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Education

By: Kristine Condic
Associate Professor &
Reference Coordinator
Phone: (248) 370-2469
E-mail: salomon@oakland.edu
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ONLINE EDUCATION HANDBOOKS:

 

FIND ARTICLES

ERIC = Educational Resource Information Center. ERIC is the standard resource for finding articles in education. Additionally, you'll find ERIC documents including sources like books, research reports, government documents, conference papers, bibliographies, curricula and lesson plans. ERIC contains over 1,100,000 items covering 1966 through the present.

PsycINFO - This source helps you find articles in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. PsycINFO is a department of the American Psychological Association (APA) and contains over over 2.5 million items. Coverage: 1806 - present.

Education Full Text - Here you'll find articles from English-language journals and yearbooks. There's some duplication with ERIC, but it's worth looking in Ed. Abstracts if you need more information.

Web of Science - Need scholarly articles? Use the Web of Science, aka Web of Knowledge, aka Social Sciences Citation Index, 1977-present. Here you'll also find who has cited whom.

ONLINE DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development
This is an is an authoritative, accessible and up-to-date account of all aspects of child development. Written by an international team of experts, it adopts an interdisciplinary approach and covers everything from prenatal development to education, pediatrics, neuroscience, theories and research methods to physical development, social development, cognitive development, psychopathology and parenting.

Encyclopedia of Counseling
"By covering all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in counseling, the encyclopedia includes close to 600 entries. To enable the reader to understand the major approaches and themes within the field of counseling, the current encyclopedia has been divided into four volumes: (1) changes and challenges facing counseling, (2) personal and emotional counseling, (3) cross-cultural counseling, and (4) career counseling."

Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
This annual ebook provides an overview of the latest research in the field of higher education.

Key Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care
Cathy Nutbrown, a leading academic in early childhood education, identifies and explains key terms and practices central to the work and study of early childhood in this accessible reference text.

Philosophy of Education
The encyclopedia is designed to show the diversity of topics that contribute to the study of the philosophy of education. The core of the encyclopedia is its coverage of philosophical points of view that have had the greatest influence on educational thinking, from ancient Greece to the present.

PRINT ENCYCLOPEDIAS

  • International Encyclopedia of Education. Ref. LB 15 .I569 1994
  • Encyclopedia of Education. Ref. LB 15 .E47 2003
  • Encyclopedia of American Education. Ref. LB 17 .U54 2001
  • Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development. Ref. LB 15 .E473 2005
  • Encyclopedia of Educational Research. Ref. L 901 .E57 1992
  • Encyclopedia of Special Education. Ref. LC 4007 .E53 2000
  • International Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education. Ref. LC 191 .I49 1997
  • Women in Higher Education. Ref. LC 1569 .W66 2002
  • Higher Education in the United States. Ref. LA 225 .H54 2002
  • Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia. Ref. LB 1028.3 .E17 2004
       

STATISTICS & REPORTS

  • Digest of Education Statistics. Docs. ED 1.140: (Latest edition in Docs. Ref. and online)
  • American Education, 1870-1991: A Statistical Handbook. Ref. LA 205 .A44 1993
  • Almanac of Higher Education. Ref. LA 226 .A556 1991, 1994, and 2005
  • Condition of Education. Docs. ED 1.109: (1980-- ; latest ed. in Docs. Ref. and online)
     

BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDES

  • Biographical Dictionary of American Educators. Ref. LA 2311 .B54
  • Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators. Ref. LA 2311 .O55 1997
  • Directory of American Scholars. Ref. LA 2311 .D57 2002
  • Pioneers of Early Childhood Education. Ref. LB 1139.23 .P45 1998
  • Pressing Onward: The Women's Historical Biography of the National Education Association. Ref. L 13 .N49 B88 1996
  • Reflections: Personal Essays by 33 Distinguished Educators. 3rd floor, LA 2311 .R44 1991
  • Women Educators in the United States, 1820-1993. Ref. LA 2311 .W65 1994

TEST ASSESSMENT

Note: The Library does not have copies of tests.  

OTHER USEFUL TITLES

Requirements for Certification. Ref. LB 1771 .W6
A list of state certification requirements for teachers, administrators, counselors and librarians for elementary and secondary schools and junior colleges.

Patterson's American Education. Ref. L 901 .P3
Information on state departments of education, public school systems, superintendents, public junior and senior high schools, principals; also private schools, public and private colleges, professional, vocational and prep schools. Annual.
 
 

WEB SITES

 

RESEARCH CONSULTATIONS

If you need help using these resources, fill out this webform to request a research consultation. You and a librarian can spend thirty minutes to an hour using these resources to find information on your topic.
   

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES LABORATORY

The Educational Resources Lab, located in Room 350 Pawley Hall, contains a variety of printed materials, such as pamphlets, curriculum guides, and manuals for research and instructional purposes. Multi-media instructional devices are also available. Special collections in the Resource Lab include the test file mentioned above, a children's literature collection and a collection of elementary/secondary education texts. Most of the books in the ERL collection are included in the Library Catalog.


 


Created on 11/97 by Kris Condic, / Last updated on 2/4/13 by K. Condic
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