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Education Pathfinder
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| Librarian:
Beth Hill, Distance Education Librarian |
| E-mail:
bethhill@uidaho.edu |
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| If you need additional information or help with your research,
try:
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| Besides the Library's large collection, you can access
other materials by requesting books from North Idaho College (NIC) or Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC) through the library's online catalog.
You can also order books, articles and other materials that the library
doesn't own through ILLiad, the
University of Idaho's interlibrary loan system. Follow this link to register your 14-digit Vandal card or library card barcode
number into the ILLiad system. |
Materials on the
subject of Education are found in the Library of Congress Classification
system under L. Sometimes just finding out the call number
range for an area of interest, and then browsing the shelves, can be a good way to
locate materials. A brief outline with some broad topics and call number ranges
is provided below:
| Education (General) |
L 7- 991 |
| History of Education |
LA 5- 2396 |
| Teaching (Principles and Practice) |
LB 1025- 1050.75 |
| Educational Psychology |
LB 1050.9- 1091 |
| Primary Education |
LB 1501- 1547 |
| Secondary Education |
LB 1603- 1695 |
| Education and Training- Teachers, Administrators |
LB 1705- 2286 |
| Social Aspects of Education |
LC 65- 245 |
| Exceptional Children and Youth- Special
Education |
LC 3950- 4806.5 |
| Education Extension- Adult Education |
LC 5201- 6660.4 |
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| Reference
Collection |
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The reference collection can be the
best place to start your research.
Use reference books (print and electronic) to:
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Selected Reference Materials
for
Educational Topics |
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Title |
Call # |
| Higher Education in the United States |
LA225.H54 2002 |
| Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities |
LC4704.5.T86 2002 |
| Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia |
LB17.P485 1996 |
| Encyclopedia of Distance Learning |
LC5211.E516 2005 |
| World Education Encyclopedia |
LB15.W87 2002 |
| Encyclopedia of Education and Human
Development |
LB15.E473 2005 |
| Encyclopedia of Education |
Ref LB15.E47 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education |
Internet LC1099.3.M58 1999 |
| Encyclopedia of Special Education |
LC4007.E53 2000 |
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| Books |
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Books may contain a broad overview
of a topic or an in-depth exploration of a topic. Books range from popular to scholarly and as with all sources, you should
be aware of the author's credentials.
Keep in Mind:
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Books on a broad topic may contain chapters or essays on your topic. Often these are not indicated by the title. When searching, think both broadly and narrowly.
- The bibliography in a book can be a great place to find additional sources.
- Look at the index in the back of your book to see whether or not
your topic is covered well.
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How To Find Books |
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Books located at the UI Library, the Women's
Center, the UI Law
Library, NIC (Coeur d'Alene), and LCSC (Lewiston) can be found by
searching the Library Catalog.
A subject search
can work as well, or even better than, a keyword search. Using
subject headings that are part of a classification system can help you
retrieve more resources. If you are in the library's online catalog,
and find a book that is particularly relevant, review the subject
headings that are provided. You can click
on the subject, and find other materials that have been categorized under
the same heading.
Example:
Catalog entry:
Database: Northern Idaho Academic Libraries
Title: The passion of teaching : dispositions in the schools /
Variant Title: Dispositions in the schools
Subject(s): Effective teaching
Teachers Training of.
Teacher effectiveness.
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, c2005.
