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[hidetoc]- Education Resources by UW-Stout Program
- General Education Sites
- Indexes and Databases
- Journals
- Stout Library Catalog
- College Catalogs
- Directories
- Employment Opportunities
- Encyclopedias
- Grants and Scholarships
- History of Education
- Home Schooling
- Law
- Listservs
- Standards
- Statistics
- Teacher Certification
- Tests
- WebQuests
EDUCATION RESOURCES BY UW-STOUT PROGRAM
- Art Education
- Career and Technical Education
- K-12 Education
- Early Childhood Education
- Family and Consumer Science Ed
- Health Education
- Marketing and Business Education
- School Counseling
- Science Education
- Special Education
- Technology Education
GENERAL EDUCATION SITES
- Columbia Education Center Provides web-based teaching resources
- Education Atlas
- Educator's Reference Desk
- FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence From the U.S. Department of Education; Provides access to electronic educational resources from 49 Federal agencies
- Galaxy Education Source
- K12 Academics Highly organized source of education information
- K-12@University of Wisconsin
- Quality Educator Interactive Professional development for Wisconsin educators
- Teaching Books A resource
for educators that provides original movies of authors and illustrators,
audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides to titles, and multimedia
resources on children's and young adult literature (currently requires
free registration and sign-in)
- U.S. Dept. of Education
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)
- Yahoo! Education
- WWW Virtual Library: Education
Interesting Education Sites to Explore
- Blue Web'N K-16 links to sites containing lessons, activities, projects, resources, references and tools in 12 curriculum areas
- Michigan Electronic Library Education Subject Index Hot topics in education
- New England College EdLinks Gateway to resources for teachers and other educators, including lesson plans and curriculum materials
- The Teachers Corner Provides teacher developed projects and classroom activities
- U.S. Dept. of Education: Topics from A to Z
- U.S. News & World Report: Education Rankings and guides for Best Colleges
- U.S. News & World Report: Education: Rankings and guides for Best Grad Schools
- U.S. News & World Report: Education Rankings and guides for E-Learning
- What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching
- World Lecture Hall Course reading lists and supporting documents in over 100 disciplines
INDEXES AND DATABASES
Use the Indexes and Databases to identify articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many indexes provide full text articles.
- EbscoHost Including full-text articles on education
from general periodicals
- ERIC Flash Demo!
- Academic Search
- Masterfile - General interest
- Professional Development Collection
- Family and Society Studies Worldwide
- PsycArticles
- PsycInfo
- Educator's Reference Desk (Formerly AskERIC)
- ERIC via U.S. Department of Education
- Free Library Includes a massive collection of periodicals from hundreds of leading publications
- JStor
- WilsonWeb
- Education Full Text Flash Demo!
- OmniFile Full TextMega
- Social Sciences Full Text
- Project Muse
- Google Scholar Set preferences to Stout to search for full text available through the UW-Stout Library
Some indexes provide access to full text curriculum guides:
- EbscoHost: ERIC
- Kraus Curriculum Development Library Flash Demo!
JOURNALS
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Diversity & Democracy From AAC&U Diversity Web
- Early Childhood Today Selected activities from print journal
- Education Week With Teacher Magazine
- Educause Quarterly
- Educause Review
- Journal of Industrial Teacher Education
- Journal of Interactive Media in Education
- Journal of Technology Education
- Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
- New Horizons for Learning Online quarterly journal
- T.H.E. Journal (Technological Horizons in Education)
Selected Periodicals Available in the University Library
- American Educational Research Journal
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Education Digest
- Educational Horizons
- Educational Technology
- Journal of Educational Research
- Journal of Higher Education
- Journal of Teacher Education
- Review of Educational Research
- The American Biology Teacher
- American Journal of Health Education
- Art Education
- Business Education Forum
- Early Childhood Education Journal
- Educator
- JOPERD (Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance)
- Journal of Industrial Teacher Education
- Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
- Journal of Special Education
- Journal of Technology Education
- Physics Teacher
- Professional School Counseling
- Science Teacher
- Technology Teacher
STOUT LIBRARY CATALOG
Once you have a basic understanding of your topic, or identified key events, search the Stout Library Catalog to retrieve books and audiovisual materials that will give you more coverage of your topic. Try a guided keyword search on your topic. Once you have found a title, click on the long view. Note the subject headings. You can explore any subject heading just by clicking on the link.
