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Professional Education Periodicals

EBSCOHOST
The following education journal databases are searchable through EbscoHost. For username and password, please see L. Bunte. 
  • Professional Development Collection : Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
  • Teacher Reference Center: Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
  • ERIC: ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
  • Academic Search Premier: This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

CMS Library Mission Statement & Goals

As the librarian at Central Middle School, my highest priority and proudest achievement is our ability to provide a safe, welcoming space for the entire school community to read, learn, and share with one other. -Kim Field
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to promote a love for reading and to teach effective, responsible research skills while also providing a safe, inclusive space for all students, teachers, and community members. 
Goals:
  • Acquire and promote a wide variety of relevant, high interest literature.
  • Teach information literacy skills that enables students to find safe, reliable information.
  • Encourage curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge.
  • Provide current, credible learning resources in various formats and teach the skills to use them.
  • Promote academic excellence and integrity.
  • Model empathy, mindfulness, and social responsibility.