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We now have helpful handouts available online via PDF! You can either download and print out the Entire Packet (12 pages) or select from individual handouts:
  • Entire Packet (12 pages)
  • Cover Sheet & Librarian Contact Info
  • 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
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  • What Can I Do If I Can't Find An Article Full-Text?
  • Making The Most of References & Bibliographies
  • Finding Useful 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
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    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
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  • 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.

    *To download the Divergent Learning Handouts, click here.
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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
    Collegiate Discus

    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

    Collegiate Discus

    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
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    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
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    On-Campus | Remote Access
  • Articles from 8,000+ peer-reviewed journals and reference sources, the majority in full-text, covering the disciplines of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more
  • Full-text New York Times content from 1995 to the present
  • Podcasts and transcripts from National Public Radio (NPR), Cable News Network (CNN), and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
  • Updated daily

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    Britannica Online

    On-Campus | Remote Access    		 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
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    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
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    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
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    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)
    Collegiate Discus

    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
    Collegiate Discus

    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
    Collegiate Discus

    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
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    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
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    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
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    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

    Testing & Education Reference Center Basic

    On-Campus | Remote Access     		Search for schools, career info and academic/career practice tests.

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    Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)

    The following periodicals, held by Edens Library, are excellent resources for exploring current topics in Divergent Learning. Check the Library Catalog for holdings.

  • Education (General)
  • Teaching Arts
  • Teaching Mathematics
  • Teaching Science
  • Teaching Social Studies
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  • Language Arts
  • Social Work
  • Psychology
  • Special Education
  • Speech Language Pathology
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    Education (General)
    Action in Teacher Education
    American Educational Research Journal
    Book Links
    Chronicle of Higher Education
    Contemporary Education
    Education Digest
    Education Issues
    Educational Horizons
    Educational Leadership
    Educational Theory
    Harvard Educational Review
    Horn Book Magazine
    Instructor
    Journal of Creative Behavior
    Journal of Curriculum and Supervision
    Journal of Developmental Education
    Journal of Education
    Journal of General Education
    Journal of Literacy Research
    Journal of Negro Education
    JOPERD (Journal of Physical Education,
    Recreation, and Dance)
    		 The Mailbox Bookbag
    The Mailbox (Kindergarten Edition)
    The Mailbox (Preschool Edition)
    The Mailbox (Intermediate Edition)
    The Mailbox (Primary Edition)
    Multicultural Review
    NEA Today (microfilm only)
    Perceptual and Motor Skills
    Phi Delta Kappan
    Primary Voices K-6
    Principal Leadership
    Principal Leadership: Middle Level Ed.
    Principal Leadership: High School Ed.
    Review of Educational Research
    Scholastic Early Childhood Today
    Schools in the Middle (NASSP)
    Sociology of Education
    Teaching Pre K-8
    Teaching Tolerance Magazine
    TechTrends: For Leaders in Education and Training
    Theory into Practice
    Thresholds in Education
    Young Children
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    Teaching Arts
    Art Education
    Arts and Activities
    JOPERD (Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance)
    Journal of Research in Music Education
    Music Educators Journal
    School Arts
    Studies in Art Education
    Teaching Music
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    Teaching Mathematics Teaching Science
    AIMS Magazine
    Mathematics Magazine
    Mathematics Teacher
    Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School
    Teaching Children Mathematics     		AIMS Magazine
    Journal of Chemical Education
    The Science Teacher
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    Teaching Social Studies Language Arts
    Social Education
    Social Studies & the Young Learner     		Book Links
    English Journal
    Horn Book Magazine
    Language Arts
    The Mailbox Bookbag
    Reading Research Quarterly
    The Reading Teacher
    Reading Today
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    Social Work Psychology
    Administration in Social Work
    AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work
    Child Welfare
    Family Relations
    Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work
    Journal of Family Issues
    Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
    Journal of Marriage and Family
    Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
    Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
    Social Psychology Quarterly
    Social Work     		Journal of Family Issues
    Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
    Journal of Marriage and the Family
    Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
    Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
    Perceptual and Motor Skills
    Psychology of Women Quarterly
    Psychology Today
    Psychological Reports
    Psychology
    Psychology in the Schools
    Social Psychology Quarterly
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    Special Education
    American Journal on Mental Retardation
    Education and Training in Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities
    Focus on Exceptional Children
    Gifted Child Quarterly
    Teaching Exceptional Children
    The Journal for the Education of the Gifted
    The Journal of Early Intervention
    Journal of Learning Disabilities
    The Journal of Special Education
    Mental Retardation
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    Speech Language Pathology
    American Annals of the Deaf
    American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
    Journal of Fluency Disorders
    Journal of Speech & Hearing Research (1958-1996)
    Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
    Language Speech & Hearing Services in Schools
    Topics in Language Disorders

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    Recommended Internet Sites for Divergent Learning

