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Abstracts, Indexes, and Research Databases

Academic/Scholarly Indexes and Databases

Some articles are available in full textRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceEducation Research Complete
Abstracts and indexes onlyRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceERIC (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Most articles are available in full textUnrestricted access
Click here for more information on this resourceERIC (U.S. Dept. of Ed)
Abstracts and indexes onlyRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceERIC (FirstSearch)
Abstracts and indexes onlyRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourcePsycINFO 1887-Current
Most articles are available in full textRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceSPORTDiscus with Full Text (4 concurrent users)
Abstracts and indexes onlyRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourcePhysical Education Index
Most articles are available in full textRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceSociological Abstracts with Proquest Full text
Abstracts and indexes onlyUnrestricted access
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Most articles are available in full textRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceJSTOR
Abstracts and indexes onlyRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceMEDLINE
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Most articles are available in full textRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceCINAHL Plus with Full Text
Abstracts and indexes onlyRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceINSPEC
Most articles are available in full textRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceInfoTrac K12 Professional Collection
Abstracts and indexes onlyRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceWeb of Science
Some articles are available in full textRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceDigital Dissertations and Theses

General Databases

Some articles are available in full textRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceAcademic Search Complete
Some articles are available in full textRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceExpanded Academic ASAP
Abstracts and indexes onlyUnrestricted access
Click here for more information on this resourceIngentaconnect
Most articles are available in full textRestricted to UNM ALBUQ users onlyClick here for more information on this resourceLexisNexis Academic Universe

Print Indexes

ZIM Reference First Floor LB 2806 E3
Educational administration abstracts

ZIM Reference First Floor LB 2300 C61
Higher education abstracts

ZIM Reference First Floor L11 E88
Exceptional child education resources

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Books

The Library Catalog (LIBROS) provides location information for books, journals, maps, microforms, sound recordings, videos, and similar items owned by the UNM Libraries and other New Mexico member institutions. Materials that are not located in the Library Catalog (LIBROS) can be requested through InterLibrary Loan.

Call Numbers

Library of Congress Call Numbers for Education

Call Number Range Subject Heading
L Education (General)
LA History of Education
LB Theory and Practice of Education
LC Social Aspects of Education
LD Individual Institutions: United States
LE Individual Institutions: America except United States
LF Individual Institutions: Europe
LG Individual Institutions: Asia, Africa, Oceania
LH College and School Magazines and Papers
LJ Student Fraternities and Societies in the United States
LT Multi-Subject Textbooks

 

UNM Masters Theses and Dissertations in Education
Use this formula:
LD3782 plus
_ _ _ (following discipline-specific set of LC characters for UNM Masters Theses detailed below.
LD3783 plus _ _ _ (following disicpline-specific set of LC characters for UNM Dissertations detailed below.

Call Number Extension Educational Speciality Area
E45 Educational Leadership and Organizational Learning
  authority heading: University of New Mexico. Division of Educational Leadership and Organizational Learning.
  [Educational Administration, Training and Learning Technologies]
E52 Educational Specialities
  authority heading: University of New Mexico. Division of Educational Specialties
  [Art Education, Math and Science Education, Special Education]
I53 Individual, Family and Community Education
  authority heading: University of New Mexico. Division of Individual, Family and Community Education
  [Counselor Education. Family Studies, Health Education (MS), Educational Psychology]
P47 Physical Performance and Development
  authority heading: University of New Mexico. Division of Physical Performance and Development.
  [Health Eduation (Ph.D.), Recreation
T42 Multicultural Teacher and Childhood Education

authority heading: University of New Mexico. Multicultural Teacher and Childhood Education Program

Subject Headings

Classroom Management
classroom management
school discipline
classroom environment

Curriculum
curriculum planning
curriculum change
curriculum evaluation
science study and teaching
art study and teaching
social science study and teaching

Learning Theories
learning
cognitive styles
teaching

Special Education
special education
handicapped-education
mainstreaming in education

Multicultural Education
multicultural education
education, bilingual

Assessment
educational tests and measurements
examinations
ability-testing

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General Reference Sources

Bibliographies and Research Guides

ZIM Reference First Floor LB15 B89 1999
Education : a guide to reference and information sources / Nancy Patricia O'Brien

Zim Reference First Floor LB 1028.27 U6 F74 2002
The educator's desk reference (EDR):  a sourcebook of educational information and research

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias

Zim Reference First Floor LC 4007 . E53 2002
Concise encyclopedia of special education, 2nd Ed.

