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Bibliographies

REF LB 3051.E79 1996
The ETS Test Collection Catalog
Author and Subject indexes, with main entries which describe the tests and include notes, descriptors, availability, times, age/grade level. The volumes cover intelligence tests, cognitive aptitude tests, special populations tests, vocational tests, achievement tests, and more.

REF LB 153B89 1989
Education: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
Guide to finding bibliographies, indexes, yearbooks, abstracts, directories, handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, statistical sources, biographical guides, and other references for many facets of education. Included in the reference guide areas are special education, curriculum and instruction, general education sources, subject specialties, career and vocational, research, and elementary-higher education.

REF LA 191.A2 H4
The History of American Education
Chronological (by the topic of the book or the article) listing of education-related works, from the colonial period through the 1960's. First section of book contains bibliographies of works on various aspects of education, such as higher education, women and minorities, curriculum, etc.

REF LB 2343.H75 1990
Key Resources on Student Services: A Guide to the Field and It's Literature.
Presents sources of literature on student services. Sources include such topics as international students, counseling, recruitment, admissions, residence life, financial aid, career development and placement services, and student activities.

INDEX REF Z 5813.R4
RIE - Resources in Education
Reference name changed to RIE in 1978. Indexes documents, by subject and author indexes. Full citations, abstracts, descriptors, identifiers in the main entry sections, the Document Resumes. ED document numbers included.

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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks

REF LB 15.B29 1990
A Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts: An Appraisal of Selected Ideas and Issues in Educational Theory and Practice
Includes references at the end of short articles on educational subjects. Keywords in the articles are marked in bold type.

REF LB 15.E48 1992
Encyclopedia of Educational Research
Articles include bibliographies and cross-referencing. Covers information about curriculum, context of education, teaching, levels of education, group-related education, international studies of education, strategies and systems of instruction, and educational organizational structure/governance.

REF LB 2805.E53 1988
Encyclopedia of School Administration & Supervision
"The primary purpose of this publication is to provide useful, summary information about a wide range of topics that hold implications for or describe some facet of the administration and leadership of the schools." (Preface) Includes index, and cross-references.

REF LB 15.S43 1988
The Facts on File Dictionary of Education
Short entries, alphabetically arranged, on terms and concepts of the education profession. Cross-referenced.

LB 2805.M283 1985
Handbook of Educational Supervision: A Guide for the Practitioner
Practical assistance and advice, with flow-charts, discussions of possible supervisory situations, forms for evaluation, techniques, ratings, and preparation. Includes a subject index.

REF LB 1050.H2 78
Handbook of Reading Research
Various contributors; includes notes and extensive references. Entries on reading research; instructional practices, assessments, basic practices, methodology discussions are included.

REF LB 2805.H2864 1999
Handbook of Research on Educational Administration: A Project of the American Educational Research Association
Articles included under the topics of the administrator, organizations and behavior, economics, politics and policy, law, unionism, evaluation, and other subjects.

REF LB 1028.H315 1985
Handbook of Research on Teaching: A Project of the American Educational Research Association
Five topic sections, including concepts of research on teaching, "classroom dynamics," social and institutional contexts of teaching, research on teaching the gifted, bi-lingual, and handicapped, and a guide to research on the teaching of subjects and various grade-levels. (Frontspiece)

LC 3965.H26
Handbook of Special Education
Includes author and subject indexes. Arranged by chapters, with extensive references. Covers topics of child and environmental management, curriculum, service delivery systems, and conceptual foundations. Summaries included in chapters.

REF LB 15.I57
The International Encyclopedia of Higher Education
Includes acronyms and glossary. The first volume presents an alphabetical list of entries, these include international histories of various aspects of education, associations, subjects (such as agriculture, art, etc..), governance and systems in education, libraries, and instructional technology.

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Directories and Guides

REF LB 1715.A574 2000
Alternative Paths to Teaching : A directory of Postbaccalaureate Programs
By-state listings, of programs available in U.S. colleges and universities; descriptions include degrees offered, names of contact personnel, times for completion of the programs to earn a teaching license, a master's degree, or both a license and a degree.

REF LA 226.A65 2001
American Universities and Colleges
Arranged alphabetically by state. Provides general information about Universities and Colleges, as well as data on advising services for foreign students, information on professional education in the U.S., and information on Army, Air Force, and Navy ROTC.

