Library Resources on Education
SCOPE
The purpose of this guide is to provide information about key reference and information resources in the field of education. It is to support research and teaching of faculty and students in the education program. The Encyclopedia of Education defines education as follows:
At its Greek and Latin Roots, the word education refers to a “bringing forward” or “flowering.” The idea is to reach inside and withdraw the potential for understanding. Thus education can be defined as the process by which individuals come to understand a topic or condition more fully.
This guide reflects many different aspects of education; general educational sources; educational technology and media; childhood education, secondary education, higher education; multicultural education; special education, continuing and distance education, curriculum, instruction, administration, educational philosophy, educational research; and, educational measurement and testing.
This guide provides references to published materials on education and has been compiled to help make the most of the library’s electronic resources and print materials and to locate the most reliable resources on the World Wide Web. It is not a complete bibliography of the library holdings on education but designed to guide students to where materials on the subject can be found.
SUBJECT SEARCHING IN THE VOYAGER CATALOG
Books and media on all subjects are indexed in UH Hilo’s Voyager catalog.
A click on the links below will perform the search in UH Hilo’s catalog. Subject headings used by the library, under which books on education can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs, include the following:
Education This will retrieve books and media on education in general as well as more specific aspects of the subject.
The following terms also bring up many titles relevant to education:
instructionteaching
Narrower Subject headings
education technologyearly childhood education
higher education
multicultural education
special education
adult education
continuing education
distance education
vocational education
education and curriculum
education and sociology
education and psychology
educational tests and measurements
Subclasses in education
history and education biography and educationunited states and education
Use Hawai’i Voyager (the library’s online catalog) to search for books in the library collection. From the library's homepage, use the UH - Hilo Basic Search or the UH Hilo - Advanced Search to search by Author, Subject, Title, or Keyword. You can also Search all UH System Libraries and request items from other libraries.
Finding Education Books to Check Out
Books related to education may be found in a number of areas within the library, which uses the Library of Congress call number scheme to put its books in order by subject.
| Subject Area |
Call Numbers | Location in Library |
| L | Education (General) | Lower Level |
| LA | History of education | Lower Level |
| LB | Theory and practice of education | Lower Level |
| LC | Special aspects of education | Lower Level |
| LD | Individual institutions — United States | Lower Level |
| LE | Individual institutions — America (except United States) | Lower Level |
| LF | Individual institutions — Europe | Lower Level |
| LG | Individual institutions — Asia. Africa. Oceania | Lower Level |
| LH | College and school magazines and papers | Lower Level |
| LJ | Student fraternities and societies, United States | Lower Level |
| LT | Textbooks | Lower Level |
ELECTRONIC BOOKS
The library has recently acquired electronic books to supplement its printed collection. These are especially useful for students who are not on campus. EBooks are accessed from the library homepage. Under the column entitled “Quick Links,” click on “eBooks.”
NetLibrary contains books on all subjects and includes some titles on education. Some of these are cataloged in Voyager, but most must be accessed from the netLibrary website.
The OnlineBooks page has thousands of freely available eBooks. Search for education as a subject.
FINDING BOOKS IN MAINLAND LIBRARIES
WorldCat lists books, audiovisual materials, and other items held by some 18,000 libraries worldwide. Its 1.3 billion items may be searched by author, keyword, title, and ISBN.
Once you have found a title you're interested in, you need to check our library's Voyager catalog to see if we have the book.
If you’re interested in a title that is not held by UH Hilo or any other library in the UH system, you may ask us to try to obtain it via interlibrary loan. Please be aware that it can take from three to five weeks for such books to arrive here. For more information and instructions on requesting material from other libraries, please click here.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
General Education Encyclopedias
Guthrie, James W. Encyclopedia of education. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. Current information on education topics; includes many resources for educators.
Ref. LB15 .E47 2003
Encyclopedia of Education provides full-text entries from Gale's Virtual Reference Library.
Patterson's American Education. Mount Prospect, Ill.: Educational Directories. A directory to secondary education schools in the U.S., including Middle Schools, Junior High Schools, Junior-Senior High Schools, High Schools, K-12 Schools, and Vocational-Technical Schools. A separate section covers Charter Schools.
Ref. L 901 .P277
Unger, Harlow G. Encyclopedia of American Education. New York: Facts on File, 1996.
Ref. LB17 .U54 1996
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Specialized Encyclopedias
Appelbaum, Peter. Multicultural and Diversity Education. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2002. Origins, curriculum, case studies, political and legal issues and barriers are chapter headings; also included are associations and organizations and other resources.
Ref. LC 1099.3 .A66
Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004. Current, diverse information and resources for distance educators; topics range from Adaptive Technology to Yield Management System.
