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Journals for Social Studies

Social Education
"Social Education...contains a balance of theoretical content and practical teaching ideas. The award-winning resources include techniques for using materials in the classroom, information on the latest instructional technology, reviews of educational media, research on significant social studies-related topics, and lesson plans that can be applied to various disciplines."
Journal of Social Studies Research
"Designed to foster the dissemination of ideas and research findings related to social studies; it is the official publication of the International Society for the Social Studies (ISSS)."
Social Studies Research and Practice
2 year embargo, no access to most recent issues. "Focuses on providing a venue for P-16 social studies research and practice manuscripts, lesson plans, reviews and issues related to higher-level learning outcomes."
The Social Studies
"The Social Studies is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles of interest to educators at all levels."
Social Studies and the Young Learner
"The goal of Social Studies and the Young Learner is to capture and enthuse elementary teachers across the country by providing relevant and useful information about the teaching of social studies to elementary students."
Theory and Research in Social Education
"Theory & Research in Social Education is designed to stimulate and communicate systematic research and thinking in social education."
Canadian Social Studies
"Canadian Social Studies is a journal of comment and criticism on social education and publishes articles on curricular issues relating to history, geography, social sciences, and social studies. "
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Social Studies Teacher Education
"CITE Journal is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) and is co-sponsored by four other teacher education associations."
Journal of International Social Studies
"The Journal of International Social Studies serves as a forum for Social Studies scholars from around the world to present and discuss common concerns."
Ohio Social Studies Review
"The Ohio Social Studies Review (OSSR) is the peer-reviewed professional journal of the Ohio Council for the Social Studies (OCSS)."
The Geography Teacher
"The Geography Teacher provides a forum for educators and scholars to present innovative teaching strategies and essential content for elementary and secondary geography, AP Human Geography, introductory college geography, and preservice methods courses."
The History Teacher
"Devoted to the teaching of history in the secondary & higher education classroom."
Journal of Geography
"he Journal of Geography provides a forum to present innovative approaches to geography research, teaching, and learning."
Social Studies Review
"Offers cutting edge commentary and ideas for classroom teachers, curriculum consultants, and college-university educators."
Journal of Social Science Education
German publication in English "Presenting theory and research in the field of social science education and related disciplines in the field."

Databases

ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Education journals plus research and technical reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations, and books. ERIC documents are also available in the Library on microfiche. *This resource is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota, freely accessible to anyone in Minnesota!*
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Provides the largest and most complete collection of full text journals in education research and is designed to meet the needs of education students, professionals and policy makers. Includes full text for more than 1,700 journals, 550 books and monographs, education-related conference papers, citations for over four million articles including book reviews and over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests.

Trade Publications

Social Studies Professional Newsletter
The Social Studies Professional — known as TSSP — is the official member newsletter of the National Council for the Social Studies.

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