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Education

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SEARCHING THE ONLINE CATALOG

• UM Libraries Catalog: Use the Catalog to search for books, journal titles, government documents, nonprint media, and other materials owned by the UM Libraries. Check the box for "USMAI (All Campuses)" in order to search the entire UM System at once. For best results, use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (viewable within individual records or by using the "Subject Beginning with..." search) or consult a reference librarian. The search box below will open the Catalog and launch your search in a new window.
  word/s anywhere title beginning with... title word/s author beginning with... author word/s subject beginning with... subject word/s call number

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FINDING BOOKS IN OTHER LOCATIONS

If you cannot find what you're looking for in the UM Libraries Catalog, try searching these other library catalogs. Use the links or the Interlibrary Loan page to place ILL requests for items not owned by UM.

• World Cat: OCLC catalog of books, serial publications, media, visual materials, musical scores, and archival materials in libraries worldwide. Includes over 62 million records in more than 400 languages.

FINDING PERIODICAL ARTICLES

Use these resources to find journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, etc. related to your topic. Consult Research Port for the full list of available Education subject databases.

Most Useful Databases

Note: When accessing these databases from off-campus, you will need to log in to Research Port using your Directory ID. (This is the same login you use for email, ELMS, ARES, and other campus services.)

• Eric (EBSCO)
  "ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, is a national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information, citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals. For the most effective search, the online thesaurus is highly recommended to help you identify the best subject terms.

• Education Research Complete
  This is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. The database also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.

Supplemental Databases

Note: When accessing these databases from off-campus, you will need to log in to Research Port using your Directory ID. (This is the same login you use for email, ELMS, ARES, and other campus services.

• Book Review Index Plus
  Indexes reviews of books and electronic media appearing in popular and academic periodicals from 1965 to the present. Time span: 1965 to the present.

• Digital Dissertations . 1861- .
  Covers a complete range of dissertations and theses in all disciplines, from participating institutions. Full text of UM dissertations and theses are available from 1997-. In addition, 24 page previews of dissertations and theses from other institutions are available from 1997-. Print copies of UM dissertations and theses are available in McKeldin Library and various campus branch libraries.

• Family and Society Studies Worldwide. 1970- .
  This database covers policy and practice literature in the fields of family science, human ecology and human development. It indexes professional journals, books, popular literature, conference papers, government reports and other sources.

• Mental Measurements Yearbook .
  "The most authoritative and well-known index to educational, psychological, and vocational tests and measurements commercially published in the English language. The Mental Measurements Yearbook consists of full-text descriptive entries, references, and full-text critical reviews of more than 2,200 assessment tools."

• PsycINFO
  "PsycINFO is the most comprehensive index in psychology and related fields, with more than 1.7 million citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters and books, technical reports, and dissertations. Its holdings include material from 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages. Covering the entire range of psychology disciplines, PsycINFO includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as education."

• Social Sciences Citation Index. 1976- .
  Provides author and keyword access to about 4,700 journals and several monographic series. Use this database to find out if a particular author/article has been cited in later publications.

• Tests in Print
  "Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). A score index permits users to identify what is being measured by each test. Tests in Print also guides readers to critical, candid test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) series."

Print Indexes and Abstracts in Education

General

• Education Index.
  Use this print source to search for older information. Sources covered include English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and some monographs.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks (v. 1-34, 1929/30-1983/84)
  McKeldin Periodical Stacks (v. 35-48, 1984/85-1997/8)
  CALL NUMBER: Z5813.E23).

Administration and Supervision

• Educational Administration Abstracts. 1966-2000 .
  LOCATION: McKeldin Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB 2805.E32
  Abstracts are based on over 100 journals in education and related fields. Contains a topical arrangement, cross references and an author index.

• Higher Education Abstracts. 1984/85-2000.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB 2300.C651
  Continues College Student Personnel Abstracts (MCK REF LB2300.C65) 1966-1983/84.
  Contains abstracts from journals, conference proceedings and research reports pertaining to college students and college student services.

