LIBRARY GUIDE TO Teacher Development and Educational Studies

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Library OneSearch
Use the catalog to find books, videos, recordings, and goverment documents we have at the library.

MelCat
A statewide catalog of many of Michigan's libraries. It allows you to request books at another library be sent to Kresge Library for you.

ERIC
Includes education and related topics - journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.  How to export to RefWorks

Education Source

Provides scholarly research and information for education students, professionals and policy makers. Covers all levels of education - from early childhood to higher education - and educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.

 Thanks to MeL. 

JSTOR
Full text of core scholarly journals from their beginning to approximately one year ago. Disciplines include botany, business, ecology, general science, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and statistics. Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines. Especially good for historic or classic articles in most fields. Coverage: 1665 to present. How to export to RefWorks

PsycINFO
Need articles in psychology or counseling? Use PsycINFO! It's a great resource and is published by the American Psychological Association. How to export to RefWorks

Encyclopedias:
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development
This is an is an authoritative, accessible and up-to-date account of all aspects of child development. Written by an international team of experts, it adopts an interdisciplinary approach and covers everything from prenatal development to education, pediatrics, neuroscience, theories and research methods to physical development, social development, cognitive development, psychopathology and parenting (2005).

Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology
"Five foundational topics provide an overall grounding for the more than 400 entries that follow. The content of these five chapters includes an overview of the history of cross-cultural school psychology in the United States, a review of cross-cultural competencies, discussion about disparities in school services, consideration of multicultural assessment tools, and future directions in the field of school psychology." (Preface)

Key Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care

Cathy Nutbrown, a leading academic in early childhood education, identifies and explains key terms and practices central to the work and study of early childhood in this accessible reference text.

Encyclopedia of Special Education
The third edition (2007) of the highly acclaimed Encyclopedia of Special Education offers a thoroughly revised, comprehensive A to Z compilation of authoritative information on the education of those with special needs.

Handbooks:
Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children
This is an essential reference on research in early childhood education not only in the United States but throughout the world. It provides a comprehensive overview of important contemporary issues and the information necessary to make judgments about these issues (2006).

International Handbook of Comparative Education, 2009
International Handbook of Educational Policy, 2005
International Handbook of Virtual Learning Environments, 2006
Praeger handbook of Latino Education in the U.S., 2007

Reading Research
Access the online version of this classic series: The Handbook of Reading Research:

• Volume one, 1984
• Volume two, 1991
• Volume three, 2000
• Volume four, 2010

Instructional Design Resources:
Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Research, 2009
Learning Design: A Handbook on Modelling and Delivering Networked Education and Training, 2005

If you are looking for information on what publications (books, articles, etc.) have cited a specific article, use these resources: 
Web of Science
Web of Science provides access to Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI). These indexes contain references that have been cited in other articles. You can use these citations to perform cited reference searches (locate articles that cite an earlier publication). How to export to RefWorks. 

Google Scholar
You can check the availability of article full text if you use our link to Google Scholar, which will ask you to log in with your OU NetID. How to export to RefWorks  

NoveList K8 Plus
Find a book by subject, age, awards won, Lexile Reading levels, Common Core standards, books made into movies, and more. Read reviews and learn about the author.  Thanks to MeL.

Children's Literature Comprehensive database
Full-text of book reviews for children's books from 1993 to the present.

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
A comprehensive guide and bibliography to contemporary testing instruments. Contains descriptive information (test purpose, publisher, pricing, population, and scores) and edited reviews written by leading content area experts. How to export to RefWorks

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)
Provides access to article citations containing information on measurement instruments (questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. HaPI assists researchers, practitioners, educators, administrators, and evaluators, including students, to identify measures needed for research studies, grant proposals, client/patient assessment, class papers/projects, theses/dissertations, and program evaluation.

PsycTESTS
A research database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, and other assessments as well as descriptive and administrative information.

• Michigan Department of Education
• Michigan School Data
• MeL Teachers
• US Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Evidence for ESSA -- from Johns Hopkins University, this website tracks K-12 education programs that meet the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) evidence standards

Data Resources:

• American FactFinder
• ICPSR
  Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the world's largest collection of digital social science data. These data can be used for secondary research, instructional activities, and to write articles, papers or theses.
• iPoll
  iPoll is a comprehensive database of 500,000 questions and answers asked in the US since 1935. Also included is the Roper Center public opinion data which is the largest archives of public opinion information. Coverage: Data sets.
• Michigan School Data
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Statistical Abstract of the United States (Proquest)
  The Statistical Abstract of the United States Online is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States – including vital and health statistics. It is also designed to serve as a guide to other statistical publications and sources, both in print and on the Web. 

Professional Organizations:

• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
• Shape America
• International Reading Association (IRA)
• International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
• National Education Association (NEA)
• Association for Education Communications and Technology (AECT)
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
• Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
• National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
• National School Boards Association (NSBA)
• National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)

Interlibrary Loan
You may request materials we don't have and we'll borrow them from another library for you.

Refworks allows you to create a personal database of references and automatically generate formatted bibliographies for your projects.

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