Edens Library Resources
for Divergent Learning



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We now have helpful handouts available online via PDF! You can either download and print out the Entire Packet (9 pages) or select from individual handouts:
  • Entire Packet (9 pages)
  • Conceptualizing A Research Topic (sample)
  • Conceptualizing A Research Topic (blank)
  • Smart Database Search Strategies
  • Search Multiple Databases, Create a Research Folder, Set Up A Search Alert
  • What Can I Do If I Can't Find An Article Full-Text?
  • Making The Most of References & Bibliographies
  • Finding/Borrowing Books
  • Edens Library Web Site Cheat Sheet

  • (What do I click on to get to...journal article databases, the Catalog, etc.)
  • Finding Quality WWW Sources
  • Return to the Resource Guides page

    Selected Reference Books

    Great for statistics, definitions, a general overview of the topic...

  • Education (General)
  • History, Biography, & Statistics (Education)
  • Special Education
  • Personality, Development, Behavior...
  • Speech Language Pathology
  • Social Work Issues
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    Education (General)
  • African American Education: A Reference Handbook
  • Ref LC 2741 J33 2001
  • American Educators' Encyclopedia
  • Ref LB 15 .D37 1991
  • Educational Measurement
  • Ref LB 3051.E266 1988
  • The Educator's Desk Reference
  • Ref LB 1028.27 .U6 F74 1999
  • Encyclopedia of American Education
  • Ref LB 17 .U54 1996 (v.1-3)
  • Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education
  • Ref LB 1139.25 .E53 1992
  • Encyclopedia of Education
  • Ref LB 15 .E47 2003 (v.1-8)
  • Encyclopedia of Educational Research
  • Ref LB 15 .E48 1992 (v.1-4)
  • Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education
  • Ref LC 1099.3 M58 1999
  • Handbook of Research on Teacher Education
  • Ref LB 1715 .H274 1996
  • Learning Theories A to Z
  • Ref LB 15 L4695 2002
  • National Education Association Handbook
  • Ref L13 .N4625 2002/2003
  • Requirements for Certification for Elementary and Secondary Schools
  • Ref LB 1771 .R4
  • Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning
  • Ref P 51 R66 2000
  • Tests: a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education, and business
  • Ref BF 176 T43 1991
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    History, Biography, & Statistics (Education)
  • American Educational History: A Guide to Information Sources
  • Ref LA 205 .S42
  • Biographical Dictionary of American Educators
  • Ref LA 2311 .B54 (v.1-3)
  • Crime in the United States
  • Ref HV 6787 A3 (1995-present)
  • Demographics of the U.S.: Trends and Projections
  • Ref HB 849.49 R875 2000
  • Digest of Education Statistics
  • Ref L111 .A6 (1996-2000)
  • Education in the States: Historical Development and Outlook
  • Ref LA 205 .C58 (v.1-2)
  • Historical Dictionary of School Segregation and Desegregation
  • Ref LC 212.52 R34 1998
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    Special Education
  • Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education
  • Ref LC 4007 E53 2002
  • The Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities
  • Ref LC 4704.5 T86 2002
  • Special Education Law
  • Ref KF 4210 R68 2000
  • Special Educator's Complete Guide to 109 Diagnostic Tests
  • Ref LC 4019 P53 1998
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    Personality, Development, Behavior...
  • The Dictionary of Psychology
  • Ref BF 31 C72 1999
  • Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice
  • Ref HV 6017 E52 2002 (v.1-4)
  • Encyclopedia of Human Behavior
  • Ref BF 31 E5 1994 (v.1-4)
  • Encyclopedia of Human Development
  • Ref HM 626 E53 2006 (v.1-3)
  • The Encyclopedia of Human Development and Education
  • Ref BF 713 .E65 1990
  • Encyclopedia of Psychology
  • Ref BF 31 E52 2000 (v.1-8)
  • Gender and Education: an encyclopedia
  • Ref LC 213 G425 2007 (v.1-2)
  • Handbook of Assessment Methods for Eating Behaviors and Weight-Related Problems
  • Ref RC 552 E18 H357 1995
  • Illustrated Dictionary of Speech-Language Pathology
  • Ref RC 423 S533 2000
  • Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes
  • Ref BF 698.4 M38 1990
  • The Mental Health Diagnostic Desk Reference
  • Ref RC 455.2 C4 M86 2000
  • Personality
  • Ref BF 698.5 B87
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    Speech Language Pathology
  • Encyclopedia of Human Biology
  • Ref QP 11 E53 1991 (v.1-8)
  • The Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities
  • Ref LC 4704.5 T86 2002
  • Genetic Disorders Sourcebook
  • Ref RB 155.5 G455 1996
  • Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
  • Ref RC 81 H38 1999
  • The Linguistics Encyclopedia
  • Ref P 29 L52 2002
  • The Merck Manual
  • Ref RC 55 M4
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    Social Work Issues
  • Childhood and Children
  • Ref HQ 781 B45 1997
  • Childhood Sexual Abuse
  • Ref HV 6570 K55 1995
  • Completely Queer
  • Ref HQ 75 H63 1998
  • Crime in the United States
  • Ref HV 6787 A3 (1995-present)
  • Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity, & Culture
  • Ref GN 496 D53 2003
  • The Encyclopedia of Child Abuse
  • Ref HV 6626.5 C57 2001
  • Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice
  • Ref HV 6017 E52 2002 (v.1-4)
  • Encyclopedia of Social Work
  • Ref HV 12 E53 2008 (v.1-4)
  • Encyclopedia of Social Work Supplement
  • Ref HV 35 S6 1997 suppl.
  • Handbook of Death & Dying (v.1-2)
  • Ref HQ 1073 H36 2003
  • Social Work Almanac
  • Ref HV 90 G53 1995
  • Social Work Dictionary
  • Ref HV 12 B37 1995
  • Sourcebook on Violence Against Women
  • Ref HV 6250.4 W65 S68 2001
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
  • Ready Ref HA 202 1998