History of Education

• Education Literature, 1907-1932.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB7.E38
  Scholars in the history of education will find these educational publications of the period useful. Included in this twelve volume set is a master author/subject index.

Language Education

• Language Teaching.
  For information on language teaching and teaching English as a foreign language consult TESOL Research Resources (http://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/tesol.html.)

Multicultural and Minority Education

• Multicultural Education Abstracts. v.1-25 (1982-2006).
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC1099.M8
  International sources including journals, conference papers, reports and theses are covered in this quarterly abstract service. Author and subject indexes appear in each issue and are cumulated annually.

Sociology of Education

• Sociology of Education Abstracts. 1965-2000.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC189.S6
  The indexing scheme for this abstracting service was done from the viewpoint of the searcher. Thus, the indexes group documents on the basis of their theoretical, methodological and substantive content.

Encyclopedias and Handbooks

Encyclopedias and handbooks are useful in providing background information, overviews, and reviews of the research literature. Most have lengthy articles written by prominent scholars in the respective subjects and extensive bibliographies.

• Comprehensive Handbook of Multicultural School Psychology. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1027.55.C66 2005

• Concise Encyclopedia of Educational Linguistics. Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier, 1999.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: P40.8.C66 1999

• Encyclopedia of American Education 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, c2001.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB17.U54 2001 V.1-3

• Encyclopedia of Education 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan, 2003.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB15.E47

• Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2005
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB15.E473 2005

• Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2008.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1050.9 .E63 2008
  

• Encyclopedia of Educational Research. 6th edition. NY: Macmillan, 1992- .
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB15.E48 1992
  This encyclopedia is supplemented by the Review of Educational Research, a quarterly journal (McKeldin Stacks L11.R35). The current issues are kept in the Periodicals Room.

• Encyclopedia of Higher Education. NY: Pergamon, 1992.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB15.E49 1992
  

• Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Boston: Kluer, 2008.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: P40.8 .E53 2008
  

• Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities. NY: Facts on File, 2002
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALLNUMBER: LC4704.5.E53

• Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. NY: Routledge Falmer, 2001.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: QA11.E665 2001

• Encyclopedia of School Psychology. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publication, Inc. 2005
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1027.55.E523 2005

• Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC5215.H245 2000
  

• Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy. London: Sage, 2003.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1139.5.L35H363
  

• Handbook of Early Literacy Research. NY: Guilford Press, 2001.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1139.5.L35H37 2001
  

• Handbook of Educational Psychology. 2nd. ed. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1051.H2354 2006
  

• Handbook of International School Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2007.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1027.55.H357 2007
  

• Handbook of Language and Literacy: Development and Disorders. New York: Guilford Press, 2004.
  LOCACTION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC149.H36 2004
  

• Handbook of Reading Research Vol. I-III. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum, 2000.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1050.H278 2000
  Vols. 1-2 (1984) in McKeldin Stacks at LB1050.H278

• Handbook of Research in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. New York: Guilford Press, 2004.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC4801.H35 2004
  

• Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology. (2nd ed.) Mahway, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1028.3.H355 2004
  

• Handbook of Research on Educational Administration . 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB2805.H2864 1999

• Handbook of Research on Literacy in Technology at the K-12 Level. Hershey, PA.: Idea Group Reference, 2006.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1028.43.H36 2006

• Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education. 2nd. ed. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2004.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC1099.3.H35 2004

• Handbook of Research on School Supervision. NY: Macmillan, 1998.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB2806.4.H36 1998

• Handbook of Research on Teacher Education. 2nd edition. NY: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1996.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1715.H274 1996

• Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts.(2nd ed.) Mahway, N.J.: Lawrence Earlbaum, 2003.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB1576.H234 2003

• Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children Mahwah, N.J. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., 2006.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB119.H25 2006

