Class Help Page: Education 203, Spring 2008

Internet Resources [tips]

Selected Web Sites

Department of Education
   http://www.ed.gov/
Educational Resources Information Center
   http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Educator's Desk Reference
   http://www.eduref.org/
National Center for Education Statistics
   http://nces.ed.gov/
National Education Association
   http://www.nea.org/

More education internet resources ...

Reference Resources [tips]

Online -- Selected Reference Resources

Print -- Christopher Center Reference Stacks, 2nd floor
Sample listing of available books:

Secondary Schools, a Reference Handbook Ref. LA222 .V55 2003
Higher Education in the United States, an Encyclopedia

   Ref. LA225 .H52 2002 (2 vols)
Encyclopedia of Education
Ref. LB15 .E47 2003
Greenwood Dictionary of Education Ref. LB15 .G68 2003
Learning Theories, A to Z Ref. LB15 .L4695 2002

Encyclopedia of American Education Ref. LB17 .U54 2001
Education and Technology, an Encyclopedia Ref. LB1028.3 .E17 2004
Early Childhood Education, an International Encyclopedia
   Ref. LB1139.23 .E272 2007 (4 vols)
Education and Sociology, an Encyclopedia Ref. LC189.95 .E38 2002

Finding Articles [off campus access] [tips]

Academic Search Premier a comprehensive academic database useful in almost every class [more...]

ERIC (via EBSCO) your primary database for education literature [more...]

   More Education article resources ...   

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If you already have a journal title, use JournaLocator to determine if VU has a subscription.

Finding Books [off campus access] [tips]

GALILEO - VU Libraries Catalog resources available at VU libraries [more...]

WorldCat resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]

Final Writing and Presentation

Publication Manual Of The American Psychological Association, 5th ed.
   Reserves, Reference, BF76.7 .P83 2001

Citing Resources
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ERIC Info & APA Format: Samples for VU Education / ERIC Users
  http://www.valpo.edu/library/user/ERICcitation.html

VU Writing Center  
  http://www.valpo.edu/writingcenter/

THE BLUE LIGHT is always open online; go to http://blogs.valpo.edu/writingcenter

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