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Reference Sources (Background)
Oxford Reference Online - Politics & Social Sciences (full text; current)
Search social science-related dictionaries and reference books published by Oxford University Press. Includes Dictionary of Psychology, Dictionary of the Social Sciences, and Dictionary of Sociology.
Encyclopedia of American Education
REF LB17 .U54 1996
Entries cover virtually all aspects of education, including people, methods, institutions, and even court cases.
Encyclopedia of Education
REF LB15 .E47 2003
Signed articles include bibliographies, and in some cases internet resources.
Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia
Entries each include a bibliography.
REF LB17 .P485 1996
World Education Encyclopedia
REF LB15 .W87 1988
Extensive entries are arranged alphabetically by country, with a glossary and bibliography at the end of each article.
Finding Books
The Library of Congress Classification for education is L.
| L |
Education (General) |
| LA |
History of Education |
| LB |
Theory and Practice |
| LC |
Special Aspects |
| LC 8 - LC 59 |
Forms of Education |
| LC 65 - LC 245 |
Social Aspects of Education |
| LC 251 - LC 951 |
Moral and Religious Education |
| LC 980 - LC 1099.5 |
Types of Education |
| LD |
Individual institutions (United States) |
| LD 4701 .R4xx |
Randolph-Macon College |
| LE |
Individual institutions (Americas except the U.S.) |
| LF |
Individual institutions (Europe and Eurasia) |
| LG |
Individual institutions (Asia, Africa, Pacific Area) |
MaconCat
The library's online catalog, providing access to books, journals, music, and movies in the library.
You might start with a subject search, using one of the following search terms:
education primary
education secondary
education higher
education statistics
education united states (or another country or region)
education philosophy
curriculum planning
curriculum change
intelligence tests
mathematics (or another subject) and education
WorldCat
A catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Books and articles not owned by our library can be obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Allow sufficient time for processing. Average turnaround time is 3-5 days for articles and 3-14 days for books, excluding holidays and weekends. Submit ILL requests well in advance of deadlines.
Locating Articles (Databases & Indexes)
ERIC (some full-text; 1966 to present)
Covers education with research documents, articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials.
OmniFile Full Text Mega (some full text; 1994 to present)
Articles from scholarly and popular sources in all disciplines. Select a subject area at the bottom of the search screen to get the most relevant results.
Academic Search Complete
PsycINFO (1966 to present; abstracts & full text from PsycArticles database)
Produced by the American Psychological Association, this database indexes 1,900 journals, books and book chapters, and dissertations.
JSTOR (full text; dates vary by journal)
An archive of back issues of over 400 journals in many disciplines.
Websites
Standards
Virginia SOLs (Commonwealth of Knowledge site)
Virginia SOLS (VA Dept. of Education site)
K-12 National Education Standards (NASA)
Curriculum Standards (NEA)
Lesson Plans
EDSITEment (National Endowment for the Humanities)
Educator's Reference Desk
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
Global Schoolhouse
Lesson Plans Library - Discovery Channel
MCREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
Microsoft's Education site - Lesson Plans (Microsoft)
in the classroom (NEA)
Newton's Apple
PBS TeacherSource (PBS)
Scholastic Central (Scholastic Pub.)
TeachNet
Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute Curricular Resources (1978+)
TIP: Many web sites from museums, science centers, television networks or programs, associations and societies, and government agencies have educational sites for kids or resources for teachers, so check these out.
Web Guides for Kids
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
FirstGov for Kids
Google's Directory for Kids and Teens
Yahooligans!
General Web Guides
Internet Public Library
Librarian's Index to the Internet
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Fun Sciences Sites for Kids
NASA's Education page - space stuff!
EPA's Environmental Kids Club
How Stuff Works - explanations of how common everyday things work
A.L.I.C.E. Artificial Intelligence Foundation - have a chat with ALICE, a sassy robot.
The WHY Files - answers scientific "Why?" questions
Extreme Science - the biggest, the deepest, the fastest, the -est! of
TryScience - a collaborative effort from many science and nature centers - lots of experiments, interactive exercises, webcams, etc.
National Wildlife Federation's E-Nature - animals!
EurakAlert! for Kids - AAAS science news updates for kids
Virtual Science Center - space and astronomy
Exploratorium - San Francisco's hands-on museum has a site
Virtual Field Trips -
Fear of Physics - watch a quarter fall from a building
Children's Literature
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (Lisa Bartle)
ABC-Lit: An Index to Children's Literature Scholarship (Lisa Bartle)
International Children's Digital Library
Evaluating Sources
Evaluating Sources (R-MC)
Is it POPULAR or is it SCHOLARLY? (R-MC)
Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet (University of Alberta Libraries)
Citing Sources