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Databases:

• Academic Search Premier. EBSOhost.
• Education Full Text. WilsonWeb
• Education Research Complete. EBSCOhost.
• ERIC. EBSCOhost.
• JSTOR Arts & Sciences 1&2
• Mathscinet
• Xerxes Education

Selected Journals:

• American Journal of Mathematics. (Project Muse 1996-current) (JSTOR: 1878-2005 Vols. 1-127)
• American Mathematical Monthly. JSTOR moving wall.
• College Mathematics Journal. JSTOR moving wall.
• Educational Studies in Mathematics. Embargoed. EBSCO Academic Search Premier.
• Electronic Journal of Mathematics & Technology. (Abstracts only, no SFX.)
• International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning
• Journal of Statistics Education
• Mathematics and Computer Education. EBSCO Education Research Complete.
• Mathematics Education Research Journal (MERJ).
• Mathematics Magazine. JSTOR moving wall.
• The Mathematics Teacher. 1996-2001. Wilsonweb Education Full Text.
• Teaching Children Mathematics. Library subscription.

For help evaluating journals that are available on the web through open access publishing, see Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test by Merrian Library, California State University, Chico.

Search tips

• Use the Thesaurus or vocabulary list to identify the most helpful terms and phrases
• Use the metadata in the record to guide you to more articles
• Make use of boolean connectors as in these examples
  • teaching AND mathematics AND elementary
  • technology AND elementary AND (arithmetic OR mathematics)
  • numeracy AND elementary curriculum
• If you have time and inclination, try the serendipitous approach of browsing through tables of contents of relevant journals

Concepts

• Metadata
• Thesaurus
• Moving wall
• Embargo
• International journals
• Citation linker
• Library card/student ID barcode number