Library Resources - College of Education

The resources supporting Education, Counseling and Educational Psychology, and Educational Policy and Leadership Studies are located principally in the Memorial Library, which contains over 800,000 volumes of books, bound journals, and microforms relating to the Humanities and Social Sciences.  Students focusing on psychological and psychiatric aspects of education will find the collections at the Science Library useful.  Students focusing on legal issues may find the collections available to them at Marquette's Law Library essential to their research.

The Libraries collection in the area of education is multidisciplinary and extensive.  Thousands of titles can be found under the subject heading Education and its various subheadings.  Thousands more can be found under specific subject areas with the subheading "Study and Teaching". For example, Science - Study and Teaching.  Additionally, many titles of use to researchers in education can be found under the subject headings educational psychology, counseling, etc.

Areas of special collection concentration include: administration and supervision; curriculum and instruction; educational psychology; counseling; foundations of education; reading; mathematics education; and theories and practices of mainstreaming special education students.

Additional support for academic research in Education can be found through the Education Resource Center located in the Schroeder Complex.

Research Resources

Access to library materials is via MARQCAT, the Marquette University Libraries catalog, covering all three campus libraries with dial-up access 24-hours daily.  Access to MARQCAT, as well as to other library catalogs, is available via the Libraries' homepage found at http://www.marquette.edu/library.  A collection of Internet sites arranged by subject is also available.  Computers for browsing the Internet are available in the Libraries, and any campus computer connected to MarquetteNet also has access to these resources.  Marquette participates in the Federal Depository program, acquiring a wide variety of state and federal documents which assist research.

The Library maintains current subscriptions to almost 300 periodicals within the education disciplines and subscribes to many periodicals within the psychology discipline which are relevant to educational researchers.

Major Indexing Sources

In addition to standard print indexes and reference sources, the Marquette University Libraries provide access to a number of electronic indexes.  Of particular interest to education are:

ERIC A national education database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, contains over 700,000 citations covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.  Covers 1966 to the present.  Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.

PsycINFO Provides access to the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines.  Over 1300 journals are indexed as are English-language books, book chapters, and dissertations.  Coverage is international in scope and includes the years 1967 to the present.  Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.

Social Science Citation Index (Available on Raynor Memorial PC workstations only.) Multidisciplinary database indexing over 1500 journals in the social sciences and social science related articles from 3000 journals in the natural, physical and medical sciences.  Covers 1981 to the present.

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) Indexes articles from journals in fields of health science, psychosocial science and organizational behavior about research and survey instruments such as interview forms, questionnaires, checklists and rating scales.  Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.

Medline Indexes articles from over 3700 international journals covering virtually every subject in the health sciences including psychiatry, human biology, biochemistry and bioengineering.  Covers 1966 to the present.

Dissertation Abstracts International Indexes doctoral dissertations in all disciplines from most universities worldwide.  Covers 1861 to the present. Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.

WISCAT (statewide library database) Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.

WorldCat (OCLC national bibliographic catalog) Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.

World News Connection Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.