Reference Books
Reference books are great sources of background information, ideas for research topics, and statistics. They can be found on the first floor of Simpson Library. Click the links or scroll down to find reference books with information related to the following topics:
Education and the Law
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Code of Virginia, Titles 22.1-25.1Call Number: Simpson Reference KFV 2430 .A4 1950 -
K-12 Education Law in America by Call Number: Simpson Reference KF 4114 .D46Publication Date: 2020(Formerly The Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law) -
Encyclopedia of Education Law by Call Number: Simpson Reference KF 4117 .E53 2008ISBN: 9781412940795Publication Date: 20082 volume set -
Special Education Law (2nd ed.) by Call Number: Simpson Reference KF 4209.3.Z9 R39 2003ISBN: 0967620627Publication Date: 2003
Issues in Education
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Education and Sociology: An EncyclopediaCall Number: Simpson Reference LC 189.95 .E38 2002ISBN: 0815316151Publication Date: 2001 -
Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and AdministrationCall Number: Simpson Reference LB 2805 .E527 2006ISBN: 9780761930877Publication Date: 20062 volume set -
Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of EducationCall Number: Simpson Reference LB 17 .E53 2009ISBN: 9781412906784Publication Date: 20083 volume set -
Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education by Call Number: Simpson Reference LC 1099.3 .H35 2004ISBN: 0787959154Publication Date: 2003 -
Literacy in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Theory, and Practice by Call Number: Simpson Reference LC 151 .L487 2002ISBN: 1576073580Publication Date: 20022 volume set -
Youth, Education, and Sexualities by Call Number: Simpson Reference LC 192.6 .Y68 2005ISBN: 0313327483Publication Date: 20052 volume set
Special Education
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Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals by Call Number: Simpson Reference LC 4007 .E53 2007ISBN: 9780471678021Volume 1 (A-C) also available as an eBook. -
The Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities by Call Number: Simpson Reference LC 4704.5 .T86 2006ISBN: 9780816063994 -
The Praeger Handbook of Special Education by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780313332623Also available in Simpson Library
Simpson Reference LC 3957 .P73 2007
Statistics
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Condition of Education by Call Number: Available onlineOnline: 1989 to present available from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
In the Library: 1975-2013 available in the Simpson Stacks L 112 .N377a -
Digest of Education Statistics - National Center for Education Statistics by Call Number: Available onlineOnline: 1990-present
In the library: Limited years (1981-1989, 2011) also available in Simpson Stacks L 111 .A6 (2nd floor).
