Education Resources - Overview 

Reference resources are a great way to get started with your research. They can help you gather fast facts about a topic, focus your argument, and find lists of further readings written by experts in the field. Use the indexes and tables of contents to understand what you will find in each and go from there. These are all common resources and most will also be available at a large public library.

Encyclopedia of Education, James W. Guthrie, Ed. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002.
This is the major general reference work in the field, in an electronic format

Encyclopedia of American Education, by Harlow G. Unger. New York, Facts on File, 1996.
Bobst Ref1 LB17 .U54 1996

Encyclopedia of Educational Research, 6th ed. New York, Macmillan, 1992.
Bobst Ref1 LB15 .E48 1992

Learning Theories A to Z, by David C. Leonard. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002.
Bobst Ref1 LB15 .L4695 2002

Urban Education: a Reference Handbook, by Kathy L. Adams. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2003.
Bobst Ref1 LC5131 .A33 2003

Handbook of research on multicultural education, by James Banks. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, c2004
Bobst Ref1 LC1099.3 .H35