Education 20: The Educational Crusade

Instructor: Prof. Charles Dorn
Librarian: Carr Ross (cross@bowdoin.edu; x3545)

Denver school class
Kindergarten children in a grade school of San Leandro, California. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, [reproduction number, LC-USW3- 001838-D]

Reference Sources
Note: This is just a sampling of sources to use for this assignment. Please ask a reference librarian for assistance in finding others.

General

  • Encyclopedia of American Education
    Main Ref LB17.U54 2007
    - vol 3 has a chronology of American education, along with a list of significant federal legislation and Supreme Court decisions
  • Encyclopedia of Education
    Main Ref LB15.E47 2003
  • Encyclopedia of Educational Research
    Main Ref. LB15.E48 1992
    - don't be put off by the title, this source covers a wide range of topics

Social Issues-General

  • Encyclopedia of American Social History
    Main Ref HN57 .E58 1993
    - to understand the context of your research: issues of morality, race relations, political & social culture
  • American Social Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present
    Main Ref. HN65.M38 1993
    - short biographical sketches
  • Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
    Main Ref. HN57.E594 2004

Women

  • Gender & Education: An Encyclopedia
    Main Ref. LC213.G425 2007
  • United States government documents on women, 1800-1990 : a comprehensive bibliography
    Main Ref. HQ1410 .H85 1993
  • Women and Social Movements in the United States
    - projects that interpret and present documents on the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000
  • Browse the reference shelves at Main Ref HQ1115-1438 for many books on women in American history

Religion

U.S. History - General

  • Browse the reference shelves at Main Ref. E174

Civil Rights, Ethnicity, and Minorities

  • Historical Dictionary of School Segregation and Desegregation: The American Experience
    Main Ref. LC212.52.R34 1989
  • Race, Ethnicity, & Education
    Main Ref. LC1099.3.R33 2006
  • Browse the reference shelves at Main Ref. E45 - E174
  • African-American culture and history - browse the reference shelves at E185
  • American Indian culture and history - browse the reference shelves at E76.2 - E99

Art

U.S. Economy

  • Encyclopedia of American Economic History
    Main Ref. HC103.E52 1980
    - of particular use are the articles on "Women" (v.3, pg. 988) and "Education" (v.3, pg. 1028)

Law

  • Landmark Supreme Court Cases
    Main Ref. KF8742.H37 2004
  • Cambridge History of Law in America
    Main Ref. KF352.C36 2008
    -cover years 1580-
  • Historic U.S. Court Cases
    Main Ref. KF352.Z9H57 2001
  • Major Acts of Congress
    Main Ref. KF154.M35 2004

Books

  • NExpress
    A combined catalog containing the library holdings of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Wellesley, Williams, Middlebury, Vassar, and Northeastern. Requests take 2-3 days.
  • MaineCat
    Includes the holdings of most Maine libraries. Requests take 2-5 days
  • WorldCat
    A combined database of many library catalogs worldwide. Request items found in WorldCat through the Interlibrary Loan service.

Articles

  • ERIC
    - covers education and education-related topics published 1960's-present; includes journal articles, conference papers, studies, books, and more
  • America: History & Life
    - this is the primary American history database; covers all time periods; scholarly articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations are included
  • Academic Search Premier
    - multi-subject database that covers articles published mainly 1980-present; includes popular and scholarly articles
  • JStor
    - multi-subject database that scholarly articles; dates of coverage vary
  • Sociological Abstracts
    - covers sociological and related material published 1952-present; scholarly articles, book chapters, dissertations
  • ATLA Religion Index
    - useful for studying religion in public schools; covers articles published 1949-present
The rest of the article database listed here will provide historical material, i.e., articles from the 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century

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