Examples of keyword searches:
| ADULT EDUCATION | UNITED STATES EDUCATION |
| ELEMENTARY EDUCATION | KINDERGARTEN |
| HIGHER EDUCATION | TEACHING |
| HISTORY EDUCATION | TECHNICAL EDUCATION |
| SECONDARY EDUCATION | VOCATIONAL EDUCATION |
| EDUCATIONAL TESTS MEASUREMENTS | |
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
Theses and dissertations represent the culmination of advanced research on a given topic.- Dissertations Abstracts From
FirstSearch
- Masters Theses in Education STORAGE PRINT INDEXES, 4TH FLOOR
UW-Stout Plan A's and Plan B's
All UW-Stout theses can be identified by searching the Stout Library Catalog. Choose one of the Keyword search options and limit your search to the Location "Thesis Collection". Most theses are available on microfiche in the Reference Area of the University Library; however, starting with the December 1999 graduates, theses are available in full text on the world wide web. Click on the Online version link to gain access to the full text.COLLEGE CATALOGS
The Library has no single resource for college catalogs. Link to the college or university home page and locate its catalog online. Additional online university directories are listed below this section.DIRECTORIES
Agencies
- Education in Wisconsin From Badger; State of Wisconsin Information server with links to Wisconsin K-12 schools, UW-System universities, Wisconsin Technology College System, and Wisconsin private colleges and universities
- State Education Agencies
- U.S. Dept. of Education
- Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction
Associations and Organizations
- American Association of School Administrators
- Educational Associations and Organization Links to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations but not endorsed by the US Dept. of Ed
- Educational Resource Organizations Directory Searchable directory on state, regional or national level
- Yahoo!: Education: Organizations Classified list by subject: higher education, K12, vocational
Schools and Universities
- American School Directory K-12 schools
- American Universities
- CollegeNET Links to college web sites in US, Canada and New Zealand; search engine helps find the "ideal" college
- Colleges and Universities University Library Subject Guide
- Education Atlas Online map of education, degrees and distance learning resources
- General Education Online 6400+ sites of international universities
- Local School Directory Public and private schools
- Online Education Database
- Peterson's Free site
- Peterson's Testing and
Education Reference Center Access thousands of college and graduate
school entries, identify scholarships, and take on-line practice tests
- Private School Review K-12
- Private Schools Directory
- Public Schools Directory
- School Match Free directory of all U.S. K-12 Public Schools
- Study Abroad Directory Information on thousands of academic programs, overseas universities, study abroad programs and language schools around the world
- Technical Schools USA
- Top American Research Universities The Center for Measuring University Performance
- Wisconsin Directory of Private Post Secondary Schools Educational Approval Board
Print Resources Available in the University Library
- National Faculty Directory REF L901 .N34
- Peterson's 4-Year Colleges REF L901 .P463
- Peterson's 2-Year Colleges REF L901 .P462
- Patterson's American Education REF L901 .P3
- Patterson's Distance Learning REF LC 5800 .P47X
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- 50 States' K-12 Job Opportunities
- Chronicle Careers Chronicle of Higher Education; Job openings in and out of academe
- Jobs (Wisconsin DPI)
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
- Encarta Online
- Encyclopedia
Britannica
- Encyclopaedia of Informal Education
- Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
Print Resources Available in the University Library
- American Educators' Encyclopedia REF LB15 .D37
- Early Childhood Education: an International Encyclopedia REF LB1139.23 .E272
- Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia REF LB1028.3 .E17
- Encyclopedia of American Education REF LB17 .U54
- Encyclopedia of Distance Learning REF LC5211 .E516
- Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning REF LC5211 .E52
- Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education REF LB1139.25 .E53
- Encyclopedia of Education REF LB15 .E47
- Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration REF LB2805 .E527
- Encyclopedia of Educational Research REF LB15 .E48
- Encyclopedia of Higher Education REF LB15 .E49
- Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities REF LC4704.5 .T86
- Encyclopedia of School Psychology REF LB1027.55 .E523
- Encyclopedia of Special Education REF LC4007 .E53
