Education

LC Classification

Education books may be found in the L sections of the library. For specific titles, don't forget to check the Catalog.

Databases

CollegeSource Online -
Over 20,000 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format. The database may be searched by college name, major, enrollment, tuition, degrees, state, or affiliation.

ERIC (at EBSCOhost)
Educational Resources Information Center, database covers all aspects of education and educational research, includes both abstracts of published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics. This database is produced by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education. The EBSCOhost version of the ERIC database includes the searchable Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors.

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JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR The Arts & Sciences I Collection includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.

The Professional Development Collection
A specialized collection of journal articles and pamphlets especially for professional educators that includes abstract and index coverage for 800 professional development titles and searchable full text for over 500 journals covering the most current topics in the field of education. This database also provides full text for more than 160 education pamphlets.

NEW - check out Teacher Reference Center (TRC) - a new offering from EBSCOhost.

Web pages

NEA - National Education Association Home Page
U.S. Department of Education A-Z topics - a wide range of information
Curriculum Archive - a cooperative listing of lesson plans, etc.
Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators -list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth
EduHound - everything for Education K-12

Distance Education.org


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Last updated on April 1, 2008 12:54 PM