FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION RESOURCES at the Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library Southeastern Oklahoma State University

There is so much useful information being produced, disseminated, stored, collected every day about the topic of education. There is information in magazines, journals, books, reports, government publications, radio, television, videos and DVD's. Libraries collect information some of the kinds of resources listed above. There is also a huge amount of Information on the Internet. You, the college student, need to find information from time to time for your classes that you take in college. Where do you go to find information, and how to you know that the information that you find is good, quality information? This is what this document attempts to answer. This document will outline the kinds of information that you can obtain through a place that provides access to information, as well as stores and collects information, your college library. At the end of this document there will be some Internet resources that can be used.

Your college library is called the Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library. It contains many resources to help in answers to simple questions to providing information for a report or research paper. This paper will outline the main tools that use can use to pinpoint the exact resources that you need. Here at the Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library there is much useful information that is available in many different locations in the library and also in many different formats. This document will hopefully point you in the right direction in locating the right materials for your project, report, or paper.

SIRSI ILINK CATALOG

Some subject terms that you could enter into the catalog using the subject index are the following:
 
 

KEYWORD SEARCHING IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

Keyword searching is a more flexible approach to searching the catalog. With keyword searching, you can type in any word or combination of words or phrases and the keyword program will search for all the instances of those words or phrases in each record in the catalog. Keyword is not limited to just one area of each record, such as the title or subject, but it searches the entire record.
 

Advantages of keyword searching:

1. can often find books on a topic when you are not using the subject approach
2. If you know the title or part of the title of a book, keyword can find the book
3. You can find books on a narrow or complex subject where you could not by searching by subject

DIRECTORIES

E1800.5 E24d 1998-99	Oklahoma Educational Directory. Information on Oklahoma School Districts--includes elementary school principals.
R 370.97 P27p	Patterson's American Education. Standard directory to secondary education. Contains names and addresses of school districts, superintendents, and high school principals.
R 372.92 P27e	Patterson's Elementary Education. Standard directory to elementary education. Contains names and addresses of school districts, superintendents, and elementary school principals.
R 379.157 T22t	Teacher Certification Requirements in All Fifty States Contains the requirements to become certified as an elementary school teacher, secondary school teacher, special education teacher, guidance counselor or school administrator in all the states of the United States.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

Use encyclopedias as a starting point for research. Encyclopedias give short descriptive articles on a topic, plus references which can be used to build a paper. The following encyclopedias, found in the reference area, are useful for education students:
 

R 370.97303 UN3E 2nd Ed	Encyclopedia of American Education.3 v. Designed for students of education, teachers, librarians, parents, school administrators, school board members, legislators and all others directly or indirectly affiliated with or interested in education and the education process.
R 370.3 En11o	The Encyclopedia of Education. 10 v. Dated but still useful for historical perspective and Theory.
R 370.79303 Un3e	Encyclopedia of American Education.  3 v. Topical entries and biographies of notable American educators.
R 370.321 W89	World Education Encyclopedia. 3 v. Describes the national education systems of 181 countries, grouping the nations into sections depending on the amount of information about each section that was available.
R 370.78 Enla6	Encyclopedia of Educational Research. This is the 6th edition which was published in 1992. Useful as a starting point for research on a education related topic. Contains long articles on each topic.
R 372.2103 En1	Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education. This one volume set is a reference work about the education and care of young children from birth to eight years old. Divided into 6 major topic chapters: (1) Introduction, Historical & Philosophical Roots of Early Childhood Practice, (2) Sociocultural, Political, and Economic Contexts of Child Care and Early Education, (4) Perspectives on Children (5) Early Childhood Curricula and Programs, (6) Perspectives on Educators
R 371.2 Eni	Encyclopedia of School Administration and Supervision. Contains many articles on topics relating to school administration, such as curriculum issues, instructional methods, legal concepts, administrative positions, processes and task areas, administrative theory and research, student problems, issues and programs.
R 371.9 Enl	Encyclopedia of Special Education. Contains articles on many aspects of special education, such as biographies of key people in the field, educational and psychological tests, interventions and service delivery techniques, conditions that require special education services, major court cases and more.
R 371.3 In8h2	International Encyclopedia of Education. 2nd ed Published in 1995, this 12 volume set contains articles on many aspects of education from an international perspective, plus articles on education in each country. Contains an overview of the international theories, problems, practices in education.
R 378.03 B91o	The Oryx Guide to Distance Learning. This is a comprehensive listing of courses offered either electronically or other media assisted courses, such as broadcast television, computer conferencing, computer tutorials, electronic mail, interactive audio/video and other formats. The book is organized by state.
R 370.973 B52 v.1	Biographical Dictionary of American Educators.
R 407 V58d3	Dictionary of Special Education and Rehabilitation.
R 370.3 W89M2	World Education Encyclopedia.
R 011.02 B98e	Education: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources.

