Education

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Books | Reference books | Articles | Web sites

Finding Books:

To find books or multimedia items, search the ACC book catalog (ACC Library web page > Finding Books > Catalog). The catalog lists reference books (located on the main floor), circulating books (on the library's upper level; may be borrowed for four week) as well as videos, DVDs and music CDs (may be borrowed by faculty; others may listen or watch material in libary). Here are some subject headings to consider using:

Reference Books:

Reference books, on the main floor, can help you select a research topic. They also offer quick background information and overviews on subjects.

World Education Information:

For Plattsburgh students researching the educational systems of various countries, use the online version of the World Education Encyclopedia, in the Gale Virtual Reference Library database mentioned below. You may also want to use these two U.S. government sources for updated statistics and data:

Gale Virtual Reference Library:

You can search thousands of full-text chapters from more than 250 reference books published by Gale Cengage Learning. The ACC Library owns many of these books in printed format also. The Document Title search will search for your term in the chapter titles, giving you full-text chapters from the reference books. The content is the exactly the same as the original printed books. This is a subscription database, available from off-campus to ACC students, faculty and staff. Find this database with these links: ACC Library Web page > Finding Books > Reference > Gale Virtual Reference Library.

You will find the chapters from World Education Encyclopedia (2002) and Encyclopedia of Education of particular use.
 
Plattsburgh students: This is available on the Feinberg Library Web site > Subject Database Menu > General > Virtual Reference Library.

Finding Articles:

Journal articles offer current and specific information and research. Search for journal articles by subject through any of the ACC Library's dozens of article databases. Many but not all offer full-text links to articles. (If needed, ask a reference librarian about finding an article though another database, print sources or interlibrary loan if it's not full-text.).

Article databases are subscription-only products. ACC students and faculty may search these from home by following screen directions. (To get your ACC student username and password, see Lookup Account and Password on the Student Portal page.) For a full list of the library's more than 300 journal subscriptions, see the Perriodicals at ACC list or check the card file at the Circulation Desk.

From the ACC Library Web page, go to Finding Articles. Then, choose either:

• General Databases to find articles on a current, popular or multidisciplinary topic and need a mix of newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals; or
• Subject Databases to find specialized articles on one subject only, such as business, science, literature, nursing, etc.

Among the General Databases are:
● EBSCO's Academic Search Premier: Over 8000 journals; about half are full-text.
● JSTOR: full-text; 117 journals covering the arts, sciences and social sciences.
● New York Times: Current (1980-present) and historical editions (1851-2003).
● New York State Newspapers: includes New York Times full-text.
● Opposing Viewpoints, CQ Researcher, more.

ACC subscribes to many journals, all located on the Library's main floor.

They may be in print on paper or in microform:  Education Digest, Edutopic, Educause,, Mathematics Teacher, Teaching Pre K-8, Young Children, Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning, and the like. Journals are listed in ACC Library's Journal Holdings and Subject List booklet at the Reference Desk, and on the ACC Library Web page under Finding Articles > Periodicals at ACC. If the articles are not readily available in the databases or the SFX links, please go to the librarian at the Reference Desk to begin the interlibrary loan process. 

ACC students may search the online databases from home by following screen directions. Plattsburgh students may log on to Plattsburgh's Feinberg Library Web page to search databases.


Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)       

ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

Visit this database by following these links:
- ACC Web page > ACC Libary > Finding Articles > Subject Databases > Social Sciences > ERIC.                                 

You may also access it through United States Department of Education's Web site for searching the ERIC Database,   http://eric.ed.gov.

 Use the words that you find in the ERIC Thesaurus (online at the ERIC site or at Ref. Z 695.1.E3 E74 2001) or try your own vocabulary to conduct your search. 

You will retrieve items labeled with the letters EJ (journal article) or ED (research report, curriculum guide, and other documents). 

- ERIC journal articles are not full text. If they are not readily available, please consult a librarian at the Reference Desk. The articles might be full-text in another database or the ACC Library may subcribe to the journal in print. 

- ERIC research reports may be available on the ERIC site.


Education Research Complete

This EBSCO database is a very large collection of full text education journals, covering curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related
social issues. Use it in addition to ERIC for best coverage of your topic.

Web sites:

Here are some recommended Web sites. Of the billions of Web sites in the world, these are more appropriate for college-level research.

Plattsburgh's Education Research Guide
http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/carla.hendrix/flirteducation/index.htm
From Plattsburgh's education librarian, Carla Hendrix. Lists information on ERIC and other databases, library resources, plus Web Resources in Education.

University at Albany Libraries' Education Web site:
http://library.albany.edu/subject/education_main.html
Excellent collection of education links for New York State (NYS Dept. of Education, much more) and federal/world education organizations (U.S. Department of Education, UNICEF, etc.).

