This subject guide covers education resources available at the Johnston Memorial Library, including full-text journals, magazine, and newspaper articles, education websites, and printed materials in the Reference Collection. This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of materials that are most useful for locating information in this field. Library location and call  number are provided for print publications. 
 

Full-Text Databases

• Chronicle of Higher Education. News and information on the academic world, including reports of current events and issues, developments in information technology, and job opportunities. Includes the full current issue and 10 years of archives.

• CQ Researcher. Presents full-text articles on current social, political, economic, and international issues.

• CQ Weekly Report. Offers in-depth full-text articles on U.S. Congressional legislation, actions, and developments.

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• Dissertation Abstracts.  Selectively covers masters theses and dissertations including dissertations from North American and Europe.  Covers all subject disciplines.  Covers 1861 to present and includes abstracts since 1988.  Thesis abstracts have been included since 1988.  Database is updated monthly.

• ERIC.  Journal articles and reports on education topics.  Contains annotated references to educational materials issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).  Indexes over 2,000 titles and is updated monthly.  Covers 1966 to present.

• Statistical Universe. Full-text database to U.S. statistical data and some international statistics.  Features include searching the Power Tables for finding fast answers, searching summaries of statistical publications for comprehensive overview of documents or selecting links to other websites with information about statistics.

• American Educators' Encyclopedia.  by Edward J. Dejnozka. New York, Greenwood Press, 1991.  This encyclopedia was written to provide school administrators, teachers, teacher educators, school board members, graduate students, librarians, parents and others interested in American education with a ready (one-volume) reference book.  The principal portion of this work consists of almost 2,000 entries (short articles that are based on the names and terms frequently found in the literature of professional education).  Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF LB15.D37

• Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts.  by Robin Barrow. New York, Columbia University, 1990.  This dictionary is an appraisal of selected ideas and issues in educational practice.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF LB15.B29

• Dictionary of Education.  by P. J. Hills.  London, England, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982.  This dictionary allows the reader to explore the subject of education in one volume by conceptional accounts of the main areas of education, by interlinked entries, and, most important, by key references to further reading.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call number: REF LB15.D48

• Encyclopedia of Educational Research.  Marvin C. Alkin. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1992.   This work was designed as a major work of scholarship to enlighten and guide readers on matters relating to educational research.  This encyclopedia provides an overview of a specific area of environmental research, with references providing a point of embarkation for further study. Insights into educational practice are discussed.   Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF LB15.E48

• Handbook of Tests and Measurements for Black Populations.  by Reginald L. Jones. Hampton, Virginia, Cobb and Henry Publishers, 1996.  This work is a compilation of tests and measures developed or modified for use with African Americans.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, REF BF176.H37

• Historical Dictionary of American Education. by Richard J. Altenbaugh. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1999. This work provides factual information about eminent people and important topics related to the development of american public, private, and parochial schools, covering elementary and secondary schools.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF LB15. E48 

• International Encyclopedia of Education.    by Torsten Husen.  New York, New York, Pergamon Press, 1985.  This encyclopedia is the first major attempt to present an up-date-date overview of scholarship brought to bear on educational problems, practices, and institutions all over the world.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call number: REF LB15.I569.

• Mental Measurements Yearbook.  by James C. Impara.  Lincoln, Nebraska, Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, Published Periodically.  This reference work is designed to assist users in education, psychology, and industry to make more intelligent use of standardized tests of every description. Mental Measurement Yearbook is also available online. Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF Z5814  P8.B932.

• Test Critiques.  by Daniel J. Keyser. Kansas City, Missouri, Test Corporation of America, 1985.  Includes reviews of  psychological, educational, and business tests.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number:  REF BF176.T419 

• Tests in Microfiche Collection.  by Educational Testing Service.  Princeton, N.J.  The ETS Test Collections provides microfiche copies of Education and psychological tests.  Location: Serials Dept., 2nd. Floor.

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Internet Websites

• Encyclopedia of ED Stats.  The Encyclopedia of ED Stats brings together data from several NCES sources including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and the Projections of Education Statistics.  You will be able to find information in these compendiums by searching documents through their table of contents, by subject area, and through full-text and table title word searches.

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