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Digest of Education Statistics Call # Ref L11 .D48
Historical Encyclopedia of School Psychology (Electronic book –
enter title into library catalog)
Social Work Almanac Call # Ref HV90 .G53
1995
A Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts Call # Ref. LB 15.B29
Encyclopedia of Learning & Memory Call # Ref. BF 318.E53
Handbook of School Psychology Call # LB 1051.H2356 (Note that this title is held on third floor)
Historical Encyclopedia of School Psychology Call # Ref. LB 1027.55.H57
The Language of Learning: A Guide to Education Terms Call # Ref. LB 15.M32
Educational Psychology - On reserve - inquire at Library Desk
Search the NSU Libraries' Online Catalog: http://library.nsuok.edu/vtls.english/index.html
Here are some of the subject headings used in the catalog: cognitive styles, motivation in education, effective teaching, educational psychology, learning, psychology of achievement motivation
Search for E-Books using NetLibrary and/or eBrary: http://library.nsuok.edu/Refdesk/vrdbks.html
Academic Search Premier - This is a general database, which means it contains article citations and full text articles covering many academic subjects. It is one of the twenty-five databases produced by EbscoHost for which NSU has a subscription. It is probably our most widely used database and is sometimes referred to simply as "Ebsco."
ERIC
- This is another database produced by
EbscoHost. ERIC stands for the
Professional Development Collection - Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This databasealso contains more than 200 educational reports.
PsycARTICLES - a definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 40,000 articles from 53 journals - 45 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 8 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1985 to present.
PsycINFO - PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains more than 2 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in more than 25 languages. Contains a thesaurus.
Go to all EbscoHost databases (from there, you can search them all simultaneously by checking the box next to each - then click continue)
Education
Full Text - Part of
Social
Sciences Full Text – Also part of
1. Be prepared with synonyms in case your original search produces no results. Use a thesaurus if the database is equipped with one.
2. Pay attention to search tips or help screens provided by each database. Even experienced researchers (like professors and librarians!) can have trouble when dealing with a new interface. Take the time to learn how to use the tool - it will help you to avoid frustration!
3. Remember that most databases allow for Boolean Searching. Use and to narrow, or to expand, not to exlude. Truncation is also useful for bringing back all relevant results. For example, type counsel* to bring back documents containing the words counsel, counseling, counselor...
4. Take advantage of the following sources of help:
- Reference desk: Located on the first floor of the JVL, the desk is staffed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. by reference librarians or other experienced library staff members.
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Use the following terms individually or in combination with one another:
psychology
development
social, physical, emotional, educational
education and psychology (combine terms using and)
"student-centered learning" (enclose phrases in quotation marks) OR
"student centered learning"
teach* and "at-risk students " OR "students at risk" (truncate
to search for all forms: teaching, teachers, etc)(use or to get all possible
versions of the term)
diversity
"cognitive style"
"learning modalities"
"learning strategies"
"learning motivation"
"thinking skills"
"classroom techniques"
"learning styles "
culture
gender
"multiple intelligenc*"
elementary or primary
middle school
junior high
high school
secondary
students
children
adolescents
teen* (truncate to get all forms: teen, teens, teenagers, teenaged, etc.)
General
Sites for Teachers: http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Can Teach: http://www.canteach.ca/index.html
Teachers' Top Sites: http://www.americanteachers.com/topsites/index.php?a_m=2
United States Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml?src=a
Tom Messner's Search Engine Page: http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~messner/eresearch/e%20research.htm
The Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org/
Internet Sites relating to topics in educational psychology
Hard Work and High Expectations: Motivating Students to Learn: http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content3/work.expectations.k12.4.html
Motivating Students: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/motivate.html
Students: How They View Learning And Their Schools: http://www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues53.html
It's important to remember that publishing on the web is very easy - almost anyone can do it! The problem with that is knowing what's credible (worth your time) and what's not.
Here are some of the thing you want to look at or for:
the URL (.gov, .mil, .us, .edu are usually pretty credible);
links to information about the author or sponsoring organization;
links to other sites that are credible;
how current it is
Ultimately the researcher must be the one to determine whether or not to use
information found on a web site. The following information from the
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.htm
The American Psychological Association originally created a publication manual to provide a common structure for all journal manuscripts in the area of the social sciences.
Many other disciplines (including psychology, the behavioral sciences, nursing, personnel administration and many areas within education) have adopted this as their professional writing standard as well.
In an academic environment, you will often be expected to conform to this standard when writing. At this point, you should be mostly concerned with creating an accurate reference list using proper format and providing citations within the text to give credit for an idea or concept to the source from which you got it.
Print:
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th
ed.). (2001).
The library owns several copies of the style guide; however, only the 4th
edition circulates (can be checked out). There are five copies of the 5th
edition in reference and one on reserve. (
Websites:
Using APA format (Purdue University) - this comprehensive guide summarizes the print version of the book. Click on Your Reference List to find examples of the proper format to use when listing sources you used.
APA style.org's Frequently Asked Questions