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Education Sources
1. Databases A-Z
2. Determine which database to use
3. Professional Resources And Government Information Including Statistics
County
- L. A. County Office of Education (LACOE) -- Check up on What's Going on Downtown...
- LAUSD District Office
State
- California Department of Education, including STAR test results
- Education Code (California) -- Contained in: Official California Legislative Information
Federal
General
- Books-- Search the online catalog
- Community Information by Zip Code
- Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
- Journal Indexes & CSUN Online Catalog
- Mental Measurement Yearbook Test Reviews Online -- Offers free publication information some tests available for purchase online
- Michael D. Eisner College of Education Home Page
- Michael D. Eisner College of Education Credential Office
- Pathways -- Synthesizes research, policy, and best practices on issues critical to enducators engaged in school improvement
- Project Vote Smart
- Statistics about Education
- Yahoo's Educational Resources Page
4. Education Publications on the Internet
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Education Week (Online Magazine)
- English Teaching Forum (U.S. Department of State)--Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
5. Children and Young Adult Literature
- Booklists & Book Awards for Young Adults (American Library Association)
- Children's Notable Lists (American Library Association)
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Videos
- Caldecott Award Winners (Picture Books)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
- Newbery Award Winners
Additionally, all Oviatt Library juvenile books can be found in the online catalog: Search the library catalog. The University's curriculum library for teachers of grades K-12 is located in the Teacher Curriculum Center (TCC). The TCC, located on the lower level of the Oviatt, is a resource library housing elementary and secondary textbooks; curriculum guides; children's and young adult's books; and kits. TCC materials are also included in the library's online catalog.
6. Curriculum Materials
- Great Web Sites for Kids (From the American Library Association)
- MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
- Quest! NASA's Technology and Literacy Page
- TEAMS Distance Learning -- Resources for K-12 Teachers
7. Holidays and Festivals
8. Government Publications
The CSUN Library collects publications of the United States Government and the State of California, including many dealing with education. The publications in this collection include laws, statistical compilations, research reports and bibliographies. Much of this information is now accessible through the internet. For assistance in using this collection or locating information on the internet, please ask at the Reference Desk.
9. Handbooks and Encyclopedias
- Educational Research; Methodology and Measurement: An International Handbook (LB 1028 E3184)
- Encyclopedia of Educational Research. 6th ed. 4v. (ref LB 15 E48)
- International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies. 10v. (ref LB 15 I569)
- Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education. (ref LC 4007 E53)
- Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness. 3v. (ref HV 2365 G35)
- Handbook of Reading Research. 2v. (LB 1050 h378)
- Handbook of Research on Teacher Education: A project of the Association of Teacher Educators. (ref LB 1715 h374)
- Handbook of Research on Teaching. 3rd ed. (ref LB 1028 H315 1986)
10. Journal Indexes
Journal indexes provide a subject approach to articles published in magazines, journals and other periodicals. The following indexes are all useful in researching education and its related topics. Available through the Library's homepage. Ask at the Reference Desk if you would like some assistance with using the computers.
- Education Full Text A primary source, along with ERIC, in education. Indexes articles published in approximately 550 education journals. Education Index is one of the many indexes included in the WilsonWeb database.
- ERIC Databases ERIC contains references to journal articles, and unpublished literature (such as research reports, conference papers, curriculum guides and program evaluations). ERIC Documents (ED) on microfiche date back to 1966. Current Index to Journals in Education and Resources in Education are included in the ERIC databases. Contains information resources from the Educational Resources Information Center.
- PsycINFO, 1887-present Psychological Abstracts comprehensively indexes research articles in psychology and related fields.
- Social Sciences Full Text
11. Master's Theses in Education
- Master's Theses in Education: Search the online catalog under the subject heading: Dissertations, Academic -- CSUN -- Education
12. Citing Your Sources
13. Tests and Measures
- ETS Test Collection Catalog. (ref LB 3051 E79). Provides basic information, such as grade level, descriptors, abstract and availability source. Each volume highlights a particular subject area. Has author, test title, and subject indexes.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook. (ref BF 431.M549) The principal work on testing and measurement. It consists of descriptive information, references and critical reviews of commercially published English-language tests.
- Test Critiques. (ref BF 176 T419) Contains reviews of the most frequently used psychological, educational and business tests.
- Tests in Print (ref BF 431.T342) Comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are curently in print in the English language.
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