Education: The Complete Encyclopedia (CD-ROM)

Complete resource for educational researchTogether these two encyclopedias provide a complete resource for educational research - and they have been extensively updated since their first publication. This CD-ROM provides educational researchers, teachers and students at universities, institutes of education and colleges with a unique information resource, unrivaled in its depth of coverage of all aspects of educational research.

Important additional featuresThere are full-text searching capabilities offered in the electronic edition. The CD-ROM features a customized interface, multiple tables of contents arranged both thematically and sequentially, and extensive cross-referencing. An important additional feature is the inclusion of 17,000 abstracts supplied from the ERIC® (Educational Resources Information Center) database, assisting the reader in the identification of further reading.

Easy access and functionalityInformation on the CD-ROM can be accessed in many ways - by browsing the tables of contents, on searching by author, contributor or topic, or by using the thematic guide which is based on the classified list of entries. Keywords can also be used in a natural-language or Boolean search. References in the text are hot-linked to the full ERIC® abstract where this is available to help make your searching more complete.Education: The Complete Encyclopedia (CD-ROM) offers you:Approximately 1,600 articles, fast and effective access to 16 volumes of information on educational research and practice, extensive cross-referencing and indexing, approximately 33,000 fully verified literature references, references linked to full ERIC® references and abstracts, unrivaled search facilities, over 1,000 internationally renowned contributors, extensive international coverage of the field, the most comprehensive work that embraces all relevant educational research and practice in the field.

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"...The international roster of editors and contributors make the content truly global—useful to many disciplines including business, political science, sociology and psychology as well as education. The impressive indexes include subjects, article themes (general topics), contributors, cited authors, table and figure captions and full text. ...Help screens and toolbar choices help formulate straightforward or very complex queries. Searchers can use the indexes or search the dialog window for global or detailed queries. Results and history windows can be called at any time. ...The toolbar icons are cryptic (as is often the case) and sometimes amusing, but easy to learn...the full-text database, powerful search capability, and possibility of network installation make this a valuable resource for college and university libraries."—source:Choice