Compiled by Georgia A. Baugh, Electronic Resources Reference Librarian
Maintained by Martha Allen, Reference Librarian and Counseling & Family Therapy Liaison
Updated: October 17, 2006

Berry, Dorothea M.  1990.   A  Bibliographic Guide to Educational Research.  3rd ed.  Metuchen, NJ:  Scarecrow.
     Ref. LB 17 .B39 1990

Herron, Nancy L.  2002.  The Social Sciences:  A Cross-disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources.  3nd ed. Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited. 
     Ref. H 61 .S648 2002

O'Brien, Nancy P.  2000.  Education:  A Guide to Reference and Information Sources.  2nd ed.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited.
     Ref. LB15 .B89 2000 
     Electronic version:  Education:  A Guide to Reference and Information Sources.

O'Brien, Nancy Patricia and Emily Fabiano.  1991.  Core List of Books and Journals in Education.  Phoenix:  Oryx.
     Ref. LB 14.6 .O2 1991

Research Resources for the Social Sciences
     http://www.socsciresearch.com/
Provided by Craig McKie, a sociology professor at Carleton University in Canada, this site arranges social science web links into 18 categories.  It is closely related to the book Using the Web for Social Research by McKie (1997) and "is offered in partnership with McGraw-Hill Ryerson", publisher of the book. (text from site)

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Illinois Learning Standards
     http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/

Missouri.  Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.  1996.  Missouri's Frameworks for Curriculum Development:   Curriculum Guidelines: Communication Arts, Fine Arts, Health Education/Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Integrating Curriculum.  Jefferson City, MO:  The Department.
     Ref. LB 2806.15 .M575 1996
     Electronic version:  Missouri's Frameworks for Curriculum Development
Please note:  Print version has fuller information.

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Benner, David G., ed.  1985.  Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology.  Grand Rapids,  MI:  Baker Book House.
     Ref. BF 31 .B25 1985

Colman, Andrew M.  1994.  Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology.  New York: Routledge.
     Ref. BF 31 .C66 1994 2 vols

Craighead, W. Edward and Charles B. Nemeroff, eds.  2001.  Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science.  3rd ed.  New York:  Wiley.
     Ref. BF31 .E52 2001 4 vols.

Encyclopedia of Human Behavior.  1994.  San Diego,  CA:  Academic.
     Ref. BF 31 .E5 1994 4 vols.

Encyclopedia of Mental Health.  1998.  San Diego,  CA:  Academic.
     Ref. RC 437 .E47 1998 3 vols.

Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology.  1996.  Detroit,  MI:  Gale. 
     Ref. BF 31 .G35 1996

Gorlin, Rena A., ed. 1999.  Codes of Professional Responsibility :  Ethics Standards in Business, Health, and Law.  Washington, DC:  Bureau of National Affairs.
     Ref. BJ1725 .C57 1999

Gregory, Richard L. and O. L. Zangwill.  1987.  Oxford Companion to the Mind.  New York:  Oxford University Press.
     Ref. BF 31 .O94 1987

Kazdin, Alan E., ed. 2000.  Encyclopedia of Psychology.  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association;  New York:  Oxford University Press.
     Ref. BF31 .E53 2000 8 vols.

Magill, Frank N. ed. 1998.  Psychology Basics..  Pasadena,  CA:  Salem.
     Ref. BF 31 .P765 1998

Miermont, Jacques and Hugh Jenkins.  1995.  Dictionary of Family Therapy.  English ed.  Cambridge,  MA:  Blackwell Reference.
     Ref. RC 488.5 .M5313 1995

Roeckelein, Jon E. 1998.  Dictionary of Theories,  Laws, and  Concepts in Psychology.  Westport,  CT:  Greenwood.
     Ref. BF 31 .R625 1998

Sauber, S. Richard, et al.  1993.  Dictionary of Family Psychology and Family Therapy.  2nd ed.  Newbury Park,  CA:  Sage.
     Ref. RC 488.5 .D525 1993

Stat, David A. 1998.  Concise Dictionary of Psychology.  3rd ed.  New York : Routledge.
     Ref. BF 31 .S62 1998

Wilson, Robert A. and Frank C. Keil, eds.  1999. MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences.  Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press.
     Ref. BF 311 .M556 1999

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Access to the following resources in available to anyone in Pius Library.  "In-library access" means that access is available in the Reference Department.  Any resources identified as being available via "remote access" are available from Saint Louis University Libraries Web site [http://libraries.slu.edu/].
Note: Remote access is available to current SLU students, faculty, and staff with a SLU PPP Internet access account or who have a personal Internet Service Provider such as AOL, Charter, Earthlink, etc. and know their SLU e-mail Username and Password to use SLU Proxy Access [http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/proxy/menu2.html].

