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HCCC > Library > Collection > Quick Reference Guide > Education 

Quick Reference Guide

Education

INDEXES

(Bound volumes are found on Index Tables – Library 1st Floor.)

EDUCATION INDEX(1929 – present). Index to 350 education periodicals, including many not found in ERIC.

SOCIAL SCIENCES INDEX (1974 – present). Author and subject entries, with citations to book reviews related to the social sciences.

DATABASES

(Available on the HCCC Library Website.)

ALL HCCC JOURNALS PRINT AND ELECTRONIC All HCCC periodicals, both in print (in the Library) and in electronic format.

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Database includes the full text of the latest issue every Monday morning and searchable access to every Chronicle published since 1989.

EBSCO MASTERFILE SELECT Access to over 760 periodicals covering many subjects.

ERIC Presents indexing for journal articles and reports on education subjects.

EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP Offers full-text coverage of every academic concentration.

INFOTRAC ONEFILEPresents general interest articles in magazines & newspapers.

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS RESOURCE CENTER A database of current event topics, which includes facts and arguments of each topic’s proponents and detractors.

PERIODICALS

(Bound, current and microfilm available – Library 1st floor. Consult a blue spiral-bound HCCC Library Periodical Holdings List for the location of the following periodicals.  Copies of this list are located throughout the library.)

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION (1979 – present). Scholarly articles that cover a broad range of educational issues.

CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (1980 – present). Education from infancy through early education featuring innovative classroom practices, children and families, child growth and development and hands-on activities.

EDUCATION DIGEST (1967 – present). Condensed articles published in other educational journals.

EDUCATION WEEK (Current year only). This journal provides in-depth coverage of school reform plus cutting edge developments in education.

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY (1969 – present). Original articles and thematic issues on all aspects of change in education technology.

PHI DELTA KAPPAN (1962 – present). This journal addresses teacher preparation, policy and school reform.

TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING (1991 – present). This journal contains articles, reviews of software, new products and news of note on technology for teachers and others in the education field.

Other journals available: AMERICAN MUSIC TEACHER, ARTS EDUCATION POLICY REVIEW, EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, ENGLISH JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIMES UPFRONT: TEACHERS ED., and READING TEACHER.

RESOURCE BOOKS

(Reference Area – Library 1st floor and Circulating Collection – 2nd floor.)

Condition of Education. Ref.L112.N377 An annual publication that gathers and publishes statistical information on the status and progress of education in America.

Encyclopedia of American Education. Ref.LB17.U54 1996. Overviews of every broad issue of education: administration, history and reform plus complex issues of child labor, church-state conflicts, civil rights, minority education and women’s education.

Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations, State of New York. V.8 Education. Ref.LA337.A3. Annotated New York State education law.

Teachers, Schools, and Society.LB1775.S24 2003. Presents an overview of education in America.

Those Who Can, Teach. LB 1025.3 .R93 2004. Text that helps students make informed decisions about entering teacher education programs.

INTERNET RESOURCES

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). A database education literature sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Educator's Reference Desk. Provides resources and services to the education community, includes lesson plans, links to online education information, and question archive responses.

The National Center for Education Statistics. The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education; includes the most current version of the Education Statistics of the

U. S. (http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/).

New York State Education Department. Provides current news, directories, employment opportunities, vocational education information, certification information and links to other resources; includes the most current version of the Directory of Public and Non-Public Schools and Administrators in New York State (http://www.nysed.gov/admin/bedsdata.html).

New York State Education Department's Virtual Learning System. Website that encourages the use of the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning and to assist classroom teachers in locating Internet resources for instruction.