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Content: A reference database useful for accessing scholarly definitions, background and contextual information. Subjects covered include art, biography, business, economics, education, history, literature, music, psychology, religion, and science and technology.
Purpose: An excellent starting point for brainstorming a research topic and building out your initial search terms list.
Special Features: Mindmap; related articles; image search
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Content: Ebooks with coverage across all academic disciplines. The collection offers a critical mass of more than 150,000 foundational scholarly ebooks with balanced quantity and quality to improve teaching, learning and research workflow and outcomes.
Purpose: Provides access to multidisciplinary ebooks for download or to be read online.
Special Features: Browse by subject option; highlight and take notes in text.
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Content: Reference sources, primarily books but also videos and business cases.
Purpose: Use for finding reference sources like encyclopedias and handbooks that provide contextual or explanatory material.
Special Features: Includes Sage Navigator

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21st Century Education by Thomas L. Good (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412950114
Publication Date: 2008
Highlights the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of education ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st Century.
Common Core State Standards by Dominic J. Brewer (Editor); Lawrence O. Picus (Editor)
ISBN: 1452281858
Publication Date: 2014
Encyclopedia entry covers a brief history of the standards movement, the development of the CCSS, assessments associated with the CCSS, costs of the CCSS, and a summary of the political discourse surrounding the adoption and implementation of the standards.
Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies by Craig Kridel (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412958837
Publication Date: 2010
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the academic field of curriculum studies for the scholar, student, teacher, and administrator.
Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education by James A. Banks (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412981521
Publication Date: 2012-05-24
Presents research and statistics, case studies and best practices, policies and programs at pre- and post-secondary levels.
Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent by Barbara A. Kerr (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412949712
Publication Date: 2009-06-17
Presents research findings on giftedness and creativity and their applications in education, training, science and the arts, athletics, and everyday life.
The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Education by Christine Skelton (Editor); Becky Francis (Editor); Lisa Smulyan (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412907927
Publication Date: 2006
Comprehensive overview of different theoretical positions on equity issues in schools including curriculum subjects, methodological and theoretical perspectives, and gender identities in education.
Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children by Olivia N. Saracho; Bernard Spodek
ISBN: 0415884357
Publication Date: 2012
Provides a comprehensive overview of important contemporary issues as well as the information necessary to make informed judgments about these issues.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Classroom Management by W. George Scarlett (Editor)
ISBN: 9781452241395
Publication Date: 2015-04-09
Raises issues and introduces evidence-based, real-world strategies for creating and maintaining well-managed classrooms where learning thrives.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education by Donna Couchenour (Editor); J. Kent Chrisman (Editor)
ISBN: 9781483340357
Publication Date: 2016
Presents in three comprehensive volumes advanced research, accurate practical applications of research, historical foundations and key facts from the field of contemporary early childhood education.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Technology by J. Michael Spector (Editor)
ISBN: 9781452258225
Publication Date: 2015
Focuses on core topics and issues that will retain relevance in the face of perpetually evolving devices, services and specific techniques.
The SAGE Guide to Educational Leadership and Management by Fenwick W. English (Editor); J. Michael Spector
ISBN: 9781452281926
Publication Date: 2015
Emphasizes the important skills that effective leaders must develop and refine, including communication, developing teams, coaching and motivating, and managing time and priorities.