STATISTICS SOURCES

The U.S. government publishes many documents on education related subjects. Most are published by the Education Department, of which the following are particularly useful:
 
 

Internet	National Center for Education Statistics "The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education." At this site there is a wealth of statistical information to be used and analyzed. The next three resources are published at the NCES. Available on the Internet at: http://nces.ed.gov/
R 370.210973 M66n	Condition of Education (annual) in reference area This book of statistics is published annually by the National Center for Education Statistics. It contains statistics and discussion on 60 indicators that represent a consensus of professional thinking on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education to date. Also available on the Internet at: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/.
r 370.973 D56	Digest of Education Statistics(annual) in reference area Published by the National Center of Educational Statistics. Contains statistics on achievement, enrollment, revenue, expenditures, outcomes of education, learning resources, computers and technology, educational staff, and activities of all levels of education from elementary education to graduate education and adult education. Also contains comparisons with education in other countries. Also available on the Internet at: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/
ED 1.120	Projection of Education Statistics to 2016. This report is published every year by the National Center for Education Statistics. It has enrollment, graduates, expenditures and teachers projections for elementary, secondary, and colleges to 2015. It also has state enrollment and graduates projections for the states. Also available on the Internet at: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/projections2016/
R 378.7305 C46 2000-2001	The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac. This annual issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education comes out every September, and contains a wealth of statistics on higher education, such as: college revenues and expenses, average faculty salaries, characteristics of full time faculty, ACT and SAT scores, student financial aid, proportion of 18-24 year olds in college, degrees conferred, national origin of foreign students, and more. Also available on the Chronicle web site at: http://chronicle.com
R 371.1 H19w3	Handbook of Research on Teaching.

The State of Oklahoma also publishes statistics on education in Oklahoma:
 
 

E 2500.3 P964s	Profiles. Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program. This report, published by the Office of Accountability, contains data presented by the Oklahoma Educational Indicators program, which was created in 1989 by the Oklahoma School Testing Act. The OEIP is supposed to implement a system of performance measures by which the school districts in Oklahoma could be assessed. A second function of the OEIP is to report information on graduation rates, dropout rates, pupil-teacher ratios, in the context of socioeconomic status and the finances of school districts. The reports come out every year, and there are three parts of the report: (1) The State Report, which contains data and statistics for the state as a whole for the major categories of measurement; (2) The District Report, which contains a separate page for each of the 541 school districts in the State of Oklahoma; and (3) The School Report Card, which will have data from each school. Also available on the Internet at: http://www.schoolreportcard.org/reports.htm
Internet	Oklahoma School Performance Review http://www.schoolreportcard.org/ospr/ "The Oklahoma Legislature created the Oklahoma School Performance Review (OSPR) program in 2001. The program was designed to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the budget and operations of school district and to improve the management and finances of individual school districts. It is the intent of the Legislature that any cost savings that is directly attributable to implementation of performance review recommendations be spent by the school district for classroom expenses. OSPR completed and released the report of its first school performance review in October 2003. The purposes of these reviews are to develop recommendations regarding (1) containing costs, (2) improving management strategies, (3) promoting better education for Oklahoma children and (4) to offer commendations when notable practices are identified. The review also identifies opportunities to increase revenues. Exemplary programs that can be replicated are also identified and will be made available to all districts in the state.

