your own username and password at their site and enter KU’s passcode: 87276ee3.
• Vocational and Career Collection – Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full-text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.
• The World Almanac® for Kids Online – From the site: “A natural complement to the curriculum, this online site provides resources for homework, reports, and projects in a fun format while encouraging online research skills from a trusted source.”  Info Sheet (PDF)