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Best Websites to Help You Find Academic Books and Journal Articles

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Almost all of these tools provide extra features beside online search including, for instance, the ability to create personal libraries where you can save and organize your books, automated citations generation , social networking with other researchers, collaboration, and many more. Only you can see the articles in your library.

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7 Good Academic Search Engines for Science Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Scopus Scopus by Elsevier is a database of citations and abstracts of peer-reviewed literature. WorldCat WorldCat is one of the largest online library catalogs that connect thousands of libraries collections into a single platform allowing you to search various libraries from a single search box.

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7 Good Google Scholar Alternatives for Academics and Student Researchers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

WorldCat WorldCat is one of the largest online library catalogs that connect thousands of libraries collections into a single platform allowing you to search various libraries from a single search box. you can either directly access online content that’s openly available or click on a link for a library near you.

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Live Wednesday, March 7th - Panel Discussion of Seth Godin’s Stop Stealing Dreams

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

and was the publisher of Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS) from 1985 until it stopped publishing in 2001. Her interest in peace and social justice issues led to her work in education and with libraries. He is the president of HoltGWS LLC. GWS was the nation’s first periodical about homeschooling, started by Holt in 1977.

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Cultural hegemony and disruption

Learning with 'e's

For years the multiple volumes of Encyclopaedia Britannica have graced the shelves of libraries worldwide. How long will it be before these media disrupt the hegemony the large publishing houses such as Elsevier, Springer and Wiley currently impose upon the academic world? Blogging is a new form of educational democracy.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The New York Times looks at “ anti-tax fervor ” in southern Oregon , which will result in the one public library in Roseburg closing its doors. ” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. ” asks The New York Times Magazine.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Atlantic : “The Libraries Bringing Small-Town News Back to Life.” ” Via Bitcoin Magazine : “Pilot Project Verifies Academic Credentials on the Bitcoin Blockchain.” Elsevier on “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing ?” ” Phew!