West Library Resources in Education Topics

Reference Sources


Pioneers of Early Childhood Education : a bio-bibliographical guide /	LB1139.23 .P45 1998
Handbook of Early Literacy Research	LB1139.5 .L35 H37 2001
Encyclopedia of Education	LB15 .E47 2003 v.1
International Handbook of Curriculum Research	LB2806.15 .I595 2003
School Vouchers and Privatization : a reference handbook /	LB2828.8 .W45 2002
Handbook of Classroom Management : research, practice, and contemporary issues /	LB3013 .H336 2006
Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education	LC1099.3 .H35 2004
Handbook of Learning Disabilities	LC4704 .H364 2003

General Collection

Suggestion: Search for the word "Education" plus a topic that interests you, such as "Education AND Disabilities" or "Education AND curriculum design". You can also do a search for any broad topic that interests you, such as "Mainstreaming or Inclusion", "sex education" or "homeschooling". Most books in Education are in the L section of the library on the Third floor.


Critical Issues in Education : dialogues and dialectics /	LA217.2 .N45 2007
The Greatest Educators Ever	LA2301 .F57 2006
The New Meaning of Educational Change	LA412 .F85 2007
The Homework Myth : why our kids get too much of a bad thing /	LB1048 .K65 2006
What Research Really Says about Teaching and Learning to Read	LB1050.6 .W48 2008
Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education : from Piaget to the present day /	LB17 .F57 2001
A Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom? : appraising old answers and new ideas /	LB1715 .Q35 2004
Violence in Schools : cross-national and cross-cultural perspectives /	LB3013.3 .V586 2005
From a Nation at Risk to No Child Left Behind : national education goals and the creation of federal education policy /	LB3060.83 .V56 2009
The Fourth R : conflicts over religion in America's public schools /	LC111 .D43 2004
The History of Inclusion in the United States	LC1201 .O74 2005
Gifted Children and Gifted Education : a handbook for teachers and parents /	LC3993.9 .D383 2006
Research on Alternative and Non-traditional Education	LC46.3 .R474 2005

Periodical Databases and Electronic Journals


Academic Search Complete	Connect to resource ...
Education Research Complete	Connect to resource ...
ERIC	Connect to resource ...
ERIC (IES)	Connect to resource ...
Professional Development Collection	Connect to resource ...
Link to Education Journals	Connect to resource ...

Print Indexes

These are mostly useful for historical literature reviews, as the current information is now indexed on electronic databases.


Education index.

Web Resources


Caldecott Medal Home Page	Connect to resource ...
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database	Connect to resource ...
Chronicle of Higher Education	Connect to resource ...
Educator's Reference Desk	Connect to resource ...
Proquest Dissertations & Theses: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection	Connect to resource ...
Texas essential knowledge and skills (TEKS)	Connect to resource ...