LOISLAW

Loislaw offers a wide range of legal content and supporting materials, including: up-to-date cases, statutes, rules and regulations, and other primary law for all 50 states and federal jurisdictions; expert-authored online treatise libraries, focused around practice areas, including Wigmore on evidence, Ginsberg and Martin on bankruptcy, and Price on estate planning; and extensive public records for individuals and corporations.

LoisLaw is accessed by going to the Electronic Resources page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm, and then going down to the LoisLaw link under legal resources on that page. Once there, you will be asked for a user id and password to access the site. See the information desk in the library for the user id and password.

R 371.71 ED8K	Mental Measurements Yearbook Published by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. It is designed to assist test users in education, psychology and industry to choose tests that meet their needs from among the many tests available. It contains descriptive listings, references, and critical reviews of commercially published tests in English. The sixteenth edition was published in 2005, and contains tests that are new or that have been significantly revised since the publication of the fifteenth edition in 2003. The fifteenth edition contains tests that were new in 2003 or had been significantly revised since the publication of the fourteenth edition in 2001 and so on back to the first yearbook, which was published in the 1930's. The older editions contain information on tests that have not been revised recently, and information on older versions of tests. To find out more about the Mental Measurements Yearbook, go to the Mental Measurements Yearbook Page, or go to the Buros Institute page at: http://www.unl.edu/buros/, and click on Test Reviews online.
Internet	Buros Institute of Mental Measurements http://www.unl.edu/buros/ This is the site of the publisher of the Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print. It contains a listing of Buros publications, and, instructions on how to use Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print. A useful feature is the ERIC/AE Test Locator, which is a joint project of the Buros Institute, the ERIC clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, the Educational Testing Service, and others. With the Test Locator you can search the ETS test file of 10,000 tests in its database, or you can look up where to find reviews to tests found in the Mental Measurements Yearbooks. A good feature to this service is that you can type in keywords and not be limited to the poor subject index found in the paper copies of the Mental Measurements Yearbooks. There is other useful information, such as: Code of Fair Testing Practices, Test Selection Tips, Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement, and Using Buros Institute of Mental Measurements Materials in Counseling and Therapy.
R 016.37126 B93T	Tests in Print Published by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. The latest edition is the seventh, which was published in 2006. It contains "descriptive listings commercially published tests. The Tests in Print, edition seven, "also serves as a comprehensive index to all editions of the Mental Measurements Yearbook series (MMY) published to date." For each test listed, the purpose of the test in given, population test is for, publication dates, scores of the test, how the test is administered, price data, time the test takes, authors of the test, publisher of the test, and cross references to either earlier editions of Tests in Print or Mental Measurements Yearbooks that more information about the test can be found.
R 150.287 T28	Test Critiques This is a series of books that contain critiques of psychological tests. The last book in this series was published in 1994, so it is getting out of date.
Internet	Priority Academic Student Skills: A Core Curriculum for Our Children's Future (P.A.S.S.) Published by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Replaces Learner Outcomes. Provides the basic skills and knowledge that all students should learn in the public schools in Oklahoma. Provides skills and knowledge by subject and then by grade level .Available online at: http://www.sde.state.ok.us/home/home01_test.html?http://www.sde.state.ok.us/publ/pass.html!
Internet	Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators CEOE) Study Guides The responsibility for these certification tests is the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. At this site are the study guides for the Oklahoma General Education Test, Oklahoma Professional Teaching Examination, and the Oklahoma subject area tests. The address for the web site where you can get the study guides is at: http://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/CE_studyguide_opener.asp#subjectTests
Internet	Oklahoma State Textbook List This used to be called the Annual Textbook Requisition and it is a catalog of curriculum materials that have been selected by the State Textbook Committee for use in the Oklahoma public schools. It is used by school districts in Oklahoma to select textbooks. It contains the materials selected by topic and by grade level, and also ordering information. Go to the Oklahoma State TExtbook Committe webpage, at: http://oktextbooks.state.ok.us/overview.htm. Then click on the adoption process, RESOLVE, and then Titles approved by the STC, and are at the list of approved titles for Oklahoma.

