educ424

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EDUC 424—HUB 2
PLU LIBRARY
February 16, 2006 Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu

BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library. Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings to identify the best subject headings for your topic. Some topics that might be of interest:

Education – Research
Education ---Philosophy
Classroom management
School discipline -- United States
School management and organization
Problem children -- 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:

EBSCOhost (via PLU network) Provides numerous databases that PLU subscribes to. It includes much full text.

Education Index (1929-1999; ref Z5813.E23) Indexes selected scholarly/professional journals covering most areas of education, including methods and problems, as well as broader societal conditions that effect education.

ERIC (EBSCO) Contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

ProQuest (via PLU Library Website) A family of databases that include some full-text sources.

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Use Journals at PLU to obtain the call number of the journal you need. Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor. Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are on the second and third floors, shelved with the books. Journals at PLU also gives you access to our full-text periodicals.

Do not stop at the first articles that come up in a search. Look at many of the articles and evaluate them. Pick at least twice as many articles as you think you will need. Which articles are the best ones for your project? Who are the authors? Are the articles peer reviewed? Are the articles primary or secondary research?

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Encyclopedia of American Education (ref.LB17.U54 2001)
Encyclopedia of education (ref. LB15.E47 2003)
Encyclopedia of education and human development (REF LB15.E473 2005)
Encyclopedia of Educational Research (ref.LB15.E48 1992) Updated annually by Review of Educational Research (L11.R35)
Encyclopedia of multicultural education (ref. LC1099.3.M58 1999)
Encyclopedia of special education (ref. LC4007.E53 2000)
Education and sociology: an encyclopedia (ref. LC189.95.E38 2002)
Greenwood dictionary of education (REF LB15.G68 2003)
Literacy in America: an encyclopedia of history, theory, and practice (REF LC151.L487 2002)
Philosophy of Education: an Encyclopedia (ref.LB17.P485 1996)
World education encyclopedia: a survey of educational systems worldwide (ref. LB15.W87 2002)

INTERNET RESOURCES

The Internet is an attractive source of information but it does not have the best information for
all situations. Use the Internet only for supplemental information. Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the Internet” (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html).

Condition of Education (http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/)
EALRs (http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/default.aspx)
Kids Count (http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/census/)
Love and Logic Institute (http://www.loveandlogic.com/)
Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (http://www.k12.wa.us/)
William Glasser Institute (http://www.wglasser.com/)

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, University of Puget Sound, Seattle Pacific University, and Seattle University. You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries. If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.

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 for spring are Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-5:00.

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