Education: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-01-15
Publisher(s): Libraries Unltd Inc
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Summary

Nearly 500 key reference sources in the education field today-most new to this edition and published within the last decade-are listed by subject and type of work. Numerous Web site references and an increased number of journal annotations reflect the increasing reliance on these sources. Topics include educational technology and media; multilingual and multicultural education; adult alternative, continuing, and distance education; and educational research and testing.

Author Biography

NANCY PATRICIA O'BRIEN is Head, Education and Social Science Library, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. In 1997, she received the Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), American Library Association.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi
General Education Sources
1(36)
Bibliographies
1(1)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
1(5)
Directories and Almanacs
6(3)
Guides,Handbooks, and Yearbooks
9(6)
Indexes and Abstracts
15(4)
Statistical Sources
19(2)
World Wide Web and Internet Sources
21(2)
Journals
23(10)
Biographies
33(4)
Educational Technology and Media
37(8)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
37(1)
Directories and Almanacs
37(1)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
38(2)
Journals
40(5)
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
45(10)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
45(1)
Directories and Almanacs
45(3)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
48(2)
Statistical Sources
50(1)
Journals
51(3)
Biographies
54(1)
Higher Education
55(28)
Bibliographies
55(1)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
55(2)
Directories and Almanacs
57(9)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
66(4)
Indexes and Abstracts
70(1)
Statistical Sources
71(2)
World Wide Web and Internet Sources
73(1)
Journals
74(9)
Multilingual and Multicultural Education
83(8)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
83(1)
Directories and Almanacs
84(1)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
84(1)
Statistical Sources
85(1)
World Wide Web and Internet Sources
85(1)
Journals
86(5)
Special Education
91(14)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
91(1)
Directories and Almanacs
92(1)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
93(2)
Indexes and Abstracts
95(1)
Journals
96(9)
Adult, Alternative, Continuing, and Distance Education
105(6)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
105(1)
Directories and Almanacs
106(1)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
107(1)
World Wide Web and Internet Sources
108(1)
Journals
108(3)
Career and Vocational Education
111(4)
Directories and Almanacs
111(1)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
111(1)
Journals
112(3)
Comparative and International Education
115(8)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
115(1)
Directories and Almanacs
116(1)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
117(1)
Statistical Sources
118(1)
Journals
119(4)
Curriculum, Instruction, and Content Areas
123(16)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
123(1)
Directories and Almanacs
124(1)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
125(3)
Indexes and Abstracts
128(1)
World Wide Web and Internet Sources
128(1)
Journals
129(10)
Educational Administration and Management
139(4)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
139(1)
Indexes and Abstracts
140(1)
Journals
140(3)
Educational History and Philosophy
143(6)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
143(1)
Directories and Almanacs
144(1)
World Wide Web and Internet Sources
145(1)
Journals
145(2)
Biographies
147(2)
Educational Research, Measurement, and Testing
149(12)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
149(1)
Directories and Almanacs
149(3)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
152(2)
World Wide Web and Internet Sources
154(1)
Journals
154(7)
Educational Psychology
161(6)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
161(1)
Guides, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
162(1)
Journals
163(4)
Author Index 167(4)
Title Index 171(10)
Subject Index 181

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