Free databases open to librarians, teachers

EBSCO Publishing is now providing the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database as a free resource to anyone interested in libraries and information management. The company also offers a free database for teachers, the Teacher Reference Center.

The bibliographic library database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Delivered via the EBSCOhost platform, LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals, as well as books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.

The Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides journal information for K-12 teachers and librarians. The index of more than 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and books also is offered through the EBSCOhost platform. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as assessment, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, science, and mathematics.set a bookmark for www.libraryresearch.com.

To go directly to the TRC database, set a bookmark for www.TeacherReference.com.

EBSCO Publishing is based in Ipswich, Mass. The company provides customers with an integrated service that combines reference databases, subscription management, online journals, books and linking services.

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