REF LA 226.C685 1993
The College Blue Book
Lists 3,000 institutions in the U.S. and Canada; institutions are of varying types - specialized, two year colleges, universities. Includes state and regional maps of the areas where colleges are located. Provides information on ROTC programs, libraries, work-study availability, faculty, degree programs offered, student body, fellowships, loans and grants, athletics. Includes an index of professional accreditation's, by school, and occupational education offered - by state listing and by profession.

REF LC 4007.D5 2001-2002
The Directory for Exceptional Children: A listing of Educational and Training Facilities
Alphabetical listings, by state. Provides information for facilities for blind, deaf, emotionally disabled, retarded children. Index of facilities included, and lists of Associations, Societies, and Foundations relevant to the directory.

REF LB 2338.D57 2001
Directory of Research Grants
Includes a subject list, plus lists of sponsoring agencies and grants by sponsor type. There is an alphabetical list describing individual grant programs, at the first part of the volume. ".. features listings of programs that offer non-repayable research funding for projects in medicine, the physical and social sciences, the arts and humanities, and education." (Introduction)

REF LB 3051.D56 1987
Directory of Selected National Testing Programs
The volume is divided into three sections: selection/admissions, academic credit, certification/licensing. Provides information on various, mostly education related tests, including program descriptions, fees, test dates, contacts, registration deadlines, purpose of testing.

REF LB 2338.G7 2002
The Grants Register
Alphabetical lists of assistance awards for persons in U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, other countries. "...primarily intended for students at or above the graduate level and for all who require further professional or advanced vocational training." (p. vii) Grants listed are sponsored by government, private, national, and international organizations. Includes grants, scholarships, competitions, professional and vocational awards, special awards.

REF L 901.K73 1991
The K&W Guide to Colleges for the Learning disabled: A Resource Book for Students, Parents, and Professionals
Alphabetical arrangement, by state. Reference developed for the learning disabled, to assist them in finding an institution suited to special needs. Includes contact personnel, admission requirements, data on applications accepted, diagnostic tests, other relevant information.

REF L 901.N34 2001
National Faculty Directory
Listed alphabetically by last name; provides institutions of employment and addresses. 637,000 members, from 3,600 American and 240 Canadian/English colleges and universities, are included.

REF LB 2803.N8 A3 2001-2002
North Carolina Education Directory
Provides information on the State Agency for education, locations, staff, Associations and commissions. Alphabetical listing, by county, of schools; includes special and post-secondary schools.

REF L 901.P3 2001
Peterson's American Education
Directory to secondary schools - state approved public, regionally accredited private, and graded Diocesan Catholic. Listing arranged by state, followed by lists of classified (by school type and by academic subject) and of post-secondary schools. Addresses, phone numbers, and administrators included.

REF LB 2371.P42 2000
Peterson's Annual Guide to Graduate Study
Information on graduate and professional programs, in Humanities, Health, Biology, Agriculture, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Business, Education, Social Sciences, and Law. Describes study offered in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Africa. Detailed descriptions of the colleges.

REF L 901.P68 2001
Private Independent Schools
Alphabetical, by state, listings; includes details on student body, aqua demonic programs, activities, faculty, history of the schools, admission and costs, directors and deans. Elementary and secondary schools in U.S. and also abroad, in Europe and Asia.

REF LB 1771.W65 2000-2001
Requirements for Certification: of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges
For elementary and secondary schools. Listings by state; includes courses and credits needed, general requirements, some reciprocity conditions, application to teach procedures, certification areas, special certifications. Includes recommendations of regional and national associations.

REF L 900.W67 1997
World List of Universities
Listing of 9,000 universities, from 158 countries. Part one provides information by country on the educational institutions and on national academic student organizations. Part two includes international and regional organizations connected with higher education.

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Research and Reference Resources

REF LB 15.D373 1983
Educational Administration Glossary
The purpose of this reference is to "...identify these various terminologies [of educational administration], to define them, and to bring them together in the form of a single reference work." (Preface)

REF LC 4704.W45 1988
Educators' Desk reference for Special Learning Problems
For teachers, physicians, students, others - all who give services to the handicapped and the gifted. "...it is a resource to which professionals can refer for information about a method, it's source(s), uses, and cautions. [In some instances] relevant research notes are provided." (p.1) Title, author, age and area indexes included.

