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Getting Started

Use the details that you find in these resources for efficient further searching (i.e., birth/death dates, name variations, geographical details, key points, vocabulary for further searching).

Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of American education (2001) Level 2 Call Number: 370.97303 U572 2001

Encyclopedia of education (2003) Level 2 Call Number: 370.3 E5641

World education encyclopedia: A survey of educational systems worldwide (2002) Level 2 Call Number: 370.3 W92743

Browse the 370 call number section for additional titles.

American decades (1994-1996) 9 volumes cover the years 1900-1989. Level 2 Call Number: 973.9 A51213

Encyclopedia of world history (2000) Level 2 Call Number: 903 E565

Electronic Resources
American National Biography. Biographical dictionary of about 17,500 deceased notable American men and women who have influenced and shaped American history and culture.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Citations to biographical information on people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields of endeavor. Good for research in biography, history, humanities, sciences and social sciences, no fulltext, use this database to identify sources.

History Resource Center US. Contains a vast collection of primary sources, magazine and newspaper articles, and reference works covering U.S. history, includes some primary sources and fulltext.


 
 

 
Finding Books and Media

Use the Catalog to find books and media items (DVDs, CDs, etc.) at the Mansfield Library.

Use WorldCat to find books and media located in libraries worldwide. Request items you find in WorldCat that the Mansfield Library does not own through Interlibrary Loan by selecting the link within WorldCat that reads, "Send request to ILLiad."

Many books no longer under copyright protection are available online. Try one of the following resources if you are looking for a book published before 1923: Google Books, Open Library, Project Gutenberg, or The Universal Digital Library.


 

 
Digging Deeper

Use the Library's electronic resources to find journal, magazine and newspaper articles on your topic. There are many e-resources to choose within Education. From the library homepage, select Databases: Search by Subject, followed by Education, then Curriculum & Instruction. You will find many databases, including:

Education (SAGE Full Text). Includes 26 peer-reviewed education journals.

Education Full Text. General database for finding writing on educational topics that includes the fulltext of articles.

Educator's Reference Complete. Provides fulltext results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC; covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and all education specialties.

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center). Key database for finding information on topics in education, includes some fulltext items.

JSTOR. Scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.

Project MUSE. Literature and criticism, history, the visual and performance arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and economics journals.

History databases you might try, too:

Access NewspapersARCHIVE. Collection of digitized historical and recent newspapers from the U.S. and other countries.

New York Times Historical. Includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with page and article images.


 

 
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Kate Zoellner

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Education and Psychology Librarian, Assessment Coordinator
Mansfield Library - Room 325
32 Campus Drive
Missoula, MT 59812
406-243-4421 | 800-240-4939
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