Academic Search Premier. 1975-  .  EBSCOhost.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  This multidisciplinary database that includes education provides indexing and abstracting for 8,040 scholarly journals from various fields and has full text for over 4,060 beginning as far back as 1975. 6,679 journals are peer reviewed.

AgeLine.  1978- .  AARP.  In-library and remote access. (free Web resource)
     Updated monthly.  Produced by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). This database indexes and abstracts journal articles, books and book chapters, government documents, and reports about aging and middle age from an interdisciplinary perspective.  Subject areas include public policy, business, health and healthcare services, consumer issues, psychology, gerontology, economics, and sociology.

IngentaConnect
     http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/databases/dbdesc/ingentau.html
Includes access to free database searching, full text for subscribed journals, and options such as document delivery and table of contents services.

Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography:  1927- .  3 times a year. 
     Ref. HQ 750 .A1 C47 Located on EAST INDEX SHELVES

Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). 1969- .  Monthly.
     1969-1996  Non-Circ Z 5813 .C8 Located on Level 5
     1997-2001  Ref. Z5813 .C8

Dissertation Abstracts.  1861- . Ovid. In-library and remote access. 
     Electronic version of Dissertation Abstracts International below.  Indexes North American dissertations and theses from 1861 and international dissertations from 1988.

Dissertation Abstracts International. 1938-2001.  Monthly. 
     Non-Circ Z 5053 .D57 Located on Level 5

Education Abstracts.  January 1983- .  WilsonWeb.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated monthly.  Indexes English-language, education-related articles from over 20 periodicals and 160 yearbooks.  Education books published in 1995 or later are also included.  All articles of at least one column in length are indexed and cover all educational levels and subject matter fields in education.  Abstract version of the print index below.

Education Index.  1929/30-2000/01.  Monthly except July and August.
     1929/30-1996  Non-Circ Z 5813 .E23 Located on Level 5
     1997-2001 Ref. Z 5813 .E23 

ERIC.  1966 - . CSA. In-library and remote access.
     Updated monthly.  Indexes and abstracts approximately 980 educational and education-related journals as well as other materials such as technical reports, curriculum guides, lesson plans, research reports and books.  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, it is the principal index for access to the educational literature and is the electronic equivalent of Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE).  A free version provided by the U.S. Department of Education is also available.

Family Index. 1995-1998.
     Ref. HQ 1 .F346
Ceased.  Continues Inventory of Marriage & Family Literature below.

GPO (Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications).  1976- .  FirstSearch.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated quarterly.  The U.S. Government's index to its own publications, the printed counterpart is the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications .  Free remote access to the Monthly Catalog from 1994 to present is available at  http://www.access.gpo.gov  or at http://www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/.

HaPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments). 1916-  /Mainly 1985- .  Ovid.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated quarterly.  Interdisciplinary database providing information on diverse types of measurement instruments, e.g., questionnaires, rating scales, interview forms, checklists, vignettes/scenarios, coding schemes, projective techniques, and tests.

Inventory of Marriage & Family Literature.  1973/74-1993/94.
     Ref. HQ 728 .I68
Continued by Family Index above.

LexisNexis Congressional.  Start date varies by file.  LexisNexis.  In-library and remote access. 
     Update frequency varies by file.  Access to U.S. legislative information including Congressional Information Service (CIS) indexing and abstracting from 1970- ;  CIS Legislative Histories from 1970- ;  full text of Congressional Record from 1985- ;   National Journal from 1977-;  Congress Daily from 1991-;   Federal Register from 1980-;   current Code of Federal Regulations from 1989-;   current United States Code and Public Laws from 1988-

PsycINFO.  1967- .  Ovid. In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA).  This database indexes and abstracts the professional and academic literature of psychology and related disciplines.  Its coverage is world wide and includes references and abstracts of journals in 20+ languages, and books, book chapters, and dissertations in English.

