Guide to Resources for Education
Reference Books
Printed reference books
The most general dictionaries of education are found under 370.3 in the Dewey Decimal Classification.
A subject encyclopedia is Encyclopedia of education; there are other specialized encyclopedias in the catalog.
Other materials are found in the Reference collection under the Dewey Decimal Classification numbers 370-378.
Some electronic books for reference
- Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development
- Educational theory and practice, in three volumes.
- Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology
- Major topics in educational psychology, in two volumes.
netLibrary
To access these books from off campus you will need your My Chemeketa user name and six-digit password (see netLibrary access).
Browse e-books on education.
Finding other books and and audiovisual materials
Use the library catalog to look for additional materials. The Chemeketa catalog page includes instructions on using the catalog and on requesting materials through the catalog. There are also links to other library catalogs. You can search by key words, by authors, or by subject headings. A suggestion on where to find subject headings to use in the catalog is given below.
The Library of Congress has a Web site where you can search for subject headings. When you put in a search term, the results will list terms in a table. Those with a red button marked, "Authorized and references" are terms that the Library of Congress uses in subject catalogs. Clicking the button may show more specific ("narrower") terms.
Fig. 1. The catalog search
You may have to do several searches to find books that might be pertinent to your subject.
If you live in the Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS) district, you may also access the catalog online at your local public library. In addition to the books in the Chemeketa College Library, the catalog also contains the collections of the 17 public libraries located in the regional library district, and can pass your search through to Summit (see below).
Summit
Chemeketa students may use Summit, the Orbis Cascade Alliance catalog to request items from 34 member libraries in Oregon and Washington. Authorized users have access to all of the material in the Chemeketa Community College library, plus about 28 million items in Summit. Users may request items using their student number and choose the Summit pickup location that is most convenient from among 46 pickup locations in Oregon and Washington.
- Summit: http://summit.orbiscascade.org/
- About Summit Borrowing: http://summit.orbiscascade.org/screens/borrow.html
- Libraries & Map: http://orbiscascade.org/map/
- Visiting Other Libraries: http://www.orbiscascade.org/VP_info_page.htm
Databases & Indexes
Detailed instructions for using the databases shown here are available under Special Guides, below.
Printed Indexes to Journal Articles
Education Index, found on the index table in the library's Reference section, is a good place to browse for a topic. The same content is available online as Education Full Text, below.
Journal Article Databases
All the electronic databases listed in this section may be accessed by going to the library's Database Page. If you are accessing the databases from a computer not on the Chemeketa Community College network, you will need your My Chemeketa user name and six-digit password.
- Education Full Text
- Includes indexing and abstracts of more than 600 education periodicals (400 peer-reviewed). Full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996.
- Professional Development Collection [EBSCOhost]
- Intended for professional educators. Indexes over 430 periodicals related to the field of education, with many articles in full text.
- ERIC [EBSCOhost]
- ERIC is the "big daddy" of education databases. It provides indexing and abstracts for over 1,000 journals, although the coverage may not be as timely as Professional Development Collection or Education Full Text. ERIC does not provide full text of journal articles, although there may be links to articles through other EBSCOhost databases. ERIC also has numerous non-periodical documents; there are links to full text of most non-periodical documents from the present back to 1993.
Special Guides
Information about how to use the indexes and databases listed above is available in Finding Articles on Topics in Education.
For help with topics in the history of education, see Research In the History Of Education.
For information on finding information relevant to teaching students with disabilities, see Students With Disabilities.
For information on finding information relevant to ethnic and cultural groups (for ED258), see Researching Ethnic And Cultural Groups.
Internet Sites
See Useful Sites for Education.
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