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Education

A detailed guide that links you to resources for research in education.

OneSearch Library Catalog

Use OneSearch to find books, E-books, journal articles, videos, and more. Use the drop-down menu, facets, or the advanced search function to apply limits to your search.

 

Search by keyword, exact title, keyword title, author, subject, call number.

Be sure to put phrases in quotes, and use the + sign when you have more than one key word.

"civil rights moment"

+women +"Middle Ages"

Subject searching requires having a solid vocabulary of educational terms.

If you need help in getting started with keywords or controlled vocabulary, ask a reference librarian.

Limit your searches to the Hood Collection if you need the materials immediately.

The following are a sampling of subject headings relevant to Education for use in the library catalog. Do not limit yourself to this list! Ask a Research Librarian for help or browse the library catalog for ideas.

curriculum  

learning, psychology of

early childhood education     

lesson planning

education   

education, elementary

education, secondary   

education Maryland

educational assessments

multicultural education 

motivation in education

music in education

special education

teaching

Browsing the Stacks

The Hood College Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system to classify and provide location information for its physical collection. It is often useful to browse the library stacks as well as the reference stacks to find items of potential interest. The DDC for Education is 370-379.

E-book databases

Find More Books

Need more books than the ones you found in OneSearch? Click on Expand My Results to discover materials in other libraries and use interlibrary loan to request these items.

Search these worldwide catalogs for more, and then request them through ILL (interlibrary loan).

Google Book Search