Colby's Department of Education & Human Development
Encyclopedias
Indexes to Journal Articles
Tests & Measures, Statistics
Associations, Colleges, and Universities
Government Sites
Full Text Sites
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of Education
REF LB 15.E47 2003
- Encyclopedia of American Education
REF LB 17 .U54 2001
- Handbook of Research on Teaching
REF LB 1028 .H315 2001
- World Education Encyclopedia
REF LB 15 .W87 2001
- Encyclopedia of African-American Education
REF LC 2717 .E53 1996
- Historical Dictionary of School Segregation and Desegregation
REF LC 212.52 .R34 1998
- Women in Higher Education: An Encyclopedia
REF LC 1569 .W66 2002
- Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia
REF LC 192.6 .Y68 2005
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Indexes to Journal Articles
- Education Index Print 1929-1983
REF Z5813.E23 (in Miller Compact Shelving)
- Education Index
Available: Colby only
Coverage: 1983 to present
Updated: Monthly
Access: WilsonWeb
The Education Index covers every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college from over 550 leading English-language publications.
- ERIC
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature. Indexes and abstracts, journal articles, and documents on education research and practice, from1966 to the present. Updated monthly.
Ebsco's ERIC database includes full text for the documents (ED) and links to full text for the articles (EJ).
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- National Council of Teachers of English--Online Journals
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Tests and Measures, Statistics
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Associations, Colleges, and Universities
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Government Sites
- Federal
- State
- International
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Full Text Sites
- AERA SIG Communication of Research Online Journals
The purpose of the American Education Research Association Special Interest Group (AERA SIG) Communication of Research is to facilitate research on the nature of communication of educational research and to expand the understanding and promote the effective use of information technology and library-based resources in educational research.
- CQ Researcher
Best starting point for policy research. Weekly issues cover a topic in the news, using reports, data, legislative information, and lists of resources.
- Environmental Issues Page
Though not a full text source per se, this page gives links to all the useful environmental sources available through the Colby Libraries. News, policy, legislation, articles, agencies, and other print and Web sources may be found here.
- Ethnic Newswatch
Full text articles from newspapers by and for various U.S. ethnic, religious, and other multicultural groups.
- Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
For media and legal coverage on international, national, and state levels. Good for public policy research.
- Lexis Nexis Congressional Universe
For legislative material from 1970 to the present. Also good for public policy research.
- The Gateway to Educational Materials -- The GEM project is a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
- Women and Social Movements in the U.S. 1600-2000
A resource for primary source documents covering the history of women in social movements in the U.S. from 1600 to 2000, this collection provides information on women's reform activities by bringing together books, images, and full-text documents as well as scholarly essays, a chronology of U.S. women's history, a dictionary of social movements and organizations, a bibliography, and teaching tools.
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Last Updated Date: 09/07/2007
Created by: Pukkila, Marilyn R.
Email: mrpukkil@colby.edu
