Education Subject Guide

For subject assistance contact: Yunshan Ye , Collections & Research Services Librarian, 245-1723.

The Library of Congress Classification System, which is the call number system utilized for locating and organizing library resources, breaks Education down into primarily these areas:

L Education (General)
LA History of Education
LB Theory and practice of education
LC Special aspects of education
LD Individual Institutions - United States
LE Individual Institutions - America (except United States)
LF Individual Institutions - Europe
LG Individual Institutions - Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands
LH College and school magazines and papers
LJ Student fraternities, United States
LT Textbooks

Look at the Library of Congress Classification System Outline for more information.

 

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Reference Resources

 

Key Education Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

 

Specific Education Sources

Encyclopedia of education / edited by James W. Guthrie
Guthrie, James W. Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. (8 vols.) Reference LB15 .E47 2003.

Encyclopedia of American education / Harlow G. Unger. New York : Facts on File, 2001. (3 vols.) Reference LB17 .U54 2001.

 

Related Sources

Education statistics of the United States / edited by Deirdre A. Gaquin and Katherine A. DeBrandt. Lanham, MD : Bernan Press, c2001. Reference LB2846 .E38 2001.

Education and sociology : an encyclopedia. editors, David L. Levinson, Peter Cookson, Jr., Alan R. Sadovnik. New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2001. Reference LC189.95 .E38 2001.

Historical dictionary of women's education in the United States / edited by Linda Eisenmann. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998. Reference LC1752 .H57 1998.

Dictionary of multicultural education / edited by Carl A. Grant and Gloria Ladson-Billings. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1997. Reference LC1099 .D53 1997.

Encyclopedia of special education : a reference for the education of the handicapped and other exceptional children and adults / edited by Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen. (3 vols.) Reference LC4007 .E53 2000.

Encyclopedia of language and education / Corson, David. Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer, c1997. Reference P40.8 .E53 1997.



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Updated: August 2007