Gifted Education Research Guide

This guide includes a sample of resources for someone beginning to do research in the area of gifted education.  Use the reference books to find an overview of a topic, locate statistics, or the definition of a term etc.  Use the databases to find journal articles and other documents on your topic.

Core Resources:

• ERIC
• Education FullText

Reference and Other Print Sources:

Check CLICnet for exact shelf locations.

• International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent (Keffer Reference)
• Best Practices in Gifted Education: An Evidence-based Guide (Keffer Reference)
• Encyclopedia of Creativity (Keffer Reference)
• Encyclopedia of Education (Keffer Reference)
• Encyclopedia of Educational Research (Keffer Reference)
• Encyclopedia of Special Education (Keffer Reference)
• Handbook of Gifted Education (Keffer stacks)
• Methods and Materials for Teaching the Gifted (Keffer Curriculum)

Databases:

• ERIC
• Education FullText
• PsycInfo
• Child Development and Adolescent Studies
• Academic Search Premier

Websites and other sources:

• National Association for Gifted Children
• National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (University of Connecticut)
• Center for Gifted Education (College of William and Mary)
• Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education (University of Iowa)
• Center for Gifted Education Policy
• Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented
• Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented
• Hoagie's Gifted Education Page

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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
651-9692-4662

This page was last updated on August 19, 2008.