Psychological Abstracts.  1927- .  Monthly. 
     1927-1966 Ref. BF 1 .P65 Located on EAST INDEX SHELVES
     1967- 2001Non-Circ BF 1 .P65 Located in Lewis Annex Level 1

Resources in Education (RIE).  1975- .  Monthly.
     1997-2001 Ref. Z 5814 .R4 U52 
     1966-1996 Non Circ Z 5814 .R4 U52 Located on Level 5

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).  
     In Web of Science.  1995-  .  Thomson/ISI.  In-library and remote access.
     CD-ROM Version.  1981-1988.  ISI.  In-library access.
     Print Version.  1956-2001.  Ref. Z  7161 .S65
     This database provides author and subject indexing for articles published worldwide in social science journals.  It also supports citation indexing, which establishes links between cited articles and the more recent publications in which they are cited.

Social Sciences Index. 1973- .  Monthly. 
     Ref. AI 1 .S6 Located on EAST INDEX SHELVES

Social Work Abstracts.  1977- .  SilverPlatter.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated semiannually.  This database, produced by the National Association of Social Workers, indexes and abstracts articles in over 450 social work and related human services journals as well as books and dissertations.  The electronic counterpart of Social Work Abstracts below.

Social Work Abstracts.  1965- .
     Ref. HV1 .A35 Located on EAST INDEX SHELVES
Has had several titles:  Abstracts for Social Workers (1965-1977);  Social Work Research & Abstracts (1977-1993);  Social Work Abstracts (1994- ).

Sociological Abstracts.  1963 - .  CSA. In-library and remote access.
     Updated monthly.  This database abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related social and behavioral science disciplines.  It provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews from over 1,800 serials, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Journal records added since 1973 article abstracts.  Many records from key sociology journals published since 2001 also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article.  Each individual reference may also have links to an abstract and/or to other papers that cite that reference.

Web of Science.  1995- . Thomson/ISI. In-library and remote access.
     Includes three databases, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanitites Citation Index, and Science Citation Index Expanded.  Search by topic, author, or journal or find articles citing a particular article or author.

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History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive
     http://htpprints.yorku.ca/
Established and made available by Christopher D. Green of the History & Theory of Psychology Program at York University in Toronto, Canada, with technical assistance from York's Arts Technology Support Group, this site is aimed at "scholarly historians and theoreticians of psychology with the goal of promoting the rapid dissemination of new work in the field."  Browse by subject or search.  At this time many subjects have no eprints available.  However, over time this situation should change.

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BUROS Mental Measurement Yearbook:  Test Reviews Online
      http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Search by Keyword, Title, Purpose, Publisher, Acronym, or Author for over 4,000 commercially available tests.  Critical reviews of over 2,000 tests are also available.   However, the full text of the reviews cost $15.00 each to retrieve online.  They are freely available in the print Mental Measurements Yearbook listed below.

Mental Measurements Yearbook.  Irregular.  Highland Park, NJ:  Mental Measurements Yearbook..
     Ref. Z 5814 .P8 B932     Current edition Reference Desk

ETS Test Link
      Search by author, title, or descriptor.  Includes How to Search the Database and a list of Downloadable Tests (these are not free).  Please check the catalogs list below and the ETS microfiche available in Pius Library.  Pius Library purchases microfiche for ETS tests that are not commercially produced and whose creators make them freely available.

