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Education Abstracts (EducationAbs)

Leading publications in the field of education

Why select this database?

  • Covers every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college.
  • Provides citations for every article of at least one column in length taken from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere.
  • Includes selected series and supplements and book review citations.
  • English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed.
  • Offers the full text of many articles if your library offers the full-text feature.
Database details
Subjects
athletics physical education
classroom computers prayer in public schools
comparative education psychology
educational technology religious education
government funding science and mathematics
language and linguistics special education
literacy teacher evaluation
multicultural/ethnic education vocational education
Sources 747

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Number of records 810,000+
Dates covered 1983 to present
Abstracts since 1994
Updated Weekly
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Keyword kw: coffeehouse+
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Abstract ab: java
Accession number no: 200824501208009
Article type phrase at= autobiography
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Author au: o'hara
ohara
Author phrase au= ohara julie underwood
[last name first]
Corporate author phrase co= board on testing and assessment
Descriptor de: eclipses
Descriptor phrase de= solar eclipses
Dewey Decimal Call No. dd: 370.112
First page pg: 2
Geographic coverage phrase gc= tanzania
Issue is: 2
Language phrase ln= portuguese
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LC Call Number lc: LC1011
Named company phrase nc= at&t bell labs
Named person phrase na= seuss
[last name first]
Notes nt: reading
Peer-reviewed pr: peer reviewed
Place of publication pl: france
Publication date pd: may 2007
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Publisher pb: legal
Record type phrase rt= book review
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Series title se: education
Series title phrase se= language in education
Source so: eric
Source phrase so= eric review
Standard number sn: 4130570757
9780060722302
0018-2745
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Subject su: curriculum
Subject all phrase sa= special education aims and objectives
Subject phrase su= curriculum development
Title ti: composting
Title phrase ti= science of composting
Volume vo: 40
Year yr: 1999