Databases -- Websites -- Reference Books
Databases
ERIC: (UW restricted)
The ERIC database is the world’s largest source of education information. It contains more than 1 million abstracts of journal articles and documents on education research and practice.
Please note: ERIC Documents from 1996 to the present are available full-text online. Each version of the database has its own way of providing the full-text of ERIC Documents. Please check with the reference staff if you have any questions concerning ERIC Documents. Remember: Only ERIC Documents are available full-text. If the ERIC Document you need is not available full-text online, use Document Delivery to order the article from the Microforms & Newspapers Library on the Seattle campus. On the form, be sure to use the Request an ERIC Document link.
The ERIC database does not provide full-text to the articles. Use the link to Check for UW Holdings to determine if the journal is available online or if the UW Libraries owns the journal. Be sure to check dates of the articles. The ERIC database goes back to 1963, and most of the older materials will not be available full-text!
The public version of the ERIC database is available at the Educator's Reference Desk.
Education Full Text (UW restricted) provides indexing of periodicals and yearbook articles dating from 1983; abstracting of those dating from Jan. 1994; and full text of those dating from January 1996.
Expanded Academic Index (UW restricted) provides indexing and abstracting for approximately 1,500 scholarly and general interest periodicals, covering all major fields of study in the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
PsycINFO (UW restricted) contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters and technical reports in the field of psychology, and psychological aspects of related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.
Social Sciences Citation Index: (UW restricted) Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts and cited references, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes 1,700 social science journals, plus individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 scientific and technical journals.
Connect to complete list of all UW databases
Websites
The web site for the U.S. Department of Education includes information on initiatives & priorities of the Education Department, research & statistics and publications published by the Department of Education. The site also includes information for parents, teachers and students.
The National Library of Education is the world’s largest federally funded library devoted solely to education. The Library is the federal government’s main resource center for educational information.
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
The Gateway
to Educational Materials (GEM) project is a consortium effort to provide
educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged,
collections of educational materials found on various federal, state,
university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
The Educators Reference Desk
The Educator's Reference Desk provides access to AskERIC's 2,000 lesson plans, 3,000 links to online education information, and 200 question archive responses. The Educator's Reference Desk also provides a search interface to the ERIC Database, providing access to over one million bibliographic records on educational research, theory, and practice.
Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Washington
The OSPI web site includes information on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) and the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALR).
Multicultural Pavilion
The Multicultural Pavilion offers educators and students resources relevant to multicultural education. The Pavilion’s Teacher’s Corner provides classroom resources including a Multicultural Song Index, Children’s Literature and Cultural Awareness Activities. Other features at Multicultural Pavilion are an International Project, Discussion Forums and many links to other web sites devoted to multicultural educational issues.
The Children's
Literature Web Guide
The Children’s Literature Web Guide is a comprehensive web site of resources related to books for children and young adults. The site includes awards lists, resources for parents, teachers & writers, publisher information and authors’ pages.
Reference Books
Encyclopedia of education
Bothell/CCC Reference: LB15 .E47 2003
Education and sociology : An encyclopedia
Bothell/CCC Reference: LC189.95 .E38 2002
Higher education in the United States : An encyclopedia
Bothell/CCC Reference: LA225 .H54 2002
Testing and standards : A brief encyclopedia
Bothell/CCC Reference: LB3051 .W4966 2002
Encyclopedia of American education
Bothell/CCC Reference: LB17 .U54 2001
Encyclopedia of multicultural education
Bothell/CCC Reference: LC1099.3 .M58 1999
Handbook of research on multicultural education
Bothell/CCC Reference: LC1099.3 .H35 1995
International encyclopedia of education
Bothell/CCC Reference: LB15 .I569 1994
Review of research in education
Bothell/CCC Reference: LB1028 .R4
Cabell's directory of publishing opportunities in education
Bothell/CCC Reference: Z286.E3 C37
Mental measurements yearbook
Bothell/CCC Reference: Z5814.P8 M43
Curriculum Reference Books
A to Zoo : subject access to children's picture books
Bothell/CCC Curriculum Reference: Z1037 .L715 2001
Black authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults : a biographical dictionary Bothell/CCC Curriculum Reference: Z1037 .R63 1999
Latina and Latino voices in literature for children and teenagers Bothell/CCC Curriculum Reference: Z1229.H57 D3 1997
The New Press guide to multicultural resources for young readers Bothell/CCC Curriculum Reference: Z1037 .N42 1997
Bothell/CCC Children’s Curriculum Materials, including Curriculum Reference and Children’s Literature, are on the third floor of the Library. Please ask for assistance at the Information Commons if you have trouble locating materials.
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