Educational Research

General Guides
Alkin, Marvin C., and American Educational Research Association. Encyclopedia of Educational Research. 6th ed. New York; New York: Macmillan ; Toronto; Maxwell Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. (Ref LB 15 E48 1992) Provides well-researched, commissioned articles on educational topics by subject specialists. Contains bibliographies, including ERIC documents Berry, Dorothea M. A Bibliographic Guide to Educational Research. 3rd ed. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1990. (Moody General Coll. Z 5811 B39 1990) This book provides an annotated bibliography of sources in the education field. It is arranged in seven parts by type of material, books, periodicals, research studies, government publications, special types of materials, other types of reference materials, and the research paper. An author-editor index, title index, and subject index are provided in the back. Buttlar, Lois. Education : A Guide to Reference and Information Sources. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited, 1989. (Moody General Coll. Z 5811 B89 2000)

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks

American Educational Research Association. Review of Research in Education. Washington, D.C. etc: American Educational Research Association etc. (Ref LB 1028 R43) Provides lengthy review articles on major topics in the field of education. Each volume treats different issues. Detailed subject index provided in the back of each volume. Baker, Colin, and Sylvia Prys Jones. Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. Clevedon ; Philadelphia, PA: Multilingual Matters, 1998. (Ref LC 3707 E53 1998) Chambliss, J. J. Philosophy of Education : An Encyclopedia. Vol. 1671. New York: Garland Pub., 1996. (Ref LB 17 P485 1996) Colman, Andrew M. A Dictionary of Psychology. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. (Ref BF 31 C65 2001) Corsini, Raymond J. Encyclopedia of Psychology. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1994. (Sci Ref BF 31 E52) This encyclopedia set provides broad overviews on a variety of psychological topics. Bibliographies are provided with the articles. Useful for those areas that overlap both education and psychology.

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Cully, Iris V., and Kendig Brubaker Cully. Harper's Encyclopedia of Religious Education. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990. (Moody General Coll. BV 1461 H37 1990) Dejnozka, Edward L., et al. American Educators' Encyclopedia. Rev. ed. ed. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. (Ref LB 15 D37 1991) A one-volume handbook with brief essays on education related topics and well-known individuals in education, followed by short bibliographies. Fass, Paula S. Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood : In History and Society. New York: Macmillan Reference USA. (Ref HQ 767.84 E53 2003) Flood, James, International Reading Association, and National Council of Teachers of English. Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts. 2nd ed. Mahwah, N.J: L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003. (Ref LB 1576 H234 2003) Grant, Carl A., and Gloria Ladson-Billings. Dictionary of Multicultural Education. Phoenix, Ariz: Oryx Press, 1997. (Ref LC 1099 D53 1997) Guthrie, James W. Encyclopedia of Education. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. (Ref LB 15 E47) Provides broad overview on a wide variety of educational topics. Articles followed by bibliographies. Houston, W. Robert, et al. Handbook of Research on Teacher Education. New York; London: Macmillan; Collier Macmillan, 1996. (Ref LB 1715 H274 1996) Jarvis, Peter, and Arthur L. Wilson. International Dictionary of Adult and Continuing Education. Rev. ed. London; Sterling, Va: Kogan Page; Stylus Publications, 2002. Moody General Coll. LC 5211 MJ37 2002) Kazdin, Alan E. Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington, D.C; New York: American Psychological Association ; Oxford; Oxford University Press, 2000. (Ref BF 31 E52) Kincheloe, Joe L., and Danny K. Weil. Standards and Schooling in the United States : An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2001. (Ref LB 2822.82 S82 2001) Leonard, David C. Learning Theories, A to Z. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2002. (Ref LB 15 L4695 2002) Lerner, Richard M., Anne C. Petersen, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Vol. 495. New York: Garland Pub., 1990. (Ref HQ 796 E58 1990) Levinson, David, Peter W. Cookson, and Alan R. Sadovnik. Education and Sociology : An Encyclopedia. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002. (Ref LC 189.95 E38 2002) Janet Sheets, Baylor University Libraries, Rev. 10/03/2006 -2-

