Citation Guides:
American Psychological Association
APA Publication Manual, 6th ed., 2008
(REF 808.06615 P96AP)
APA Style Guide (Mahoney Library)
Research Guides
Education Resources handout
- Victoria Wollny, Spring 2012, Education & Human Services Settings - Pat Schall
Special Education (PPTX)
Peer Review in 5 Minutes
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Online Reference Sources
- John Dewey's Collected Works (1882-1953)
- Education: Meeting America's Needs
- Psychology of Classroom Learning
Print Reference Sources
- Fifty major thinkers on education : from Confucius to Dewey (REF 370.922 F469m)
- Patterson’s American Education (REF 370 P277)
- Encyclopedia of Special Education (REF 371.903 E563r)
Research Guide for Education
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Books on education have call numbers in the 370's, located on the lower floor, right side. Two other collections of interest, the Young People's Collection (Fiction and Non-Fiction) and the Curriculum Collection, are located in the same wing. Books on your teaching subjects will be elsewhere: Math (500’s), Arts (700’s), Literature (800’s), Sciences (500’s-600’s), History (900’s)
Relevant Article Databases
Databases in bold are NOT included in the search box above.
- Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary database with several education journals, most peer-reviewed, some Full Text. - Education Full Text
700+ education periodicals, over 300 of them peer-reviewed. - Education Research Complete
1200 full text journals and 500 full text books. - ERIC via Ebsco
1.3 million education citations. Some full text.
If Ebsco is unavailable, try ERIC via ProQuest, or use the public version of ERIC. - Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Reviews 2,000 testing instruments (No Full Text). - Physical Education Index
Search 450+ physical education periodicals (No Full Text) - Professional Development Collection
500+ full text/peer-reviewed journals. - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Over 750,000 downloadable full text dissertations and theses, covering a wide range of graduate research topics, including education. - ProQuest Research Library
Multidisciplinary database with education journals and titles for children/teens. - PsycINFO
Psychological and behavioral aspects of education, 98% peer-reviewed.
New Jersey Education News
Statistics Sources
- National Center for Education Statistics
- 120 Years of American Education
- NJ Dept. of Education Data
- ICPSR Research Data Archive
- U.S. Census: Education
- PreK-3rd Data Resource Center
- Education Counts
- UNESCO Education
Recent Research Reports
- Full Text Reports: Education, K-12
E.g. "Analysis of State Bullying Laws and Policies," "The State of Science Standards 2012," and "2012 Brown Center Report on American Education."
Research Centers
- Education Commission of the States
- Institute of Education Sciences
- American Educational Research Association
- CALDER Publications
- Teacher Policy Research
- National Center on School Choice
- National Institute for Early Education Research
- National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards & Student Testing
Requirements
Curriculum & Lesson Plans
- NJ Core Content Standards
- Curriculum Resource Center
- World Almanac for Kids
- Gateway to Educational Materials
- New York Times Lesson Plans
- PBS Teachers Resources
- History Education Clearinghouse
- FactCheckED Lesson Plans
- New Jersey Digital Highway