Florida Atlantic University Libraries

The following print sources are located in the Reference Department of the S.E. Wimberly Library. To find resources in the general collection use our online catalog, WebLuis. Due to the vast number of books that fall under the Library of Congress subject heading “Education,” it is best to narrow your search by using Advanced Search and combining your terms. Example: “elementary education” and “classroom management.”

SELECTED WEB SITES

	Buros Institute of Mental Measurements: The Buros Institute encourages improved test development and measurement research through thoughtful, critical analysis of measurement instruments and the promotion of an open dialogue regarding contemporary measurement issues.
	ED Pubs Education Publications Center for the U.S. Department of Education. You can search their Web site and order free copies of publications, videotapes, CD-ROMS, posters, bookmarks and other products. Many of the publications can even be downloaded immediately in electronic form.
	Educator's Reference Desk: A personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and others throughout the United States and the world.
	Encyclopedia of ED Stats: Compilation of education data from U.S. government sources such as the National Center for Education Statistics.
	Florida Teacher Certification: Florida Department of Education's site providing information on the FCTE including testing dates, information about ordering study guides, etc.
	Teacher Certification Requirements: Contact information for each state regarding teacher certification. Includes links to each state's Department of Education web page, and in some cases, links to further information.
	US Department Of Education: The U.S. Department of Education's mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence for all Americans.

LC3707 .E53	*Baker, Colin, and Sylvia Prys Jones. Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education.1998.*
LC65 .I58	*Carnoy, Martin. International encyclopedia of economics of education. 2nd ed. 1995.*
LB17 .P485	*Chambliss, J.J., ed. Philosophy of education: an encyclopedia. 1996.*
LB1028 .E563	Encyclopedia of education information for elementary and secondary school professionals. 1994.
LC4007.E53	Fletcher-Janzen, Elaine and Cecil R. Reynolds. eds. Encyclopedia of special education: a reference for the education of the handicapped and other exceptional children and adults. 2nd ed. 2000.
LB2324.N45	*Nelson, Cary and Stephen Watt. Academic keywords: a devil’s dictionary for higher education. 1999.*
LB7 .I65	*Noble, Keith Allan. The international education quotations encyclopaedia. 1995.*
LB43 .I584	*Postlewaite, T. Neville, ed. International encyclopedia of national systems of education. 2nd ed. 1995.*
LC191 .I49	*Saha, Lawrence. International encyclopedia of the sociology of education. 1997.*
KF4117.T39	*Taylor, Bonnie B. Education and the law: a dictionary. 1996.*
LB1028 .E563	The encyclopedia of education information for elementary and secondary school professionals. 1995.
LB17 .U54	*Unger, Harlow. Encyclopedia of American education. 1996.*

Z675.P3 D57	*Anderson, Beth G. Directory of Curriculum Centers. 4th ed. 1996.*
LB1044.87 .B54	*Bigham, Vicki Smith. The Prentice Hall directory of online education resources. 1998.*
Z286.E3 C32	*Cabell, Deborah W.E. Cabell's directory of publishing opportunities in education. 4th ed. 1995.*
LC3719 .F56	Financial aid for minorities in education. 1995.
L901.H46	Higher Education Directory. 17th ed. 1999.

LB2375 .I57	Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange. International exchange locator: a guide to U.S. organizations, federal agencies, and congressional committees active in international exchange. 4th ed. 1996.
LB2342.4.U6 B74	Brewer, Ernest W., Achilles, Charles M.,and Furhriman, Jay R. Finding funding: grant writing from start to finish, including project management and internet use. 3rd ed. 1998.
LB2376.6.G7 I58	British Council, the National Academic Recognition Information Centre (NARIC) for the United Kingdom. International guide to qualifications in education. 4th ed. 1996.
LB2165 .D76	*Drozdowski, Mark J. and Patrick Cullen. Insider's guide to graduate programs in education. 1997.*
LB1044.87 .E37	*Giagnocavo, Gregory. Educator's Internet companion : classroom connect's complete guide to educational resources on the Internet. 1996.*
LC71.2 .I58	*Hargreaves, Andy, ed. International handbook of educational change. 1998.*
LB1028.3 .H355	Jonassen, David H, ed. Handbook of research for educational communications and technology: a project of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. 1996.
LB1028 .E3184	*Keeves, John P. Educational research, methodology and measurement: an international handbook. 2nd ed. 1997.*
LB2805 .I454	*Leithwood, Kenneth, ed. International handbook of educational leadership and administration. 1996.*
LB3051 .L4543	*Lester, Paula E. and Lloyd K. Bishop. Handbook of tests and measurement in education and the social sciences. 1997.*
LB2805 .H2864	Murphy, Joseph and Karen Seashore Louis, eds. Handbook of research on educational administration: a project of the American Educational Research Association. 2nd ed. 1999.
Z5811.B89	*O'Brien, Nancy P. Education: a guide to reference and information sources. 2nd ed. 2000.*
LB15 .P45	*Peterson, Susan Louise. The educators' phrase book: a complete reference guide. 1998.*
LA1058.A82	*Postiglione, Gerard and Grace L. Mak. Asian higher education: an international handbook and reference guide. 1997.*
L901.W45	*Weinstein, Miriam. Making a difference college & graduate guide. 7th ed. 2000.*