Zim Reference First Floor LC 189.95. E38 2002
Education and sociology:  an encyclopedia

Zim Reference First Floor LC 2717 E53 1996
Encyclopedia of African-American education

Zim Reference First Floor LB17. U54 2001 v.1 - v.3
Encyclopedia of American education

Zim Reference First Floor LC 3707 E53 1998
Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education

Zim Reference First Floor LB 15 E48 1992 v. 1 - v. 4
Encyclopedia of educational research

Zim Reference First Floor LC 4704.5 T86 2001
Encyclopedia of learning disabilities

Zim Reference First Floor LC 1099.3 M58 1999
Encyclopedia of multicultural education

Zim Reference First Floor LB 15. E47 2003
Encyclopedia of education, 2nd ed.

Zim Reference First Floor LA225.H54 2002
Higher education in the United States:  an encyclopedia

CSEL Reference LL1 BF712.7 158 1996
International encyclopedia of developmental and instructional pyschology.

Zim Ref First Floor LB17 P485 1996
Philosophy of education:  an encyclopedia

Zim Reference First Floor LC3981. S33 2001
Special education:  a reference handbook

Online
World education encyclopedia [electronic resource]:  a survey of educational systems worldwide, 2nd ed.

Dictionaries

Zim Reference First Floor LB15 .G68 2003
The Greenwood dictionary of education / edited by John W. Collins III and Nancy Patricia O'Brien ; foreword by Catherine Snow

Directories

An electronic book accessible Online through Gale Virtual Reference Library
College Blue Book

ZIM Reference First Floor L901 .C68 2001, Online
The College Board guide to high schools

ZIM Reference First Floor L 901 P3
Patterson's American education

ZIM Reference First Floor L901 P34
Patterson's elementary education

ZIM Ref Desk AS 2 W6
The World of learning

Handbooks and Manuals

ZIM Reference First Floor LB3051 .E395 2003
Educators' handbook on effective testing / Myles I. Friedman ... [et al.] ; foreword by Lawrence W. Lezotte

New Mexico Resources

New Mexico
Zim Reference First Floor LB 2826 N6 A3
New Mexico public school finance statistics / Prepared & published by School Budget Planning Unit

New Mexico State Department of Education

New Mexico's Educational Statistics from NCES

New Mexico Higher Education Department
Nation's Report Card, State Profiles

New Mexico Public Education Department's State and District Preport Cards for AYP
Annual yearly progress from No Child Left Behind Act

National Report Card on Higher Education for New Mexico
From the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education:  downloadable pdf report and presentation on New Mexico.

Statistical and Data Resources


Educational Statistics

Condition of Education
National Center for Education's Statistics with integrated collection of indicators and analyses of statistics from 2000 - 2005.
Digest of  Education Statistics
NCES presents pdf  tables and figures for 1995 - 2003.
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Long term trend assessment results for 2004 and special reports.
Projection of Education Statistics
10 year projections of statistics (to 2013) for elementary and secondary schools as well as institutions of higher education.
U.S. White House:  Social Briefing Room:  Education
Educational statistics provided in digest form on a number of educational achievement indicators.
United States Department of Education:  Research and Statistics Page
Research, program and evaluation statistics.
State Departments of Education Directory
Contact information for all 50 states provided by the Department of Education.
School District Demographics
Statistical data on over 15,000 school districts.  Locate information by school county name.  provides demographic, administrative and financial statistics from the 2000 census.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Section Four carried education statistics produced for 2001 - 2005
National Center for Education Statistics
Data inclueds Encyclopedia of ED Stats, NCES Fast Facts, Public Schools Locator, Nation's Report Card (NAEJP), Common Core of data (CCD), and Postsecondary Education Data(IEPS).

International
Global Education Digest from UNESCO
International education statistics that can be searched for cross country comparisons.
International Archive of Education Data
From NCES and Inter-univeristy consortium for political and social research
World Bank's EdStats
Data collections from various national and international organizations. A "Comparative Perspectives" section that allows for comparison of a variety of education indicators.
EURYDICE
Information network on eduation in Europe established by the European Commission.
OECD Education Database
Produced by  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.  A database of key education indicators includes enrollment, graduation rates, staffing, and educational expenditures.

