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Education Full Text
Subject coverage includes adult education, special education, multicultural/ethnic education, and teaching methods.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
Access to literature and resources covering education topic from pre-K through graduate school, sponsored by the US Department of Education.
Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Presents news and information for college and university faculty and students.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Library
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
JSTOR
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
Statista
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Digest of Education Statistics
Compilation of statistical information on American education from prekindergarten through graduate school, including results of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveys.
Sage Journals Online
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.

Some Books on Educational Theory and EDI

Global Constructions of Multicultural Education by Carl A. Grant (Editor); Joy L. Lei (Editor)
Call Number: West LA LC1099 .G56 2001
ISBN: 9781135657741
Publication Date: 2001-06-01
This book tells us how various global regions are dealing with three major concerns within the field of multicultural education: *the conceptualization and realization of "difference" and "diversity"; *the inclusion and exclusion of social groups within a definition of multicultural education; and *the effects of power on relations between and among groups identified under the multicultural education umbrella.
Revolutionary Multiculturalism : pedagogies of dissent for the new millennium by Peter McLaren
Call Number: West LA LC196.5.U6 M35 1997
ISBN: 9780813325705
Publication Date: 1997-07-23
This work by one of North America's leading educational theorists and cultural critics culminates a decade of social analyses that focuses on the political economy of schooling, Paulo Freire and literacy education, hip-hop culture, and multicultural education.
Culturally Responsive Teaching by Geneva Gay (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0807739553
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
A case for using culturally responsive teaching to improve the performance of underachieving minority pupils. Insights from theory, research and classroom practice show that minority pupils perform better when teaching is filtered through their own cultural experiences and frames of reference.
Reproducing Gender : essays on educational theory and feminist politics by Madeleine Arnot
ISBN: 9780203994344
Publication Date: 2002-01-17
Reproducing Gender charts the development of a theory of gender relations built up over the last twenty years. This theory has been highly influential in establishing the importance of the sociology of women's education for the study of society. It demonstrates the power of feminist educational theory and research, and its role in creating new political and academic agendas. This fascinating book explores gender relationships at all levels of schooling.

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Some Books on Educational Theory and EDI