*A Short Guide to Action Research (copy also in Main)
*Advances in Web-Based Education: Personalized Learning Environments (eReference)
*Education statistics of the United States

*Educational research, methodology and measurement

*Educator's desk reference: a sourcebook of educational information and research (2003)
*Encyclopedia of education (1971 print, 2003 eReference)

*Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration (eReference)
*Encyclopedia of educational research (1982, 1992)
*Encyclopedia of learning disabilities (2002)
*Encyclopedia of Special Education (eReference)
*Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia (eReference)
*Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children (eReference)
*Key Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care (eReference)

*Online Assessment and Measurement: Case Studies from Higher Education, K-12 and Corporate
 (eReference)
*Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia (eReference)
*Qualitative research in education: a user's guide (2006)
*Selected styles in Web-based educational research (eReference)
*World education encyclopedia: a survey of educational systems worldwide (2002)

*The World of learning (2005)

*U.S. Supreme Court education cases

Main Colection

To find materials in the main collection use the same search strategy used to find reference books but without setting the Limits option to Reference.  For example type an appropriate search term(s) in the Search: free text field, select the most suitable Boolean operation ([any of these], [all of these], [as a phrase]) and then select an applicable "within" field from the drop down menu.

TIP:  Use Sources to Find Other Sources -- when relevant records are identified, search the Call Numbers and Subject Headings found with those records to identify additional related resources.  Also, scroll through the hit list and identify the most commonly used Dewey Classification numbers and then browse the shelves in those areas.

Although the library catalog itself does not provide the full-text of the hardcopy print books in the collection, many of the records do contain the item's respective Table of Contents (TOC).  Search using the Keyword field to include a search of the TOC.

eBooks:  The library has over 10,000 electronic books, many of which are electronic reference books.  These ebooks do have the full-text.  Access to the library’s e-books is limited to TMC faculty, staff and students.

Accessing ebooks found in the library catalog is as simple as clicking on the link "Connect to book” corresponding to the “Linked Resources” field in the "Holdings Information" portion of the record (bottom of the page).  When you are off campus and you’ve made the connection to the online resource, you will be prompted for either your MasterNet id/password or your NetLibrary id/password*.

*NOTE:  If the ebook is part of our NetLibrary collection you will not be able to access the ebook off campus unless you first create your own account and password from a computer while you are on campus.  To create your own account with NetLibrary, go to http://www.netlibrary.com while logged onto your computer on campus.  Then select “Create a Free Account” (top right corner of screen) and simply follow the instructions for creating your own id/password to use with NetLibrary.

The library catalog will not identify articles found in journals and magazines.  To find articles one must use a periodical index (see Periodicals below 

Periodicals

Magazines, Journals, Newspapers

For all periodical (magazine, journal, newspaper) titles available through the TMC library go to the library Web site and select Find Journals from the menu on the left or from the library catalog.
From this page you can find periodicals by title or by subject.  The periodical holdings list indicates which periodical titles are held by the library as well as inclusive dates and format availability -- microform, print, electronic.

Periodical Indexes

Periodical Indexes are used to identify the location of articles contained in magazines, journals and newspapers.  These indexes provide citations to the articles (author, title of the article, journal title, volume, issue, date, and page numbers).  Some indexes also provide abstracts (includes a summary of the article) and many online indexing tools provide the full-text (FT) of the article (e.g. the complete text of the article).

To access the indexes available to the TMC community go to the library Web site and select Find Articles.

Of particular interest are these:

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) a multi-disciplinary fulltext index covering virtually every area of academic study including peer reviewed publications.

ERIC (EBSCO) – contains indexing to Education Journals (EJ) and Education Documents (ED) providing annotated references to nonjournal material and to journal articles. 1912 to present.  Utilizes(see below)

ERIC.ed.gov includes bibliographic records (citations, abstracts, and other pertinent data) for more than 1.2 million items indexed since 1966, including:  journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials.  Same content as ERIC (EBSCO) but does not utilize .

Higher Education Abstracts (print) - Research and theory contributing to the body of knowledge about the participants in higher education, their functions and their environment.

MAS Ultra-School Edition (EBSCO) - Designed for high school libraries; indexing and full text of many popular general interest and current events publications covering general reference, health, science, and other areas.

Primary Search (EBSCO) - Contains full-text for over 60 elementary school magazines and indexing and abstracts for 100 magazines. Designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children's rooms. 1984 to present.

Proquest Research Library - Academic subjects indexed & abstracted with fulltext from magazines, journals and newspapers.

The majority of the indexes you will find have the added benefit of the Check for Full Text service.  enables you to link from the citation in the online index to full-text of the article in another online index or to the print holdings record in the Library Catalog.  In the event the TMC library does not have the journal in question either print or full-text), also provides a link to our Interlibrary Loan Service (ILL). Look for this icon in all of our online indexes and databases.
  

Other Online Databases of Note

These tools index a variety of documents and may also include periodical literature.

Arts & Humanities Citation Inext (First Search) - Citations and abstracts of arts and humanities journals with select articles in the social sciences and sciences. 1980 to present.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - An online library of current event topics - the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors.  It provides electronic access to a reference program of statistics, government data, legislation and more. 

PapersFirst (FirstSearch)  (1993+) -- An OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.  Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.

Proceedings (FirstSearch)  (1993+) -- An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings.  Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.  Also contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference.

WorldCat (FirstSearch) – OCLC is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.  A simpler version of this database is now available as a public Web site at http://www.worldcat.org/.

Web Resources

For a list of reputable scholarly Web sites, portals and subject directories that have been evaluated by librarians, scholars and other experts in the field go to the library Web site and select Web Resources.  Use the Topic/Type matrix to identify those that are of particular interest to the field of Education.