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Reference Resources
| Encyclopedias | Facts and Figures | Online Handbooks & Stylebooks|

Encyclopedias    
Subject words: career encyclopedias or vocational encyclopedias

Educational Research Methodology and Measurement: An International Handbook

Location: LB 1028 E3184 1988

Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory

Location: REFRM BF318 .E53 1992

Encyclopedia of Education. 2nd ed.

Location: REFRM LB 15 E47 2003 8v.

Encyclopedia of Educational Research

Location: REFRM LB 15 E48 1992 6th ed. 4v

Encyclopedia of Psychology

Location: REFRM BF 31 E52 2000 8 v.

International Encyclopedia of Education

Location: REFRM LB 15 I569 12 v. 1994

International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies

Location REFRM LB 15 I569 10 v. 1985

Facts & Figures

American FactFinder Provides information based on the US Census; Subject Index: Native Americans

Location: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

RAND California provides easy access to statistics about California; some databases cover the entire United States. (CSUN subscription; not available to all users) Suggestion: Statistics Summary, ... by race (U.S. State and County Population Statistics By Race and/or Age)

Location: Internet (subscription)

Counting California (California Digital Library) includes data (or downloadable files) on California at the state, region, county, and city level from a variety of government sources. Population and Demographics: American Indian or Topic, Subtopic ( Educational Attainment: Race By Educational Attainment)

Location: http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/

Find Books:
Check the Library Catalog

Subjects:

Educational leadership -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States. School administrators -- Professional ethics -- United States. School management and organization -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States. Ethics -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Dissertations, Academic -- CSUN -- Education

Find Articles:
Periodicals/Journals: Indexes & Articles
Subject words: periodicals

Psychological Abstracts

Indexes books and 1,300 journals written in over 25 languages, spanning 1887 to the present

Location: REFRM Table 6 BF 1 . P65 and Online

ERIC (Late 1960's-)

A database that indexes and abstracts 750 journal titles (EJ) and thousands of reports and documents (ED) in education.

Location: Online through CSA ERIC and FirstSearch and EricWizard

Sociological Abstracts

Provides indexing and detailed abstracts of articles taken from 3,000 journals published world wide in sociology, social work and related social and behavioral sciences. Indexing began in 1963, abstracts from 1974-

Social Sciences Index

An index to articles and book reviews in 400 English-language journals in anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology and sociology. Indexing started in 1983, abstracts from 1994-

Full-text Journals, Magazines and Newspapers:

Academic Universe - Lexis Nexis

A wide variety of information including: articles from Newspapers, journals, law reviews, case law and more

AcademicSearch Elite (EbscoHost)

Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and peer reviewed journals

Ethnic News Watch

Full-text database of selected newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in the United States. Alternative to mainstream media so gives a different perspective

Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)

Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and refereed journals

JStor Journal Storage Project

Archival collection of scholarly articles from various academic displines, including Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology, the most recent articles are at least 2-5 years old.

Writing Guides

Handbook for writing effective psychoeducational reports

Location: Reserve LB2845.7 .B73 1998

How to Write Psychology Papers

Location: REFRM BF76.5 .P27 1999

Psychologist’s Companion : a guide to scientific writing for students and researchers

Location: REFRM BF76.8 .S73 1993

Psychology student writer's manual

Location: REFRM BF76.8 .P76 2002

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association

Location: REFRM BF 76.5 A54 2001; also copies in RBR and 2nd Floor stacks

Writing papers in Psychology

BF 76.7 R67 2001

Thesis guide at CSUN:

Location: Internet   http://www.csun.edu/%7Egripact/3Evaluations/Thesis%20Guidelines%201999.doc.pdf