  • Internet Sources
  • General Information for Educators
  • Educational Organizations
  • Online Publications
  • Lesson Plans and Other Resources
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  • Special Education
  • Speech Language Pathology
  • Psychology
  • Social Work
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    Internet Sources
    The Council for Exceptional Children
    "The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional development, advocates for newly and historically underserved individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice."
    Education Week on the Web
    "Independent K-12 education insight" from "American Education's Online Newspaper of Record"
    Educator's Reference Desk Resource Guide: Urban Education (Educator's Reference Desk)
    Links to educational resources, including Internet sites, educational organizations, and electronic discussion groups.
    Global SchoolNet's Global Schoolhouse
    "Global SchoolNet is a leader in online collaborative learning. We continue to provide online opportunities for teachers to collaborate, communicate, and celebrate shared learning experiences ... This website is free to all educators!"
    Phi Delta Kappa International
    "Phi Delta Kappa is an international association for professional educators. The organization's mission is to promote quality education as essential to the development and maintenance of a democratic way of life by providing innovative programs, relevant research, visionary leadership, and dedicated service."
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    General Information for Educators
    (Also see the General Information for Educators links on the Education subject guide)
    Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
    "Blue Web'n is an online library of 1800+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools)."
    Education Index
    "An annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web"
    The Educator's Reference Desk (previously, AskERIC)
    "The Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience providing high-quality resources and services to the education community."
    The Gateway to Educational Materials (U.S. Dept. of Education)
    "The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet."
    Internet Resources in Education (InfoSurf: Help By Subject - Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara)
    Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (discoveryschool.com)
    "...a categorized list of sites on the Internet useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best new sites to support teaching and learning."
    Multicultural Pavilion: Resources and Dialogues for Equity in Education
    "Strive[s] to provide resources for educators, students, and activists to explore and discuss multicultural education; facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education."
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    Educational Organizations
    Kids Count (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
    "KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children."
    National School Boards Association (NSBA)
    "Excellence and equity in public education through school board leadership . . . NSBA is a not-for-profit federation of state associations of school boards across the United States. Our mission is to foster excellence and equity in public education through school board leadership. We achieve that mission by representing the school board perspective before federal government agencies and with national organizations that affect education, and by providing vital information and services to state associations of school boards and local school boards throughout the nation."
    Peak Learning Systems
    "If you are a teacher or administrator, you will discover many resources here to help you make learning and achievement for all kids a reality. The entire PEAK Team is committed to Performance Excellence for All Kids and to the success of all educators."
    South Carolina Department of Education (myscschools.com)
    South Carolina K-12 Education
    U.S. Department of Education (ED.gov)
    The U.S. Department of Education's mission is to: "Strengthen the Federal commitment to assuring access to equal educational opportunity for every individual; Supplement and complement the efforts of states, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the states, the private sector, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community-based organizations, parents, and students to improve the quality of education; Encourage the increased involvement of the public, parents, and students in Federal education programs; Promote improvements in the quality and usefulness of education through Federally supported research, evaluation, and sharing of information; Improve the coordination of Federal education programs; Improve the management of Federal education activities; and Increase the accountability of Federal education programs to the President, the Congress, and the public."
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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 Policy Analysis Archives - A peer reviewed journal
    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."
    Media Literacy Review (Center for Advanced Technology in Education, College of Education, Univ. of Oregon)
    "The Media Literacy Review is a bi-annual online publication . . . . It is the goal of the Media Literacy Reivew to make available to educators, producers, students, and parents, information and resources related to the influence of media in the lives of children, youth, and adults. . . . We have archived articles, bibliographies, and other resources of value in the study of media, children, and adolescents."
    Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (TESL-EJ)
    A "fully refereed journal" that has "become an internationally- recognized source of ESL and EFL information for people in scores of countries."
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    Lesson Plans and Other Resources
    (Also see the Lesson Plans and Other Resources links on the Education subject guide)
    Annenberg/CPB Learner Online
    "A partnership between The Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Annenberg/CPB uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools."
    Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
    "Blue Web'n is an online library of 1800+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools)."
    The Gateway to Educational Materials (U.S. Dept. of Education)
    "The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet."
    Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (discoveryschool.com)
    "...a categorized list of sites on the Internet useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best new sites to support teaching and learning."
    Lesson Plan Search - Directory of free lesson plans
    Lesson Plans (The Educator's Reference Desk)
    "The Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which were written and submitted by teachers from all over the United States."
    Lesson Plans Library (discoveryschool.com)
    "Hundreds of original kindergarten, elementary, middle school, and high school lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers"
    Multicultural Pavilion: Resources and Dialogues for Equity in Education
    "Strive[s] to provide resources for educators, students, and activists to explore and discuss multicultural education; facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education."
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    Special Education
    See the Special Education sites on the Special Education subject guide.
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    Speech Language Pathology
    See the Speech Language Pathology sites on the Speech Language Pathology subject guide.
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    Psychology
    See the Psychology sites on the Psychology subject guide.
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    Social Work
    See the Social Work sites on the Social Work subject guide.
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    Date: 9/10/09
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