Inclusive Education

This guide will help students find and access library resources related to special education and teaching exceptional children.

Key Databases

Library Homepage
The search box on the library homepage will allow you to explore our collection of books, articles, and other information sources.

ERIC [ProQuest] This link opens in a new window
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) provides access to education-related literature including coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.
Teacher Reference Center (TRC) [EBSCOhost] This link opens in a new window
Teacher Reference Center is an indexing and abstract database that contains journals and magazines covering education topics such as assessment, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, science & mathematics, and more for K-12 teachers & librarians.

Tips for Quality Keyword Searching

Phrase searching: placing quotation marks around phrases will search the exact phrase as opposed to each individual word. e.g. "fetal alcohol syndrome"

Truncation: Use an asterisk to search for multiple endings of a term. e.g. behavio*

AND: Narrow your search to include items that contain both/all terms. e.g. "fetal alcohol syndrome" AND behavio*

OR: Broaden your search to include synonyms or related concepts. e.g. "fetal alcohol syndrome" OR "fetal alcohol spectrum"

NOT: Narrow your search by eliminating items that contain certain unrelated terms. e.g pigeons NOT technology

Nesting: Join multiple searches together by nesting each within parentheses. e.g. ("fetal alcohol syndrome" OR "fetal alcohol spectrum") AND (psycholog* OR behav*) AND education