Education Librarian
Amy Witzel
Contact:
230 Baker (Research & Learning)
HB 6025 Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
HB 6025 Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: (603) 646-0790
Reference Sources
Items in the Reference collection -- particularly subject encyclopedias -- are great starting points for your research. Encyclopedia articles offer concise overviews of a topic, summaries of key research in a particular discipline, and often include a bibliography which can serve as a starting list of sources for your project.
Note that many of the titles mentioned here are shelved in the L (Education), BF (Psychology), and H (Social Sciences) call number sections of the Baker-Berry Reference Collection. Browse shelves nearby to locate additional relevant titles.
Education Encyclopedias & Overviews
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2nd edition)This massive, broad-coverage work is great for in-depth overviews - particularly social theory.
- Encyclopedia of education (2nd ed.)Baker-Berry Ref. LB15 .E47 2003 (vols. 1-8)
- The MIT encyclopedia of cognitive sciencesAlso available in print at Baker-Berry Ref. BF311 .M556 1999
- World education encyclopedia : a survey of educational systems worldwideBaker-Berry Ref. LB15 .W87 2002 (vols. 1-3)