LibGuides: Education -- Elementary: Reference Materials

Reference eBooks

Credo Reference, Oxford Reference Online, and Gale Virtual Reference Library are reference databases offering access to reference eBooks.

Credo Reference
Credo Reference contains over 650 reference works as well as videos and images.. Provides user access to a wide variety of both subject specific and interdisciplinary general reference sources, plus focused Topic Pages for in-depth research.
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online combines over 200 language and subject dictionaries and reference works containing over 100,000 pages into a single cross-searchable database.
Gale eBooks Collection
Over 200 major reference works (many multivolume) in Education, History, Nation and World, Religion, Social Science and many other subject areas. GVRL has many of our most substantial online reference publications.

The list below contains just a few of the Elementary Education related titles available through Credo Reference and Oxford Reference Online and Gale Virtual Reference Library.

General Encyclopedias

Britannica Academic Edition
The Britannica Online Academic Edition provides access to a combination of Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, as well as selected magazines and periodicals, Ebooks, primary source documents, and other databases and research tools. It is designed to meet the research needs of college students

Teacher Reference Center

Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print

Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Education by James W. Guthrie
ISBN: 9780028655949
Publication Date: 2002-11-14
Offers a complete view of the institutions, people, processes, roles, and philosophies in educational practice in the United States and throughout the world. Features biographies of influential educators; profiles of historic colleges and universities and of organizations active in the field; and an appendix of full text source documents, including education related legislation, international treaties, and testing methods
Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology by Neil J. Salkind (Editor)
ISBN: 1412916887
Publication Date: 2008-01-17
Provides an overview and an explanation of the major topics in the field of educational psychology, including topics in categories such as human learning and development (across the life span), motivation, measurement and statistics, and curriculum and teaching.
International Encyclopedia of Education by Penelope Peterson; Eva Baker; Barry Mcgaw
ISBN: 9780080448947
Publication Date: 2009-04-17
Provides comprehensive coverage in the field of education for the twenty-first century reader.
Improving student achievement] : 50 research-based strategies by Beverly Nichols
ISBN: 1586833707
Publication Date: Columbus, Ohio : Linworth Books, c2008.
Features practical actions, strategies, and tips any educator can use to improve student learning.
Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent by Thomas J. Lasley; C. Daniel Raisch (Editor); Thomas C. Hunt (Editor); James C. Carper (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412956642
Publication Date: 2010-01-20
Provides an historical overview of educational reform and dissent and a timeline of key reforms, legislation, and publications.
Problem-based learning and creativity by edited by Oon-Seng Tan
ISBN: 9789814253147
Publication Date: 2009
Brings together the practice of problem-based learning and the applicability of creativity. Provides examples of the link between PBL and creative ways of knowing, creative processes, creative learning environments and creative pedagogies.