-
Thu, 11/12/2009 - 12:10pm
-
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 7:00pm
-
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 7:00pm
-
Thu, 02/04/2010 - 7:00pm
Upcoming Events
Subject Guides
Subject Guides are key resources organized and updated by your friendly librarians at Cowles.
Chat
Loading Chat...
Quick Poll
Special Education
Cowles Online Catalog
The online catalog of Drake University's Cowles Library. Can search by author/title/subject and word phrase.
ebrary ebook collection
A collection of over 12,000 electronic books in a wide variety of subject areas. You will need to download the "ebrary reader" plug-in to view the e-books. Updated monthly.
ERIC - EBSCO version
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and documents in education; links to some full-text where available.
Journals at Cowles Library
A complete listing of all journals, magazines, and newspapers at Cowles Library, whether paper or electronic.
Mental Measurements Yearbook - EBSCO
The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 20000 contemporary testing instruments. Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska. Includes testing instruments in psychology, education, business, and leadership.
License provides for up to 4 simultaneous users.
netLibrary ebook collection
A collection of over 12,000 academic e-books in many subject areas. These ebooks require check-out; create your own account if you are on campus, or call the Reference Desk (515-271-2113) if you're off campus.
Open Access Journals in Education
Includes links to electronic journals that are scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text and accessible without cost. List is created by the AERA Special Interest Group for the Communication of Research.
Professional Development Collection - EBSCO
Full-text for over 516 journals for the professional educator.
PsycINFO - EBSCO
Contains more than two million citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations.
Teacher Reference Center - EBSCO
TRC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in TRC 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.
Tests In Print - EBSCO
Tests In Print (TIP) is produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska. TIP serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides 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). A score index permits users to identify what is being measured by each test. Tests in Print is directly linked to the critical, candid test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) series. Users can research current test information from the TIP series and continue their search to all available test reviews published in the MMY series. (partially excerpted from publisher blurb)
