Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Education:
General Education Information Resources
As Rutgers University Libraries moves forward in its Digital Initiative, valuable resources are
being delivered via the World Wide Web and are available to Rutgers students, faculty, and
staff. Other resources in print continue to be of use by the education researcher and are often
held by both Alexander and the Library of Science and Medicine. Digital resources are available
to all on the World Wide Web [WWW]. All three avenues of information access are important for
education researchers and practitioners.
RU Libraries = Available at the specified Rutgers University Library
RU Libraries-Specific = Available to Rutgers students, faculty, and staff.
WWW = World Wide Web resource, available to all. URLs are included for convenience.
RU Libraries Related Databases
If a book you need is not available at any Rutgers Library try RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network) database
(located on the Other Library Catalogs page), a catalog of the collections of the major research libraries in the US, to locate a
copy.
RU Libraries General Education Information
American Higher Education: A Guide to Reference Sources.
This guide to higher education reference literature, while dated, still is valuable for
the topical areas covered.
The student should examine the works cited for th rots of eh field of higher education
studies. Also useful is the categorization schema of higher education literature;
one that can be followed into journal literature.
ALEXANDER REF LA226.O43 1993.
A Bibliographic Guide to Educational Research.
Core list of books and journals in education
ALEXANDER REF Z5811.B39 1990.
Dictionaries
Cyclopedic Education Dictionary.
ALEXANDER STACKS LB15.S73 1998
REF LB15.L39 1996
Greenwood Dictionary of Education.
ALEXANDER STACKS LB15.G68 2003
Learning theories, A to Z.
ALEXANDER STACKS LB15.L4695 2002
Encyclopedias---General Education
Encyclopedia of American Education.
The encyclopedia is an overview tool: broad areas of American education are covered.
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Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd edition.
This encyclopedia offers a perspective in education. Its processes, institutions, people,
roles, and philosophies are found in turn of the century practice.
The earlier (1971) edition is also worth consulting for societal comparison purposes.
Several areas are worth noting for their amount of information from several perspectives:
Assessment, College Athletics, several sections on Curriculum, Developmental Theory,
Intelligence, Instructional Design, International Assessments, Learning, Literacy,
Mathematics Learning, Memory, Parenting, Race, Ethnicity and Culture, Reading,
Research Methods, Risk Behaviors, Special Education, States and Education, and Testing.
Included in the volumes are information on specific people, groups, schools and organizations
important to American education.
ALEXANDER REF LB 15 E 47 2003.
World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide.
The three volumes comprise comparative, in-depth essays on the educational systems
of 223 countries. Graphs, statistical tables, maps and essay components make this a
trustworthy tool. Essay components for each country include: the official name of the
country, constitution, educational levels (preprimary, primary, secondary, higher),
literacy rate, language(s), administration, finance and educational research,
non-formal education, the teaching profession, a bibliography and, when possible,
emerging topics of a country, such as new political and educational philosophies
and practices.. Web sites are included where relevant.
ALEXANDER REF LB15. K79 1988.
Encyclopedias--- Education--Topical
Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education.
This encyclopedia contains four sections with articles within sections:
Individual Bilingualism, Languages Within Society, Languages in Contact with the World:
Language Maps of the World, and Bilingual Education.
ALEXANDER REF LC3707.E53 1998
Encyclopedia of Educational Research. Second edition.
The latest edition was published in 1992; it published approximately every ten years,
updating research for the decade.
ALEXANDER REF LB15.E48
Encyclopedia of Special Education.
This second edition differs from the first edition in that there are new emphases:
cultural competence ("culturally and ethnically diverse"), service delivery
("evolution of the Regular Education Initiative into Inclusion), accountability
(outcomes assessments), expansion of services
((e.g., services for infant and toddlers) and the Internet
(effect tools for information about special education, tools for teachers.).
The encyclopedia still serves as a spot reference with alphabetized entries of concepts,
programs, people and events important for understanding the evolving field of special
education. Three volumes.
