Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education
Departmental Research Guide

This research guide relays some basic information on library and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World Wide Web.

1. To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library of Congress Subject Divisions)

Books on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects.

Education (General), L7- L991 ------- History of Education, LA5- LA2396 ------- Theory and Practice of Education, LB5- LB3640 ------- Teaching (Principles and Practices), LB1025- LB1050.7 ------- Secondary Education/High Schools, LB1603- LB1696.6 ------- Special Aspects of Education, LC8- LC6691 ------- Individual Institutions, LD- LG ------- College and School Magazines and Papers, LH1- LH9 ------- Textbooks, LT6- LT1001

2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)

The following services are recommended for first-year students and non-majors, as well as advanced students and researchers:

• Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, E-Subscribe (ERIC), Professional Development Collection, MAS FullTEXT Ultra, and PsycINFO: These WWW-based services (part of the EBSCOhost system) feature indexing and abstracting of numerous education-related journals and magazines WKU Libraries receives in print, as well as many full-text articles.
• Article1st and ERIC: As components of FirstSearch, these databases index numerous education-related journals and magazines; approximately ninety percent of these journals are available in the University Libraries. Article1st indexes almost 13000 journals and magazines devoted to various subjects; over 300 journals are devoted to education-related topics. ERIC (Education Resource Information Center), the largest and most comprehensive U.S. national bibliographic database devoted to education, provides access to thousands of education-related journal articles and documents.
• Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL): This collection of databases provides the convenience of searching the FirstSearch and EBSCOhost databases, as well as others such as Novelist, using a wide variety of search options and the same interface. Links to Kentucky library catalogs, government information, and teacher resources are also available.
• Education Index Helm Ref L11.E3x

Special resource:  TDNet Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries' electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles; includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]

3. Monographic Reference Works in Helm Library

• Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education Helm Ref LC1099.3.M58
• To browse for materials such as handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc. devoted to educational issues, search the Reference shelves in Helm and the ERC within the L7-LT1001 range of call numbers. Teacher resources pertaining to Middle and Secondary Education can be found in the Professional Collection at the Educational Resources Center within this call number range also.

4. WKU Middle Grades and Secondary Education Home Pages

Department of Middle Grades Education http://edtech.wku.edu/~teached/midgrd_ug.htm
Department of Secondary Education http://edtech.wku.edu/~teached/secedu_ug.html

5. Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)

• Educational Organizations and Associations: http://www.ed.gov/about/associations.jsp
• Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts: http://www.kcte.org/
• Kentucky Education Association: http://www.kea.org/
• National Association for Multicultural Education: http://www.nameorg.org/
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: http://www.nbpts.org/
• National Business Education Association: http://www.nbea.org/
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education: http://www.ncate.org/
• National Council for Geographic Education: http://www.ncge.org/
• National Council for the Social Studies: http://www.ncss.org/
• National Council of Teachers of English: http://www.ncte.org/
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: http://www.nctm.org/
• National Middle School Association: http://www.nmsa.org/
• National PTA Online: http://www.pta.org/
• National Science Teachers Association: http://www.nsta.org/
• Phi Delta Kappa: http://www.pdkintl.org/

6. Web Sites Recommended by Middle Grades & Secondary Education Faculty

• A Multitude of Children's Literature Websites: http://edtech.tph.wku.edu/~dean/literature.htm
• Awesome Library [web resources in education]: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
• Center for Mathematics, Science, & Environmental Education (WKU): http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/Education/CMSEE/main.html
• CHASS Internet Resources: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/chass/resource/resource.html
• Developing Educational Standards [by subject area]: http://edStandards.org/Standards.html
• Education World: http://www.education-world.com/
• EduHound: http://www.eduhound.com/
• English Language & Literatures: http://www.virginia.edu/cla/english.htm
• Houghton-Mifflin Education Place: http://www.eduplace.com/
• Kentuckiana for School Teachers: http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/guides/kyed.htm
• Kentucky Department of Education: http://www.kde.state.ky.us/
• Links to Lesson Plans Online: http://members.aol.com/weemoose/lessonplans.html
• National Endowment for the Humanities: http://www.neh.fed.us/
• New Literary Resources: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/new.html
• Teacher Talk: http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/tthmpg.html
• Voice of the Shuttle: http://vos.ucsb.edu/

University Libraries Liaison: Roxanne Spencer (x4659 / roxanne.spencer@wku.edu) last updated 1/24/2008
page maintained by Charles H. Smith