CURRENT INFORMATION SOURCES: Education

This is a selective guide to sources on education. All locations and call numbers refer to the General Library, unless otherwise indicated. To locate other works,  please consult The Catalogue.  This bibliography is adapted from the Lehman Library's home page. | Guides to the Literature| Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopaedias| Handbooks| Indexes and Abstracts| Bibliographies| Statistics|

Electronic Reference sources:

• Altenbaugh, R. J. (1999). Historical dictionary of American education. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
• Eisenmann, L. (1998). Historical dictionary of women's education in the United States. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
• Fagan, T., Warden, P. G. (1996). Historical encyclopedia of school psychology. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
• Grant, C. A., Ladson-Billings, G. (1997). Dictionary of multicultural education. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press.
• Guthrie, J. W. (2003). Encyclopedia of education (2nd ed.). New York: Macmillan Reference USA.
• Mitchell, B. M., Salsbury, R. E. (1999). Encyclopedia of multicultural education. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
• Raffel, J. A. (1998). Historical dictionary of school segregation and desegregation the American experience. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
• Smith, Mark K., Michele Erina Doyle and Tony Jeffs. (1995). The Encyclopedia of Informal Education. London: Infed.org.
  

see also Xreferplus; Oxford Reference Online

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GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE

• O'Brien, N. P., & Buttlar, L. (2000). Education : a guide to reference and information sources (2nd ed.). Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. 
• Herron, N. L. (2002). The social sciences : a cross-disciplinary guide to selected sources (3rd ed.). Greenwood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

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DICTIONARIES, DIRECTORIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Chambliss, J. J. (1996). Philosophy of education : an encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub.
• Clark, B. R., & Neave, G. R. (1992). The Encyclopedia of higher education (1st ed.). Oxford, England ; Tarrytown, N.Y.: Pergamon Press.
• DiStefano, A.,  Rudestam, K. E. &Silverman, R. J. (2004).Encyclopedia of distributed learning. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
• Guthrie, J. W. (2003). Encyclopedia of education (2nd ed.). New York: Macmillan Reference USA.
• Husén, T., & Postlethwaite, T. N. (1994). The International encyclopedia of education (2nd ed.). Oxford: Pergamon. 
• McBrien, J. L., Brandt, R. S., & Cole, R. W. (1997). The language of learning : a guide to education terms. Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
• Sills, D. D., & Merton, R. K. (1968). International encyclopedia of the Social sciences. [New York]: Macmillan.
• Tuijnman, A. (1996). International encyclopedia of adult education and training (2nd ed.). Tarrytown, N.Y.: Pergamon.

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HANDBOOKS

There are handbooks published which cover specialized areas in education. They may be located by searching The Catalogue, using the word handbook and the subject. Use the symbol * to extend the search. Some examples are:

teach* handbook*

learn* handbook*

special education handbook*

counsel* handbook*

You may also search by subject - type them into the catalogue. Some examples are :

adult education handbooks

culture handbooks

environmental education handbooks

health education handbooks

learning psychology of handbooks

occupational training handbooks

Subject-specific handbooks which might be located through such searches are the following, all located in the General Library. Please check The Catalogue for call numbers and for additional titles in other subject areas.

 

Educational research, methodology and measurement : an international handbook. 2nd ed. Gen 370.78 E242 1997

Handbook of educational ideas and practices. Gen 370 H23

Handbook of multicultural counseling. 2nd ed. Gen 131.322 P81

Handbook of research design in mathematics and science education. Gen Reference 507.1 K295

Handbook of research on multicultural education 2nd ed. Gen 370.117 B21h 2003


Handbook of research on teacher education. Gen 370.7 H23 1996

Handbook of school counseling Gen 371.4 C65

Handbook of special and remedial education : research and practice. Gen 371.9 W235 1995

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INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS

• Australian education index. Quarterly. (1978-) (Library Databases)
• British education index. Quarterly. (1958-) London : The Library Association. Gen Reference 016.3705 B86
• Education index. Monthly. (1929-) New York : H. W. Wilson Co. Off Campus Storage 016.37 E25 1929-2001, Education Complete 1986 - (Library Databases)
• ERIC : Current index to journals in education (CIJE), Resources in education (RIE). Monthly. (1966-) New York : OVID Technologies (Library Databases)
• PsycInfo  Quarterly. (1927-) New York : OVID Technologies (Library Databases) & Gen Reference 150.5 P977
• Social sciences citation index.  (1990-) Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information.

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BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• Review of educational research. Quarterly. Vol. 1 (Jan. 1931)- Washington : American Educational Research Association. Gen 370.5 R45 & from Education Complete.

 

There are specialized bibliographies for specific fields in education. Search The Catalogue with your area of interest plus bibliography. Some examples are:

adult education bibliography

business education bibliography

culture bibliography

health and education bibliography

learning bibliography

learning and scholarship bibliography

literacy bibliography

occupational training bibliography

socialization bibliography

teaching bibliography

vocational education bibliography

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STATISTICS

• Demographic yearbook [United Nations]. Annual. (1948-) New York: United Nations. Gen Official Pubs S1/UNPOP
• Education at a glance. (1992-) Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. SourceOECD (Library Databases) & Gen Official Pubs S1/OECD EDUg

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