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Books
The Library uses the Library of Congress shelving arrangement.
Select areas:
L: Education (General)
LA: History of Education
LB: Theory and Practice of Education
LC: Special Aspects of Education

Basic Reference Sources

Location

Collins Dictionary of Sociology
Education: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources REF LB15 .037 2000
Educator's Desk Reference REF LB1028.27.U6 F74 2002
Encyclopedia of Education REF: LB15 .E47 2003
Encyclopedia of Education 2nd ed., 8v, 2003 Electronic Version
Encyclopedia of Educational Research REF: LB15 .E48 1992
Facts on File Dictionary of Education REF: LB15 .S43 1988
World Education Encyclopedia REF: LB15 .W87 2002
Primary Search

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Select PC Indexes and Databases

ERIC via EBSCO, 1966+ The primary index to the literature of education and closely related fields. Provides citations and brief abstracts to articles from almost 1000 magazines and journals as well as hundreds of thousands of ERIC documents. Contains external links to journals available full text in Academic Search Premier.

ERIC via CSA, 1966 + This version of ERIC is produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
ERIC (this federal version includes some
Documents in full text format) 1933+		 Indexes and provides online access to the full text of many ERIC documents going back about ten years
PsychINFO Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book chapters and dissertations on all aspects of psychology, including educational psychology. links to full text articles exist for over 480 journal titles.

General

Academic Search Premier Indexes and links to actual articles in major scholarly journals articles in journals of the field plus related disciplines

Key Journals

American Educational Research Journal Print/Online
Harvard Educational Review Print
Phi Delta Kappan Print/Online
Review of Educational Research Print/Online
Teachers College Record Print/Online

Select Websites

Government Sites Sites

Education Resources Organizations Directoryhttp://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/
Education Statistics at a Glancehttp://nces.ed.gov/edstats
U.S. Department of Educationhttp://www.ed.gov/

Academic Sites

Dictionary of Education P.L.U.S.http://dictionary.soe.umich.edu
Education Virtual Libraryhttp://www.csu.edu.au/education/library.html

Other Sites

The Educator's Reference Desk The Information Institute of Syracuse is teaming with the university of Washington's Information School to create the Credibility Commons, an experimental environment enabling individuals the opportunity to try out different approaches to improving access to credible information on the World Wide Web. this particular site provides lesson plans and other resource cites
Gateway to Education Materials The Gateway to Educational Materials SM Catalog contains detailed descriptions of over 40,000 education resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
TeachableMoment Provides educators with timely teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom environment. Topical activities are available for elementary school, middle school, and high school levels. topics include current domestic and international events, conflict resolution, and intercultural understanding. By Educators for Social Responsibility

Writing Guides

Location

APA Online Links to the frequently used sections of the Publication Manual
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association REF BF76.7 .P83 2001
Citing Sources Examples of APA, MLA and Chicago Citation styles
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Edgar Bailey and Ann Sullivan, Education Liaisons
Last revision to this page : 13 June 2007