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Catalyst is a good place to start!
The History of Reading
While there are lots of places to look for scholarship on the history of reading, here are the two best places to look for resources useful to this class:
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America: History & Life(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
Contains information about scholarly articles on the history and culture of the U. S. and Canada. (For World History, use Historical Abstracts) -
Historical Abstracts(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
The primary place to find scholarship on world history. (For U.S. and Canadian History, use America: History and Life). Covers publications from 1955 - present.
The Science of Reading
Psychologists study how people process and understand what they're reading. The best place to look for this kind of information is in the main research database for Psychology:
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PsycINFO(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
The premier search tool for all areas of psychology and related disciplines. Covers 1840 - current.
Note: There are fewer than 115 records from earlier than 1894.
Education and Reading
Of course, educators think a lot about reading. The best place to find research on educational aspects of reading is in ERIC.
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ERIC(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
The key database for educational-related literature. You may also search ERIC through the free U.S. Department of Education website. 1966 - current. An ELM Database.
