Chemeketa Community College

Research In the History Of Education

Reference Books

R 016.370973 H41The history of American education
R 305.2303 En1Encyclopedia of children and childhood in history and society
R 370.3 En1The Encyclopedia of education
R 370.9 H62The Historical dictionary of American education
R 370.973 Un3Encyclopedia of American education
R 372.2103 En1Encyclopedia of early childhood education

Books on two-hour reserve

372.210973 B38Preschool education in America : the culture of young children from the colonial era to the present
372.41 M22s Childhood, culture, and class in Britain : Margaret McMillan

Finding Books In the Library Catalog

You can use Subject or Keyword searches to find books on your topic. The catalog uses Library of Congress Subject Headings, which may be found in detail in: Reference 025.49 L61 Library of Congress Subject Headings, or on the Library of Congress has a Web site where you can search for subject headings. When you put in a search term, the results will list terms in a table. Those with a red button marked, "Authorized and references" are terms that the Library of Congress uses in subject catalogs. Clicking the button may show more specific ("narrower") terms.

The catalog is accessible off campus at http://www.ccrls.org/ccc/whompup.htm.

Some Subject Headings To Use

Periodical Indexes

The EBSCOhost databases listed below have information on subjects relating to education. To access EBSCOhost, go to http://newterra.chemeketa.edu/library/information/database.htm. If your are off campus, you will need your My Chemeketa user name and password to access the EBSCOhost articles.

Professional Development Collection
Intended for educators. Includes many articles in full text.
ERIC
Includes books and documents as well as periodical articless. Documents since 1993 are in full text.
Academic Search premier
General index to scholarly and popular periodicals. Has many full-text articles.

Web Sites

The History of American Education Web Project
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/
History of Education: Selected Moments of the 20th Century
http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~daniel_schugurensky/assignment1/index.html
Chemeketa Library Web Site
http://newterra.chemeketa.edu/library/

Stumped?

You should be able to find information on historic figures in education in reference books listed at the top of this page, and in the reserve books at the circulation desk.. Below are listed some "best bets" for finding information in other sources. EBSCOhost searches for the less famous individuals may be tricky at times, and no search will bring up 100% relevant results. You will need your My Chemeketa user name and password to access the EBSCOhost articles.

Comenius

In EBSCOhost try this search:
((comenius and ft y) or (comenius and lo s8960175)) not university

Eliot

In EBSCOhost try the Academic Search Premier database in addition to the education databases. She may appear as Abigail Eliot or Abigail Adams Eliot. In an Internet search engine, try her name with quotation marks around it.

Erasmus

Several of Erasmus's works on education are available in full text on the Internet. Some that pertain to education are De Ratione Studii (Upon the Right Method of Instruction), The School-Master's Admonitions, and Scholastic Studies.

You might try looking up Erasmus, who is known primarily as a philosopher, in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which is shelved in Reference at the call number 100 R76.

In EBSCOhost try this search:
((erasmus n5 educat*) and children).
Important: You will see a message that says, "No results were found for your search query." Scroll down on the search page and check off the option for expanding your search that says "Also search within the full text of the articles," then click Search again.

Froebel

Go to the History of American Education site listed above, click European Influences, and look for "Froebel."

In EBSCOhost try this search:
Froebel NOT book

McMillan sisters

In EBSCOhost try this search:
(margaret mcmillan and nursery) and (ft y or lo s8960175) not ti book
Important: You will see few results. Scroll down on the search page and check off the option for expanding your search that says "Also search within the full text of the articles," then click Search again.

Try the Spartacus Online Encyclopedia of British History. On this page you will find a link to 'Education 1700-1950," where you can find articles about Margaret and Rachel McMillan.

Or try a Google search on the Web for the following (exactly as printed below):

    +"Margaret McMillan" +"Education through the Imagination"

Pestalozzi

Look in the library catalog under "Pestalozzi" as a title key word.
       OR
In EBSCOhost try this search:
(pestalozzi and education not book and ft y) or (pestalozzi and education not book and lo s8960175)


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