• Handbook of the Sociology of Education. NY: Plenum, 2000.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC191.H254 2000

• Higher Education in the United States: an Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Ca: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LA225.H54

• International Encyclopedia of Adult Education and Training. 2nd edition. Tarrytown, NY: Elsevier Science, 1996.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC5215.I586 1996

• International Encyclopedia of Education. NY: Pergamon, 1994.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB15.I569 1994

• International Handbook of Educational Policy (vols. 1-2). Dordrecht: Springer, 2005.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC71.I58 2005

• International Handbook of English Language Teaching . New York : Springer, 2007
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: PE1128.A2 I585 2007

• International Handbook of Higher Education (vols. 1-2) . Dordrecht: Springer, 2006
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB2322.2.I57 2006

• International Handbook of Research and Development of Giftedness and Talent (2nd ed.). Oxford: Pergamon, 2000.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC3993.I596 2000

• International Handbook of Research in Arts Education. Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, 2007.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: NX280 .I56 2007

• International Handbook of School Effectiveness and Improvement. Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2007.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB2822.8 .I68 2007

• International Higher Education: an Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub., 1991. LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LB15.I59 1991 V.1-2

• Learning Disabilities Sourcebook. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, c1998.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: LC4705.L434 1998

• The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
  LOCATION: PA LIB
  CALL NUMBER: MT1.S44

• The Praeger Handbook of Education and Psychology Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2007.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stachs
  CALL NUMBER: LB1051.P635 2007

Government Documents

• National Center for Education Statistics. (http://nces.ed.gov/)
  The National Center for Education Statistics is the primary federal agency for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. It provides a wealth of statistical information, including the Digest of Educational Statistics, the Condition of Education, and Projections of Education Statistics. Print versions of these publications are also available in the Government Documents Room.

• U.S. Department of Education. (http://www.ed.gov/)
  Contains reports, statistics and legislation as well as other publications related to education.

Lesson Plans

Web Sites The Internet has made finding lesson plans and other resources to support curriculum very easy--the problem is the overwhelming number of sites available and getting to the best ones. The following are some suggestions for places to begin.

General Education Metasites

• Curriculum Archive

• Educator's Reference Desk

• Education Index

• Education World

• The Gateway to Education Materials (GEM)

• Teachers.Net

Subject-Oriented Sites

• ArtsEdNet
  The Getty Museum has taken the lead in producing art education materials for K-12 students. This site provides content and links to other appropriate sites on the Internet.

• Art Teacher Connection
  This focuses on art education resources, images, lessons, and helpful hints on how to integrate computer technology into a visual arts program.

• Edsitement: the Best of the Humanities of the Web
  Sponsored the National Endowment for the Humanities, this site contains links to humanities resources, including historical resources, on the Web. It also contains a large number of lesson plans.

• Socialstudies.org This is the Web site of the National Council for the Social Studies, an "umbrella organization for elementary, secondary, and college teachers of history, geography, economics, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and law-related education. Portions of the site are accessible only to NCSS members.

• American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
  Produced by the Library of Congress, the American Memory Web site offers an extensive collection of documents illustrating diverse aspects of American history and culture. The site includes a "Teachers" page with teaching resources.

• Math Forum--Lesson Plans
  This page points to hundreds of lesson plans searchable by topic or grade level.

• Google
  Try searching by subject and add "lesson plans". You can also add an educational level, e.g. mathematics and "lesson plans" and "middle school".

• Yahoo
  Yahoo also links to many resources for teachers, but is set up more as a directory. Here's a typical search path: Directory > Education > By Subject > Humanities > History > K-12 > Teacher Resources > History/social studies Web sites for K-12 Teachers.

Statistical Sources

The University of Michigan Documents Center maintains an excellent website on Statistical Resources on the Web: Education

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Other Library Guides Available

A number of related library guides are also available, both in print and on the Web.

• Psychology
• Special Education
• Tests and Measurements

See also the full list of library guides.

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