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Education Research
Guide Contents

 

Education Research Guide
Reference Collection

Reference materials are excellent resources for finding background information on a topic and to find out about experts, trends and issues in the field.


Available on the Main Floor of the Library

See also Topics in Education to the left for more specific reference sources.

Directories/Guides

Directory of public elementary and secondary education agencies (Ref L901.E35)
Education, a guide to reference and information sources (Ref Z5811 .B89 2000)
Educators resource directory (Ref. LB1028.E563)
Funding sources for K-12 education (Ref LC243.A1 F85 1999)
Kraus curriculum development library. Indices Microform Room (Ref Z5814.C9K7 +) Collection available in microfiche 553 and online

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias in Education

American educators' encyclopedia (Ref LB15 .D37 1991 +)
A critical dictionary of educational concepts : an appraisal of selected ideas and issues
    in educational theory and practice (Ref LB15 .B29 1990)
The cyclopedic education dictionary (Ref LB15 .S73 1998)
Encyclopedia of education (Ref LB15 .E47 2003 +) 8 volumes
Encyclopedia of educational research (Ref. LB15.E48)
Handbook of educational terms and applications (Ref LB15 .E419 1996)
Philosophy of education : an encyclopedia (Ref LB17 .P485 1996)
Psychology of education : major themes (Ref LB1051 .P7292774 2000) 4 volumes
Sociology of education : major themes (Ref LC191 .S6622 2000 )

Education Publishing/InformationResources

Cabell's directory of publishing opportunities in education (Ref Z286.E3 C32 1998)
Core list of books and journals in education (Ref Z5811 .C798 1991 +)
El-Hi textbooks and serials in print (Ref. Z5813.A51)
Publish and flourish : a guide for writing in education (Ref LB1033.5 .P82 1998 +)


Research in Education

American education annual. (Ref LB1028.25.U6 A44 Per)
Handbook of research on teaching; a project of the American Educational Research
   Association (Ref LB1028 .G3 (1963))
Handbook of research on teaching (Ref LB1028 .H315 1986 +)
Index to ETS research report series and related publications, 1955-1988 : microfiche
   edition (Ref Z5814.R4 I52 1989)
Educational research, methodology and measurement : an international handbook
    (Ref LB1028 .E3184 1997)
Office of Education research reports, 1956-1965 (Ref Z5814.R4 E3)
Research in education (Ref LB1028 .B4 1989)
Research methods in education (Ref LB1028 .C572 2000)
Second handbook of research on teaching; a project of the American Educational    Research Association (Ref LB1028 .T785)

School, College, University and Graduate Program Directories

The complete book of Catholic colleges (Ref. LC501.C66)
The directory of overseas schools (Ref. L900.I7)
Minority student opportunities in United States medical schools (Ref. R745.M62)
Patterson's American education (Ref. Desk L901.P3 +) (Directory of Schools in the    United States)
Patterson's elementary education (Ref Desk L901.P33) (Directory of elementary schools    in the U.S.)
Peterson's graduate programs in business, education, health, information studies, law &
   social work (Ref. LB2371.P415)

School directory / Massachusetts Department of Education (Ref. L901.M37)Schools    abroad of interest to Americans (Ref. L900.S3)

 

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