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HIS 300 - Schooling in American History: Myth versus Reality (Noraian)

The resources in this guide will be useful for student research assignments on the history of American education

Online Catalog

Searching the Online Catalog

 To search for books on your topic, go to the Milner Library website

 The Milner Catalog offers searching by Keyword, Title, Author or ISBN. 

To expand your search to other Illinois libraries, check the box beside "Include I-Share Libraries".

 For more detailed searching, use the Advanced  Milner Catalog Search option.

If you are working from a bibliography, use the Advanced Search and select the Title or Author option, or use both.

To find books on a specific topic, use the Advanced Search, and select Subject option.  

 To locate primary sources, add terms such as:   Sources, Correspondence, Diaries,
Personal narratives, Interviews
, or Oral History to your subject search.

The following list of subjects may be helpful in your searching.

            Education – History

            Education and state

            Elementary Education

            Urban Education

            African Americans – Education

            Comparative education

            Discrimination in education – United States

            Indians of North America -- Education

            Public Schools --- United States – History

            School discipline

            Vocational education

             Women -- Education -- United States

 

          To search for books and other materials in libraries worldwide, use WorldCat.

           

 

  

 

        

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