Tennessee State
University
Brown-Daniel Library
Resources for Education
Prepared by:
Lynetta Alexander
And
Barbara VanHooser
Scope
By its very nature, the field of education
encompasses all disciplines from art
through zoology.
This presentation will focus on library
resources and methods for finding
education-related information.
Electronic Access to Books
Online Catalog
Athena
Interlibrary Loan
Print Resources – Stack Area
The discipline of education: L, first floor.
Legal aspects: KF, first floor.
Educational psychology: BF, LB, and LC
sections, first floor.
ESL, literature: P, third floor.
Selected Print Reference Sources
Requirements for
Certification (LB
1771)
Encyclopedias of
education include
special education,
higher education,
Educational
Research
West’s Education
Law Reporter
West’s Education
Law Digest
American Public
School Law
Selected Print Reference Sources
(cont.)
Testing and Measurements
Handbook of Tests and Measurements for
Black Populations (BF176)
Educational Testing Service Collection
(LB3051)
Tests In Print (Z5814.E9 T47)
Mental Measurements Yearbook (BF431)
Periodical Holdings
May be accessed by:
Notebooks located in both libraries, listing title,
call or shelf number, Main or Williams
Campus, and dates
Periodical holdings link on the library web
page, includes links to title and subject lists
Representative Education
Periodicals
Educational Administration Quarterly
Educational Leadership
Educational Technology
Educational Theory
Exceptional Children
NASSP
Phi Delta Kappan
Electronic Resources
Books in Print
Evaluations
Government Resources
Online Forms
Online Journals Free on the Web
Periodical Holdings
Virtual Reference Desk
Electronic Resources (2)
May be accessed through Databases by Title via
Library Home Page
ERIC: (mainly index with abstracts)
ED
Eric Documents in microfiche on
second floor
EJ
Eric Journal check periodical holdings
Electronic Resources (3)
Infotrac: (some full text)
EBSCOhost: Academic Search Elite (full
text)
PsycInfo: indexes books and journal
articles about psychology, mental
development and learning (abstract only)
Lexis-Nexis: legal research (full text)
Electronic Resources (4)
Librarians’ Index to the Internet:
http://www.lii.org
Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org
Government Documents
GPO
Marcive Web DOCS– Express Search
Digest of Education Statistics (annual)
Conditions of Education (annual)
Conclusion
Thank you for your attention. We hope this
presentation has been helpful.
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Tennessee State University
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