Blue Web’n-Knowledge Network Explorer
http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/bluewebn/
This site provides access to carefully selected, high quality websites. You can
subscribe to the website to receive site updates each month.

LDOnline
http://www.ldonline.com
Information and links on learning disabilities, for parents, teachers, others.

Crash Course in Copyright: http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
From University of Texas. Covers copyright, fair use, intellectual property for multimedia, online materials, more.

American Institutes for Research
http://www.air.org
Education research from AIR, a world-wide, nonprofit behavioral and social science research organization founded in 1946.

Librarians' Internet Index: Education section
http://lii.org/search/file/edlib
Web subject directory listing reliable sites for education.

U.S. Department of Education:
- U.S.Department of Education Home Page: http://www.ed.gov. If you click Teachers and then Teaching Resources, you will retrieve a page full of resources on the Web site Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) . If you enter "lesson plans" in the textbox, you will be delighted to find an impressive list of high-quality lesson plans.
- Digest of Education Statistics, 2005: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006030. From Institute of Education Sciences from the U.S. Department of Education.
- National Center for Education Statistics Home Page. http://nces.ed.gov
- What Works Clearinghouse http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ A central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education.

New York State Department of Education:
- New York State School and District Report Cards: https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb/
- Learning standards: http://usny.nysed.gov/teachers/nyslearningstandards.html
- Virtual Learning System (VLS): http://eservices.nysed.gov/vls/welcome.do
- Regents exam archive: http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/hsregents.html

Professional Organizations and Web Journals:
- Association for Curriculum & Development: http://ascd.org
- Approaches to Learning (ATL) (Middle School): http://www.ops.org/excels/msatltop.htm
- Association for Childhood Education International: http://acei.org
- Brain research for educators: http://brains.org/index.htm
- Professional union information and resources: http://nysut.org
- Chatrooms for sharing opportunities: http://newyork.teachers.net
- IRA International Reading Assoc. http://www.reading.org/ For literacy professionals
- National Assoc for Ed. Of Young Children http://www.naeyc.org/
- Council For Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org
- Education Week http://www.edweek.orgTools

Teacher tools:
- Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
- Interesting archives and history lessons: http://pbs.org/teachersource/
- New York Times Lesson Plans: http://nytimes.com/learning
- Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans: http://col-ed.org/cur
- EdHelper.com: http://edhelper.com
- Hot Chalk’s learning environment for K-12 teachers: http://LessonPlansPage.com
- McRel Educator Resources: http://mcrel.org/resources
- Schoolhouse, a Microsoft database: http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse
- Lesson Plans Page: http://lessonplanspage.com/
- Vast keyword-searchable site: puzzles, clipart, lessons, etc.: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/

Hundreds of education websites rated by popularity are listed on http://sitesforteachers.com/index.html Most popular right now:

Learning Objects and Multimedia Sources:

PBS TeacherSource-Public Broadcasting System http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/- a fine site full of all kinds of multimedia classroom resources.

- Merlot (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm - a site with all kinds of multimedia resources for teaching.

- Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) Project - U.S. Dept. of Education http://www.thegateway.org - gGateway to 21st Century Skills: Worthwhile educational resources, including high quality lesson plans.

- HippoCampus http://hippocampus.org/ - a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE), "to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge."

- TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) http://www.ted.com/ - almost 200 free downloadable videos (up to 18 minutes) of lectures and performances. Speakers include Isabel Allende, Jane Goodall, Al Gore, Jeff Bezos, Brian Greene, plus many others: philosophers, artists, economists, scientists and more. For a list of speakers, see: http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers . Site is part of the Creative Commons license, so videos can be shared and reposted if credit is given. (For more about TED, see http://www.ted.com/index.php/pages/view/id/5 .)

- Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, Field Trips and Learning Resources http://smithsonianeducation.org/

- International Childrens Digital Library (ICDL): http://www.icdlbooks.org/

- Library of Congress Learning Page: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/-historical resources

Teaching with Technology:
- International Association for Technology in Education http://www.iste.org/
- Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/
- From Now On http://www.fno.org/ - innovative teaching with technology
- Education Arcade http://www.educationarcade.org/ - learning games
- NEIR TEC http://www.neirtec.org/ - linking leadership & Technology to Learning

For more information:

Consult a reference librarian at any point in your research. You may also want to see other online ACC Library research guides.

SUNY Plattsburgh students:

Plattsburgh students taking courses on the ACC campus may access articles and reference databases from home at http://www.plattsburgh.edu/library. Click on "Off-Campus Services" for details on interlibrary loan, distance learning, reference help, etc. The ACC and Plattsburgh libraries subscribe to many similar services.

 Also see the ACC Library guide Frequently Asked Questions of SUNY Plattsburgh Students at ACC, available online on ACC Library page http://library.sunyacc.edu  > Research Guides & Tutorials.

                                                Updated July 2008/MG/JM