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The library is one of the most important sources for the 21st century educator. This one stop portal will support education students in their research about teaching and learning.

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Course/E-reserves

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Faculty Authorization form for allowing students to pick up your library materials

 Faculty Carrels form for requesting the use of a faculty study carrel in the library

InterLibrary Loan

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On Campus Guest Access

Reserves Professors, instructors, or teaching assistants may place on reserve include library or personal copies of books, journals, videos, slides, audio tapes, and photocopied materials.

Turnitin Tutorial

Education Research Databases

Use this feature to search EBSCO's Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, Education Source, ERIC, MasterFILE Premier, Professional Development Collection, PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO.

Education Research Databases
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Looking for Teaching Resources

Education majors needing sources to prepare lesson plans, review materials or gain access to materials not typically found in the library's online resources.

College Readiness reports and local materials to support the Core to College Initiative.

Education Updates gathers rss feeds that continually update. Sources include the following.

  • US Department of Education
  • National Center for Education Statistics
  • IN Department of Education (including podcasts)
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Education Week
  • UK Telegraph--Education News
  • PBS Education Broadcasts

Education Law and Policy provides law journals, print reference materials, online resources (including legal databases) and state and federal statutes  and policies which pertain to education.

Exceptional Students information regarding autism, State and local resources and the library's services to those with special needs. It's helpful for teachers and counselors to be aware of local resources.

Indiana Education Resources such as data from the state deparment of education, NPR's information gathering from State Impact Indiana, Indiana Center for the Book and the Inspire Databases.

Additional resources can be found in the virtual Teaching Material Collection.

Help With Research

Online specialized encyclopedias offer good ways to begin research by providing a basic introduction to a topic. They can help by providing keywords or the names of leading researchers.

Dictionaries and other ebooks are also important parts of the electronic resource collection.

Statistics are vital to research and grant writing but valid and reliable statistical data can be difficult to find. This page links to numerous national and international sources related to education

K-12 Statistics can be an important part of research. State and national sources are linked.

Higher Education resources are linked on a variety of topics such as crime, legislative action and wages and salaries.

Tests and Measurements can be challenging to locate. Help is providing in understanding the resouces available, Links to authoritative databases and library print resources is also provided.

Education Law and Policy material has been curated from a variety of state and national sources. Links are provided to Indiana law and federal regulations.

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If you are searching for an article using the title, try Google Scholar.