Language Arts Research Guide

This guide includes a selection of resources to help you get started on a research project that involves teaching reading, writing, literature or other language arts subjects.  Use the reference books to look up a term, or find an overview of a topic.  Use the databases to find journal articles or other documents on your subject. Websites may provide additional supplementary information.

Core Resources

Check CLICnet for exact locations of books.

• Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts (Keffer Reference)
• Handbook of Reading Research (Keffer Stacks)
• Handbook of Early Literacy Research (Keffer Stacks)
• ERIC
• Education FullText

Sources for Theory and Research Background

• Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts (Keffer Reference)
• Handbook of Reading Research (Keffer Stacks)
• Handbook of Early Literacy Research (Keffer Stacks)
• What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction (Keffer Stacks)
• What Research Has to Say Abou Fluency Instruction (Keffer Stacks)
• Literacy Research Methodologies (Keffer Stacks)
• Theoretical Models and Processes of Reading (Keffer Stacks)
• National Reading Panel report (Keffer Curriculum)

Databases

• ERIC
• Education FullText
• Academic Search Premier
• Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
• MLA
• Child Development and Adolescent Studies
• Professional Collection

Websites

• International Reading Association
• National Council of Teachers of English
• Read*Write*Think
• Web English Teacher
• Literacy Web
• Florida Center for Reading Research
• Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
• National Institute for Literacy
• InforMNs Language Arts Portal

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For additional information or assistance, please contact:

Donna Nix
denix@stthomas.edu
Office: MOH 124, Mail: MOH 206, Charles J. Keffer Library
651-962-4662

This page was last updated on August 28, 2008.