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Adult Education
Research Guide

 

Books - Adult Education

A. Search for books from UMass Library Catalog at http://www.library.umass.edu/cgi-bin/aka/babel.cgi?dokma=http://umlibr.library.umass.edu/ . 

Here are some sample subject searches on this topic. You can copy and paste them into the Library Catalog Subject Search.
  • Adult Education
  • Adult Education Research (this is a keyword search--results may not be as true as a subject search)
  • Basic Education
  • Continuing Education

B. Find Locations of Books Most books and other materials on education reside in the 'L' section of the Library of Congress Classification system we use to organize materials by subject in the Libraries. The 'L's currently sit on the 20th floor of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library. The Library of Congress call number areas that contain a significant number of books, journals and other materials on education include:

Call Number Areas for the subject headings: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Basic Education are:

LC 5201- LC 5552

C. Other Catalogs for Finding Books

Use the Library Catalog for fuller retrieval of the above subject headings.

Massachusetts residents may borrow library materials.

Visit the Main Level (the floor below the Entrance level) of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library to use the Reference Collection and conduct web-based research.

 
  

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