- Handbook of Research on ePortfolios REF LB1029.P67 H36
- International Encyclopedia of Adult Education REF LC5211 .I56
- International Encyclopedia of Teaching and Teacher Education REF LB17 .I56
- International Handbook of Early Childhood Education REF LB1139.23 .I68
- Online and Distance Learning REF LC5805 .O55
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
- Grants and Scholarships University Library Subject Guide
HISTORY OF EDUCATION
- American Association of School Administrators
- American Cultural History The 19th and 20th centuries are presented decade by decade; Each decade has a section on education. From the Kingwood College Library
- American Memory Project Library of Congress
- Blackwell History of Education Research Museum
- History of American Education
- Making of America
Print Resources Available in the University Library
- American Decades REF E169.12 .A419
- American Eras REF E169.1 .A432x
- Historical Dictionary of American Education REF LB15 .H57
- Key Concepts in the Philosophy of Education REF LB15 .W54
- World Book Encyclopedia REF AE5 .W55
- Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia REF LB17 .P485
HOMESCHOOLING
- California Homeschool Network
- Home Education Magazine's Information and Homeschool Resource Pages
- Home School Legal Defense Association
- Home Schooling in the United States: Statistical Analysis Report
- Home Sweet Home School
- Homefires: The Journal of Homeschooling
- Homeschool Central
- Homeschool World
- Jon's Homeschool Resources Page
- National Home Education Network
LAW
- Legal Research University Library Subject Guide
- Legal Research - Wisconsin University Library Subject Guide
- No Child Left Behind Legislation
Print Resources Available in the University Library
- Yearbook of Education Law REF LB2514 .Y432x
- Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law REF KF4114 .D46
LISTSERVS
STANDARDS
- Developing Educational Standards Annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum frameworks, national and state
- e-Portfolio Framework Domains
- e-Portfolio Framework Linked to Ten Wisconsin Teaching Standards
- Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies National Council for the Social Studies
- Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards
STATISTICS
- Condition of Education
- Digest of Education Statistics
- Grapevine National database of tax support for higher education
- Leader's and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Effectiveness From the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Measuring Up: The National Report Card on Higher Education
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Also includes some international statistics
- National Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis
- School Matters From Standard and Poor's. Provides data and analysis on schools and districts nationwide
- Social Statistics Briefing Room/Education White House
- Statistical Abstract of the United States or REF HA202 .U53x.
- Wisconsin DPI Statistics and Reports
- World Data on Education UNESCO; includes info on 150+ countries' education profiles
Print Resources Available in the University Library
- Almanac of American Education REF LA217.2 .A45
- Education State Rankings REF LA 217.2 .E392
- School Facts REF LC 66.5W6 535W
TEACHER CERTIFICATION
- Certification Requirements for 50 states University of Kentucky College of Education site provides links to teaching certification requirements for each state; Also includes online position announces
TESTS
- Buros Institute of Mental Measurements For locating publications containing test reviews
- Mental
Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost)
- Tests in Print (EBSCOhost)
Print Test and Measurement Sources in the University Library:
- Mental Measurements Yearbook REF LB1131.5.Z99 B87x
- Tests in Print REF LB1131.5.Z99 T47x
- Tests: A Comprehensive Reference REF LB1131.5 .T43
- Test Critiques REF LB1131.5.Z99 T419
- Tests in Microfiche REF LB1131.5.Z99 T48x
WEBQUESTS
- Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier Than You Think
- A WebQuest about WebQuests Example of a webquest
- WebQuest Page
WWW Search Engines
The search engines that are available on the WWW vary in depth and coverage. Explore the search options to find relevant WWW sites. For a list of available search engines and WWW directories, e.g. Google or Yahoo, use Searching the Web from the Library Home Page.
Citations
To cite online resources in appropriate bibliographic style see: Citing Resources
To organize citations and create bibliographies and papers in APA, MLA and other styles see: RefWorks and Other Citation Management Tools
Last Updated: 05/16/2008 and Last Revised: 01/08/2008
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