ALEXANDER REF LC 4007.E53 2000.
International Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education.
The encyclopedia is organized into the following broad areas, with articles within each
section: Social Theories, Sociological Fields, Research Traditions The School as a
Social System, The Structure of Educational Systems, School Processes, Family and schooling,
Teachers in Society, Youth in Schools, and Educational Policy and Change.
ALEXANDER REF LC191.I49 1997.
Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia.
The encyclopedia has 228 articles on prominent educational philosophers, movements and
concepts. The primary emphasis in the volume is on theory.
ALEXANDER REFLB 17 P485 1996
Education
Educational Research, Methodology, and Measurement: An International Handbook, 2nd edition.
Overview of the methods of inquiry used in the conduct of research in education.
ALEXANDER REF LB1028.E3184 1997.
Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology.
ALEXANDER REF LB 1028.3 H355 2004
Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education.
ALEXANDER REF LC1099.3.H35 1995
Handbook of Research on School Supervision.
Major scholarship and research in the field
ALEXANDER REF LB2806.4.H36 1998
Handbook of Research on Teacher Education.
ALEXANDER REF LB1715.H274 1996
Handbook of Research on Teaching.
ALEXANDER REF LB 1028.H315 1986
International Handbook of Curriculum Research.
ALEXANDER REF LB 2806.15/1595
International Handbook of Educational Evaluation.
ALEXANDER REF LB 2822/75.I563 2003
International Handbook of Teachers and Teaching.
ALEXANDER REF LB 1775.I56 1997
Review Sources
Review of Research in Education. 1973-present
Review series published annually emphasizing current research
ALEXANDER STACKS LB 1028.R43
Educational Media and Technology Yearbook.
ALEXANDER REF LB 1028.3 .E37 2005
National Society for the Study of Education. 1902-present
Topical yearbooks usually published twice a year. Use IRIS and do an "advanced search" using the topic with "National Society for the Study of Education" as author.
ALEXANDER STACKS LB5.N25
WWW
- CMC/EBSS Webliography
- The web site is a selective listing by education librarians using criteria for inclusion.
The recommended sites are of high quality.
- URL: http://www.uncc.edu/cimc/
- Education Book Reviews
- Available for reviews of recently published books in education.
- URL: http://www.lib.msu.edu.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/corby/reviews/
- Educator's Reference Desk
- The former AskERIC site has migrated to this site.
- The lesson plans, guides and articles in the original AskERIC are preserved here.
- URL: http://www.eduref.org/
- EdWeb
- Andy Carvin's site, showing web technology intertwined with education.
- URL: http://www.ibiblio.org/edweb/resource.cntnts.html
- Infomine (University of California)
- This megasite allows you to find topical coverage, education journals, lists, and education
- URL: http://lib-www.ucr.edu/
- Kathy Schrock's Education Site
- This site, maintained by a school library media specialist who graduated from Rutgers University SCILS, has grown from its origins in the early nineties to a Discovery Channel sponsored site. Topically organized in directory style, aimed at the practitioner level.
- URL: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
- Education from LII [Librarian's Index to the Internet]
- Look here for topics not listed elsewhere (i.e., Muslim education)
- URL: http://lii.org/search/file/edlib
- WWW Virtual Library: Education
This current site is a comprehensive listing of education sites from around the world. The listings are by education level, resources provided, type of site, and by country.
- URL: http://www.csu.edu.au/education/library.html
Review Resources: Web Sites--General Education
Find out more about the many varieties of general education resources available on the web,
read Soraya Willson's Magalhaes chapter
"Education on the World Wide Web: A Core Collection of Digital Resources"
in Digital Resources and Librarians: Case Studies in Innovation,
Invention and Implementation (2004, Ed. Patricia O'Brien Libutti,
Chicago: ALA/ACRL). Also pertinent to finding general education resources is the
chapter by Linda G. Geller: "Chapter Twenty-three: Electronic Journals for the
Education Library: A Classified List of Resources Related to K-12 Education"
