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Education 

(also see Communication Disorders Guide)

The following is a selected list of resources for starting research in Education. For further assistance, contact Katy Lenn, Education Reference Librarian, at klenn@uoregon.edu

Starting Your Research

These sources can help you identify a topic for your research. They can provide an overview of a specific issue and suggest other materials which might be useful for your research.

  • Encyclopedia of education (2nd ed.), 2003; KNIGHT REF LB 15 .E47 2003 or on online
  • Encyclopedia of educational research; KNIGHT REF LB 15 .E48 1992
  • Encyclopedia of special education : a reference for the education of the handicapped and other exceptional children and adults; KNIGHT REF LC4007 .E53 2000
  • Encyclopedia of disability; KNIGHT REF HV 1568 .E528 2006 or online
  • Dictionary of developmental disabilities terminology
  • Handbook of social justice in education;  KNIGHT REF LC 71 .H364 2009
  • Sage online Reference books: Includes: Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media; Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning; Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration; Encyclopedia of Human Development; Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice, Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development; Encyclopedia of School Psychology; Encyclopedia of Leadership; Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America; Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology; Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Encyclopedia of Career Development; Encyclopedia of Community Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior; Encyclopedia of Human Development; Encyclopedia of Evaluation; Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics; Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods 
  • Annual Review of Psychology

Finding Articles

To look for articles in journals, newspapers, or magazines, you will need to start with an index. An index will allow you to look by subject or a few keywords which describe your topic or by author. Off-campus access will require you to login with your DuckID when accessing proprietary materials OR you can sign in using the VPN client.

  • ERIC via EBSCO
    The main source for education, ERIC consists of citations to more than 850,000 records about all areas of education. ERIC is composed of citations to articles published in education journals and to ERIC documents which include curriculi, reports, standards, and other unpublished materials in education. ERIC indexes materials from 1966 to the present and is updated monthly.
  • Education Abstracts
    Education Abstracts covers English-language education periodicals and yearbook published in the U.S. and elsewhere. Subjects include administration teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, and government funding. Citations are available from 1983 to the present.
  • Academic Search Premier
    Provides coverage of some education journals. Also good for it's coverage of education topics in popular magazines such as Time and Newsweek. It does provide full-text access to some articles.
  • Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
    LLBA provides complete coverage of language and linguistics from about 600 journals.
  • Social Services Abstracts, provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
  • PsycINFO provides indexing and abstracting for 1,900 journals in psychology and related disciplines.

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Finding Books

  • UO Library Catalog
    Identify books by topic, title or author; identify journals and magazines owned by the UO Library. To find journal articles on your topic, use the databases listed in the section above. Once you have a citation, you can check the library catalog by doing a title search on the name of the journal to see if we have it here.
  • Orbis Union Catalog
    Orbis is a consortium of libraries that doubles our collection. You can borrow books not owned by the UO Library by selecting the Request Item option. Orbis works only for books. If you want to request a journal articles, you'll need to fill out an interlibrary loan form.
  • WorldCat
    Worldcat provides access to library catalogs from around the world. The database contains bibliographic records describing books, journals, maps, musical scores, manuscripts, etc.

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People and Organizations

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Web Resources

Maintained by: Katy Lenn, klenn@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 01/22/2010