Tennessee State University Brown-Daniel Library Resources for Education

Prepared by: Lynetta Alexander And Barbara VanHooser

Scope By its very nature, the field of education encompasses all disciplines from art through zoology. This presentation will focus on library resources and methods for finding education-related information.

Electronic Access to Books OnlineOnline Catalog Athena Interlibrary Loan

Print Resources – Stack Area The discipline of education: L, first floor. Legal aspects: KF, first floor. Educational psychology: BF, LB, and LC sections, first floor. ESL, literature: P, third floor.

Selected Print Reference Sources Requirements for Certification (LB 1771) Encyclopedias of education include special education, higher education, Educational Research West’s Education Law Reporter West’s Education Law Digest American Public School Law

Selected Print Reference Sources (cont.) Testing and Measurements Handbook of Tests and Measurements for Black Populations (BF176) Educational Testing Service Collection (LB3051) Tests In Print (Z5814.E9 T47) Mental Measurements Yearbook (BF431)

Periodical Holdings May be accessed by: Notebooks located in both libraries, listing title, call or shelf number, Main or Williams Campus, and dates Periodical holdings link on the library web page, includes links to title and subject lists

Representative Education Periodicals Educational Administration Quarterly Educational Leadership Educational Technology Educational Theory Exceptional Children NASSP Phi Delta Kappan

Electronic Resources Books in Print Evaluations Government Resources Online Forms Online Journals Online Journals Free on the Web Periodical Holdings Virtual Reference Desk

Electronic Resources (2) May be accessed through Databases by Title via Library Home PageDatabases by Title ERIC: (mainly index with abstracts) EDEric Documents in microfiche on second floor EJEric Journal check periodical holdings

Electronic Resources (3) InfotracInfotrac: (some full text) EBSCOhostEBSCOhost: Academic Search Elite (full text) PsycInfoPsycInfo: indexes books and journal articles about psychology, mental development and learning (abstract only) Lexis-NexisLexis-Nexis: legal research (full text)

Electronic Resources (4) Librarians’ Index to the Internet: Internet Public Library:

Government Documents GPO MarciveMarcive Web DOCS– Express Search Digest of Education Statistics (annual) Conditions of Education (annual)

Conclusion Thank you for your attention. We hope this presentation has been helpful. Brown-Daniel Library Tennessee State University (615)