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Curly C. Jones (library subject specialist) | U of U  College of Education | Michael Hardman (Department Representative)

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Education Abstract Full-Text. Education Full Text brings you comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Full text of articles, with indexing cover to cover, from hundreds of journals, make this a one-stop source for research. Coverage includes about 79 journals (37 with full text) not covered by ERIC’s CIJE.IHowever, some of the articles are not full-text.

 

ERIC (EBSCO) ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. Includes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. 1966 to the present.

 

ERIC materials are on microfiche located in the Government Documents area on the first floor of the Marriott Library. This area also houses all of the ERIC Documents available beginning with Document one in 1966. 000 001.

 

PsycINFO (EBSCO) PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in more than 25 languages.

 

PsycARTICLES PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology, the database contains more than 45,000 articles from 57 journals - 46 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. From the American Psychological Association (APA).


 

ADDITIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES return to top

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Alkin, Marvin C. Editor. Encyclopedia of Educational Research. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company 1992. 6th. Edition. General Reference, Level 2,TLB 15 E48.
The Encyclopedia of Educational Research is organized under sixteen broad topic headings. "Under each heading, entry titles are listed at either one or two levels of specificity."

 

Anderson, Lorrin W. Editor. International Encyclopedia of Teaching and Teacher Education. Tarrytown, New York: Elsevier Science. 1995 2nd. Ed. General Reference, Level 2, LB 1025.3 I58 1995.
This one volume encyclopedia is international in scope and aims is to provide an up-to-date coverage of its subjects. Its purpose is to provide classroom researchers, teacher educators, and teachers with resources to guide their efforts to improve the teaching and learning process.

 

Clark, Burton R, and Neave, Guy. The Encyclopedia of Higher Education. New York: Pergamon Press 1992. General Reference, Level 2, LB 15 E49 1992.
This is a four volume set of encyclopedias is grouped under major topics."Volume 1 is given over entirely to country reports; it includes more than 135 analyses of national systems of higher education. Volume 2 and 3 present analytical papers, over 120 in number, organized within five themes. Volume 4 is an innovative effort to bring a general international audience analytical accounts of the changing nature of the basic disciplines that form the knowledge core of higher education."

 

Guthrie, James W. The Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. General Reference, Level, 2,LB I5 E47 2003.
The Encyclopedia of Education contain more than one thousand articles which deals with history, philosophy, research, and theory. It contains an index, topical reference headings, and articles grouped by conceptual headings.

 

Husen, Torsten. The International Encyclopedia of Education. Tarrytown, New York: Elsevier Science, 1994. General Reference, Level 3, LB I5 I569 1994.
This is an encyclopedia which is international in scope and covers comparative and international education, curriculum, economics of education, educational administration, educational evaluation, education of children with special needs, educational policy and planning, educational research, methodology, and measurements, educational technology, girls and women in education, history and historiography of education, human development, instructional psychology, philosophy of education, preschool education, sociology of education, teacher education, and teaching and technical and vocational training.

 

Marlow-Ferguson, Rebecca, Editor. World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide. Detroit: Gale Group-Thompson Learning, 2004 2nd Edition.
Readers will find comparative, in-depth essays on the educational systems of three hundred thirty three countries and/or territories. "This comprehensive, authoritative source of information allows for easy comparison between essay with a standard format or rubrics used whenever possible."

 

Reynolds, Cecil R, and Fletcher-Janzen, Elaine. Encyclopedia of Special Education. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000. General Reference, Level 2, LC 4007 E53 2000.
Over 300 biographies, journals, and organizations are updated and approximately 120 "see" entries were reviewed for better cross referencing."

 

Tuijman, Albert C. International Encyclopedia of Adult Education and Training. New York: Pergamon, 1995. General Reference, Level 2, LC 5215 I586 1996.
This encyclopedia presents an up to date , wide-ranging and international overview of scholarship and knowledge of adult education and training problems, theories, policies, practices and institutions.

 

Walberg, Herbert J. and Haertel, Geneva D. The International Encyclopedia of Educational Evaluation. New York: Pergamon Press, 1990. General Reference, Level 2, LB 2822.75 I57 1990.
"The International Encyclopedia of Educational Evaluation provides a current and comprehensive treatment of evaluation theories and practices, focusing especially on evaluation and education." It serves as a practitioner and as a reference work and as a set of guiding articles for planning and conducting evaluation studies.

 

HANDBOOKS

Carson, David, Chapman, Judith, Corson, David, Hallinger, Philip, Hart, Ann and Leithwood, Kenneth, Editors. International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996.
General Reference, Level 2, LB 2805 I454 1996.

 

WEB LINKS return to top

American Federation of Teachers

Cubberley Education Library

Utah State University Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

Education Index

ERIC - Education Resource Information Center

GovSpot

LibrarySpot

National Education Association

SUNLINK

Utah State Office of Education

Virtual Salt Education-Related Web Site

PROFILE OF INTERNATIONAL WEB SITES

 

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
This web site is dedicated to the enhancement of learning, it is independent and not for profit organizations focuses on educational research and development that produces new knowledge and tools for the improvement of learning.

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). UK
This web site collects data on institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom.

National Statistics Online
This web site provides the official descriptive statistics of the United Kingdom, including all levels of education. To access "education," click on "themes": and then select "education".

Universities Worldwide
This web site contains links to 5,396 universities in 152 nations. You may search by country and then click on the preferred university to gain access to its Web Site.

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RESEARCH TIPS return to top
CITING AND EVALUATING WEB RESOURCES

Evaluating Web Resources (Wolfgram Memorial Library)
Citing Electronic Resources (Marriott Library Instruction Division)

 


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