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    Suggested Subject Headings and Location of Books in Our Library

    Search the Library Catalog by keyword, subject, title, or author. Edens Library offers books and other materials on a variety of Divergent Learning subjects, including:

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    Ability grouping in education
    Academic achievement
    Achievement motivation
    Adaptability (Psychology)
    Adjustment (Psychology)
    Afro-Americans -- Education
    Child development
    Children -- Language
    Children of divorced parents
    Children of immigrants
    Children of interracial marriage
    Children of minorities
    Children of single parents
    Cognition in children
    Compensatory education
    Cultural deprivation
    Dropouts
    Education, Elementary
    Education, Primary
    Education, Rural
    Education, Secondary
    Education, Urban
    Educational counseling
    Educational innovations
    Emotional problems of children
    Ethnopsychology
    Exceptional children
    Gifted children
    Group work in education
    High school dropouts
    Home and school
    Identity (Psychology)
    Instructional systems
    Interaction analysis in education
    Intercultural communication
    Juvenile delinquents
    Learning
    Learning ability
    Learning disabilities
    Learning disabled children
    Learning, Psychology of
    Learning -- Style
    Literacy
    Mediation
    Minorities
    Minorities -- Education
    Minority students
    Motivation in education
    Motivation (Psychology)
    Multicultural education
    Parent and child
    Personality
    Personality development
    Personality disorders
    Problem children
    Psycholinguistics
    Remedial teaching
    Resource programs (Education)
    Single-parent family
    Slow learning children
    Social class
    Social status
    Social work
    Socialization
    Socially handicapped children -- Education
    Special education
    Stepfamilies
    Students
    Teachers
    Teachers of socially handicapped children
    Teaching
    Team learning approach in education
    Teenagers
    Underachievers

    ...Or, you can browse the following sections in the library's General Collection and Reference areas:

    L -- Education (General)
    LA -- History of Education
    LB -- Theory and Practice of Education
    LC -- Special Aspects of Education
    BF -- Psychology
    H -- Social Sciences (General)
    HA -- Statistics
    HM -- Sociology
    HN-- Social History
    HQ -- Family, Marriage, Women
    HT -- Communities, Classes, Races
    HV -- Social Pathology, Social Service, Criminology
    HX -- Socialism, Communism

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    Databases for Research

    *For additional databases, see the Databases for Research page.

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    *Your Columbia College email username and password are required for Remote Access. (Don't know your CC email username and password? Contact the Office of Information Technology: 786-3007)
    Academic Search Premier


    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier contains indexing for over 8,000 publications, with full text for more than 4,450 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles."
    ERIC



    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "ERIC®, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals."
    Expanded Academic ASAP


    On-Campus | Remote Access

    For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
    (1980 - present)

    * Comprehensive periodical database covering all academic disciplines
    * Millions of full-text articles from 2000+ scholarly, refereed and professional journals and selected general interest magazines
    * Indexing of additional professional and general periodicals

    Academic OneFile


    On-Campus | Remote Access
    Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile is authoritative and comprehensive. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, including full-text coverage of the New York Times since 1995. Updated daily.
    Britannica Online

    On-Campus | Remote Access | Mobile
    The online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica includes not only the full text of the encyclopedia itself but multimedia content and definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition) as well.
    The Chronicle of Higher Education

    On-Campus | Not available remotely

    The Chronicle is a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.

    *This database is only available on the Columbia College campus.

    Educator's Reference Complete


    On-Campus | Remote Access

    Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home.

