Education
Introduction
This subject guide contains a non-inclusive list of resources not only housed in the Henry Pfeiffer Library, but also electronic sources, some of which may be accessed from off campus. It is designed to serve as a starting point for research in the field of education, including, but not limited to elementary education, secondary education, special education, and Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education.
Library of Congress Classification Headings
Education books can be found under the “L” heading in the stacks. For a more detailed breakdown of the headings, visit the Library of Congress Classification Outline
. You can search the Pfeiffer Library online book catalog here.Select Reference Books
The Encyclopedia of Education, Ref. LB15 .E47
Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Ref. LB15 .E48
International Encyclopedia of Higher Education, Ref. LB15 .I57
Encyclopedia of American Education, Ref. LB17 .U54 2001
The Blackwell Handbook of Education, Ref. LA632 .F37 1995
Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education, Ref. LB15 .E665 2001
Curriculum Collection
Housed on the 3rd floor of the library in the Reading Room, this collection contains curriculum resources for a variety of subject in grades K-12.
Electronic Books on Credo Reference
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development
Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts
Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children
Electronic Databases
Refer to the Tutorials page for tips on how to search in particular databases.
Credo Reference
A database containing 100 digital books including several education titles under the social sciences heading. This database may be accessed from off campus.Academic Search Premier
A general database containing abstracts for over 8,000 journals, and full-text for more than 4,500 of those titles. This database may be accessed from off campus.Education Research Complete
“The definitive online resource for education research,” covering “all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.” It contains full text of more than 2,000 journals and more than 500 books and monographs. This database may be accessed from off campus.Teacher Reference Center
A database containing abstracts from over 270 popular teacher and administrator journals. This database may be accessed from off campus.Education Resource Information Center (ERIC)
A database provides access to more than 1.2 million records for journals and other education-related materials. When available, a link to the full-text articles is provided.JSTOR
A full-text general database that contains several education journals.OmniFile Full Text Select
A general database indexing over 1,600 full-text titles. This database may be accessed from off campus.Professional Development Collection
A database aimed at professional educators providing 520 mostly full text, mostly peer-reviewed journals. This database may be accessed from off campus.Print Journals
Education Week
Elementary School Journal
English Journal
English Teaching Forum
Illinois Reading Council Journal
Illinois Schools Journal
Journal of Teacher Education
Language Arts
Mathematics Teacher
NASSP NewsLeader
NASSP Principal’s Research Review
NCTM News Bulletin
Principal Leadership
Reading Today
Teaching Children Mathematics
AJMR: American Journal on Mental Retardation
British Journal of Special Education
American Annals of the Deaf
Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education
Child Development
Child Development Perspectives
Exceptional Parent
Gifted Child Quarterly
Journal for the Education of the Gifted
Journal of Adolescence
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
NEA Today
School Arts
Young ChildrenOnline Periodicals
Web Links
The Center for Public Education
Online resource for information about public education.Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Education Resource Organizations Directory
Education World
A site housing a wide variety of resources for educators.The Educator’s Reference Desk
From the Information Institute of Syracuse, this site provides over 2000 lesson plans as well as over 3000 links to education information.National Center for Education Statistics
The Children’s Literature Web Guide
Links to online resources related to children’s literature.Get Help
Jake Magnuson
Public Service & Reference Librarian
Henry Pfeiffer Library
217-479-7110
jake.magnuson@mac.edu
