Books

For BOOKS on education, click on the LIBRARY CATALOG tag on the Halle Library homepage. A Keyword Search allows you to search for a book by subject. To search for a specific book, author, or journal select Author/Title/Journal Title, etc.

Encyclopedia of American Education, v 1-3		REF LB17.U54 2001 Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education		REF LC 1099.3.M58 1999 Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Encyclopedia of Special Education		REF LC4007.E53 2002 v. 1-3 Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Key Concepts in the Philosophy of Education		REF LB15.w56x 1999 Reference Collection - 1st Level North

Academic OneFile & General OneFile		Search both Academic OneFile and General OneFile, which together index about 15,000 titles and include more than 8,000 full-text titles. They index The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor; include full-text from wire services covering agriculture, general news, broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry topics, sports and current events from all over the world; and index general interest magazines; refereed academic journals; business publications; technology periodicals; plus specialty titles in law, health care and computers.
Education Abstracts		Index to the contents of about 400 education periodicals. Updated monthly. (via FirstSearch)
ERIC (1966-)		The ERIC database contains abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Updated monthly. (via FirstSearch)
InfoTrac Professional Collection (1983-)		This database is a custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals geared to the needs of professional educators. Updated daily.
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (1973-)		This indexing/abstracting service covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. Updated monthly.
Mental Measurements Yearbook		Contains descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially-available standardized English-language educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievement and intelligence tests. It contains the text of test reviews starting with the Ninth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Updated every six months. Up to 4 users at a time. Try again later if you cannot connect
PsycARTICLES (1887-)		"PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APAs Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. It contains all the material (with the exception of ads and editorial board lists) from nearly 50 top psychology publications." Updated monthly
PsycINFO (1887-)		Index to the contents of about 1400 journals, chapters, books, dissertations and reports on psychology and related fields. Updated monthly. (via FirstSearch)
Wilson Select Plus		Index to the contents of about 1300 periodicals, all with ASCII full text online. Updated weekly. (via FirstSearch)

National Library of Medicine		The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, TOXLINE Special, NLM Catalog, MedlinePlus, ClinicalTrials.gov, DIRLINE, Genetics Home Reference, Meeting Abstracts, HSRProj, OMIM, and HSDB.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)		The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 130,000 members and affiliates who are speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally.
Common Core of Data (CCD): Information on Public Schools and School Districts in the United States -		From the National Center for Education Statistics, this site offers search tools and data resources containing basic information and statistics on public elementary and secondary schools as well as on schooling in general. It allows the user to search for public schools and school districts, compare the finances of a school district with its peers, and create customized tables for schools, districts, and states over multiple years.
National Drop Out Prevention Center		The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is committed to positive results for children with disabilities.
Council for Exceptional Children		The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
Special Education (Michigan Electronic Library)_		Provides links to state and federal government sites, as well as professional associations.
Federal Resource Center for Special Education		The FRC supports a nationwide technical assistance network to respond to the needs of students with disabilities, especially students from under-represented populations. Through its work with the RRCs and the technical assistance networks, the FRC provides a national perspective for establishing technical assistance activities within and across regions by identifying and synthesizing emerging issues and trends.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)		This site is a good starting place for information on IDEA and related amendments and regulations. The site also includes general information, questions and answers, and a What's New section.
LD Online: Learning Disabilities Information & Resources for Parents, Teachers, and Children		Site provides a variety of information about learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder. Includes Q&A service, information on I.E.P.s, and links to other sources.
News, Special Education		Special Education News answers a need in education for in-depth, timely news related to educating students with disabilities. The Web site and newsletter are journalistic publications centered on the news of the special education field. The Web site is also designed to offer unique resources to special education professionals in one convenient place. These include places for educators and others to exchange their views, find links to important information at other sites on the Web and keep track of news and events across the country.
Office of Special Education & Early Intervention Services (Michigan Department of Education)		The Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services (OSE-EIS) oversees the administrative funding of education and early intervention programs and services for young children and students with disabilities. Early intervention services are coordinated for infants and toddlers (birth through age two) with disabilities and their families according to federal regulations and state standards.
Special Education Dictionary
Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center