Education

This guide lists sources of information for education. It is not inclusive, but is meant to provide a starting place when you are looking for information. For additional information, please talk with a librarian.

Locating Books

For tips on finding books, click here to go to Finding Books. Use Minerva, the library's online catalog, to search for books owned by the library. Click here to go to Minerva.

Typical subject headings to search under include: Education; Universities and Colleges; Teaching; Learning; Students; Distance Learning. Also, try combining the terms Education and Educational with other terms to narrow your search results. For browsing purposes, the call number ranges for the majority of education books are: L – LT (Education); LA 5 – 2396 (History of Education); LB 2300 – 2430 (Higher Education) .

Locating Journal Articles

There are two ways to find articles in journals--you may choose an index or resource from the alphabetical list, or, you may look only for the indexes and resources appropriate for education. Click here to go to Finding Articles and the associated links.

A few of the appropriate resources for education are described below. You will then have to check our List of Journal Subscriptions to see if the Sawyer Library owns the journal an article is in. Print copies of this list are available in the library.

Academic Search Premier
An index of articles from more than 1,320 journals covering the social sciences humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and much more. *It includes the full text of many articles. Searches may be limited to only peer reviewed articles. (Off-campus access: last name & library barcode number preceded by HUS)

Britannica Online
It provides fast electronic access to the text and illustrations from Encyclopedia Britannica's vast 44 million-word database (15^th ed.), including over 500 maps, the Britannica Book of the Year, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10^th ed.). It also features thousands of direct hypertext links from Britannica articles to related sources of information on the Internet. (Off-campus access: last name & library barcode number preceded by HUS)

ERIC
It indexes and abstracts journal articles and documents on education research and practice, from 1966 to the present. *It includes the full text of many articles. (Off-campus access: last name & library barcode number preceded by HUS)

MasterFILE Premier
An index of articles from over 1,770 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health and much more. *It includes the full text of many articles. Searches may be limited to only peer reviewed articles. (Off-campus access: last name & library barcode number preceded by HUS)

FirstSearch
A collection of approximately 40 bibliographic and full-text databases. *Searches may be limited to articles found only in journals owned by the Sawyer Library. It includes the following indexes that are most appropriate for education:

Article1st
A bibliographic index to articles from nearly 12,500 journals.

Education Abstracts
A bibliographic index to articles from more than 400 English- language journals and yearbooks in the field of education.

ERIC
An index of more than 85,000 annotated citations to articles and reports in the field of education.

Some of the journals owned by Sawyer Library in the education area include:

American Journal of Distance Education
Journal of Teacher Education
Educational Leadership
Journal of Educational Psychology
Harvard Educational Review
High School Journal
Journal of Education for Business
Journal of Higher Education
Journal of Natural Resources & Life Sciences Education

Other Resources

American Educator's Encyclopedia [Ref. LB 15 D37 1991]

College Board Scholarships Handbook [Ref. LB 2338 C587 2000]

Peterson's Guide to 4 Year Colleges [Ask for at circulation desk]

Scholarships, Grants & Prizes [Ask for at circulation desk]

World Wide Web Sites

Maine Department of Education [http://www.state.me.us/education/]
Includes financial data, test scores, statistics, forms, directories, calendars, newsletters, Maine schools on the Internet, and many links to Maine education resources.

U.S. Department of Education [www.ed.gov/index.jhtml]
Info rmation about programs, policies, people, and practices. Includes news, transcripts, and legislation; guides for teachers and researchers; grant/contract information for educators; descriptions of Department initiatives, programs, and services; publications lists .

National Center for Education Statistics [http://nces.ed.gov/]

Yahoo's Education Listings [http://dir.yahoo.com/education/index.html]

Blue Web'n [http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/]
A library of Blue Ribbon learning sites on the Web.

Children's Literature Web Guide [http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/]

Columbia Education Center [http://www.col-ed.org/]
Especially useful for student teachers and practicing teachers in grades k-12.

Education World: the educator's best friend [http://www.education-world.com/]

FREE – Federal Resources for Educational Excellence [http://www.ed.gov/free/]
Provides access to a collection of electronic educational resources produced by 49 different federal agencies.

PBS Teachersource [http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/]

Educator's Reference Desk [ http://www.eduref.org/]