The Gateway to Library Resources web page (www.albright.edu/library/subjects/research.html) is a gateway to all of the electronic resources provided by the Gingrich Library. Most of these are available to you from both on and off-campus. If you are working on campus, click the link provided with each resource.

If you are working on the Reading campus, click the link provided with each resource. If you are working from home, click on the remote user login link  or the icon, shown here as a computer connected to the world wide web.  You can find these options at the bottom left of the resource page and various other library web pages. You must have a valid Albright College photo ID with a library barcode to use these resources remotely,  If you do not have a card, contact the ADP Office.  [The Office of Public Safety supplies the card and the Library attaches the library barcode at the Library Circulation Desk.]

Finding High Quality Journal and Newspaper Articles: Using Subscription Databases and the Gateway to Library Resources web page to find them
The library subscribes to databases and electronic resources in a variety of subject areas. When you access these databases found on our website, you are NOT searching the unrestricted Internet. These resources provide citations to pertinent popular and scholarly magazine and journal articles, and, in many cases, the full-text of the items is available. These materials are subscribed to (and paid for) by Albright College to ensure that you have access to worthwhile, dependable information for your research.

Many journals provide full text articles, either as .html (viewable as a web page) or .pdf (viewable with Adobe reader) since the late 1980s. Check the Journal Locator to verify we have the article in our print collection or online in full text.  If the library does not own what you need, , request the item via Interlibrary Loan. Remember: You must access these resources by logging in as a remote user (see above) if you are working off campus.  [If you do not, you may be asked to provide a login username and password.  If you see this request, be sure to log in as a remote user.]

Some remote users have difficulty connecting to our resources from their workplace. In order to ensure computer security, businesses and school districts frequently use firewalls which can interfere with our remote access computer. If you can connect successfully from home but not from work, please discuss the problem with your employer's IT department. All other problems with accessing our resources should be referred to the library Reference Desk at 610-921-7211 or libraryref@alb.edu.

Remember: You must access these resources by logging in as a remote user (see above) if you are working off campus.

The most popular databases for education students are

• ERIC/EDRS, contains journal articles and reports on education since 1966. You need Acrobat Reader 7.0 installed to read the documents. [ERIC is also available via First Search with more advanced search options],
• Education Index, available via WilsonWeb, indexes articles from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere since 1983, **
• ProQuest Research Library, available via ProQuest, covers a broad range of academic topics, including 80 journals on education and many on psychology and the social sciences since the early 1980s.

Other possible databases for education students are:

• Lexis Nexis, available via Lexis Nexis Universe. Select the News section,**
• PsycINFO/PsycARTICLES, available via Ebsco, provides indexing, abstracts and the full text of the journals published by the APA and allied organizations. Indexing coverage dates back to the 1840's,
• Social Science Index, available via WilsonWeb, covers the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences since 1983, or **
• WorldCat - Search bibliographic records for books and media from thousands of libraries. Available via First Search.

** The library owns paper volumes of Education Index, Social Sciences Index, and the New York Times Index that contain citations to information that precedes that found online.

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