Link(s): Table of contents
Location: UI Library Main Stacks
Call Number: LB1025.3.P27 2005
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Selected Books on
Educational Topics
U of I
Library- Main Stacks-
Third Floor, or Online in NetLibrary or
Ebrary
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Subject Area / Title |
Call # |
| Teacher Education |
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| Cases for Teacher Development |
LB1025.3.C39 2005 |
| Narratives from the Classroom |
LB1029.B55N37 2005 |
| Passion of Teaching: Dispositions in the
Schools |
LB1025.3.P27 2005 |
| Teacher Mentoring and Induction |
LB1731.4.T453 2005 |
| International Handbook of Self-Study of
Teaching and Teacher Education |
Internet
BL1287.542.P56 1999 |
| Professional Development of Teachers:
Practice and Theory |
Internet LB1707.A34 2004 |
| Transforming Schools: Creating a Culture
of Continuous Improvement |
Internet LB1731.Z62 2004 |
| Adult Education |
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| The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic-
Malcolm Knowles |
LC5225.L42K56 2005 |
| Beat Practices in Adult Learning |
LC5215.B49 2005 |
| Bringing Transformative Learning to
Life |
LC5225.L42K54 2005 |
| New Technologies for Literacy and Adult
Education |
LC5215.W26 2005 |
| The Power of Critical Theory- Stephen
Brookfield |
LC5225.L42B77 2005 |
| Lifelong Learning in Action: Transforming
Education in the 21st Century |
LC5215.L572 2003 |
| Educational Leadership |
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| Voices for Democracy: Struggle and
Celebrations of Transformational Leaders |
LB5.N4 v. 105 pt. 1 2006 |
| Art of School Leadership |
LB2805.H585 2005 |
| Educational Administration: Leading with
Mind and Heart |
LB2805.P288 2005 |
| Sage Handbook of Educational Leadership |
LB2805.S262 2005 |
| Challenges of Educational Leadership |
Internet LB2806.B68 2004 |
| Educational Leadership for Organizational
Learning and Improved Student Outcomes |
Internet LB2805.M85 2004 |
| Leading Diverse Schools |
LC1200.R93 2003 |
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| Articles |
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Articles are found in
periodicals. Examples of periodicals are magazines, journals, and newspapers. Scholarly (also called peer-reviewed or refereed) journals are one of the primary means of disseminating ideas in academic scholarship.
If you are unsure how to differentiate between a scholarly journal and a popular magazine,
some helpful websites are:
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How To Find Articles |
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Articles are located by searching for your topic in an article database (sometimes called an article index). First,
select an appropriate database from the Library's
Find Articles page.
A
good place to start might be going into the "Databases by
Subject" listing and choosing "Education" from
the drop-down box. The "Professional Development Collection
for Educators"
and "ERIC" may be helpful databases for you to start
with. The
 next to
each database title gives information about the coverage
and scope of the database.
After selecting a database to search, type in search terms. Articles are generally more specific than books and may require a narrower search. Try
synonyms for your search terms, and if you are not getting results, try
another database. Or, try using each database's particular subject
headings, descriptors, or other controlled vocabulary, which can help to refine
your search.
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Selected Article Databases for
Educational Topics
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Title/Description |
| Education Index Retrospective:
Education Index Retrospective searches over 500 education-related periodicals from the time period 1929-1983. |
| ERIC
(EBSCO): ERIC is the world's most widely used index to educational literature. The EBSCO version provides access to ERIC Document
(ED) citations and ERIC Journal (EJ) citations. EDs consist of
reports, conference proceedings, books and digests on current issues
and trends. EJs are publications from education journals, and are
considered more scholarly than EDs. Users can link directly to available full-text of some journal articles and some of the ERIC documents available from ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) from 1993 to present.
Other ERIC Documents may be available on microfiche in the library. |
| Ingenta:
Citations to articles in many subject areas, plus a table-of-contents service. Formerly UnCover. |
| JSTOR: Complete image backfiles for 500 titles in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. |
| Physical Education Index:
Citations and abstracts to literature in the fields of physical education curricula, sports medicine, and dance. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. |
| Professional Development Collection for Educators:
Professional Development Collection is a good place to search for full text articles in the field of education. Designed for professional educators, it provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to full text, citations and abstracts are provided for nearly 600 journals. |
| Project
Muse: Offers nearly 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. |
| Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection:
The Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection provides access to nearly 550 full text publications, including more than 500 peer-reviewed journals. The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. |
| Synergy:
Includes full text access to many journals in the sciences and social sciences, and some in the humanities. |
| Web
of Science: contains Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. |
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| Internet
Resources |
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Information on the Internet ranges from the free web to electronic books,
journals, etc. that the library pays for. The Internet is a wonderful source
for many different types of information. It is important to remember that
anyone can publish something on the web and it is critical to evaluate your
source carefully. The library's Website
Evaluation Criteria can help you choose reliable information.
The library has compiled a listing of Recommended Internet Resources, Education being just one of them.
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Selected Internet Resources for
Educational Topics |
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Title/Description |
URL |
| Education World: a commercially produced site
with a wealth of information. Good resources including lesson plans,
professional development, and reviews of other websites |
http://www.education-world.com
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| ERIC: The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a digital library of education-related resources, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.