Mitchell, Bruce M., and Robert E. Salsbury. Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1999. (Ref LC 1099.3 M58 1999) National Association of Social Workers. Encyclopedia of social work: Decennial, 1977; 15th,issue; 1965-. (Ref Desk HV 34 S6 1995) National Education Association of the United States. NEA handbook: Annual; 1975-76-. (Ref L 13 N4625 latest) Nuba, Hannah, Michael Searson, and Deborah Lovitky Sheiman. Resources for Early Childhood : A Handbook. Vol. 680. New York: Garland Pub., 1994. (Ref HQ 767.9 N8 1994) Reynolds, Cecil R., and Terry B. Gutkin. The Handbook of School Psychology. 3rd ed. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1999. (Ref LB 1051 H2356 1999) Saha, Lawrence J. International Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education. 1st ed. Oxford, UK ; New York: Pergamon, 1997. (Ref LC 191 I49 1997) Salkind, Neil J. Child Development. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. (Ref HQ 772 C436 2002) Shaver, James P., and National Council for the Social Studies. Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning. New York; New York: Macmillan ; Toronto; Collier Macmillan; Maxwell Macmillan International, 1991. (Ref LB 1584 H275 1991) Spodek, Bernard. Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children. New York; New York: Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Toronto; Maxwell Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993. (Ref LB 1119 H25 1993) Thomas, Stephen B., and National Organization on Legal Problems of Education. The Yearbook of Education Law. Topeka, Kan: National Organization on Legal Problems of Education. (Ref LB 2514 Y4 latest) Turkington, Carol, and Joseph Harris. The Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities. New York: Facts On File, 2002. (Ref LC 4704.5 T87x 2002) Watson, T. Steuart, and Christopher H. Skinner. Encyclopedia of School Psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004. (Ref LB 1027.55 E52 2004) Woodill, Gary, Judith Bernhard, and Laurence Wayne Prochner. International Handbook of Early Childhood Education. Vol. 598. New York: Garland Pub., 1992. (Ref LB 1139.23 I68 1992)

Dictionaries of Educational Terms

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Collins, John William, and Nancy P. O'Brien. The Greenwood Dictionary of Education. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2003. (Ref. LB 15 .G68 2003) Ellis, Arthur K., and Jeffrey T. Fouts. Handbook of Educational Terms and Applications. Princeton, NJ: Eye on Education, 1996. (REF LB 15 E419 1996) Spafford, Carol A., Augustus J. Itzo Pesce, and George S. Grosser. The Cyclopedic Education Dictionary. Albany: Delmar Publishers, 1998. (REF LB 15 S73 1998)

Journals, Newspapers, Reports, Dissertations

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center). The following tools provide access to materials in ERIC system: Current Index to Journals in Education. Semiannual Cumulation. Phoenix, Ariz. etc: Oryx Press etc. Indexes educational journals by subject and author. It is composed of two sections: an author/subject index and a main entry section which usually contains brief annotations of the articles. (Ref Z 5813 C8) Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.). Resources in education.Annual cumulation : RIE: 1979. Indexes and abstracts educational material not otherwise published. The corresponding microfiche collection is available in the microform room area near the Reference Desk. (Ref LB 1028 R385x) Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.), and Inc Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. "ERIC Database (CSA Illumina : Online); ERIC Database." CSA Illumina. This database indexes journal articles and unpublished documents (ERIC Documents) in the field of education. Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.), and Oclc. "ERIC (OCLC : FirstSearch : Online); ERIC." Educational Resources Information Center. This database indexes journal articles and unpublished documents (ERIC Documents) in the field of education. Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.). "ERIC (EBSCO : Online); ERIC." EBSCO Publishing. 1994. This database indexes journal articles and unpublished documents (ERIC Documents) in the field of education. Physical education index: Annual; Began publication with 1978. (Ref GV201 P59x) Social sciences index: Quarterly (with annual cumulations). Uses the same format as the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, but it indexes professional journals in the social sciences. From 1907-1965 it was called the International Index; from 1965-1974 it was called the Social Sciences and Humanities Index. (Ref AI3 S61) 1763052, Walter S. Hunter, and American Psychological Association. Psychological abstracts Indexes books, journal articles, technical reports, and selected dissertations. Separate cumulated Janet Sheets, Baylor University Libraries, Rev. 10/03/2006 -4-

