Social Studies Education

Welcome to the Social Studies Education InfoGuide. 

Use this guide to discover social studies resources available to you at Mason.

• Find Articles - Key databases and journals for Social Studies research
• Find Books - Select e-books and print books as well search the Mason and Washington Research Library Consortium catalogs related to Social Studies education
• Find Videos -  access the video and stream video collections for education.  Click the link to access the Teaching Channel
• Find Primary Sources - includes primary sources from the State of Virginia, the U.S. government, and other web resources.
• Find Professional Organizations - Includes professional organizations for economics, history, social studies, and geography.
• Find Curriculum Background - Information about the Curriculum Collection located in the 1600 wing of the Fenwick Library, currently approved Virginia text books, and information about the curriculum approval process.
• Find Lesson plans - includes a variety of  social studies lesson plans and games.
• Write & Cite - Information on citation styles and Zotero
• Get Help - make an appointment with the Education Librarian, use Virtual reference, information for distance students, connect to the Writing Center, and step by step directions for many common library resources
• Find Online Tutorials -   tutorials on beginning your research, finding & evaluating resources, using Zotero to create citations

This tool allows you conduct a real-time search across 20 databases and ejournal collections.