GEORGE B. BRAIN EDUCATION LIBRARY – SUBJECT GUIDE
Philosophy of Education
Finding Books
Griffin
Use Griffin, the WSU Libraries' online catalog to locate books and other materials relevant to the study of
educational philosophy. You may search Griffin by author, title, or subject. Among the subject headings
that may help you locate books at WSU are the following:
Education – Aims and Objectives
Education – Philosophy
Education – Philosophy – History
Education – United States – Philosophy
You can also find materials related to specific questions related to educational philosophy by using
subject headings such as:
School Administrators – Professional Ethics
Finally, you can find materials related to the work of specific philosophers, or to specific schools of
philosophical thought by searching for the works of specific authors by title, or by using subject headings
such as:
Dewey, John
Progressive Education – United States
Find Griffin on the World Wide Web at <http://griffin.wsu.edu/search~>.
Finding Articles
ERIC (1966- ) (WWW)
This database is available online through the WSU Libraries home page. The Educational
Resources Information Center produces this index to over 750 scholarly journals in the field of
education. Also included is an index to thousands of "education documents," unpublished
materials of all types that have been archived by ERIC and made available through the ERIC
microfiche collection (including conference papers, speeches, government reports, etc.). The
ERIC microfiche collection is available in the Brain Education Library. Many documents
published from 1993 – are also available online through E*Subscribe.
Education Abstracts (1983- ) (WWW) (WSU Education Reference Z5813 .E23)
This database is available online through the WSU Libraries home page. Over 350 educational
publications are indexed in this database, including periodicals, yearbooks, and monographs.
Over 200 of the journals indexed in this database i