LibGuides: Education: Finding Books

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Virtual Reference Desk

Need some background information to help decide on a topic? Have you read an article and are confused on the lingo? Reference works, both print and online, will help you get started with your research. Here are some online reference databases.

Subject Specific

General Reference

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo provides reference resources on a variety of subjects.
Gale Literary Resources This link opens in a new window
Combines Literature Resource Center with Gale Virtual Reference Library in one interface. Articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window Electronic database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary subjects.
Formerly known as the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)

Class L Education

CLASS L – EDUCATION

This is the classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system. The education collection is located in the above mezzanine.

Subclass L Education (General)

Subclass LA History of education

Subclass LB Theory and practice of education

Subclass LC Special aspects of education

Subclass LD Individual institutions - United States

Subclass LE Individual institutions - America (except United States)

Subclass LF Individual institutions - Europe

Subclass LG Individual institutions - Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific islands

Subclass LH College and school magazines and papers

Subclass LJ Student fraternities and societies, United States

Subclass LT Textbooks