Research by Subject: Education
ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS, DICTIONARIES
Encyclopedia of Education
Call Number: REF LB15 .E47 2003 
Offers "a comprehensive description of the enterprise of education, both within the United States and throughout the world." 8 vols, 850 articles including biographies, educational policy, legislation, and educational organizations. Contains bibliographies and index.
The Greenwood Dictionary of Education
Call Number: REF LB15 .G68 2003
"Provides authoritative definitions for more than 2,600 terms that apply to educational research, practice, and theory. The overall focus is on the most critical terms in education as used by current practitioners, yet references to significant historical events in education are also included...[contains] acronyms and initialisms commonly used in the field, names and descriptions of relevant organizations, and important legal decisions relating to education."
Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education
Call Number: REF LC1099.3 .H35 2004
"Topics covered include trends and developments, ethnic groups in historical and social science research, language issues, academic achievement, higher education, and international perspectives on multicultural education. The volume also offers comprehensive and balanced analyses of key controversies and debates in the field."
Historical Dictionary of American Education
"Provides factual information about eminent people and important topics related to the development of American public, private, and parochial schools, covering elementary and secondary levels. In addition to major state and regional leaders and reformers, it includes biographies of significant national educators, philosophers, psychologists, and writers. Subjects embrace important ideas, events, institutions, agencies, and pedagogical trends that profoundly shaped American policies and perceptions regarding education." Includes bibliographies and index.
Encyclopedia of Human Development and Education : Theory, Research, and Studies
Call Number: BF713 .E65 1990
"A collection of 100 articles which examine various theories and aspects of human development and their significance for education, child raising, and counselling practices throughout the world." Includes bibliographies and index.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS, DICTIONARIES - SPECIALIZED
Encyclopedia of African-American Education
Covers "signifcant issues, policies, historical events, laws, theories, organizations, institutions, and people incident to the education of African-Americans in the United States." With selected bibliographies and index.
Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education
Call Number: REF LB1139.25 .E53 1992
"Discusses such issues related to early childhood education as the care of children from birth to age eight, policy issues, and pioneers in early childcare." Includes bibliographies.
Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education
Call Number: REF QA11 .E665 2001
"Designed for readers and researchers investigating national and international aspects of mathematics education at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. It contains more than 400 entries, arranged alphabetically by headings of greatest pertinence to mathematics education. The scope is comprehensive, encompassing all major areas of mathematics education, including assessment, content and instructional procedures, curriculum, enrichment, international comparisons, and psychology of learning and instruction."
Encyclopedia of Special Education
"A comprehensive resource for those working in the fields of special education research and practice. Featuring reviews of assessment instruments and teaching approaches, legal issues, overviews of specific learning disabilities, dozens of biographies, and more."
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ERIC
Indexes documents and journal articles in the field of education. 1966 - present.
ERIC is also available on the open web through the US Department of Education (no sign-in needed for off-campus access).
Educator's Reference Complete
Full text periodicals, reports and reference sources for teachers and school administrators; via InfoTrac. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
JSTOR
Full text backfiles of over 1,200 core scholarly journals in humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes over 60 current titles, including all University of Chicago Press journals. For all other titles, JSTOR does not contain the most recent 1-7 years of content. Many of these titles are continued in Project Muse or in the Library's print and/or electronic subscriptions. Use the yellow arrow, then the ArticleLinker button to link to content on an external site or check Journal Finder for complete holdings information.
LexisNexis Academic
Indexes and abstracts U.S. and foreign newspapers, journals, transcripts, federal and state case law, law reviews, state and country profiles, company information and more. Many documents are in full text; dates of coverage vary.
Project Muse
Full text collection of over 500 scholarly journals from the Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses. Earlier years may be in JSTOR. Check Journal Finder for complete holdings information.
PsycINFO
Indexes and abstracts the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines. American Psychological Association and Canadian Psychological Association journals are in full text; one of the Ovid databases; 1806 - present.
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Social Services Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts research in social work, human services, social welfare and policy, and community development. A ProQuest database; 1979 - present.
Sociological Abstracts
Indexes journals, dissertations, conference papers, and selected books in sociology and related disciplines. A ProQuest database; 1952 - present.
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of datasets in the social sciences and related disciplines, such as sociology, demography, political science, criminal justice, foreign policy, law, economics, history, education, gerontology, and public health. The archive provides raw numerical data that can be used with statistical software, such as SPSS. A Data Use Tutorial will give you a brief overview before you begin using the archive.
All Wheaton faculty, students, and staff have access to the extensive ICPSR data holdings. First time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need to login with your email address and password to download data.
Institute of Education Sciences 
The US Department of Education's IES "brings rigorous and relevant research, evaluation and statistics to our nation's education system." IES includes the National Center for Education Research (NCER), the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), and the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER).
KIDS COUNT
KIDS COUNT, an initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is "a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States." Includes KIDS COUNT Data Center, with "more than 100 indicators of child well-being, including economic status, health, safety, and risk factors."
SchoolDataDirect
"The State Education Data Center (SEDC) is a new service of the Council of Chief State School Officers, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of the Council's National Education Data Partnership." Includes data on school enrollment, poverty levels, and proficiencies, as well as options to compare and download data in spreadsheet format.
U.S. Department of Education
The US Department of Education's website includes reporting on educational initiatives; research, data, and facts about American schools; information about student financial aid; resources for parents; and information for educators, including lesson plans as well as grants and scholarships.
Federal Resources for Education Excellence
"FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies." Provides lessons that are multi-disciplinary, and that reach across all grade and achievement levels.
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
State site that includes data about local schools, and information about state teacher licensure, taking the MTEL, help with job search, and professional development requirements and opportunities.
Educator's Reference Desk
"From the Information Institute of Syracuse...the Gateway to Educational Materials, and the Virtual Reference Desk, the Educator's Reference Desk brings you the resources you have come to depend on. 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses."
