Education 

Step 1. Finding Background Material
a. Library of Congress Subject Headings

Education [L]

History of Education [LA]
Child Study & Early [LB 1101-1139]
Primary Education [LB 1501-1547]
Elementary Education [LB 1555-1601]

Secondary Education [LB 1603-1696]
Special & Exceptional [LC 3950-4806]
b. General Encyclopedias

c. Specialized Reference Sources

Step 2. Forming Your Issue Question

Step 3. Finding Research Citations

a. Books
b. Periodicals

c. Internet sources

1. a. Library of Congress Classification Outline identifies call numbers

    b. Encyclopedia Britannica Online provides authorities and background

        World Book Online provides simple background and authorities

     c. Specialized reference sources
         Encyclopedia of African-American education  (ebrary)
         Encyclopedia of education  (Gale virtual reference library)
         Encyclopedia of multicultural education (ebrary)
         Encyclopedia of multicultural education (NetLibrary)
         Historical dictionary of school segregation and desegregation (ebrary)
         Historical dictionary of women's education in the United States   (ebrary)
         Historical dictionary of women's education in the United States   (NetLibrary)
         Key concepts in the philosophy of education   (ebrary)
         Public schooling in America : a reference handbook (NetLibrary)
         Religion in the schools : a reference handbook (NetLibrary)
         School violence : a reference handbook (NetLibrary)
         World education encyclopedia  (Gale virtual reference library)

2. Issue

3. a. McKay Library Online Catalog searches for books, electronic, government documents

    b. Proquest (UMI)    (remote) 

       Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) -   (remote)

       JSTOR fulltext database of scholarly articles