Montgomery College Libraries > Pat Semple > ED119 Introduction to Early Childhood Education

Here is a sampling of our reference books.

G = Germantown Campus Library

R = Rockville Campus Library

T = Takoma Park Silver Spring Campus Library

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A general encyclopedia; search in "Social Sciences" section.

Educators Resource Directory

(REF L 901 .E443)    R

Encyclopedia of American Education

(REF LB 17 .U54 2001)    G R T

Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education

(REF LB 1139.25 .E53 1992)    G R

Encyclopedia of Education

(REF LB 15 .E47 2003)    R

Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development

(REF LB 15 .E473 2005)    T

Encyclopedia of Education Information

(REF L 901 .E443)    R

Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities

(REF LC 4704.5 .T86 2002)    G R T

Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia

(REF LB 17 .P485 1996)    G R

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Find Book In Catalog: Go to the library's homepage, find the link for MC Library Catalog, and set "Select Search Type" to KEYWORD BOOLEAN. Use keywords (tend to be nouns), Boolean operators (AND, OR), and punctuation (parenthesis used with OR, quotations marks for phrases):

standardized AND (testing OR tests)

"learning styles"

"early childhood education"

philosophy AND education

Browse Shelves: For books on education, go to these sections of the call numbers:

L	Education, General
LA	History of Education
LB	Theory and Practice of Education
LC	Special Aspects of Education

Renew Books Online: Go into MC Library Catalog and use the PATRON button at the top of the page.

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Comprehensive Listing of Education Journals at the Montgomery College Libraries

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Searching: The collections below are enormous databases of citations, abstracts, and often the full text of articles that originally appeared in scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. To search for an article, use Boolean operators (AND, OR), keywords (tend to be nouns), and punctuation (quotation marks for phrases, parentheses for OR). For example:

"no child left behind" AND maryland

"maria montessori"

"head start program"

piaget AND "child development"

"reggio emilia" AND philosophy

"special education" AND history

Education Journals

To print, use the yellow Print button at the top of the page.

Teacher Reference Center

"280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals."

ERIC

To get these articles in full-text, you will have to visit the MCPS Professional Library, which is across Mannakee in the Carver Education Building.

National Newspapers

Full text of New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Baltimore Sun.

Academic OneFile

Covers all subject areas.

Expanded Academic ASAP

Covers all subject areas.

CQ Researcher

In-depth analysis of social issues.

SIRS Knowledge Source

Full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues.

Sorting: Results can be sorted by date (most recent first) or relevance (highest occurrence of keywords).

Printing: Use the Print button in the database, not the Print icon or menu option in the browser.

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Here is a six-page handout on how to write APA-style citations: APA: References Page.

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