Find Books:

The Library Catalog lists books which may be collections of essays or monographs.  In addition, the catalog includes journal titles and videos (DVD & Streaming) that are part

of our collections.

Try the following Library Catalog searches then refine/filter the results by format, date, or subject to see how the results change:

• Academic Achievement and Learning and Technology

• Innovation and Educational Technology

• Kindergarten Reading and Computers

Key titles: 

   Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia

  Educational Media and Technology Yearbook

   Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology

Find Articles:

The following searches use selected EBSCO databases.  Feel free to begin with these searches then modify to focus on your own research questions:

• educatonal technology and (computer literacy or information literacy) and (elementary or secondary)

• educational technology and middle school science and academic achievement

• educational technology and multicultural and literacy

• educational technology innovations and distance education

• (virtual worlds or second life) and (teach* or learn*) and (secondary or middle school or high school)

Use Related Search Terms:

Try the following synonyms as you explore ways to modify your search strategy:

educational technology: multimedia, multimedia instruction, computer assisted instruction, instructional materials, visual aids, educational media, educational television, technology integration, computer uses in education, technology uses in education, simulation, simulated environment, games, gaming

classroom: classroom management, classroom environment

school: elementary, primary, intermediate, secondary, middle school, junior high, high school

teacher: teacher role, teacher competencies

curriculum: curricula, instructional design, study & teaching, teaching methods, educational strategies, learning strategies, critical thinking, problem solving, classroom techniques, instructional effectiveness

learning styles: learning modalities, intermode differences

online education: online courses, online learning, virtual, web-based instruction, electronic learning

Remember that each database has a thesaurus of acceptable index terms.  If you use the "language of the database," you’ll find more relevant results.