Oxford BibliographiesCombined catalogs of public and academic libraries across Maine, requestable for delivery at Bates. Good resource for popular literature.
A union catalog of books and other materials in libraries in the U.S. and around the world. world cat oclc firstsearch first search
It's not necessary to search specific journals directly, because databases like ERIC and America: History and Life will let you search all of them at once, but browsing can be helpful for inspiration. The links below will take you to ERIC results for each journal, and individual articles will have links to full text.
These are just examples of books from LibrarySearch that may be useful to some of you. It's not a comprehensive list, of course, but if you click on the link, you will see Library of Congress subject headings that may help you find related books.
Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood by 
Latino Education in United States: A Narrated History from 1513-2000 by 
African American Childhoods: Historical Perspectives from Slavery to Civil Rights by 
Wherever I Go, I Will Always Be a Loyal American: Schooling Seattle's Japanese Americans during World War II by 
Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom by 
The Hidden History of Early Childhood Education by 
Schools Behind Barbed Wire: The Untold Story of Wartime Internment and the Children of Arrested Enemy Aliens by 
The School in the United States: A Documentary History by These are Library of Congress subject headings that you can use to search LibrarySearch more effectively.
