educ190

SELECTED RESOURCES
For
EDUC 190—Multicultural Education
PLU LIBRARY April 2, 2007
Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu

BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library. Some topics that might be of interest:

Multicultural education--United States
Minorities Education—United States
Hispanic Americans--Education
Education, Urban United States
Homeless Women
Adult Education
Women basketball players
Cultural Diversity
Education Philosophy
Afro-Americans Education
Sports for children
Affirmative action programs -- United States
Music--Instruction and study--United States
United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
School violence -- United States -- Prevention
Veterans -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States
Discrimination in higher education -- United States
Educational tests and measurements -- United States

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers. Indexes relevant to your topic include:

EBSCOhost (via PLU Library Homepage)
ERIC (via EBSCO)Lexis/Nexis (via PLU Library Homepage)
ProQuest (via PLU Library Homepage)
PsycInfo (via EBSCO)
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (via EBSCO)
SocINDEX (via EBSCO)

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodicals are arranged according to the Library of Congress classification system. Use Journals at PLU to identify the call number of the journal you need. Journals at PLU also gives you access to the full-text journals we have online.

REFERENCE SOURCES

Affirmative action : an encyclopedia (REF HF5549.5.A34A426 2004)
Dictionary of multicultural education (ref. LC1099.D53 1997)
Education : a guide to reference and information sources (ref. LB15.O57x 2000)
Encyclopedia of multicultural education (ref. LC1099.3.M58 1999)
Encyclopedia of multiculturalism (ref. E184.A1E58 1994)
Encyclopedia of special education (ref. LC4007.E53 2000)
Greenwood encyclopedia of American regional cultures (REF E169.12.G73x 2004)
Growing up : a cross-cultural encyclopedia (ref. HQ767.84.B76 1995)
Handbook of American women’s history (ref. HQ1410.H36 2000)
Hispanic American almanac : a reference work on Hispanics in the United States (REF E184.S75H557 2003)
International Encyclopedia of Education (ref.LB15.I569 1994)
Multicultural picture books : art for understanding others (ref. PR990.M267x 1994)
Unique games and sports around the world : a reference guide (ref. GV1201.38.U55 2001)
Women in higher education : an encyclopedia (REF LC1569.W66 2002)

INTERNET

Awesome Library (http://www.awesomelibrary.org/)
Education Data (http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education.html)
Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education (http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme/)
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/)
KidsCount (http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx)
Kamehameha Schools (http://www.ksbe.edu/)
Multicultural Education and Ethnic Groups: Selected Internet Sources (http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/lboyer/multicultural/main.htm)
National Association for Multicultural Education (http://www.nameorg.org/)
National Center for Education Statistics (http://nces.ed.gov/annuals/)
No Child Left Behind (http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/nclb/nochildleftbehind.html)
Social Statistics Briefing Room (http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/education.html)
U.S. Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov)

BEYOND PLU

PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use. You may either order them from Interlibrary Loan or go to a local library personally. We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:

You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries.

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance. My office hours are Tuesday & Thursday 3:00-5:00

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