For Scholarly and Professional Journals, Search

EDUCATION

Online Databases

For scholarly and professional journals, search:

Academic Search Elite Specify “Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals” ERIC Specify “Peer Reviewed” JSTOR Use “Advanced Search” and select “Education” from the list of disciplines. Professional Development Collection Specify “Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals” ProQuest Research Library Specify “Peer reviewed” or “Scholarly journals” Sociological Collection Specify “Peer Reviewed” Teacher Reference Center

For general periodicals, search:

MAS Ultra School Edition (EBSCO) MasterFILE Premier ProQuest Research Library Click on “Advanced search”, then select “Social Sciences” from the “Search subject areas” box

For materials for children and youth, search:

Book Collection: Nonfiction - Elementary School Edition High School Edition Middle School Edition Books Online eBook collection

Learning Express Library Contains skills improvement exercises for elementary, middle school, and high school in a variety of subjects. Middle Search Plus Contains full-text magazine articles and reference book entries, primary sources, and maps. Primary Search Contains full-text magazine articles and reference book entries.

Print Periodicals

American Journal of Education Scholarly articles on issues both current and historical, affecting all levels from kindergarten through college. Education Digest Abridged articles from respected educational journals provide wide coverage of education topics, including classroom problems, methods, and administration. Also features education news, book reviews, and websites. Books LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG Search for books by author, title, keyword or subject in the Maple Woods Library online catalog at http://mwlibrary.mcckc.edu. A link on the library online catalog page connects to the shared library online catalog for MOBIUS, a network of academic libraries in Missouri that includes Maple Woods. The MOBIUS online catalog accesses over 23 million items. Request books online from other libraries at no charge. Use LC subject search terms of Education; Education, Primary; Education, Elementary; Education, Secondary and Early Childhood Education or use keywords for more specific topics such as charter schools or testing. Most books on education topics can be found in the 370s.

Selected Reference Books REF 306.43 Ed83 Education and Sociology : An Encyclopedia REF 370.3 En19 Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development REF 370.3 L55L (also available as an eBook) Learning Theories A to Z REF 370.3 R19e (also available as an eBook) Edspeak: A Glossary of Education Terms, Phrases, Buzzwords, and Jargon REF 371.1 W64u Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Teacher REF 371.903 C748-2 Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education REF 371.903 T84e-2 The Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities

On the Web ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) http://eric.ed.gov/ This service of the U.S. Department of Education indexes journal and non-journal education literature. Some full- text documents are available for free. Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education http://dese.mo.gov MO.gov: Education http://www.mo.gov/education National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov TEACH.org http://www.teach.org/ An initiative of the U.S. Department of Education to raise awareness of the teaching profession. U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov Also, check out the reference librarians’ Internet file using the heading of “Education.”

Local Resources

Mid-Continent Public Library http://www.mymcpl.org “Online information” – Research databases. Choose either Career and Education or Books and Reading (children and youth materials.) MCC-Maple Woods Library 06/2015 http://mwlibrary.mcckc.edu