A number of resources and strategies may be helpful for this project. These are just a few places to start your work. Be sure to ask a reference librarian for additional assistance; we're here to help! You may find the research guide on Writing an Annotated Bibliography to be useful.

Evaluating the resources you find is an essential part of the research process. See this guide to hints on evaluation of books and articles and this guide to evaluating Internet resources.

Credo Reference.
Includes hundreds of reference titles covering a wide range of subjects. Includes full text, images, sound files, maps and more.

World Factbook.
Prepared by the CIA for the use of government officials. Current country profiles and statistics.
Ref. [q.] G 123 .W6
Online: updated regularly

The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. 3 vols.
Provides entries ranging from brief definitions to short articles on various aspects of social science methodology. The longer entries include brief bibliographies. A related title, the Dictionary of Qualitative Inquiry, is a useful companion.
Ref. [q.] H62 .L456 2004   The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods
Ref. H61 .S4435 2001   Dictionary of Qualitative Inquiry

Europa World Year Book. 2 vols.
Begins with basic descriptions and brief histories of international organizations. Countries are listed alphabetically; each entry contains an introductory survey of recent history, economic affairs, etc., followed by a statistical survey and a directory with names and addresses of officials and major organizations.
Ref. [q.] JN 1 q.E85

A Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts: An Appraisal of Selected Ideas and Issues in Educational Theory and Practice.
Ref. LB15 .B29 1990

Encyclopedia of Education. 8 vols.
Ref. [q.] LB15 .E47 2003

The Greenwood Dictionary of Education.
Ref. [q.] LB15 .G68 2003

Learning Theories, A to Z.
Ref. LB15 .L4695 2002

The Language of Learning: A Guide to Education Terms.
Ref. LB15 .M32 1997

To find items owned by the library, search LUCIA. Try Title begins with, Author, Subject begins with or Keyword Anywhere searching.

Title begins with
These searches will let you see if we own an item whose title you already know. This search works for titles of books, titles of scores, titles of movies, titles of journals (but not individual journal articles) and more.

Author
Use this search to find works created by the person named. Be sure to enter the last name first. Author searches work for individual writers, composers, directors, and for groups or entities like organizations or government agencies.

Subject begins with
Try a Subject begins with search for an idea or concept. LUCIA will list other subject headings (and subheadings) which may be of interest. For advanced research you should consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings, or LCSH, a guide to the terms commonly used in catalogs like ours. The LCSH can be found on the shelves behind the reference desk on the first floor of the library.

Keyword Anywhere
In this type of search, LUCIA will look for the terms you specify anywhere in the important areas of the cataloging records, and display a list of those records. Try a search like education and test*. The asterisk acts as a truncation symbol and tells LUCIA to search for all words starting with test: test, testing, tests, etc. You might want to try searching for some of the terms you find in the LCSH, or try targeting your keyword search by telling LUCIA to look for the terms in the subject area of the records, by using the Subject Keyword option. Compare a Keyword Anywhere search with a Subject Keyword search for "united states" and education.

Books are arranged on the library's shelves by Library of Congress Classification. This is a system that organizes materials by general subjects. Once you have a call number from searching LUCIA, see this guide to call number locations at Mudd and the library floor maps to find out where a book might be on the shelves.

Search LUCIA for materials in our library; try WorldCat to find materials beyond the Mudd. Make sure you've thoroughly searched our library before going to WorldCat. If you locate a book in WorldCat that will be of use and it is not owned by the Mudd Library or the Appleton Public Library, you can place a request through Interlibrary Loan or ILL. Materials requested through ILL will arrive in about 7-10 days, so plan ahead. See a reference librarian if you need help.

You should be aware these journals available from the library:

• Journal of Research in International Education
• Journal of Studies in International Education

The best index to use to find journal articles will depend on your topic. Be sure to check the Electronic Resources page for other options. Some of our indexes include:

ERIC
An important source of journal articles and other publications in Education and related fields.

Academic OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. Includes full-text articles, many with images. 1980 - present; updated daily.

Academic Search Premier
Contains broad and specialized coverage of academic and general periodicals. One of many resources available from EBSCOhost, single Web source for multiple databases.

Lexis/Nexis Academic
A version of the Lexis Nexis database for academic users. Provides access to a wide range of periodicals and newspapers, and includes news, business, legal, and reference information.

Google Scholar
If you're going to Google, do it here. Look for the label Full Text @LU to locate things that might be availble here.

Newspapers:

New York Times. 1851-current.
Considered to be the American paper of record. The New York Times is on microfilm and on the web.
New York Times Index--Reference Indexes/Microform Area
New York Times (1851-2006)
Current issues available from many sources: see FindIt

Newspaper Source Plus
Provides indexing and selected full text for newspapers. Dates for backfiles vary by title. In addition, the database features more than 601,300 television and radio news transcripts, videos & podcasts.

Other sources are available for newspapers; In addition to the sources mentioned above, many papers also post current and recent issues on their own Websites. Be sure to ask a reference librarian about access to papers.

Once you have a citation for an article on your topic, try using the button or Citation Linker to see if that particular article is available. If you don't find it, you can submit a request for interlibrary loan (ILL) of a copy of the article: ILL takes about 7-10 days, so plan ahead. See the library's Interlibrary Loan page for more information.

Education
Resources selected by the Internet Scout Project

Google U.S. Government
The popular and helpful Google search applied specifically to finding government information. Searches local, state, military, and national government Web pages.

Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics; International Activities Program
International comparative statistics from the U.S. Department of Education

The World Bank: Education and the World Bank
Provides connections to publicatsion, data, and more.

Of course, there are many more web resources available that might be useful in your research. You might want to try looking at sources that select the best of the Web, like these:

• Scout Report and the Scout Report Archives
• Infomine
• ipl2 the merged resources of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII)

It's important to think carefully about any information you find in any format, and to evaluate resources for their accuracy, applicability, and so forth. Evaluation of web resources is especially important. You may want to consult this guide to Evaluating Internet Resources. The library's Web Wise Guide to Searching give some helpful inside tips. You can often learn a lot about a page (and a site) by parsing the URL.

Academic Citation and Writing
Style manuals of the humanities, physical sciences, and the social sciences in the Seeley G. Mudd Library.

The Chicago Manual of Style.
A standard source for bibliographic format.
RRef. Z253 .U69 2003

Citing Electronic Documents
This page provides guidance on citing electronic documents and links to other guides, some on specific styles of documentation.

Ref. = Reference collection, first floor
RRef.= Ready Reference, shelves behind the reference desk
Periodicals = Level A
GovDoc = U.S. Government Documents, second floor
Reference Indexes = Alphabetically arranged at the end of the reference collection
Microform Area = Reading room east of the reference desk, near microform drawers
q. = Oversized books: interfiled in reference and M class scores; at end of classes in other collections