SELECTED RESOURCES
Education
PLU LIBRARY
August 20, 2003
Gail Egbers 535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu
Patricia Kirkwood 535-7443/kirkwope@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 interes:
School sports -- United States
Multicultural education
Sex differences in
education
Track system (Education)
Learning disabilities -- United States
Parent-teacher relationships
Reading--Remedial
teaching
Child development
Literacy
Language and
languages -- Study and teaching
Mathematics --
Study and teaching (Middle school)
Second language acquisition
Classroom environment
Male elementary school
teachers -- United States
Classroom management
Art -- Study and teaching
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. To access from off-campus you need to use your epass) An
abstracting and indexing tool that also provides some full-text
articles.
Education
Index (1929-1983; ref
Z5813.E23 and via PLU Library Website)
Indexes selected
scholarly/professional journals covering most areas of education,
including methods and problems, as well as broader societal conditions
that effect education.
ERIC (via EBSCOhost)
Indexes and abstracts articles, books, theses, conference proceedings,
and unpublished papers (ERIC documents) in education, 1967 to present.
Some full text is available for selected journals when searching
simultaneously with the Academic Search Premier database. Links are also
given to the full text of ERIC documents available from E*Subscribe (see
listing below) for documents from 1996 to the present. Off campus access
requires PLU ePass username and password.
E*Subscribe (EDRS - ERIC Document
Reproduction Service) Offers ERIC documents
in full text (.pdf file format) from 1996 to the present. Use the
Express Search option to search by known ED (ERIC document) number. When
searching for information on education and related topics in journals
and documents, search ERIC (see listing above) and follow the links to
EDRS (E*Subscribe) for the full text. Off campus access
requires PLU ePass username and password.
ProQuest (via PLU Library
Website) A family of databases that include some full-text sources.
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
identifies full-text journals available online.
REFERENCE BOOKS :
Encyclopedia of Language and Education
(ref. P40.8.L37 1997)
Encyclopedia of Special Education: a reference for the education of the handicapped
and other exceptional children and adults
(ref.
LC4007.E53 2000)
Encyclopedia of
women and gender: sex similarities
and differences and the impact of society on gender (ref. HQ1115.E43 2001)
Great
books for boys: more than 600 books
for boys 2 to 14 (ref. Z1037.O24 1998)
OTHER USEFUL MATERIALS:
Digest
of Education Statistics (L112.A35 2001)
Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of
education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges,
enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances,
Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and
research and development.
Dissertation
Abstracts International (via PLU Library
Homepage) Compilation of abstracts of doctoral dissertations submitted
by over 450 cooperating universities in the U.S. and
Canada. It can be searched by keyword, subject, author, etc.
Education: a guide to
reference and information sources (ref. LB15.O57x 2000)
An annotated bibliography of sources that might be useful for your
research.
Encyclopedia
of American Education (ref.LB17.U54 1996) A
four-volume set containing short articles on a variety of educational
topics.
Encyclopedia
of Educational Research (ref.LB15.E48 1992)
Critical interpretations of reported research on most aspects of
education, each with an extensive bibliography. Updated annually
by Review of Educational Research (L11.R35)
International
Encyclopedia of Education (ref.LB15.I569 1994)
A multi-volume set containing lengthy articles on all aspects of
education.
INTERNET
Awesome Library (http://www.awesomelibrary.org/)
Educational
Associations and Organizations (http://www.tenet.edu/teachers/orgs.html)
Educational
Research Service (http://www.ers.org/)
Kathy Schrock's
Guide for Educators (http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide)
U.S. Department
of Education (http://www.ed.gov)
PLU Library Web
Search (http://www.plu.edu/~libr/web/home.html)
If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the
reference desk or make an appointment with one of us for personal
research assistance.
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