Education

Welcome! This guide highlights key resources for conducting effective information research in education, including the following: 

• Reference sources to find background information on your topic
• Catalogs to search for books in print and online
• Databases for locating scholarly journal articles, reviews, and newspaper articles
• Reliable sources of data and statistics
• Resources for citing your sources and writing in education
• Tips to to help keep textbook costs down
• Remote library services during the Covid-19 pandemic

If you need assistance identifying additional resources, search terms or strategies, please schedule a research consultation. 

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Consult scholarly reference sources to get an overview of a topic, an introduction to a theory, definitions to discipline-specific terms, and more.