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Library staff members are always willing and eager to help you with your assignments. Please contact us by email, phone, or text message, and we will respond to your questions as soon as possible.
General Email: library@delval.edu
Call or Text: 215-948-4171
Off-Campus Database Access
If you're doing research from home, click on the name of a database and then enter the same username and password you use for your DelVal email. If you have any problems or questions with this step, please contact the Help Desk through the DVU Hub (link below).
Find Books
Education eBook Collections
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Includes selected encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference works from a variety of subjects. - EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to hundreds of business and education e-books.
Browsing Areas
Check these numbers on the lower level to find books about education-related topics:
370 -- general education
371.1024 -- classroom management
371.2 -- educational administration
371.26 -- assessment and testing
371.334 -- technology and online learning
371.9 -- special education
372 -- elementary education
372.357 -- environmental education
375 -- curriculum topics
Find Articles
Databases for Education Topics
- SAGE Journals This link opens in a new window
Articles in education and psychology covering topics such as educational administration and counseling psychology. - ERIC: Education Resources Information Center This link opens in a new window
Contains journal articles, conference proceedings, government documents, theses, dissertations, books, in the area of education. Maintained by the U.S. Department of Education. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of articles from scholarly journals for arts, sciences, social sciences and humanities. Includes selected book chapters and primary sources. - Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowIncludes selected encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference works from a variety of subjects.
- PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full-text journal articles in subject areas such as applied psychology, health, theory, research, social/personality, and more.
Great Websites
Useful Websites
- Johns Hopkins' Center for Research and Reform in Education (CRRE)Source: Johns Hopkins School of Education
High-quality research and evaluation studies and the dissemination of evidence-based research. - Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance NetworkSource: PA Department of Education
Support the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of Special Education, and to build the capacity of local educational agencies to serve students who receive special education services. - National Education Standards: Getting Beneath the SurfaceSource: Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Report on history and development of national standards. - Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance NetworkSource: PA Department of Education
Support the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of Special Education, and to build the capacity of local educational agencies to serve students who receive special education services.
Using Websites in your work
Think about the following when looking at websites--
Authority
Authenticity
Currency
Content
Coverage
Objectivity
Many of your professors will not accept websites as valid references. Check before you include them (including Wikipedia!)
Try these local Sources
PDE (Pennsylvania Department of Education)
Bucks County Intermediate Unit(IU) Library
705 N. Shady Retreat Road
Doylestown PA
215-489-2940>
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit
Teacher/Adminstrator Center
610-539-8550
Bucks County Public Library, Doylestown
150 South Pine St.
Doylestown PA
(215) 348-9081
Getting Help
Meet with a Librarian
The Writing Center
The Writing Center is staffed by DelVal undergraduate peer tutors who help with writing assignments in all your courses. We view writing as a process that involves planning, reading, drafting, revising, and editing—writing with substance involves discovering your meaning through brainstorming, sharing, and getting lots of feedback.
Tutors help you gain a fresh perspective on the writing process, and can assist with any stage of the process: choosing a topic or working through writer's block, generating ideas, creating an outline, sharpening a thesis, arranging and organizing paragraphs, citing correctly and fluently, editing grammar and mechanics, and more.
Instructors receive a copy of the tutor report completed during the session, to illustrate your engagement with the writing process and meeting the demands of writing across disciplines.
Services are on a walk-in basis, so no appointment is necessary. Schedules are posted in the Writing Center, on Inside DelVal, and on professors' Blackboard course pages.
Tutors look forward to working with you!
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The Writing CenterWe offer in-person writing tutoring AND remote writing tutoring through Zoom. To receive in-person tutoring, simply stop by Miller Hall, room 103 during our open hours. You will be seen on a first-come, first-serve basis.