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Education (General)

A guide for identifying resources to be consulted when researching topics in the field of education.

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Subjects: Aviation, Counseling & Student Personnel, Education, Military Science

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What's in This Guide

Articles

Indexes/abstracts to identify and access articles
Full text databases for articles
Identifying peer-reviewed journal articles
Locating journals and magazines

Books

Electronic resources to identify dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other types of reference resources
Catalogs to identify books and various other types of materials
Locating books on the shelves

Additional Resources

Other types of resources related to the field of education
Academic programs

Web Sites

Internet resources and Web pages

Services

Borrowing materials from other libraries for items the library does not own (interlibrary loan)
For students at a distance, shipping materials to yourself (document delivery)

Citing Sources (APA style)

Citing sources (in-text citations) and creating bibliographies
Using citation managers

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