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This guide contains all the resources you need to complete your assignments for EDLM 8020: Law for the Educator class.
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This guide is specifically for your class. You may also find the resources on the Education/Special Education and Law libguides helpful:
Citations
Use one of these guides for proper APA citations:
- APA Citation Style This website is a great way to figure out the basics of citations in APA style. Contains examples.
- RefWorks Manage citations from databases and the web to easily share or add to your research papers.
Law and Education databases
These databases will be most helpful to you as you search for laws, court cases, statutes and other legal materials:
- LexisNexis Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.
- U.S. Law Week National coverage of significant cases and key legislative and regulatory developments across all areas of the law, summaries of selected federal court, state court and administrative cases. Access Supreme Court Today via link on left side of screen.
- Educator's Reference Complete A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education.
- ERIC The Education Resources Information Center contains full text, references, citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. This database is via EBSCO.
- Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators; provides high quality education journals, including peer-reviewed titles
Some suggested titles
Not sure where to start your research? Take a look at these resources for overviews of your topic:
Encyclopedia of Education Law. KF4117.E53 2008 v.1 & 2
Provides overview of popular legal issues in education.
Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law. REF KF4119.3.D47 2009 Latest Ed.
Subjects covered include Accidents, injuries and death; Religion and public schools; Freedom of Speech; Student Rights; Student Discipline; Employment Practices, Discrimination, Termination; Tenure; Labor Relations; School Operations; Academic Practices; Students with Disabilities; Private Schools; Interscholastic Athletics. Includes Table of US Supreme Court Education Cases.
Yearbook of Education Law. REF KF4102.5.Y4 2008
Contents: Employees; School Governance; Students; Bargaining; Students with Disabilities; Torts; Sports; Higher Education; Students in Higher Education; Federal and State Legislation. Includes Table of Cases, and Cases by Jurisdiction. (Previously Yearbook of School Law)
Or take a look in the Library Catalog to see if we have any books on your topic!
Newspapers - full-text artilces
You can search newspapers to find news articles about court cases and laws:
- Newspaper Source - EBSCO
Selected full text for regional, national (U.S.) and international newspapers; full text television & radio news transcripts. - Proquest Newspapers Includes full-text coverage of major national newspapers, inlcuding the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and NY Times, as well as Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Quincy Patriot Ledger and the Worcester Telegram &
- New York Times via Gale InfoTrac Full-text to the New York Times is avaailable from 1995 to present.
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