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Journals

Search Journal One Search for holdings. Years of coverage vary per title. Copies of articles in titles that the UL does not own can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

Core Journals


ZIM Periodicals Basement L11 A66 Online

American Educational Research Journal

ZIM Periodicals Basement L11 A62 Online
American Journal of Education


ZIM Periodicals Basement LC 3701 N35 Online

Bilingual Research Journal


ZIM Periodicals Basement L 11 C69 Online
Comparative Education Review

ZIM Periodicals Basement LB 1028 E29 Online

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

ZIM Periodicals Basement LB 1028 E465 Online

Educational Research Quarterly

ZIM Periodicals Basement LB 2846 J67 Online
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics


ZIM Periodicals Basement LB  1028 J69 Online

Journal of Research in Childhood Education


ZIM Periodicals Basement LB 1050 R43 Online
Reading Research Quarterly

Zim Second Floor LB 1028 R43, v. 1 - v. 26 Online

Review of Research in Education

ZIM Periodicals Basement L11 R35 Online
Review of Educational Research


ZIM Periodicals Basement LB 1028 T42 Online
Theory Into Practice

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Additional Web Resources

Discussion Lists

EdWeb--Email Discussion Lists
Collection of education-related lists with descriptions from EdWeb by Andy Carvin
Education Listservs
Well-organized list of education listservs by subject from Slippery Rock University
Topica:  Education
Directory of email-lists that includes popular and scholary sites

Societies, Agencies, Associations, and Organizations

American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
American Association of University Professors
American Association of University Women
American Council on Education
American Education Research Association (AERA)
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Association for Curriculum and Supervision Development
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
International Reading Association
National Association of Scholars
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of State Boards of Education
National Education Association
National Middle School Association
National School Boards Association
Phi Delta Kappa

Web Sites

Curriculum Web/ Lesson Plan Resources
Education Index
Annotated guide to educational resources, including lesson plans with access by subject and by "lifestage."
Education World
The Lesson Planning Center with search engine to educational sites with lesson plan content and resources.
EdSitement
A joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of Great City Schools and  Marco Polo Foundation "offering high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies."
Lesson Plans from the Educator's Reference Desk
"This collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans written and submitted by teachers all over the United States and the world."
Blue Web'n
An online library of 2000 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). You can also browse by broad subject area, content areas,  or specific sub-categories, subject areas.
Discovery.com's Lessons Plan Library
"Hundreds of  original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers."  Browseable by subject, grade level and both.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
K-12 math and science curriculum resources.
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
A Department of Education site that provides educators with " quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites."
Library in the Sky
The NW Regional Educational Laboratory's selection of "useful and interesting" lesson plan links.
Library of Congress American Memory Project
Lesson plans that bring together text and images of primary sources like photographs, hand-written letters and historic documents from American History.  Searchable by theme, topic, discipline or era.
Scholastic.com's Lesson Plans and Reproducibles
Lesson plans by topic, subject area and grade level with printable activities and graphics.
Teachers New Lesson Plan Bank
Collection of lesson plans submitted by teachers that are accessible by topic and grade level.
PBS TeacherSource
Provides nearly 3000 free lesson plans and activities for educators connected to PBS programming.

Research and Testing
Educational Testing Service
Directory with subject/alphabetical access to tests.
Research Methods in the Social Sciences:  An Internet Resource List
From the University of Miami this site Includes links to resouces on tests & measures, survey methods, quanitative and qualitative research and research & writing.
Educational Research :  Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
PDF chapters from R. Burke Johnson's 2nd edition of Educational Research
The Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods / Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, Tim Futing Liao, editors
National Research and Development Centers
Acccess to reports produced by university-based education research centers, largely funded by the U.S. Department of Education from 1995 to 2005, subject access made available by UCLA.

Regional Educational Laboratories

"The Regional Educational Laboratories (REL) Network web site was developed and maintained with funding from the U.S. Department of Education. That funding expired on December 31, 2005. It is being kept online for reference and archival purposes. This is an archived site and is no longer maintained or updated."

What Works Clearinghouse

"The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) was established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to provide educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education."

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Teaching Methods
Instructional Strategies Online
2004 Saskatoon Public Schools Learning Online Guide
Explanations for various methods of instruction:  direct, indirect, experiential learning, interactive instruction and an alpahbetical  access to strategies.
Instructional Stategies Resources
Materials for teaching reading, concept mapping, graphical organizers, semantic maps, web quests and technology units  from the University of Virginia
Teaching methods:  Web resources
From McGraw-Hill, a collection of methods and strategies for all learning environments and subject areas.
Learning Theories and Instructional Strategies Matrix
Learning frameworks, strategies and theorists from George Mason University.

Educational Speciality Resources
LD Online:  Learning Disabilities Information Resources
Access to information for teachers, students and professionals
Multicultural Pavilion
Developed by a doctoral student at the University of Virgina, this portal to Internet resouces of multicultural education with research, resources, classroom activities, news and forums.
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs
Resources, Statistics, Policies and Practice Information from  the U.S. Department of Education
School Psychology Resources Online
Sandra Steingart of the Baltimore County Public School System compiled with extensive collection of over 1,000 Internet sites.
SERI: Special Education Resources on the Internet
A collection of subject-based resources geared for all of those involved in the field of special education.

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