The Internet is becoming a better and better place all the time for educational information. Here are some sites that might prove useful for educational research.

EdLinks http://frodo.marshall.edu/~jmullens/edlinks.html This site contains links to 150 education sites. The sites are divided into commercial links, general links, government links, library links, network links, newsgroup links, organization links, and project links.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/ This site is a subject list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth.

Switchboard http://www.switchboard.com This is a place that you can look up names addresses, and telephone numbers of individuals, businesses and other organizations on the Internet

Education World http://www.education-world.com Contains links to thousands of educational sites. Divided into lesson planning, professional development, administrator's desk, technology integration, school issues, early childhood, education world @ home, lifestyle, subject resources and more.

Blue Web'n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ This is a database of outstanding Internet learning sites that are categorized by subject area, audience,and type (lessons, projects, resources, references,and tools)

Education Week http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html This is the online version of the weekly newspaper that contains news on education related events. You can also get immediate access to news articles that appeared in newspapers around the country.

Education Resources on the Internet http://www.se.edu/lib/subedu.htm This site contains many links to general education sites on the Internet, plus links to using the Internet in the classroom sites, adult education sites, educational research sites, assessment and evaluation sites, history of education sites, some educational law sites, some directories of schools and school districts, magazines and journals sites, educational organizations sites, and educational psychology sites .

Government Resources on Education http://www.se.edu/lib/govdocs/educationgov.html This site contains links to many important and valuable government education sites on the Internet.

EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of School Administrators http://www.aasa.org

Association for Childhood Education International http://www.acei.org/

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development http://www.ascd.org

American Educational Research Association http://aera.net This web site contains information about the AERA, and links to other regional and state educational research organizations, and links to other educational research resources.

National Council on Measurement in Education http://www.ncme.org/ Contains information about the NCME and links to sites on the Internet that are useful for measurement in education .

GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SITES
 

 

U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml This site can have much useful information for researchers.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence : US Dept. of Education http://www.free.ed.gov/ "FREE" is a handy way for teachers to quickly find useful government sites that can be put to work in the classroom. This site acts as a gateway to US government sites that can be used as teaching tools or resources. It is highlighted by a searchable and browsable interface to hundreds of government resources.

The curriculum room houses many items for use by SE students. We are going to talk about the purpose of the curriculum room, the arrangement of the curriculum room, content of the textbooks, and other sources of teaching materials.

PURPOSE OF THE CURRICULUM CENTER

ARRANGEMENT OF THE CURRICULUM CENTER

CONTENT OF TEXTBOOKS

OTHER SOURCES OF TEACHING MATERIALS

Educators Progress Service Guides to FREE materials

This is a series of guides to supplementary materials that can be used as a part of a lesson. These guides list materials available for FREE from companies, government agencies, and associations and societies.
The types of materials that you can send for include: maps, pamphlets, charts, exhibits, magazines, books, films, filmstrips, and videos. Each guide has a subject index and a source index. Each guide tells you exactly how to send for the materials, and whether or not there is any geographic restriction to availability.

KITS

A kit is another source of material that can add to a lesson, or be a lesson all by itself. A kit consists of a manual and various other materials such as filmstrips, audiocassettes, posters, objects such as light bulbs, blocks, puppets, or seeds. The items in a kit are all grouped together under a general title.