    Junior Edition


    On-Campus | Remote Access

    For middle school students, their teachers and parents
    (Latest four years)

    * Magazine, newspaper and reference sources on all subjects
    *
    Full-text articles from 130+ magazines, with full image of 60+ titles
    * Maps, articles from reference books and newswire articles
    * Includes short stories, poems, quizzes, experiments and activities
    * Toolbox to help students learn research and writing skills

    Kids InfoBits


    On-Campus | Remote Access

    For K-5 students, their teachers and parents
    (1990's - present)

    * Articles, pictures and reference information on all subjects
    * Full-text articles from 120+ children's magazines, reference sources and newspapers
    * 2,500 searchable images and maps
    * Reading levels assigned to most articles
    * Includes activities, recipes, experiments, poetry and stories by children
    * Teacher Toolbox to help teach research and writing skills

    MAS Ultra (School Edition)


    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra - School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost."
    Primary Search


    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "Primary Search, designed specifically for elementary school libraries, contains full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets. Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of AnimalsT, and features Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, providing students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. The database also provides the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and an Image Collection"
    Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection


    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost."
    SIRS Discoverer


    On-Campus | Remote Access

    For students in grades 1-9, their teachers and parents

    * Articles, pictures, reference information and Web sites on all subjects
    * Age appropriate, full-text articles and images selected from 1,600+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources
    * Reading levels assigned to all articles Maps, pictures, photo essays, activities, biographies, country facts, current events
    * Links to age appropriate Web sites with reading level indicators

    SIRS Knowledge Source


    On-Campus | Not available remotely

    For advanced middle school students through adults

    * Articles, images, reference information, Web sites and more on all subjects
    * Articles selected from 2,500+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources
    * News, current events and organized links to evaluated Web sites
    * Includes special features on - literature, terrorism and other topics
    * Interactive textbook on citizenship with teacher resources
    * Images, maps, country profiles, primary sources and Supreme Court decisions

    *This database is only available on the Columbia College campus.

    SocINDEX with Full-Text

    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The database features more than 1,910,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 397 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1908, and 150 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 720 books and monographs, and full text for 6,743 conference papers."
    Student Edition


    On-Campus | Remote Access

    For high school students, their teachers and parents
    (1985 - present)

    * Articles and reference information on topics most often researched in high schools
    * Over 3 million full-text articles from 400+ periodical titles
    * Newswire articles and articles from reference sources
    * Selection of maps and historical images

    Learning Express Library

    On-Campus | Remote Access
    Comprehensive collection of test-preparation tools, skill-building materials, and other career and life skills resources.

    Details:

  • Requires free registration with LearningExpress
  • Practice tests for GED preparation, job and career goals, undergraduate and graduate school admission, and U.S. citizenship
  • Focus on workplace skills such as resume building, interviewing, job search and assessment, business writing, and core computer skills
  • Tools for improving proficiency levels in reading, writing, and math for elementary school learners through adults
  • Interactive skill-building tutorials and 130+ e-book titles
  • Features include timed tests, instant scoring and feedback, and individual user accounts for saving works-in-progress and completed tasks


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    Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)

    Click on the Subject/Topic below to be connected to a list of Periodical titles available through Edens Library. Articles from these periodicals are available full-text (print and/or electronic) and are excellent resources for exploring current topics in Divergent Learning and Education.


  • Early Childhood Education
  • Educational Research
  • Elementary Education
  • Guidance & Counseling
  • Management & Organization in Education
  • Secondary Education
  • Special Education
  • Teaching & Curriculum
  • Technology in Education
  • Tests & Measurements
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    Recommended Internet Sites for Divergent Learning

  • General Information for Educators
  • Educational Organizations
  • Online Publications
  • Lesson Plans and Other Resources
  • Special Education
  • Speech Language Pathology
  • Psychology
  • Social Work
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    Online Publications
    *NOTE: Links to journal and magazine web sites do not guarantee access to full-text articles.
    American School Board Journal
    American School Board Journal is "an award-winning, editorially independent education magazine published monthly by the National School Boards Association. Founded in 1891, American School Board Journal chronicles change, interprets issues, and offers readers -- some 40,000 school board members and school administrators -- practical advice on a broad range of topics pertinent to school governance and management, policy making, student achievement, and the art of school leadership. In addition, regular departments cover education news, school law, research, and new books."
    The Chronicle of Higher Education
    "The Chronicle of Higher Education is the academic world's No. 1 source of news and information."
    Education Week on the Web
    "Independent K-12 education insight" from "American Education's Online Newspaper of Record"
    Essays in Education (Dept. of Education, Univ. Of South Carolina Aiken)
    "A peer-reviewed electronic journal that seeks to explore the multitude of issues that impact and influence education."
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    Speech Language Pathology
    See the Speech Language Pathology sites on the Speech Language Pathology subject guide.
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