subject and author indexes. (Ref BF 1 P65) American Psychological Association. "PsycINFO (Online); PsycINFO." EBSCO Pub. 1887-. Indexes professional journals, dissertations, and research reports in the field of psychology and related disciplines. It includes links to the full text of articles from APA journals (PsycArticles) and other e-journals to which the the Baylor Libraries subscribe. Baylor University. Library, and University Microfilms International. "Current Research@ Baylor University Library [Electronic Resource]." UMI. This database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Dissertations since 1997 are available in PDF format with 24 page previews. Chall, Leo P. Sociological abstracts: 5 issues a year <, Oct. 1975; Quarterly, Jan./Oct. 1953,>; <Oct. 1957>. This abstracting service is similar to Psychological Abstracts. It provides subject indexing for all sociological journals and selectively indexes journals in related areas such as anthropology, economics, education, political science, etc. and some humanities journals. Also available online through CSA. (Ref HM 1 S67) Council for Exceptional Children. Exceptional child education resources Very similar to CIJE and RIE with a special emphasis on exceptional children. (Ref Z 5814 C52 E9) H.W. Wilson Company. The education index : a cumulative author and subject index to a selected list of educational periodicals, books, and pamphlets: Annual, updated monthly (except July and Aug.), 1964; Triennial, updated monthly, with annual cumulations, 1932; Biennial, updated monthly, with annual cumulations, 1955; [1] (Jan. 1929,1953; 1963; June 1932)-. Uses the same format as the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, but it indexes professional journals in the field of education. (Ref Z5813 E23 1988-2003) H.W. Wilson Company, EBSCOhost Research Databases (Online service), and EBSCO Publishing (Firm). "Education Abstracts (Online); Education Abstracts." EBSCO Pub. 200-. Contains abstracting and indexing coverage for the 478 periodicals included in Education Index as well as the full text of over 133 periodicals. Note: Our license is for one simultaneous user. For this reason, please remember to click on the "logout" button when you are done using Education Abstracts Full Text. Institute for Scientific Information. Social sciences citation index: Three no. a year with annual and quinquennial cumulations. (Ref Z 7161 S65) This index is international in scope and covers all disciplines in the social sciences. There are 3 major sections: Citation Index, Source Index (bibliographic list) and Permuterm Subject Index (keyword). The Citation Index is an alphabetical listing by author of all the cited or Referenced works in a given year and is unique to this index. The Permuterm Subject Index is an alphabetical keyword index that Refers to the works listed in the Source Index. One primary keyword from the document title is paired with a co-term and followed by the author; the author and respective work must be located in the Source Index. There is also an Arts and Humanities Citation Index and a Science Citation Index. Also available as an Electronic Resource under the title of Web of Science

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Society for Research in Child Development, and National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Child Development. Child development abstracts and bibliography: 3 no. a year < Oct./Dec. 1979; Bimonthly, 1928; Ceased with v. 75, no. 3, published in 2001,>. Indexes and provides for professional journal articles in the area of child development. (Ref HQ 750 A1 C47) University Council for Educational Administration, et al. Educational administration abstracts: quarterly, Jan. 1983?; Three times a year, 1966,?. Indexes and provides abstracts for professional journal articles in the area of education administration. (Ref LB 2805 E32) Xerox University Microfilms. Comprehensive Dissertation Index, 1861-1972. Ann Arbor? Mich:, 1973. Serves as an index to Dissertation Abstracts International. Also includes dissertation titles listed in many volumes issued by individual universities. Keyword index based on titles of dissertations. (Ref Z 5053 X47 1861 - 1972; 1973 - 1977)

Directories
AV market place: Annual; 1989. Complete business directory of products and services for the Audio/Video industry (Ref LB 1043 A817) Patterson's American education: Began with 1954/55. (Ref Desk L 901 P3 latest in Reference) Schools abroad of interest to Americans: Irregular; Began publication in 1959?. (L 900 S3 latest in Reference) American Correctional Association. Directory of Adult and Juvenile Correctional Departments, Institutions, Agencies, and Probation and Parole Authorities. Lanham, Md: American Correctional Association. (Ref HV 9463 D57) College Entrance Examination Board. The College Board Guide to High Schools. New York: College Entrance Examination Board. (Ref L 901 C68 2001) Educational. Patterson's elementary education: Annual; Vol. 1 (1989 ed.). (Ref L 901 .P33 latest) Freed, Melvyn N., Robert K. Hess, and Joseph M. Ryan. The Educator's Desk Reference (EDR) : A Sourcebook of Educational Information and Research. 2nd ed. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. (Ref LB 1028.27.U6 F74 2002) Hayes, E., and Porter Sargent. The Directory for exceptional children: [1st],ed.; 1954-. (Ref LC 4007 D5 latest) International Schools Services. Directory of Overseas Schools (International Schools Service); the Directory of Overseas Schools. Princeton, N.J: International Schools Services. (Ref L 900 I83 1999-2000) Mintz, Jerry, Sidney Solomon, and Raymond Solomon. The Almanac of Education Choices. New York: Macmillan, 1995. (Ref LC 45.4 A36x 1995) Janet Sheets, Baylor University Libraries, Rev. 10/03/2006 -6-