Ref. LC 5211 .E52
Encyclopedia of Special Education. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 2000. Numerous authorities in Special ED on topics from AAMD Classification to Zygosity. In 3 volumes; articles' references are included.
Ref. LC 4007 .E53
Rosenberg, Michael S. The Special Education Sourcebook. Rockville, Md.: Woodbine House, 1994. Resources for Special ED teachers; included are 'generic' and 'resource' books, multimedia resources, periodicals, organizations, and more.
Ref. LC 3981 .R67
International Handbook of Early Childhood Education. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992. Alphabetical listing of countries with explanations of the philosophy, organization, curriculum, and other aspects of Early Childhood Education.
Ref. LB1139.23 .I68 1992
Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1996. International scholars write referenced articles on influential philosophers and the ideas that have shaped education. Ref. LB17 .P485 1996
Encyclopedia of Educational Research. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1992. A starting point for examining research in education. Arranged by broad topic.
Ref. LB15 .E48 1992
Feinberg, Rosa Castro. Bilingual Education. Santa Barbara, Calif : ABC-CLIO, 2002. Explores the subject; agencies, organizations, and other resources are included.
Ref. LC 3731 .F45
Horn, Raymond A. Understanding Educational Reform. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2002. Documents the terminology, history, chronology, politics, process, and other aspects of this timely topic.
Ref. LA 209.2 .H58
Postlethwaite, T. Neville, ed. International Encyclopedia of National Systems of Education. 2nd ed. Oxford, U.K., Tarrytown, NY: Pergammon, 1995. Articles on education systems in other countries; included is background information about the system, administrative policies, and a review of significant reforms.
Ref. LB43 .I584 1995
Craighead, W. Edward and Charles B. Nemeroff, eds. Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: Wiley, 1996. Comprehensive, 4-volume encyclopedia for the field of psychology.
Ref. BF31 .E52 2001
DICTIONARIES
Barrow, Robin and G. Milburn. A Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts. Brighton: Wheatsheaf, 1990. Examines and assesses key concepts in education.
Ref. LB15 .B29 1990
Grant, Carl (ed.). Dictionary of Multicultural Education. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1997. Scholars contribute defnitions of the terminology in this facet of education; articles include references.
Ref. LC 1099 .D53
Leonard, David C. Learning Theories, A to Z. Westport, Conn.: Oryx Press, 2002. Brief explanations of topics related to learning theories; articles include a discussion of the theories' originators and the significant developments in their theories. Electronic format for UHH / HawCC faculty, students, and staff.
LB 15 .L4695
McBrien, J. Lynn. The Language of Learning : a Guide to Education Terms. Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1997. Explanations of common education 'jargon', for the lay person or professional. Includes resources for each topic, and an index by topic.
Ref. LB 15 .M32
DISSERTATIONS
The library has access to the full text of North American theses and dissertations completed since 1997 in Digital Dissertations. Some examples of material available in full text on that site:
Mulford, Irene Veronica, PhD. (2004). Breaking the Cycle: The development of education for homeless adults in the state of Hawai‘i. (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Hawai‘i, 2004).
Nakama, Debra Aguinaldo, PhD. (2005). Leadership, power and collaboration: Understanding women educational leaders' experiences through a feminist lens (Hawai‘i). (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Hawai‘i, 2005).
JOURNALS and INDEXES
Current issues of print periodicals are displayed on the Main Level behind the Reference area, arranged in broad subject areas. Most of our periodical backfiles are on the Upper Level, shelved alphabetically by title.
In order to find articles in periodicals on a specific topic, use one or more of the library's periodical indexes. Online indexes of most value in education are:
ERIC via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA). Over one million citations to journal articles and reports on all aspects of education, with abstracts (article summaries). Resources in Education (RIE) indexes reports, and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) indexes journal articles. RIE material from 1982 to present is available on microfiche on the Main Level. Full-text of ERIC documents (ED) is now available for 1993 to present.
Education Research Complete Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals; also includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
Chronicle of Higher Education provides full text of the online edition for 1995 to the present.
Professional Development Collection provides a collection of over 450 full text journals, designed for professional educators.
Academic Periodical Search Use this online database to search several indexes at once, including Academic Search Premier, ERIC, and Professional Development Collection. Retrieves full-text articles for over 50% of the journal titles indexed. Full-text of some ERIC documents may also be available.
JSTOR
About 240 full-text periodicals cover a wide range of topics, including Asia, Africa, and Middle-East Studies, History, Economics, Political Science, Ecology, Botany, Biology, and other fields. Some periodicals date back to the 19th C. All citations have full-text.
LexisNexis Academic
Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
Psychological Abstracts (PsycINFO) - Leading abstracting index in the field of psychology covering approximately 800 journals (some fully and others selectively), monographs, proceedings, theses, and government reports.
