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background information:
We have specialized subject encyclopedias for most of your research interests. In McCabe's reference section, browse the Ls for education encyclopedias and browse the BFs for psychology encyclopedias. These volumes provide good background information, list important authors, seminal works, and in the best of times, include a bibliography of sources.
Encyclopedia of education and human development
find articles:
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
ProQuest is an excellent starting place for an overview of your topic before searching in the very specialized resources such as ERIC or PsyhINFO. Friendly, easy-to-use ProQuest Research Library provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971-present.
ERIC
Provider: CSA
ERIC provides abstracts to journal articles on all aspects of education, from 1966-present. It is sponsored by the US Department of Education. Be careful, some of the abstracts are for peer reviewed journals, some are for ERIC documents, and some are reports.
Using this CSA interface to search ERIC, you can combine your search with other databases, such as Sociological Abstracts, PsychINFO, or LLBA (Linguistics & Language and Behavior Abstracts). This is useful for interdisciplinary topics.
Using this CSA interface to search ERIC, you can combine your search with other databases, such as Sociological Abstracts, PsychINFO, or LLBA (Linguistics & Language and Behavior Abstracts). This is useful for interdisciplinary topics.
PsycINFO
Provider: CSA
PsychINFO provides abstracts for psychology and related disciplines, sociology, linguistics, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, and anthropology. Covers 1887-present. You can limit your search by date, language, full-text and peer-reviewed journals only.
JSTOR
JSTOR may be Swatties preferred database as it provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. WARNING: JSTOR only covers from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
tripod - books and more:
Tripod is the shared library catalog of Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, and Haverford Colleges, and it contains information about books, government documents, films, special collections, and much more.
Start with a keyword search to find books on your topic. When you've located a relevant book, there are several strategies you can use to find additional related works. The first is to consult the book's bibliography; the second is to search by the subject headings you find in the Tripod record. These are near the bottom of the record, and if you click on the links, you'll find other books classified with the same subject heading. Sample subject headings include:
Books are shelved by the Library of Congress (LC) classification system. When you've found books in Tripod, write down the entire call number--you'll need it to locate the book on the shelf. A-G call numbers are on the lower level of McCabe (below the main floor). H-K call numbers are on Level 2 (one floor up from the main floor) and L-Z call numbers are on Level 3 (two floors up).
If a book is in Tripod but isn't available at Swarthmore (either because our copy is checked out or because it's held just by Bryn Mawr or Haverford), you can request it by clicking on the orange "request" button in the item record.
Start with a keyword search to find books on your topic. When you've located a relevant book, there are several strategies you can use to find additional related works. The first is to consult the book's bibliography; the second is to search by the subject headings you find in the Tripod record. These are near the bottom of the record, and if you click on the links, you'll find other books classified with the same subject heading. Sample subject headings include:
Books are shelved by the Library of Congress (LC) classification system. When you've found books in Tripod, write down the entire call number--you'll need it to locate the book on the shelf. A-G call numbers are on the lower level of McCabe (below the main floor). H-K call numbers are on Level 2 (one floor up from the main floor) and L-Z call numbers are on Level 3 (two floors up).
If a book is in Tripod but isn't available at Swarthmore (either because our copy is checked out or because it's held just by Bryn Mawr or Haverford), you can request it by clicking on the orange "request" button in the item record.
additional resources:
If after using the resources on this page you still do not find the kinds of articles needed, do not despair! We have other excellent resources, such as Web of Science, ProjectMuse and Professional Development Collection. Look in the Subject Portal A-Z list for more resources, or in the Subject list. Try a search in GoogleScholar too.
research help:
Pamela Harris, Instruction & Outreach Librarian: If you need research assistance, I am at the reference desk on Tuesdays, 7:00-10:00pm, and on Fridays, 10:00-12:30pm. You can also make an appointment, pharris1@swarthmore.edu, to meet in my office, which is on Level 1 of McCabe Library.
