Dictionaries

  • Dictionary of special education and rehabilitation. [REF] LC3957 .V47A
  • Guide to English educational terms. [REF] LB15 .G62
  • Historical dictionary of American education. [REF] LB15 .H57


Encyclopedias

  • Deskbook encyclopedia of American school law. [REF] KF4114 .D46
  • The encyclopedia of learning disabilities. [REF] LC4704.5 .T86
  • Encyclopedia of mathematics education. [REF] QA11 .E665
  • Encyclopedia of special education: a reference for the education of the handicapped and others. [REF] LC4007 .E53
  • The Gale encyclopedia of childhood & adolescence. [REF] HQ772 .G27


Directories

  • Directory of curriculum material centers. [REF] LB3044.72 .D57


Handbooks

  • The classroom teacher's trouble-shooting handbook. [REF] LB3013 .Y35
  • The educator's writing handbook. [REF] LB1033.5 .R44
  • Handbook of cognitive-behavioral therapies. [REF] RC489 .C63 H36
  • Handbook of reading research. [REF] LB1050 .H278
  • Handbook of research on teaching literacy through the communicative and visual arts. [REF] P91.3 .H36
  • Statistical handbook on the American family. [REF] HQ526 .S727


General Reference

  • American public school law. [REF] KF4118 .A39
  • Childhood and Children: a compendium of customs. [REF] HQ781 .B45
  • Digest of education statistics. [REF] LB2846 .N38
  • The law of public education. [REF] KF4118 .R4
  • Resumes for education careers. [REF] HF5383 .R436


Periodicals

  • Harvard Educational Review
  • Journal of Research in Science Teaching
  • Reading Research Quarterly
  • Sociology of Education


Web Sites
  • AskERIC
    (http://www.askeric.org)
    A personalized Internet - based service which provides education information to teachers, librarians, parents and school administrator in the United States and around the World. This site contains varies information, from lesson plans to journals and full text education documents.
  • The Big 6
    (http://www.big6.com)
    The Big 6 is the most widely used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. This approach is used in K-12 grade schools and higher education, this particular link gives an overview of the points in the program.
  • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
    (http://www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html)
    This site is updated daily and contains links to an array of excellent education related sites which are useful in enhancing curriculum and promoting professional development. This site contains lesson plans, slide shows, a monthly new site guide, and material on operating web pages.
  • NYIT's Curriculum Materials Center
    (http://iris.nyit.edu/library/campus /wisser/cmc/index.htm)
    provides gateways to resources that directly impact classroom practitioners, students and faculty.


Databases

  • E*Subscribe
    Offers approximately 80% of ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Documents in full text from 1992 to present
  • Education Abstracts (FirstSearch)
    Covers every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college. Provides citations for every article of at least one column in length taken from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. Includes selected series and supplements and book review citations. Offers the full text of many articles if your library offers the full-text feature.
  • Mental Measures Yearbook
    Produced by the Buros Institute, this database contains full text information, including reviews, all English language standardized tests.
  • Databases may be accessed from http://iris.nyit.edu/library/databases&indexes.htm

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