LA201 .E38	Education statistics of the United States. 2nd ed. 2000.
KF4110.A2 N31	*Education Law Association. ELA Notes. Library retains latest 5 years.*
LA216 .G47	*Geitz, Henry, Jurgen Heideking, and Jurgen Herbst, eds. German influences on education in the United States to 1917. 1995.*
Z695.1.E3 E34	*Houston, James E. Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.). Thesaurus of ERIC descriptors. 4th ed. 2001.*
LB3060.83 .K46	*Kendall, Robert and Robert J. Marzano. Content knowledge: a compendium of standards and benchmarks for K-12 education. 1996.*
LB1570 .K728	Kraus curriculum development library. 15th ed. 1996. (Located in Microforms).
BF176 .T43	*Maddox, Taddy. Tests: a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education, and business. 4th ed. 1997.*
PN6084.E38 Q68	*Maggio, Rosalie. Quotations on education. 1997.*
LB17 .R68	*Moon, Bob and Ben-Peretz, Sally Miriam, eds. Routledge international companion to education. 2000.*
Z5814.E9 T47	*Murphy, Linda L., ed. Tests in print V : an index to tests, test reviews, and the literature on specific tests. 1999.*
LA217.2 .T35	*Noll, James Wm., ed. Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial educational issues. 10th ed. 1999.*

	African-American Biographical Database: Brings together in one resource the biographies of thousands of African Americans, many not to be found in any other reference source. Contains extended narratives of African American activists, business people, former slaves, performing artists, educators, lawyers, physicians, writers, and more--both the famous and the everyday person. Their stories are pivotal to an understanding of the Black American experience over the last two centuries.
	ArticleFirst: Contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Each record describes one article, news story, letter, or other item.
	ECO: A collection of scholarly journals containing some full text articles in a variety of subject areas. Does require Adobe Acrobat or RealPage for viewing the full text articles.
	Education Fulltext Subject areas include adult education, arts, athletics, comparative education, competency-based education, computers in education, continuing education, educational technology, elementary education, government funding, higher education, instructional media, language arts, library science, literacy standards, multicultural/ethnic education, parent-teacher relations, prayer in public schools, preschool education, religious education, school administration, science and mathematics, secondary education, special education, student counseling, teacher education, teacher evaluation, teaching methods, vocational education. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996.
	Encyclopedia Britannica Online: It consists of a fully searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, hundreds of articles not found in the print Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition), the Britannica Book of the Year, and thousands of links to other World Wide Web sites selected by Britannica editors.
	ERIC (In Cambridge Scientific): The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. The ERIC database corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Both journals provide access to some 14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles per year. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs. Covers 1966-present. Updated monthly.
	ERIC Document Reproduction Service E*Subscribe: Use this database to search by ED number. For author, title, and subject searching, it is recommended that you use the Cambridge Scientific ERIC Database which provides links to full-text in this database.
	Expanded Academic ASAP: Companion to Academic Index on WebLUIS. This version is updated daily and may have entries and full-text that is somewhat more current. Some articles have charts and illustrations not included in the WebLUIS version. However, the WebLUIS version has more years of coverage available.
	FactSearch: Based on the printed publication, citation bibliographic A Matter of Fact. Each record contains a record for an item, an abstract containing facts and statistics with a reference to their original source, and library holdings. The information comes from over 300 publications--including newspapers, periodicals, Congressional hearings.
	InfoTrac OneFile: Search humanities, education, business, science, current events, art, politics, economics, social science, law, health care, computers, technology, environmental issues, and general interest topics.
	JSTOR: Provides full-text full image access to over sixty journal titles from the inception of the titles up to within the past five years. Covers African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
	Kraus Curriculum Development Library Online (KCDL): This searchable database of curricula, frameworks, and standards brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.
	Library Literature and Information Science Full Text Subject areas include automation, cataloging, censorship, children's literature, circulation procedures, classification, copyright legislation, education for librarianship, government aid, information brokers, internet software, library associations and conferences, library equipment and supplies, personnel administration, preservation of materials, public relations, publishing, and web sites. Full-text coverage begins in 1997.
	Literature Resource Center: Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale's most used literary databases in a single searchable service, the LRC covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. Search by Author Name, Title, Genre, Literary Movement or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search path.
	NetLibrary: A collection of over 20,000 online full-text nonfiction electronic books ranging from Cliffs Notes to travel guides to computer programming manuals. Each user must set up an individual account.
	OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science Full Text. Full-text coverage begins in 1994. Each database has its own start dates for indexing, abstracting, and full text; start dates for full-text rights to individual journals vary within a database.
	Periodical Content Index Full Text: Provides indexing for the contents of older issues of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences dating back to 1770. Complete tables of contents are included for each issue of each journal. Includes journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. Contains some full text articles.
	Physical Education Index: Features a wide variety of content, including physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, coaching and training, and related topics.
	Project Muse: Provides online access to journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and more.
	ProQuest Digital Dissertations: Authoritative source for information about U.S. doctoral dissertations and master's theses. This database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities.
	PsycARTICLES: Contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF journals, most from 1988 to the present.
	PsycINFO PsycINFO contains more than 1.5 million references to journal articles, books, book chapters, technical reports and dissertations dealing with mental health, neuroscience, psychology, psychometrics, and related disciplines. This resource provides links to full text dissertations within the ProQuest Digital Dissertations database.
	Wiley InterScience: Provides access to an index of articles found in several science education journals. Contains abstracts.