Test Collection, Educational Testing Service.  1993-   .  ETS Test Collection Catalog.  2nd ed.  Phoenix, AZ:   Oryx.
     Ref. LB3051 .E14 1993     volumes 1-2

Test Collection, Educational Testing Service.  1986-   .  ETS Test Collection Catalog.  Phoenix, AZ : Oryx.
     Ref. LB3051 .E14 1986     volumes 3-6

Fredman, Norman and Robert Sherman.  1987.  Handbook of Measurements for Marriage and Family Therapy.  New York: Brunner/Mazel.
     Ref. RC 488.5 .F73 1987

Goldman, Bert A., David F. Mitchell, and Paula E. Egelson. 1974-.  Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures.  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association.
     Ref. BF 431 .G625 Currently 7 volumes

Grotevant, Harold D. and Cindy I. Carlson.  1989.  Family assessment: A guide to methods and Measures.  New York:  Guilford.
     Ref. HQ 518 .G75 1989

Joint Committee on Testing Practices
     http://www.apa.org/science/jctpweb.html
From the American Psychological Association, Science Directorate "Working together to advance, in the public interest, the quality of testing practices."

Keyser, Daniel J. and Richard C. Sweetland, eds.  1987.  Test Critiques Compendium : Reviews of Major Tests from the Test Critiques Series.  Kansas City, MO:  Test Corp. of America.
     Ref. BF176 .T4195 1987

Keyser, Daniel J. and Richard C. Sweetland, eds.  Test Critiques.  1984- .  Kansas City, MO:  Test Corporation of America. 
     Ref. BF 176 .T418 1984
Currently 10 volumes (I-X).  Some of the critiques in volumes I-IV may have been updated in the Keyser and Sweetland book above (editor's note).

National Council on Measurement in Education
     http://www.ncme.org/
Included in this organization's purposes is "Encouragement of scholarly efforts to: Advance the science of measurement in the field of education; Improve measurement instruments and procedures for their administration, scoring, interpretation, and use; Improve applications of measurement in assessment of individuals and evaluations of educational programs."  (text from site 2/22/01)

Sweetland, Richard C. and Daniel J. Keyser, eds.  Various. Tests :  A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business.  Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
     Ref. BF 176 .T43 1983 (1st edition)
     Ref. BF 176 .T43 1983 Suppl.
     Ref. BF 176 .T43 1986 (2nd edition)
     Ref. BF 176 .T43 1991 (3nd edition)
     Ref. BF 176 .T43 1997 (4th edition); edited by Taddy Maddox
Be sure to check both current and earlier editions when looking for a specific test.

Tests in Print IV. 1994. Lincoln, NE:  Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska.
     Ref. Z5814.E9 T47 1994 2 volumes

For additional resources see Resource Guide:  Tests and Measures
     http://pages.slu.edu/faculty/josephme/resguides/tests.html

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Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals and Academic Discussion Lists 
     http://www.arl.org/scomm/edir/archive.html
Updating of this resource ceased July 2003.  Approximately 4 issues are available free at this site.  Search or browse for electronic discussion groups, newsgroups, etc. in your area of interest.

Topica:  The Leader in Email Discussions and Publishing Solutions
     http://www.topica.com/
Directory of thousands of mailing lists and newsletters, not just education.  Search or browse by topic, or start your own.  Formerly, the Liszt e-mail and newsletter directory.

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aera.net: The Education & Research Network
     http://www.aera.net/

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
     http://www.aamft.org/

American Counseling Association
     http://www.counseling.org/

American Psychological Association
     http://www.apa.org/

American Psychological Society (APS)
     http://www.psychologicalscience.org/

ASCA:  American School Counselor Association
     http://www.schoolcounselor.org/

Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW)
     http://asgw.educ.kent.edu/

Child.net
     http://www.child.net/
National Children's Coalition Streetcats Foundation provides Internet resources for children, teens, parents & teens, K-12 teachers, and college students.

Children, Youth and Family Consortium (CYFC)
     http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/index.html
Created in 1991 by the University of Minnesota to bring together its various resources to "enhance the ability of individuals and organizations to address critical health, education, and social policy concerns" for the citizens of Minnesota.

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
     http://www.nasponline.org/

National Association of Test Directors (NATD)
     http://www.natd.org/
Purpose is to bring together individuals responsible for administering assessment programs in public, K-12 educational settings.

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Illinois State Board of Education
     http://www.isbe.state.il.us/
Includes links to Illinois State Learning Standards, Illinois School Report Card, and Charter School information.  

