Teacher Prep Shortcuts

REFERENCE

For short summaries

L - EDUCATION

Sample Titles:

The Greenwood Dictionary of Education. REF LB15.GR 2003

Encyclopedia of Education. REF LB15.E47 2003 Vols. 1 - 8
Institutions, people, process roles, and philosophies - global coverage. Vol. 8 covers court cases, legislation and international agreements.

Early Childhood Education: An international encyclopedia. REF LB1139.23.E272 2007 Vols. 1 - 4.

Specialized Dictionaries, Handbooks, Encyclopedias

Education and Technology: An encyclopedia. REF LB1028.3.E17 2004 Vols. 1 - 2

Elementary Education: A reference handbook. REF LB1555.H297 2005

Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities. REF LC4704.5.T86 2006

Standards and Schooling in the United States: An encyclopedia. REF LB2822.82.S82 2001 Vols. 1 - 3

Statistics

Digest of Education Statistics. REF L111.A6 Updated Annually
Dept. of Education's annual statistical tables on enrollment, outcomes, staffing, learning resources & technology, and funding of all levels of education in the U.S. Includes some international comparisons.

CIRCULATING COLLECTION

Search the Online Card Catalog (OPAC) for books, videos and audiocassettes that you can check out.

AUTHOR SEARCH - For works BY an educator
For example:

• Dewey, John

• Escalante Jaime
• constructivism (education)
• mainstreaming in education
• education, bilingual

TIP: If you do not find your concept, movement or theory using a SUBJECT SEARCH, try it again using a KEYWORD SEARCH.

ONLINE DATABASES

Search the Online Article Databases http://www.epcc.edu/vvlib/vvonline.htm for newspaper, magazine and journal articles. The databases are available from any Internet computer in the E.P.C.C. libraries or computer labs. If you have Internet at home, follow the directions for remote access given at http://www.epcc.edu/vvlib/remotedirections.htm.

Professional Development Collection
Journals, magazines and newspapers
Search Tips:
     Limit your search to "Full Text."
    To find journals, limit your search to "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals."

Curriculum Resource Center Junior Edition
Printable handouts for the elementary school curriculum

Science Online
Printable handouts for the 6th - 12th grade science curriculum - also has the National Science Education Standards

SIRS Researcher
Articles on controversial topics from newspapers, some magazines and a few professional journals. This is often a good database for a search about education reform.

OPEN WEB

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/SBECOnline/certinfo/becometeacher.asp
Information on how to become a teacher in Texas.

U.S. Dept. of Education. http://www.ed.gov/
Statistics, research reports, trends.

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