SELECTED RESOURCES
For
PHED/EDUC 468-Inquiry into Learning & Teaching
PLU LIBRARY
November 19 & 16, 2001
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:
 
 

Physical education and training--Curricula
Physical education for children
Movement education
Exercise Tests
Motivation in education
Classroom Management--United States
Physical education and training--Study and teaching (Secondary)--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ERIC (via PLU Library Website) Indexes and abstracts articles, books, theses, conference proceedings, and unpublished papers (ERIC documents) in education, 1967 to present.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 Elite database.

E*Subscribe (via PLU Library Website)  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.

Education Index (via PLU Library Website)  Indexes 400 education periodicals from 1983 to present. Some abstracts are included.

EBSCO (via PLU Library Website)  An index of about 3000 journals, 1000 of them available full-text.  It covers a wide range of topics.

ProQuest (via PLU Library Web site)  This is a family of databases that cover many topics.  Many full-text journal articles are included.
 
 
 
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 identifies any full-text online journals PLU has available.

 

REFERENCE BOOKS
 

Directory Of Graduate Programs In Applied Sport Psychology (ref. GV365.D562 2001)

Education Statistics of the United States (ref. LB2846.E38x)

Encyclopedia of American Education (ref. LB17.U54 1996)

Encyclopedia Of North American Sports History (ref. GV567.H518 1992)

Encyclopedia Of Special Education (ref. LC4007.E53 2000)

Encyclopedia Of Sports Science (ref. GV558.E53 1997)

Encyclopedia Of World Sport : From Ancient Times To The Present (ref. GV567.E56 1996)

International Encyclopedia Of Education (ref. LB15.I569 1994)

International Encyclopedia Of Women And Sports (ref. GV709.I58 2001)

Philosophy of Education : an Encyclopedia (ref. LB17.P485 1996)

Rules Of The Game : The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia Of All The Sports Of The World
   (ref. GV731.D52 1990)

Sports Internship Book (ref. GV583.S66x 2001)
 

INTERNET

National Association for Sport and Physical Education
    (http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/naspe_main.html)
PLU Library “K-12 Education” page (http://www.plu.edu/~libr/web/k-12.html)
President’s Challenge (http://www.indiana.edu/~preschal/)
U.S. Department of Education (http://ed.gov/)
 

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