Finding Articles in Print and Online
The vast majority of journals we have available are now online. In order to find out if we have access to a journal, either in print format or online, use the “Find Periodicals” box on the library’s homepage. Type in the title of the journal (not the title of the article within the journal).
If we have it online, a link will be provided to the journals homepage, from which you may find the specific issue and article you’re looking for. If we have the journal in print format, the system will take you to the Voyager catalog record for the journal. It will tell you what years we have, and most likely will tell you we keep the journal in the Periodical Backfile Collection on the Upper Level of the Library.
Browsing Education Journals
If you would like to see what education journals we have access to, you may do so from the “Find Articles” page of the library’s website.
Obtaining Articles from Journals the Library Does Not Have
Students may often obtain articles from journals to which the library does not subscribe. Through a process called “intrasystem loan,” this library requests articles from another library in the UH system. There is a $1.00 charge for the photocopy.
If no library in the UH system subscribes to a journal, it may still be possible for us to obtain the article, this time through “interlibrary loan.” For this service, we request items from libraries outside the UH system. Students may request ILL for a cost of $3.00 per article. It may take from three to five weeks to receive the article.
Click here for additional information and forms for both intrasystem and interlibrary loans.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
National Education Association Almanac of Higher Education. Washington, D.C.: NEA Communications Services.
Ref. LA227.3 .N37
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. "NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations."
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. The Condition of Education. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education. Statistics on American education covering all levels including private and public systems. Provides summary of the current status of education.
Ref. L112 .N377
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Digest of Education Statistics. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, year. National statistical information on American education.
Ref. L11 .D54
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Projections of Education Statistics to 2013. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, year. Part of biennial series presenting national projections of different educational indicators.
Ref. LB 2846 .G4
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (ERIC EC). Links to organizations, including the Center for Special Education Finance (CSEF), the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the Disability Statistics Report, and numerous other organizations.
EDUCATIONAL TESTING
Buros, Oscar K., ed. Tests in Print. Highland Park, N.J.: Gryphon Press, 1961. Bibliography of tests for use in education, psychology, and industry with concise descriptions of tests and references to reviews. Tests in Print II, III, IV and V also available.
Ref. Z5814 .E9 B8
Buros, Oscar K. Mental Measurements Yearbook. Highland Park, N.J.: Gryphon Press (Institute of Mental Measurements), year. Contains names, prices, descriptions, and critical evaluations of testing instruments.
Ref. Z5814 .P8 B932
ETS Educational Testing Services (ETS)
Describes the Educational Testing Service, which develops and administers achievement, occupational, and admission tests.
The National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy
The National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy (NBETPP), housed in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, is an independent organization that monitors testing in the United States. The Board provides ongoing information on the uses and outcomes of educational testing for decision making purposes, paying special attention to groups historically underserved by the educational system.
ADDITIONAL INTERNET RESOURCES
National Library of Education (NLE) Provides information on the U.S. Department of Education's National Library of Education, which serves as a principle center for access to educational research.
Federal Resources for Education Excellence Makes hundreds of Internet-based education resources easier to access for students and teacher
Education in Hawaii All about education, from the State Government.
Peterson’s Education Portal Help plan your education
General Education
Educator's Reference Desk From the "Information Institute of Syracuse", links are provided to Resources, Lesson Plans, Question Archives, and an ERIC search feature.
Education world Searches over 50,000 sites, also has a teachers' forum, monthly reviews of top education sites, education news, "cool school of the week" sites awards, and other resources just for educators
Special Education
SERI Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education.
Distance Learning
United States Distance Learning Association Promotes the development and application of distance learning for education and training.
Distance Education Clearing House The Distance Education Clearinghouse is a comprehensive and widely recognized Web site bringing together distance education information from Wisconsin, national, and international sources. New information and resources are being added to the Distance Education Clearinghouse on a continual basis.
The Distance Education Training Council A non-profit educational association that serves as a clearinghouse of information about the distance study/correspondence field.
ADEC Distance Education Consortium An international consortium of state universities and land grant institutions providing high quality and economic distance education programs and services via the latest and most appropriate information technologies.
Parent Resources
National PTA Promotes the education, health, and safety of children and families.
Education and Technology
Virtual Schoolhouse Computer Lab A section of the Virtual Schoolhouse homepage that includes information on software (including shareware), networking, creating homepages using HTML and other misc. "web stuff".
Google Directory for Educational Testing
EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS
US Department of Education This DOE page offers a multitude of information including research guides, publications and local programs and services.
National Education Association Provides information on the National Education Association, which is dedicated to advancing the cause of public education in the United States.
American Federation of Teachers Represents 940,000 teachers, school support staff, higher education faculty and staff, health care professionals, and state and local government employees
American Association of School Administrators Provides information for school administrators
ED.Gov Listing of Educational Associations & Organizations