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Statistical Reference Sources

REF L 112.N377a 2000
The Condition of Education
Statistical information, arranged so that non statistically trained audiences might understand the presentations. Information on the status and progress of education in the United States." (p.iii) Provides data on the size and growth of institutions (elementary through college/university level), curriculum, access, human and financial resources.

REF L 11.D48 1998
GOV DOCS ED 1.326:
Digest of Educational Statistics
"...primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from Kindergarten through graduate school. (p.iii) Information provided includes financial statistics on schools, adult literacy skills statistics, use of home computers by students, and school readiness of kindergarten children.

REF L 101.U5E3 1992
Educational Rankings Annual: 2000 Rankings and Lists on Education, Compiled from Educational and General Interest Published Sources
Extensive outline of the contents of this work, pgs. xv-xix. Ranks data on alumni achievements, faculty salary levels, faculty publication statistics, test scores, reputation, tuition rates, much more.

REF LB 2331.63.G67 1989
The Gourman Report: A Rating of Graduate and Professional Programs in American and International Universities
Rates schools in statistical tables, by subject area - graduate programs first, then professional programs. Rates research, libraries, subject programs. Provides lists for programs that are, and those that are not, approved by the Gourman ratings. Rates the top 50 graduate schools in the U.S.; also, has a listing on leading international universities.

REF LB 2331.63.G68 1989
The Gourman Report: A Rating of Undergraduate Programs in American and International Universities
Statistical ratings, by subjects, of university administrative areas, as well as libraries, alumni associations, public relations, curriculum, other areas. Lists programs that are, and are not, approved by Gourman; specifically, provides listings on teacher education programs that are not approved. Rates international universities, selective university administrations/regents/trusts, and selective intercollegiate athletic departments.

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Indexes

INDEX REF Z 5813.C8
CIJE - Current Index to Journals in Education
Series. Covers education and education related journals. Arranged by "EJ" numbers, in the main entry, and includes subject and author indexes. The main entries give full citations, with abstracts, notes, descriptors and identifiers.

ERIC
Indexes Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education; over 750 professional journals are indexed, and citations given for RIE documents.

INDEX REF Z 5813.E23
Education Index
Indexes English language periodicals (also some monograph series and yearbooks), by subject-author single main body listing. Variety of topics for the field of education, including administration, subject areas, library and information sciences, religious education, special education, and vocational education.

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Journals

AAUW Journal Educational Research
ACLS Newsletter Harvard Educational Review
Academe
High School Journal
American Journal of Education Instructor
American Scholar Journal of Education
American School Board Journal NASSP Bulletin
Black Issues in Higher Education NEA Journal
Bulletin Phi Delta Kappan
Childhood Education Physical Educator
Chronicle of Higer Education Principal
Contemporary Education Quest
Early Childhood Education Journal School & Society
Education Digest Teacher
Education Week Today's Education
Educational Forum

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Internet Resources

Academic Info
Gateway to educational resources.

Blue Web'n
Blue Web'n is an online library of 1800+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools).

Braintrack
Over 6900 Links to Higher Educational Institutions in 189 Countries.

The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle is the No. 1 news source for college and university faculty members and administrators.

College and University Rankings
Links to many ranking services, along with cautionary notes and a discussion of the ongoing controversy over rankings.

CollegeNET
Provides over 1500 customized Internet admissions applications built for college and university programs.

Community College Web

This site contains a searchable index to the web sites for 1313 community colleges in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere around the world.

ED.gov
United States Department of Education

Education Directory of North Carolina
The Education Directory of North Carolina contains the phone number and address of every North Carolina public, federal or charter school and public school system; the phone number every employee of the Department of Public Instruction, members of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent; contact information for educational associations and organizations, advisory councils, educational material suppliers and sellers; and statistical summaries of local public school systems, and a list of all the state and territorial Superintendents in the U.S.


Education Statistics at a Glance

Education Statistics at a Glance brings together data from several NCES sources including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics.
The Educator's Reference Desk

National Education Association
The hompage for the National Education Association

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
This service provides a convenient way for teachers, administrators, and parents to verify the instructional objectives of the Standard Course of Study at a given grade and subject area.

A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries

A databank consisting of 120 entries about 20th century scientists and their stories.

students.gov
Comprehensive information portal providing answers to your questions on education, career, government and more.

Teacher Academy Resources
Provides information on print and Internet based resources that are available to support the modules offered by the Academy.

Work 4 NC Schools

World Wide Learn

Directory of online courses, accredited online degrees, continuing education, online training, and online education

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