Subject
Research Guides
Education
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links a variety of education related topics.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| The Mental measurements yearbook | REF BF 176 .B96 M9 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of education | REF LB 15 .E47 2003 v.1-v.8 |
| Philosophy of education: an encyclopedia | REF LB 17 .P485 1996 |
| International handbook of early childhood education | REF LB 1139.23 .I68 1992 |
| Encyclopedia of early childhood education | REF LB 1139.25 .E53 1992 |
| Early childhood curriculum resource handbook: (pre K-3) | REF LB 1139.4 .E175 1993 |
| Primary plots: book talk guide with readers ages 4-8 | REF LB 1575 .T56 1989 |
| Children’s literature in the elementary school | REF LB 1575.5 .U5 H79 1997 |
| The Jossey Bass reader on gender in education | REF LC 212.92 .J67 2002 |
| Encyclopedia of special education | REF LC 4007 .E53 1987 v.1-v.3 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers LA-LD (Education).
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
- ERIC Database: search for articles from academic education journals
- PsycNET: find empirical research in education, some full-text
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Education.
- National Center for Education Statistics: Quick Tables and Figures http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/
Scroll down to “popular keywords” and find statistics in education. - Yahoo’s Education Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/News_and_Media/Magazines/
Link to magazines in education - ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://ericec.org/
Select “research connections” for articles and research on learning disabilities - Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication http://reading.indiana.edu/www/index.html
News and statistics about reading - Milken Family Foundation
http://www.mff.org/publications/publications.taf
Publications on topics in education from the Milken Family Foundation