Directed Searches: Education
A. Subject Searching in Education
Education has some well-define Library of Congress Search Headings (LCSH). Below is a Subject Search using Mathematics Secondary as the LCSH.
Other Subject Searches that are frequently employed include:
| Search Strategy | Sample Search |
| Journals in your Field | |
| [Teaching Field] Periodicals | Mathematics Periodicals |
| [Teaching Field] Study and teaching | Mathematics Study and teaching |
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Grade Level |
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|---|---|
| [Topic] Grade Level | Mathematics Elementary |
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Lesson Plans and Activity Guides |
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| [Topic] Study and teaching | Mathematics Study and teaching |
| [Topic] Activity programs | Mathematics Activity programs |
| [Topic] Curricula | Mathematics Curricula |
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Testing and Assessment |
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| Educational tests and measurements | |
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Using Computer Technology |
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| Computer-assisted instruction | |
To restrict materials to those in the teacher education department library,
- Select Complex Search on the catalog start page
- Enter your query next to the appropriate search fields
- At the bottom of the search page, limit the location to TEACHERED
- Click on Search Catalog to execute your search.