Links to State Education Agencies
     http://www.ccsso.org/chief_state_school_officers/state_education_agencies/index.cfm
From the Council of Chief State School Officers, this site provides links to departments and agencies of education by state.

Missouri Institute of Mental Health
     http://www.mimh.edu/

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
     http://dese.mo.gov/
Includes links to School Home Pages by type of school, School Data and Statistics (includes the former Annual Reporting of School Data by school district, Missouri School Directory, Missouri Assessment Program, Guidelines for Performance-Based Professional School Counselor Evaluation (PDF), Guidelines for Performance-Based Teacher Evaluation (PDF), and Division of School Improvement:  Curriculum, and Missouri's Frameworks for Curriculum Development (print copy has more information:  Missouri's Frameworks for Curriculum Development located at Ref. LB 2806.15 .M 575 1996).

Missouri State Home Page
     http://www.state.mo.us/

State Education Agencies
     http://www.ed.gov/Programs/bastmp/SEA.htm
From the EROD, The Education Resource Organizations Directory, this site lists state departments/agencies of education alphabetically by state including territories.  Information given is address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address of contact person, and Web site, if available.

THOMAS:  Legislative Information on the Internet
     http://thomas.loc.gov/
U.S. government legislative information.  Includes bill summary and status, Congressional Record, and Committee Information.

U.S. Department of Education
     http://www.ed.gov/ 

U.S. Department of EDUCATION Cross-Site Indexing Project
     http://www.ed.gov/help/site/expsearch/index.html
Search any or all of Department of Education Agency Web Sites (includes ERIC Clearinghouses, other ERIC sites) or Department of Education-sponsored Web Sites.

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ERIC:  Educational Resources Information Center
     http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, this is the free version of the premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.  Released September 2004, this new ERIC system provides "a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966.  Effective October 1, [2004] more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004)," are freely available. (text from site 1/01/05)

National Library of Education
     http://www.ed.gov/NLE/
As of November 2003, this is Archived Information.

An Orientation to the U.S. Department of Education's Website
     http://www.ed.gov/Welcome/tour/
Provides a slide show to orient educators and parents to the information available on the Department of Education's Web site.  This slide show was originally presented at "the October 1999 Blue Ribbon Schools Conference" and may be used as is or modified for a local presentation.  Please note this is Archived Information as of January 2003.

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See PUBLISHERS of TESTS section of Resource Guide :  Tests and Measures 
     http://pages.slu.edu/faculty/josephme/resguides/tests.html

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Introduction to Search Engines
     http://www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/guides/searchengines/
From the Kansas City Public Library, this page features reviews to several of the search engines listed above.  They also provide a Feature Comparison Chart [http://www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/guides/searchengines/index.cfm?article=read&articleID=9].

Search Tools Chart
     http://www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html
From the InFo People Project of the California State Library, the University of California Berkeley Library and participating local jurisdictions in California, this two-page table details features of major Web subject directories, search engines, and meta-search engines.

Search Engines Quick Guide
     http://www.infopeople.org/search/guide.html
From the InFoPeople Project, this guide lists searching terms and symbols supported by each of the major search engines along with the strengths and special features of each.

xrefer
     http://www.xrefer.com/
The Web's reference search engine.  A source for authoritative, factual information. Subscription required.

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Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources
     http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/instruct/evaluate/evalbiblio.html
Nicole Auer, Librarian for First-Year and Outreach Programs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, presents an extensive list of electronic and print resources about teaching and using critical thinking skills to evaluate Internet resources.

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American Psychological Association. 2001.  Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.  5th ed. Washington, DC:  Author.
     Ref. BF 76.7 .P83 2001 Shelved at reference desk.

Style Guides & Manuals
     http://libraries.slu.edu/qrefsour/qrefstyl.html
Hyperlinks to basic resources for citing electronic information sources.  Includes APA and MLA formats.

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Search the Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog, the SLU electronic library catalog, and MOBIUS, the Missouri Union Catalog, by author, title, keywords, author-title, subject, etc.  Use in the library or by remote access.  The Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog is available from Saint Louis University Libraries Home Page.  Tip:  Always search Saint Louis University first.  If needed item(s) is/are not found, extend the search to MOBIUS.

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