Using Catalogs: Many
books about education and teaching are located on level two of the
library in the General Collection under the call number beginning
with the letter L. The
Young Peoples Collection of children's literature and the
Curriculum Library of teaching resources are located on the
lower level. Use the WSU online catalog to find location and availability
of books and other media in Stewart Library.
Interlibrary Loan:
If we do not own a particular book or article you need,
we will borrow it for you from another library through Interlibrary
Loan.
Reference resources include
encyclopedias, dictionaries and other materials you use to "refer"
to. Use these resources for background information on a topic.
Examples are:
- Education and Sociology: an Encyclopedia
Main Level REF LC 189.95.E38 2002
- Encyclopedia of American Education
Main Level REF LB 17 .U54 2001
- Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education
Main Level REF QA 11 .E665 2001
- Encyclopedia of Special Education
Main Level REF LC 4007 .E53 2000
- Historical Dictionary of American Education
Main Level REF LB 15 .H57
ARTICLE DATABASES
Use Article Databases to find magazine and journal articles.
Search by subject or keyword in these indexes. ERIC is the
most important database to know about. Academic
Search Premier is also great for full text articles online.
Most databases are available off campus. To access from
home just click on the database name and enter your student
ID number.
NEWSPAPERS
Use
Newspaper
databases to find newspaper articles by subject or keyword.
Deseret News,
Salt Lake Tribune
and the Standard
Examiner are all on the Web. For a list of WSU
newspaper databases, see the Newspaper
page.
BROWSING CURRENT PERIODICALS
Current magazines and
journals can be browsed in the Current Periodicals Area, in the
"L" section on the Main level. Bound volumes of older issues are
found upstairs, also under "L" in the General Collection stacks.
Some of the education journals include:
- Harvard Educational Review L11.H339
- The Journal of Educational Research L11.J86
- The Journal of Special Education LC11.J86
- Learning and Leading with Technology LB1.C7382
- The Reading Teacher L11.I611
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
The library subscribes
to many electronic journals in the education field. For
a complete listing, see the Education
Electronic Journals page. Some titles include:
- ERIC The Education Resources
Information Center includes 1.1 million citations for articles
back to 1966 and over 107,000 full text reports from 1993-2004.
- Educators Reference Desk
Over 2000 lesson plans and links to over 3000 sites for educational
resources and organizations
Research
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