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 EBSCOhost)
• PsycINFO (via EBSCOhost)
• Research Library (via ProQuest
• SocINDEX with Full Text (via EBSCOhost)

RESEARCH TOOLS

 Countries & Cultures

• Brill’s encyclopedia of China (REF DS755.B86 2009)
• China today : an encyclopedia of life in the People’s Republic (REF DS777.6.C458 2005)
• Countries and their cultures (ref. GN307.C68 2001)
• Cultural atlas of India : India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka (ATLAS DS421.J6 1996)
• Encyclopaedia of India (ref. DS407.E53x 1992)
• Encyclopedia of contemporary Chinese culture (REF DS779
• Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture (ref. DD290.26.E53 1999)
• Encyclopedia of Mexico : history, society & culture (ref. F1204.E539x 1997)
• Encyclopedia of modern Asia (REF DS4.E53 2002)
• Europa world year book (ref. JN1.E85) (Newest behind reference desk)
• Illustrated book of world rankings (ref. HA155.K87 2001)
• New encyclopedia of Africa (REF DT2.N48 2008)
• Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life (REF GN333.W67 2009)

                 Education

• Early childhood education : an international encyclopedia (REF LB1139.23.E272 2007) 
• Education and sociology : an encyclopedia( ref. LC189.95.E38 2002)
• 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 Language and Education (ref.P40.8.L37 1997)
• Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities (REF LC4704.5.T86 2006)
• Encyclopedia of multicultural education (ref. LC1099.3.M58 1999)
• Encyclopedia of special education (REF LC4007.E53 2007)
• Greenwood dictionary of education (REF LB15.G68 2003)
• Historical dictionary of American education (ref. LB15.H57 1999)
• Routledge international encyclopedia of education (REF LB15.R633 2008)
• World education encyclopedia: a survey of educational systems worldwide (ref. LB15.W87 2002)

OTHER INTERESTING SOURCES

• 2 million minutes in China (DVD LB1607.T954x 2008)
• 2 million minutes: the 21st Century solution (DVD LB1607.T96 2009)
• Boys of Baraka (DVD HV9069.B69 2006)
• Going to school in Sub-Saharan Africa (LA1501.O433 2008)
• World year book of education (L101.G8Y42)

INTERNET

• Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
• Comparative and International Education: A Bibliography (2004) (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/page/CER/bibliog04.html#General)
• Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/)
• PISA 2003 Country Profiles (http://pisacountry.acer.edu.au/)
• PLU education links (http://www.plu.edu/~libr/subject-menu/education-web.html)
• U.S. Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml)
• World Fact Book (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/)

BEYOND PLU

PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.   We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:

•  Northwest University
  
•  St. Martin's University
• University of Puget Sound
• Seattle Pacific University
• 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.

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