Education Research Guide

• Reference Sources
• Encyclopedias
• Curriculum & Standards
• Dictionaries
• Directories
• Handbooks
• Master's Theses
• Organizations
• Statistics
• Books
• Articles
• Web Sites

• Encyclopedias:

American educators' encyclopedia [Reference LB15 .D37 1991]
Encyclopedia of education, 2nd ed. [Reference LB15 .E47 2003]
Encyclopedia of early childhood education [Reference LB1139.25 .E53 1992]
Encyclopedia of educational research [Reference LB15 .E48 1992]


• Curriculum and Standards

Georgia Learning Connections with links to all Georgia K-12 standards: GPS (Georgia Performance Standards) and QCC (Quality Core Curriculum) [http://www.glc.k12.ga.us]
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing [http://www.cse.ucla.edu]


• Dictionaries

A critical dictionary of educational concepts [Reference LB15 .B29 1990]
A dictionary of education [Reference LB15 .R64 1982]
A Glossary of special education [Reference LC3986 .G7 1988]



• Directories:

American School Directory [http://www.asd.com/]
National Public School Locator [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/]
Georgia Public Education Directory [http://public.doe.k12.ga.us]


• Handbooks:

Handbook of research on teaching [Reference LB1028 .H315 2001]
Handbook of research on teacher education [Reference LB1715 .H274 1996]
Handbook of research on social studies teaching and learning [Reference LB1584 .H275 1991]
Handbook of research on the education of young children [LB1119 .H25 1993]
Handbook of research on science teaching and learning[Q181.A1 H35 1994]
Handbook of research on multicultural education[LC1099.3 .H35 1995]


• Master's Theses and Specialist's Papers

Copies of Master's Theses completed at GCSU are available in the Library. Copies are cataloged and shelved with the books, as well as in Special Collections . To find, search the Library Catalog for "thesis" and a topic, or the author.
A listing of many of the Master's Theses is available from the GCSU Library Special Collections Department.


• Organizations, Government Agencies & Schools

U.S. Department of Education [http://www.ed.gov/]
Georgia Department of Education [http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/]
National Education Association [http://www.nea.org/]



• Statistics

National Center for Educational Statistics [http://nces.ed.gov/]
Kids Count Statistical and social information about the condition of children in all 50 states. [http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx]