Hundreds of academic journals in full text from v.1: n.1. Primary source materials include 19th Century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, and World Heritage Sites: Africa. All Open Content, Journal Collections, and Reports are available to Fordham users. Artstor database of visual media is now accessible from the JSTOR platform. Basic and advanced searching defaults to "read and download" content we subscribe to. Browsing defaults to "all content." Look for the Access Level limiter on the lower left side to change settings. Access excludes ebooks, Thematic Collections and Global Plants (part of Primary Sources). Fordham does not subscribe to the Constellate text/data analytics service. Users can download full datasets with up to 25,000 items. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION.
The following icons are used in the databases lists: |
Limited simultaneous users. |
Password required. |
Open access content. |
Contains multimedia content such as music or video. |
Contains statistics / data. |
Using Library of Congress sub-divisions can lead to more precise searching. Here are some examples for Education:
*Best All-Around
--Study and teaching "If you could have only one subdivision for education topics --Study and teaching would be it because it serves both people wanting to learn a subject and people wanting to teach a subject. Use this terminology instead of the expected "teaching methods." EX: foreign language -- study and teaching
--Instruction and study
--Education "Refers to works on education provided for groups of people."
--Knowledge and learning "Used to describe the education, formal or informal, that an individual receives"
--In-service training
--Training of "For methods of instructing occupational groups 'to prepare them for employment'
TEACHING AND LEARNING
--Problems, exercises "'Compilaions of practice problems or exercises'"
--Activity programs
--Textbooks
--Curricula "What to teach and plans for teaching it"
ASSESSMENT
--Evaluation "Used to cover both the methods of assessment and the results themselves"
--Testing
--Ability testing
--Intellignece testing
--Psychological testing
--Examinations
SCHOOLS (All levels)
--Administration
--Finance
--Entrance examinations
--Entrance requirements
--Admission
--Buildings
--Sports
--Security measures
--Faculty
--Undergraduates
--Graduate students
--Alumni and alumnae
* From the book Magic search: Getting the best results from your catalog and beyond/Kornegay, R.S. et al. (2009). Chicago: American Library Association.
For more reading about Library of Congress sub-divisions in searching, read Magic search (REF Z695.Z8 L523 2009) at the FW Library
For clinical literature, see Databases/Articles at the top of the guide to find these articles.
Hint:
To find studies, paste this string of terms into an additional search bar in the database you are using:
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