Library Resources
History of Education
Dr. Steven Herb
slh18@psu.edu
863-2141
Carol Wright
caw4@psu.edu
865-0666
DATABASES FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES SIGNIFICANT WEB SITES ONLINE PRIMARY SOURCES PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY RESOURCES GUIDES TO RESEARCH CURRICULUM-ORIENTED JOURNALS USING THE CAT CITING SOURCES - APA STYLE
DATABASES FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES
ERIC [on CSA]
America: History and Life
Historical Abstracts
Books
Early English Books [1473-1700]
American Broadsides and Ephemera
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
History E-Book Project
Empire Online [Global perspective, 1492 -1969]Newspapers
Historical Newspapers Online
Early American Newspapers, Series I (1690 - 1876)
Early American Newspapers, Series II (1758 - 1900)
Early American Newspapers, Series III (1829 – 1922)
New York Times Historical, 1851-2003
Newspapers - National Coverage (1989-to present) (ProQuest)
Periodicals and Magazines
Accessible Archives [18th and 19th Century]
American Periodicals Series Online [1740 – 1940]
Microfiche
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
Early American Imprints Series II, Shaw & Shoemaker, 1801-1819
History of Education , 15th – 19th Century
This web site is an index to the entire collection on microfiche. Search the CAT for titles that PSU owns. Order others through lliad.
Historical Guides
Guides to Primary Research
Examples of selected subject headings include:
Education United States History
Education--Social aspects--United States--History
Education--Study and teaching--United States
Educational change--United States--History
Education--Philosophy--History
Agricultural education--United States
Women's studies--United States
Education, Humanistic--United States
Feminism and education
Education--Curricula--Philosophy
19th Century Schoolbooks
Examine digital editions of ninety-nine schoolbooks and two surveys of historic schoolbooks; contains page images as well as searchable text.
History of Education Selected Moments of the 20th Century
A timeline of education history, including brief descriptions of some of the listed items, edited by Daniel Schugurensky [University of Toronto]. Current emphasis is on North America.
History of American Education by Jurgen Herbst
An online bibliography of works about American education.
School: The Story of American Public Education
Supplements the 2001 PBS documentary.
PRIMARY RESOURCES VS. SECONDARY RESOURCES
Comparing Records Along a TimelineBerkeley Teaching Library
From Yale
From the American Library Association
Consult Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Curriculum and Methods
From Diane Hacker.com [Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Fourth Edition, by Diana Hacker.]
APA style for e-resources