REFERENCE SOURCES

Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Multicultural Education (Ref LC 1099 .D53 1997)
• The Greenwood Dictionary of Education (Ref LB 15 .G68 2003)

• Digest of Education Statistics (Ref L 11 .D48 2006)
• Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development (Ref LB 15 .E473 2005)
• Encyclopedia of American Education (Ref LB 17 .U54 2001)
• Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd ed. (Ref LB 15 .E47 2003)
• Encyclopedia of Educational Research (Ref LB 15 .E48 1992)
• Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education (Ref LC 1099.3 .M58 1999)
• Encyclopedia of Special Education, 2nd ed. (Ref LC 4007 .E53 2007)
• Literacy in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Theory, and Practice (Ref LC 151 .L487 2002)
• World Education Encyclopedia (Ref LB 15 .W87 2001)
• Handbook of Educational Psychology (Ref LB 1051 .H2354)
• Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education (Ref LC 1099 .H35 2001)
• Standards and Schooling in the United States: An Encyclopedia (Ref LB 2822.82 .S82 2001)
• Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia (Ref LC 192.6 .Y68 2005)

MAGAZINE, JOURNAL, AND NEWSPAPER articles.
Use "Articles & Databases" on the Library Home page to get to the list of the LMC's subscription databases.

• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center).
  • For educational topics, ERIC is THE source for journal articles, documents, and digests. The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. You can access ERIC from the U.S. Department of Education site [www.eric.ed.gov], The Educator's Reference Desk [www.eduref.org], or use our subscription databases.
    
    
  • EBSCOhost ERIC - This is the database for articles and documents in all fields of education. The benefit to using this version of ERIC is for obtaiing links to the full-text of articles not included in the publicly available version of the database. If full-text is available for the article or document, EBSCO Host will link to it. If a journal article is not available from EBSCOHost in full-text, use "Serials Solutions" (on the "Articles" page) to determine if the journal is available in full-text from other databases.

SELECTED JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTIONS at GCC. See our "Articles & Databases" page, "GCC Subscriptions by Subject " for a full list. Many education journals are available electronically from our databases, such EbscoHost ERIC, where you can obtain full text articles. Some journals in paper format include:

• Childhood Education (paper: 3 yr. + current)
• Education Digest (paper: Sept., 2005- current;microfiche v. 38, 1972 - May 2003; mfilm: v.26-37, 1960-1972)
• Instructor (paper: v. 108, May 1999 - current)
• Journal of Developmental Education (paper: v.25,n.3, Sp, 2002 - current)(mfiche: v. 14, no.1, Fall, 1990 - v.30.,n.3, Sp, 2007)
• Journal of Research in Childhood Education (paper: v.4,1989 - )
• NEA Today (paper: 1 yr. + current)

WEB SITES. There are many web sties related to education, learning, reading, etc. Some that you may want to consult include the following:

• U.S. Dept. of Education
• Arizona Department of Education provides a number of links to Arizona education information - home schooling , testing, legislation, etc.
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum , reports on major education policies and advocates sharing best practices.
• Awesome Library for Teachers - provides information on numerous topics.
• Charter Schools (Arizona)
• Charter Schools (US)
• Condition of Education College and University Rankings - from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Education and Social Sciences Library - provides links to sites that rank colleges in various categories.
• Current Issues in Education - a peer-reviewed e-journal from the College of Education at Arizona State University.
• Digest of Education Statistics
• Facts in Action: Associated Early Care & Education
• Education Index provides links to more than 3,000 sites in 66 categories. Sites are listed by subject, lifestage, and they are summarized and reviewed.
• International Reading Association - provides information on reading processes and instruction.
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - a popular site for many links that are useful to teachers.
• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Center for Teacher Education
• National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
• Office of English Language Acquisition
• Rethinking Schools emphasizes problems facing urban schools, particularly issues of race, and tries to balance classroom practice with educational theory. Written by and for teachers, parents, and students, it addresses key policy issues.
• teachernet.com resources for teachers.
• What Works Clearinghouse - Federal effort to identify effective "educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies)" for educators and for the general public.

International

• Education For All - a feature of UNESCO site (see below) that provides information on educational systems in other countries. International Bureau of Education (IBE) - Originally a private, non-governmental organization, it is now part of UNESCO (see below). IBE provides basic descriptions of countries around the world and outlines the functioning of their national education systems. Five databanks are available for online searching, including country-specific "Dossiers."
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Education - portal. The mission of this UN program is to promote education as a fundamental right of the people everywhere in the world and to improve the quality of education worldwide. Of note is the campaign Education for All and its 2000 Assessment in which 180 countries participated and reported results.
• International Education Indicators. "Education Indicators: An International Perspective is a compilation of indicators from a multitude of data sources which provides a rich array of information on the current state of education internationally. They are intended to provide snapshots of the U.S. education system in comparison to systems in countries around the world."

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