Website includes additional resources such as the ERIC Thesaurus. |
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ |
| U.S. Department of Education: teaching
resources and information about legislation and education policy |
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
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| Educator's Reference Desk: resources on a
variety of educational issues. Links to educational organizations
and discussion lists. |
http://www.eduref.org/
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| GEM: The Gateway to Educational Materials Catalog contains detailed descriptions of over 40,000 educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. |
http://www.thegateway.org/
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| National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES):
from the U.S. Dept. of Education--primary source of data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. |
http://nces.ed.gov/index.html |
| Education Index: an annotated guide to education-related sites on the Web. |
http://www.educationindex.com/ |
| The Literacy Web: designed to promote the use of the Internet as a tool to assist classroom teachers in their search for best practices in literacy instruction, including the new literacies of Internet technologies. |
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/
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| Online Directory of ESL Resources: this directory provides an online reference for the most useful ESL resources primarily for teachers and
students |
http://www.cal.org/resources/ncbe/esldirectory/
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| World Lecture Hall: publishes links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver course materials in any language. |
http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/
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| World Education: works globally in environmental education, community development, maternal and child health, school governance, integrated literacy, small enterprise development, HIV/AIDS education and prevention and care, and refugee training. World Education also works to strengthen literacy and adult basic education programs in the United States. |
http://worlded.org/WEIInternet/
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| MERLOT: a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected,
along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments. |
http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
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| National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and
Literacy (NCSALL): a federally funded research and development center focused solely on adult learning. |
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1
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More Useful Links and Gateways |
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Title/Description |
URL |
| Dictionaries and Encyclopedias |
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| Education
Virtual Library: Hosted
by Australia’s Charles Sturt University, this site provides links
to education websites arranged alphabetically, education level,
resources, type of site, and by county. |
http://www.csu.edu.au/education/library.html |
| National
Science Digital Library: “The
nation’s free online digital library for education and research in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics” |
http://nsdl.org/ |
| Organizations |
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| ACT: "an
independent, not-for-profit organization that provides more than a
hundred assessment, research, information, and program management
services in the broad areas of education
and workforce
development.” |
http://www.act.org/ |
| American
Educational Research Association: “The
American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916,
is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging
scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the
dissemination and practical application of research results.” |
http://www.aera.net/ |
| American
Society for Testing and Development (ASTD): "ASTD
is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace
learning and performance professionals.” |
http://www.astd.org/astd |
| Association
for the Advancement of Computing in Education: “The
Association (founded in 1981) is an international, educational and
professional not-for profit organization dedicated to the
advancement of the knowledge, theory, and quality of learning and
teaching at all levels with information technology.” |
http://www.aace.org/ |
| Association
for Educational Communications & Technology: “The
mission of the Association for Educational Communications and
Technology is to provide international leadership by promoting
scholarship and best practices in the creation, use, and management
of technologies for effective teaching and learning in a wide range
of settings.” |
http://www.aect.org/default.asp |
| Council
on International Educational Exchange: “CIEE
is the leading U.S. non-governmental international education
organization. CIEE creates and administers programs that allow high
school and university students and educators to study, volunteer,
work and teach abroad.” |
http://ciee.org/study.aspx |
| Tests and Measurements |
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| Buros
Institute of Mental Measurements: “Now
you can access information online, exactly as it appears in the
Mental Measurements Yearbook series” |
http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp |
| K-12 |
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| Center
for Advancement of Ethics and Character: Sponsored
by Boston University, the mission of this organization is to focus
on moral education. |
http://www.bu.edu/education/caec/index.html |
| Teachable
Moments: “provides educators with timely teaching ideas to encourage critical
thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom
environment.” |
http://www.teachablemoment.org/ |
| Higher Education |
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| Australian
Digital Theses Program: “The
aim of the ADT project is to create a national collaborative
distributed database of digitised theses produced at Australian
Universities.” |
http://adt.caul.edu.au/ |
| Campus
Tours: “Your
definitive source for campus tours”
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http://www.campustours.com/ |
| Economic
impacts of Idaho’s Higher Education (2005):Executive
summary, this reports on Idaho’s higher education institutions
with a focus on the role of the University of Idaho in local,
regional, and state economies. |
http://www.president.uidaho.edu/educatedinvestment |
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Citing
Sources
You will need to cite your sources properly in MLA or APA style. Here
are some links that will be helpful:
APA Style http://www.apastyle.org
UI Library's Page of Electronic Style Guides http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/instruction/elec_style_guides.htm
Last updated 06/21/06 |
