Last updated September 23, 1998

To locate articles from newspapers, journals or magazines, see the sections below dealing with Indexes and Abstracts or Electronic Resources.
 

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks

Ref. LB1028.27 .U6F74 1989
The Educator's Desk Reference (EDR) : A Sourcebook of Educational Information and Research. Includes sources of education information, reviews of selected standardized tests and inventories, and an overview of the research process, including research design and statistical procedures.

Ref. LB15 .D48 1982
A Dictionary of Education. Part I contains short articles on 15 areas of education. Part II includes dictionary entries of basic terms with cross references to articles in Part I.

Ref.LB15 D373 1983
Educational Administration Glossary. Defines terms used in administration. Includes bibliography and "Statement of Ethics for School Administrators."

Ref. LB15 E48 1992
Encyclopedia of Educational Research. Synthesizes research in a variety of areas of Education to give students, researchers and practitioners an overview of the current and future trends.

Ref. LB15.D37 1982
American Educators Encyclopedia. A one-volume source that provides short articles on the terms and concepts that are of interest to students of education, professional educators and administrators.

Ref. LB15.I69 1994
International Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd ed. Overview of international scholarship on educational problems, theories, practices and institutions. Includes entries on the educational systems of various countries.

Ref. LB15 .K79 1988
World Education Encyclopedia. Arranged by country, detailing educational systems with basic enrollment statistics. Some articles include glossary of terms (from the language of the country to English).

Ref. LB15.E49 1992
The Encyclopedia of Higher Education. An overview of the scholarship relating to higher education including essays on the educational systems of more than 130 nations as well as thematic essays in several areas: societal influences; institutional structure; administration and finance; research, teaching, and learning; and essays from the perspective of the core disciplines in higher education.

Ref. LB15 .I59 1991
International Higher Education : An Encyclopedia. In-depth essays on major themes with emphasis on a selected group of 51 countries and regions.

Print Indexes and Abstracts

Per. Z5814.C52 E9 (Latest 5 years in Reference)
Exceptional Child Education Resources1969 to date. A guide to books, journals, dissertations, and nonprint sources. (First eight volumes have title: Exceptional Child Education Abstracts).

Ref.  Z 7161.S65
Social Sciences Citation Index. This work helps you to find sources that were cited by others who have already researched the subject. The Permuterm Subject Index offers a subject approach by indexing all significant words of a title and subtitle. SSCI covers the field of history, sociology, law, education, geography, psychology, anthropology, etc. Also available on the WWW as one of the ISI Citation Indexes (see below under OhioLINK Research Databases).

Ref. AI 3.S62. Latest 5 years on index tables.
Social Sciences Index. This index offers an author and subject approach to periodicals in such fields as anthropology, area studies, economics, education, environmental science, law and criminology, psychology, public administration, and sociology.

Per. LC191 .S66 (Latest 5 years in Ref.)
Sociology of Education Abstracts. 1965 to date. Indexes and abstracts 600 journals and books internationally published which concern the sociological study of education.

LB1028 .R43
Review of Research in Education. Annual. Critical and synthesizing summaries which emphasize current research.

Electronic Resources

Access to the following databases is restricted to current students, faculty and staff or through the campus computer network.

Education Abstracts. An electronic version of the printed Education Index. Author, title and subject index to over 400 educational periodicals, yearbooks and book series since 1983.

ERIC (1966-present).  Provides citations to and abstracts of journal articles from the CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education) as well as unpublished reports, papers and other monographs from RIE (Resources in Education). The unpublished materials (denoted by accession numbers beginning with ED) are generally available on microfiche in the Microform Center, Lower Level.

ISI Citation Indexes. This is a database that includes the electronic version of three indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (see above); Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Provides references to cited authors and articles as well as keyword searches.

PsycINFO  (1967-present). (Or for historical references, search Historical PsycINFO, 1887-1966.) The electronic version of Psychological Abstracts, providing citations to and abstracts of journal articles, dissertations and book chapters on psychology and related fields since 1967.

Lexis-Nexis Universe.  A full-text database of news-related articles.

Newsbank Newsfile Collection. An online database of newspaper articles from 1994 to present. Articles from earlier years may be found in the Microforms Center.

Social Issues Resources (SIRS Researcher).  Includes full-text articles from newspapers, periodicals and government documents relating to social, scientific, historic, economic, and political issues.

Increasingly, new databases are made available through OhioLINK. Check the News section of the Maag Library home page for announcements of new electronic services.
 

There are many WWW sites available on Education topics. Check any of the following for a listing of some popular sites: WWW References by Subject  from Maag Library's home page; Internet Services from OhioLINK for subject guides; or Explore the Internet with the Library of Congress. You may also do a keyword search using a World Wide Web search engine. Choose one from our homepage (see WWW Search Engines and Subject Guides) or pick one from Netsearch.

Directories--Schools, K-12

Ref. LB2803.O3 A33 Ohio Educational Directory. Lists departments and personnel of the State Department of Education and includes a directory of school districts in Ohio by type (city, local, nonpublic).

Ref. L901 .P3
Patterson's American Education. A directory of secondary and K-12 schools in the U.S. Arranged geographically (state, then city). Includes city population and school enrollment.

