Research Guides: Education: Education Resources

This guide includes research tips and resources for doing Education research. Recommended resources include search databases, journals, e-books, webpages, and more.

New! Education Research Tutorials

Getting Help with Education Research
Searching for Education Information Resources
This tutorial will walk you through searching for education information resources, including:
Advanced Search Tips
Searching in EBSCO Education Source
Searching in Proquest Dissertations and Theses
How to Read a Research Article
Citation Management and Tracing
Citing with APA

Education Database Best Bets

Education Source This link opens in a new window
>Combines content from other education databases such as Education Full-Text, Teacher Reference Center, and Professional Development Collection into one source.
>Search three databases in one, use filters to narrow down to peer-review, full-text, and date. Will help suggest keywords and similar results.
ERIC (.gov) This link opens in a new window
>Education Resource Information Center. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences and the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC contains more than 1.3 million scholarly journal articles as well as other education-related material. Full-text educational journal (EJ) articles are available as well as educational documents (ED). If full-text educational documents (ED) are not available online, most of them are available on microfiche at Forsyth Library.
>Has unique filters such as grade levels, audience, locations, and more.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
>Offers more than 1.7 million full-text dissertations in the humanities, social sciences, technology and more. Full-text available.
>*China: Limited Access.
>Search in-depth dissertations- great for Action Research Plans and Literature Reviews

Education News

Education Week
Education Week is an award-winning independent news organization that has covered K-12 education since 1981. It is known for providing both news and analysis, along with explanatory and investigative journalism.

Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
News, information and job postings for college and university faculty members and administrators with archive coverage from 1989 forward.

Government Education Pages

Find information, statistics, reports, and more.

Kansas State Dept. of Education
NAEP Report Cards
The largest ongoing assessment of what U.S. students know and can do.
National Center for Education Statistics
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
US Department of Education
What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviews the existing research on different programs, products, practices, and policies in education. Our goal is to provide educators with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions. We focus on the results from high-quality research to answer the question “What works in education?”

Education Reference Books

Useful when you need to understand a term or theory, or need basic information before starting a more in-depth search for a research paper.

Credo Reference E-Book Collection This link opens in a new window
Reference e-books on a wide range of topics. Sources include dictionaries, encyclopedias, key concepts, key thinkers, handbooks, atlases, and more. Search by keyword or browse titles by topic.

Encyclopedia of Education by James W. Guthrie
ISBN: 9780028658827
Publication Date: 2004-02-01
Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory by Michael A. Peters (Editor) This encyclopaedia is a dynamic reference and study place for students, teachers, researchers and professionals in the field of education, philosophy and social sciences, offering both short and long entries on topics of theoretical and practical interest in educational theory and philosophy by authoritative world scholars representing the full ambit of education as a rapidly expanding global field of knowledge and expertise.
ISBN: 9789812875877
Publication Date: 2017-09-18
Learning in Adulthood by Sharan B. Merriam; Rosemary S. Caffarella; Lisa M. Baumgartner; Neal S. ElAttrache In this updated landmark book, the authors have gathered the seminal work and most current thinking on adult learning into one volume. Learning in Adulthood addresses a wide range of topics including: Who are adult learners? How do adults learn? Why are adults involved in learning activities? How does the social context shape the learning that adults are engaged in? How does aging affect learning ability?
ISBN: 9780787975883
Publication Date: 2006-10-27
The SAGE Handbook of Inclusion and Diversity in Education by Matthew J. Schuelka (Editor); Christopher J. Johnstone (Editor); Gary Thomas (Editor); Alfredo J. Artiles (Editor) This handbook examines policy and practice from around the world with respect to broadly conceived notions of inclusion and diversity within education. It sets out to provide a critical and comprehensive overview of current thinking and debate around aspects such as inclusive education rights, philosophy, context, policy, systems, and practices for a global audience. This makes it an ideal text for researchers and those involved in policy-making, as well as those teaching in classrooms today. Chapters are separated across three key parts: Part I: Conceptualizations and Possibilities of Inclusion and Diversity in Education Part II: Inclusion and Diversity in Educational Practices, Policies, and Systems Part III: Inclusion and Diversity in Global and Local Educational Contexts
ISBN: 9781526435552
Publication Date: 2019-11-19

Education Special Collections

Resources unique to FHSU

One Room Schoolhouse Oral Histories
This collection features oral history interviews focusing on one-room schoolhouses in rural Kansas. The last one-room schoolhouse teacher in Kansas, Selola Lewis, is included in this collection. She taught at the Dermot School in Morton county until the final one-room school closed in 1992.