Educational Technology: A Research Guide

This guide is intended to be a starting point for someone doing research in the area of educational technology.  The focus is on elementary and secondary education, not higher education.  Use the reference sources to find an overview or introduction to a topic.  Use the databases to locate journal articles and other documents of interest.  Websites may provide additional supplementary information.

Core Resources:

• ERIC
• Education Full Text
• Computer Database
• Applied Science and Technology Full Text

Reference Sources

All of these are in the reference collection at Keffer Library.  Use CLICnet to determine the exact location.

• Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia (2 vol.)
• Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration (2 vol.)
• Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology
• Educational Media and Technology Yearbook
• SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research

Databases

Education and Psychology

• ERIC
• Education Full Text
• PsycINFO
• Academic Search Premier

Technology

• Computer Database
• Applied Science and Technology Full Text
• Computer and Inforrmation Systems Abstracts
• ACM Digital Library
• Science Direct

Curriculum Standards in Technology

• National Educational Technology Standards
• Recommended Standards for Information and Technology Literacy (from Minnesota Educational Media Organization)

Web Resources and Professional Associations

• Center for Technology in Learning
• Institute for Learning Technologies at Columbia University
• Office of Educational Technology (US Department of Education)
• National Education Technology Plan
• Ide@s (a Wisconsin resource similar to InforMNs)
• InforMNs
• Minnesota TIES Office
• eSchool News
• Association for Educational Communications and Technology
• International Society for Technology in Education
• International Technology Education Association
• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
• Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
• Consortium for School Networking

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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

Maura Smyth
mtsmyth@stthomas.edu
Office: MOH 121, Mail: MOH 206, Charles J. Keffer Library
651-962-4661

This page was last updated on September 22, 2008.