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• Reference
  • Dictionaries
  • Encyclopedias
  • Subject Classifications
• Web sites
  • New Zealand
  • General
  • University and private lists
  • Educational psychology
  • Special education

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• Audiovisual Services
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• Education Library (The Bill Robertson Library)
• Education Resource Centre
• Theses information

Databases & indexes

	Academic OneFile Provides indexing/abstracting for over 12,500 journals and reference sources; over 5,000 in full-text and more than 7,300 peer-reviewed. Coverage includes the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
	Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) A multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
	ERIC (ProQuest) A database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.
	Index New Zealand New Zealand database for general interest material, social research, current affairs, and the arts and humanities. Updated daily, INNZ provides citation access to articles published in New Zealand and South Pacific newspapers and journals from 1987 to the present.
	Journal Surf Online catalogue of the School Journal and other resources. Contact Library HelpDesk for username/password.
	ProQuest Central A leading electronic database providing indexing/abstracting and full-text access to scholarly and general interest publications. It combines information from a number of leading online databases with subjects covering: business, law, education, computing, science, technology, engineering, arts, medicine, and religion.

Additional Education databases and resources

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Reference

• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Subject Classifications

Dictionaries

• Dictionary of British education - Cen:Ref LA 632.GN13
• The Facts on file dictionary of education - Cen:Ref LB 15.SG96
• The Greenwood Dictionary of Education - Cen:Ref LB 15.GT27
• A Guide to English educational terms - Cen:Ref LB 15.GN13

Encyclopedias

• Education and sociology: an encyclopedia - Cen:Ref LC 189.95.E75
• Encyclopedia of education 10 vols - Cen:Ref LB 15.D989
• Encyclopedia of educational research - Cen:Ref LB 15.EJ73 1992
• Encyclopedia of special education 3 vols - Cen:Ref LC 4007.EJ7 2000
• The International encyclopedia of education 2nd ed - Cen:Ref LB 15.IL29 1994
• International encyclopedia of the sociology of education - Cen:Ref LC 191.IL33

Subject classifications

• Library of Congress Classifications for Education
• L - Education
• LA - History of Education
• LB - Theory and practice of Education
• LB1523 - 1999 - Curriculum 
• LB2806.15 - Curriculum planning
• LB1705 - 2286 - Education and training of teachers and administrators
• LB1050.9 – 1091 - Educational psychology
• LB2300 – 2430 - Higher Education 
• LB1501 – 1547 - Primary Education 
• LB2801 – 3095 - School administration and planning
• LB1603 – 1696 - Secondary education 
• LB1025 – 1050 - Teaching (principles and practice) 
• LC - Special aspects of teaching
• LD - United States
• LF - Europe
• LG - Asia, Africa, Oceania
• LG715 - 720 - Australia
• LG741 - 745 - New Zealand 
• LG961 - Pacific Islands
• Dewey Decimal Classifications for Education (used at The Bill Robertson Library)
• 155 - Human Development
• 370 - Education
• 370.15 - Educational psychology
• 370.19345 - Sex differences in education
• 370.993 - Education – New Zealand – History
• 371 - School management; Special Education
• 371.9046 - Mainstreaming in Education
• 372 - Elementary education
• 372.1 - Education, Primary
• 372.21 - Education, Preschool
• 373 - Secondary education
• 374 - Adult Education
• 375 - Curriculum planning
• 376 - Education of women
• 377 - Schools and religion
• 378 - Higher Education
• 379 - Government regulation, control, support

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Web sites

• New Zealand
• General
• University and private lists
• Educational psychology
• Special education

New Zealand

• Online learning Centre Te Kete Ipurangi - Bilingual education portal: Curriculum Statements, Mäori Education, Ministry Commissioned Online Initiatives, ICT Research, ICT Strategy. Web and email addresses of NZ schools.
• New Zealand Education Gazette online
• New Zealand Education Links - Secondary school resources in commerce, humanities and science.
• New Zealand Ministry of Education
• Te Puna Web Directory - New Zealand Education & Training
• Teachers at work: internet tools for teachers, internet resources. 5000 reviewed web sites for teachers, covering 17 curriculum areas.
• The NZ Curriculum - Curriculum management, integration, issues and research

General

• Buros - Test Reviews Online
• Center Research Site - reports and publications from 12 National Research and Development Centers of the US Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Focus is early childhood development and learning, cultural and linguistic diversity, second language learning, adult learning and education policy.
• College and University home pages - geographic - Useful for finding university homepages throughout the world - and thereby staff emails, etc.
• Education-line - Electronic texts in education & training - Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
• Educator's Reference Desk - AskERIC, includes the 2000 lesson plans, 3000 value-added pointers to education information & organizations, and 200 question archives you have been accessing at askeric.org. Links to ERIC database and to Info Guides, Conference Calendar, Lesson Plans.
• ERIC Digests Index Page - ERIC is a nationwide education information system (US Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement). Search the entire ERIC Digests database from the index page.
• ETS Test Collection - Includes an extensive library of 20,000 tests and other measurement devices from the early 1900s to the present.
• Explorations in Learning and Instruction: The Theory into Practice Database - Introduction to key theories on learning and development.
• OECD Education - Education indicators and skills, management, lifelong learning, ICT, etc.

University and private lists

• AARE - (Australian Association for Research in Education) - links to conferences, publications ands newsletters that foster excellence in educational research in Australia.
• Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
• ACER Library
• ACER Thesis Database
• CPSR Education - Coded for teachers and parents, activists, computer software developers.
• Education world: where educators go to learn - Commercial site with links to lesson planning, books in education, and lots more.
• EdWeb: exploring technology and school reform - Described by Harvard Educational Review as "An intelligent, detailed, informed and practical guide, both to education related issues concerning the Internet, and to educational resources on the World Wide Web...."
• EdNA Online - Australia's gateway to resources and services for education and training
• HITLab: Human Interface Technology Lab: Education Internet resources - Wide selection of sites such as US Department of Education and usenet groups.
• MEL: Michigan Electronic Library Education site
• NZARE (New Zealand Association for Research in Education) - links to conferences, publications ands newsletters that foster excellence in educational research in Aotearoa-New Zealand.
• University of Indiana Language Education - Language & linguistics, ESL, reading & writing, adult literacy, foreign language, sign language.
• University of Otago Education Faculty

Educational psychology

• EdPsyc Junction -University of Miami: tutorial on the Mental Measurements Yearbook, bibliography of print resources, syllabus collections, class handouts/assignments, and Educational Psychology.

Special education

• The ARC (National Organization on Mental Retardation)
• Special education: University of Kansas
• Untangling the Web: where can I go to get disability information? Disability sites & resources from West Virginia Rehabilitation Research & Training Center.
• Yahoo! Special education

Last revised: 30 March, 2010