SELECTED RESOURCES
For
EDUC 390—Inquiry into Learning
October 23, 2008
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:

 
Portfolios in education
Washington Assessment of Student Learning
Education--Standards--United States
Educational accountability--United States
Grading and marking (Students)
Students--Rating of
United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
Educational tests and measurements -- United States
Competency based education--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:  



•    ERIC (via EBSCO)
•    EBSCOhost (via PLU Library Homepage)
•    PsycInfo (via EBSCO)
•    SocINDEX (via EBSCO)



LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS.  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

•    Education: a guide to reference and information sources (ref. LB15.O57x 2000)
•    Encyclopedia of education (ref. LB15.E47 2003)
•    Encyclopedia of education and human development (REF LB15.E473 2005)


INTERNET


 
•    Assessment & Rubric Information (http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html)
•    Awesome Library (http://www.awesomelibrary.org/)
•    Education Data (http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education.html)
•    KidsCount (http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx)
•    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://nces.ed.gov/index.asp)
•    Standards for Technological Literacy (PDF) (http://www.iteaconnect.org/TAA/PDFs/xstnd.pdf)
•    U.S. Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov)
•    Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALR) (http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/default.aspx)
•    Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) (http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/WASL/default.aspx)


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:

•    Northwest University
•    St Martin’s University
•    Seattle Pacific University
•    Seattle University
•    University of Puget Sound

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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