Specialist Education Encyclopedias

International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences / editors-in-Chief Neil J. Smelser, Paul B. Baltes. Available online - click on the title for access

This online encyclopedia is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and behavioral sciences on a wide scale, and to describe the state of the art in all the fields encompassed within the social and behavioural sciences. Individual chapters can be browsed, and the resource can also be searched as a database.

International encyclopedia of education / editors-in-chief T. Husen and T.N. Postlethwaite. 2nd ed., 1994. 12 vols including index.
Fisher Ref. 370.3 25

The major encyclopedia for Education and education-related areas. Short articles cover 20 major areas of education and research.

Other Useful Encyclopedias

Educational research, methodology and measurement : an international handbook / edited by J.P. Keeves, 2nd ed, 1997.
Fisher Ref. 370.78 146A; Fisher U 370.78 146A

Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education / ed. C. Baker and S. Prys Jones. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 1998.
Fisher Ref. 404.203 1

Encyclopedia of language & education / General editor: David Corson. Dordrecht; 1997. 8 vols. v.1. Language policy and political issues in education ; v.2. Literacy; v.3. Oral discourse and education; v.4. Second language education; v.5. Bilingual education; v.6. Knowledge about language; v.7. Language testing and assessment; v.8. Research methods in language and education.
Fisher Ref. 418.007 221

Encyclopedia of special education : a reference for the education of the handicapped and other exceptional children and adults / edited by C. R. Reynolds and E. Fletcher-Janzen; 2000. 3 vols.
Fisher Ref. 371.903 2

International encyclopedia of adult education and training / editor Albert Lewy, 2nd ed, 1996.
Fisher Ref. 374.003 1; Fisher Research 374.003 1

International encyclopedia of developmental and instructional psychology / edited by Eric De Corte and Franz E. Weinert, 1st ed, 1996.
Fisher Ref. 155.03 2; Nursing Ref. 155.03 2

International encyclopedia of educational technology / edited by Tjeerd Plomp, Donald P. Ely, 2nd ed, 1996.
Fisher Ref. 371.3078 76A; Fisher Research 371.3078 76A; Curriculum Ref. 371.3078 76A

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences / editors, N. J. Smelser, P. B. Baltes, Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier, 2001. 26 vols.
Fisher Ref. 300.3 18 (Library Catalogue provides access to on-line version of the Encyclopedia).

International encyclopedia of the sociology of education / edited by Lawrence J. Saha, 1st ed, 1997.
Fisher Ref. 370.19 154; Fisher U370.19 154

International handbook of educational change / editors Andy Hargreaves et al., 1998. 2 vols.
Fisher Ref. 371.207 59; Fisher Res. 371.207 59

International handbook of educational leadership and administration / editors K. Leithwood, 1996. 2 vols.
Fisher Ref 371.201 12; Fisher Res. 371.201 12

International handbook of teachers and teaching / edited by Bruce Biddle, et al., 1997. 2 vols.
Fisher Ref. 371.103 27; Fisher U 371.103 27; Fisher Res 371.103 27

Psychology of education : major themes / edited by Peter K. Smith and A.D. Pellegrini. London: Routledge, 2000. 4 vols.
Fisher Ref. 370.15 482