Ref. L901 .P69
Private Schools of the United States. A directory of elementary and secondary private schools belonging to associations that comprise the membership of the Council for American Private Education.

Directories--Colleges and Universities

Ref. L903.O3A3 1989-90
Handbook of Ohio Colleges and Universities. Contains profiles which include admissions information, major areas of study, enrollment information.

Ref. L901 .P448 (Ready Ref.)
Peterson's Guide to Two-year Colleges

Ref. L901 .P447 (Ready Ref.)
Peterson's Guide to Four-year Colleges

Ref. L901 .P442 (Ready Ref.)
Peterson's Guide to Graduate and Professional Programs

Ref. LA 226 .A65 14th ed.
American Colleges and Universities. Profiles of accredited institutions conferring baccalaureate degree or higher. Arranged by state.

Ref. L901 .C677
The College Blue Book: Narrative Descriptions. A state-by-state listing of colleges and universities in the U.S. Includes state maps.

Ref. L901 .C676
The College Blue Book: Degrees Offered by Colleges and Subjects. Includes institutions conferring associate degrees and beyond.

Ref. L901 .P47
Peterson's Register of Higher Education. A directory of accredited institutions arranged alphabetically by institution. Includes a brief profile of institution, names of chief administrative officers.

Ref. L901 .A48
Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education, Programs, Candidates. Includes names of accrediting bodies for institutions and programs, a directory of the accredited institutions and programs as well as candidates for accreditation.

Ref. L901 .N34
The National Faculty Directory. Name, department and institutional address of over 670,000 college and university faculty at U.S. (and some Canadian) institutions.

Directories--Occupational/Vocational Schools

Ref. L901 .O3
Occupational Education (supplement to the College Blue Book). Guide to institutions that provide instruction for technical and semiprofessional occupations.

Ref. LC1045 .D58
A Directory of Public Vocational-technical Schools and Institutes in the U.S.A.

Directories--International

Ref. L900.I58
International Handbook of Universities. Arranged by country. Entries include basic academic structure, brief historical description, admission requirements and degrees granted.

Ref. AS2.W6
World of Learning. A directory of universities, libraries, archives, research institutes, learned societies, museums and art galleries world-wide.

Education Statistics

Ref. L11 .D54. (Latest in Reference. Previous years in Govt. Docs ED 1.326:[year])
Digest of Education Statistics. Compilation of statistical data for U.S. education from kindergarten through graduate school.

Ref. L112 .N377a. (Latest in Reference. Previous years in Govt. Docs ED 1.109:[year])
The Condition of Education. An analytical and statistical report designed to monitor developments in education and to show trends.

Micro film X 553. (Current issues in Serials Closed Reserve until Microfilm Received)
The Chronicle of Higher Education. A weekly newspaper which features a "Fact File" section of statistics in almost every issue. These statistics are cumulated annually in the "Almanac" issue, usually the first week in September.

Ref. LA226 .A556
The Almanac of Higher Education. Includes charts, tables, analyses of issues affecting higher education.

Ref. LA227.3 .N37
The NEA Almanac of Higher Education. Essays and statistics on working conditions at campuses throughout the U.S.

ERS Reports.
Call number varies. Check MaagNet under series title: ERS report. The Educational Research Service (ERS) is an independent, nonprofit corporation serving the research and information needs of the nation's school systems, their administrative staffs, school boards, and the public. Data collected is published in various ERS reports which useful for day-to-day operations as well as in long-range planning. Titles range from salary and wage data to methods of assessing and grading student achievement.

Educational  Tests and Measurement

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
Provides a test review locator and instructions on how to use the print versions of The Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print.

Ref. Z5814.P8 B932
The Mental Measurements Yearbook. Contains descriptive information and critical reviews of tests as well as bibliographic references. Maag Library has the first through the twelfth.

Ref. Z5814.E9 T47 1994
Tests in Print IV : An Index to Tests, Test Reviews, and the Literature on Specific Tests. Description and bibliographic references for tests currently available for use or purchase. (No reviews, but gives references to reviews in the Mental Measurements Yearbook.)

School Law and Legislation

Ohio Capitol Connection.A database provided by OhioLINK which contains Ohio Legislation and Ohio and U.S. Supreme Court decisions and links to the homepages of the State Board of Education, the Ohio Department of Education, and the Ohio Board of Regents.

KFO390 .B342
Baker's Ohio School Law Guide. A three-volume guide on law for school personnel. Includes state statutes and forms.

KFO390.A6 S672
Baldwin's Ohio School Law : A Complete Guide to Law and Fiscal Procedures. A comprehensive three-volume looseleaf set that covers policy, management and law.

Teacher Certification

Ref. LB1771 .R4
Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary and Secondary Schools

NTE Study Guides

Ref. LB 1762.F72 1993
NTE National Teacher Examinations

Ref. LB 1762.W4 1992
How to Prepare for the National Teacher Examinations, NTE: Core Battery and Specialty Tests

Ref. LB 1762.D55 1993
Teacher Certification Tests

Ref. LB1762.R83 1993
New Rudman's Questions and Answers on the NTE, National Teacher Examination Core Battery