Modoc Press. Directory of Distance Learning Opportunities : K-12. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2003. (Ref LC 5805 D515 2003) Peterson's Guides, Inc. Peterson's Private Secondary Schools. Princeton, N.J: Peterson's. (Ref L 900 P48 - latest in Reference) Texas Education Agency. Texas school directory: 1975/76. (Tex General Coll. L903 T4 A32)

Statistics
The comparative guide to American elementary & secondary schools: Quadrennial; 1st ed. (1998). (Ref LB 2817.3 C66 2004) Bernan Press. The almanac of American education: Annual; 2004. (LA217.2 A45 2004) Education Statistics of the United States. Washington, DC: Bernan Press. (Ref LA 201 E38 2000) Morgan Quitno Corporation. Education state rankings : PreK-12 education in the 50 United States: Annual; 1st ed. (2002/2003). (Ref LA 217.2 .E383 2002/03) United States. National Church Arson Task Force. Bureau of Statistics, et al. Statistical abstract of the United States / prepared by the chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department: Annual; 1st no. (1878). A digest of government statistics, including those from the Department of Education. (Ref Desk HA 202 U5 and online) Government Documents Since the Department of Education is the primary source for most educational statistics, the Government Documents collection on the first floor of Jesse H. Jones Library is an excellent source for statistical and other information.

Tests
Goldman, Bert A., and John L. Saunders. Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures. New York: Behavioral Publications, 1974. "This directory provides References to non-standardized, experimental mental measures currently undergoing development." It does not provide evaluative information. For each test the following information is covered: test name, purpose, number of items, format, reliability, validity, author, article, journal and related research. (Jones General Coll. BF 431 G624) (Volumes 6 & 7 in Jones Ref BF 431 G624) (Volume 8 in Sci Ref BF 431 G624) Keyser, Daniel J., and Richard C. Sweetland. Test Critiques. Kansas City, Mo: Test Corporation of America. This work provides brief critiques of tests. Each critique contains an introduction and then provides the following information: technical aspects, practical uses, the critique and References. (SCI Ref BF T419 1984)

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"Mental Measurements Yearbooks (Online); Mental Measurements Yearbooks." The Institute. Contains principally descriptive listings, References, and critical reviews of commercially published tests in English. Criteria for inclusion of a test in Mental Measurements Yearbook are that the test must be either new or revised since the last volume was published or the test has generated 20 or more References since the last volume was published. Mitchell, James V., and Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. Tests in Print III : An Index to Tests, Test Reviews, and the Literature on Specific Tests. Lincoln, Neb: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska-Lincoln : Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press, 1983. Contains only descriptive listings and References of commercially published tests in English that are in print and available for purchase. The only criterion for inclusion of a test in Test in Print is that it is in print and available for purchase or use. Test in Print also serves as a comprehensive index to the contents of Mental Measurements Yearbooks published to date. (Ref LB 3051 T443x 1983) Murphy, Linda L., et al. Tests in Print IV : An Index to Tests, Test Reviews, and the Literature on Specific Tests. Lincoln, Neb: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska-Lincoln : Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press, 1994. Contains only descriptive listings and References of commercially published tests in English that are in print and available for purchase. The only criterion for inclusion of a test in Test in Print is that it is in print and available for purchase or use. Test in Print also serves as a comprehensive index to the contents of Mental Measurements Yearbooks published to date. (Ref LB 3051 T443x 1994) Sweetland, Richard C., and Daniel J. Keyser. Tests : A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business. 2nd ed. Kansas City, Mo: Test Corp. of America, 1986. This work presents information on thousands of assessment instruments. It does not provide reviews or evaluations of the tests. (SCI Ref BF 176 T43 1986)

Biographies
National Reference Institute (U.S.). Who's who in American education (1988): Annual; 1988-1989-. (Ref LA 2311 W47 2004-05) Ohles, Frederik, Shirley M. Ohles, and John G. Ramsay. Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1997. (Ref Oversize LA2311 .O55 1997 and e-books)

Internet
Educators Progress Service. Educators guide to free internet resources: Annual; 1st annual ed. (2002/2003). (LB 1044.87 E365 2004/05) Lerman, James. Essential Websites for Educational Leaders in the 21st Century. Lanham, Md: ScarecrowEducation, 2004. (Ref LB 1044.87 L45 2004) Try also searching these specialized search engines for good databases: www.ipl.org and www.lii.org

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