Find Books
UCB: Use OskiCat to find books related to your topic at UC Berkeley. Oskicat will show you where it's located, and will also show you the Library of Congress Subject Heading -- which can help you find material other relevant books.
UC: Not enough books at Berkeley? Use Melvyl to find more books at other campuses in the UC system. Clickon the REQUEST button (in the detailed view of a catalog record) to request the item through Interlibrary Loan.
World: Still want more? You can search thousands of libraries through WorldCat on FirstSearch and then request the material through UC e-links or directly via Interlibrary Loan.
Google Books: Library catalogs don't search inside of books. Google Books can help you identify the book you need, then click on "Find in a Library" to see if we have it.
Theory
Sometimes encyclopedias and handbooks can help you get an overview of a particular theory or theoretical approach, and will also provide citations for additional books and articles. Here are some that might be useful for this course:
- Social Theory Fulltext database of the writings of major sociological theorists.
- International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (IESBS) You can search on "intersectionality" and it will provide an overview of the theory and provide some links to related articles.
- Ebrary fulltext books -- great place to search on intersectionality as a theory and its various applications.
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Political Science See Political Theory for example.
- No social science without critical theory edited by Harry F. Dahms.
This guide has been archived
Please note: this course guide was created during a previous semester, and is no longer being actively maintained. For a list of current course guides, please see http://lib.berkeley.edu/alacarte/course-guides.
Find Articles
There are hundreds of online databases that cover all kinds of material and all of the disciplines that are taught at Berkeley. Some of the core databases for this class are listed below.
JSTOR: Education and Project MUSE: Education search and display the fulltext of highly respected scholarly academic journals -- and unlike most e-journals, JSTOR goes back to the very first volumes -- but it doesn't include the past three to five years.
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ERIC
Indexes education journals, articles and unpublished documents on education research and practice. ERIC is from the U.S. Department of Education, and the free version was recently redesigned, adding some great new features.
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ProQuest Social Sciences
Because education is interdisciplinary, it's helpful to search other databases in the social sciences. This includes psychology, political science, economics, social services and sociology.
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Academic Search Complete
A multidisciplinary index to articles in more than thousands of journals, many are available fulltext.
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Education Full Text (plus Education Index Retro)
Indexes articles from English-language periodicals and yearbooks on all topics related to education.