Education Resources Education Resources

AskAway Brown Bag Session

June 25, 2007

AskAway Education Librarian ReferralsAskAway Education Librarian Referrals

UBC Library Linda.Dunbar@ubc.ca 604-822-8783

Joanne.Naslund@ubc.ca 604-822-0940

Questions in EducationQuestions in Education

JOURNAL ARTICLESGoogle Scholar

Indexes and Databases

STATISTICSBC (Ministry of Education)

Canada (Statistics Canada)

World (UNESCO)

Questions in EducationQuestions in Education

LEARNING RESOURCESChildren’s LiteratureTextbooks

TEACHING RESOURCES Unit plansTeacher guidesCurriculum guides

TESTS AND MEASURES

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLESFINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES

Choosing an Education IndexChoosing an Education Index

→ then try some of these Indexes and Databases

ERIC (EBSCO) Biggest education index, many links to full text—includes journals and ERIC Documents

ERIC (Free) http://www.eric.ed.gov

Same index (links to full-text for ERIC Documents only)

Education Index Full Text Articles in journals and yearbooks, mostly U.S. Some full text.

PsycINFO Major index for psychology, including educational topics. Some full text.

CBCA Education (part of CBCA Complete)

Canadian content from over 150 education journals not available elsewhere

Education (Sage) A Full-text Collection

Articles in 26 Sage education journals

Tried Academic Search Elite or Premier and didn’t find what you need . . .

ERIC (Ebsco) ERIC (Ebsco)Covers articles (EJ) from over 900 journals—1966

to presentIncludes ERIC Documents (ED)

--special research reports--conference presentations --curriculum documents--abstracts of books

Thesaurus of terms

TIP: Limit search to journal articles only

ED493763 Book AbstractED493763 Book Abstract

Refine Search to Journal ArticlesRefine Search to Journal Articles

ERIC Thesaurus of TermsERIC Thesaurus of Terms

Education Full TextEducation Full Text

Wilson index covering back to 1983 Includes different journals than ERIC Good for book reviews For early articles use Education Index

Retrospective 1929-1983

TIP: Use Keyword search not All-Smart Search

Education Full TextEducation Full Text

PsycInfoPsycInfo

Includes book chapters and dissertations

Psychology and counseling journals

Covers learning, special education, at-risk kids, child and adolescent development

TIP: After you search click All Journals or Peer Reviewed Journals to limit your search.

PsycInfoPsycInfo

CBCA Education CBCA Education

Canadian content from over 150 journalsMuch smaller databaseArticles in French and EnglishTeacher publications such as ATA

Magazine, Teacher, etc. & gov’t reportsPart of CBCA Complete

TIP: Limit results to “scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed”

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STATISTICS IN EDUCATIONSTATISTICS IN EDUCATION

BC Ministry of Education StatisticsBC Ministry of Education StatisticsReporting on K-12 Education --Report Catalogue

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reporting/levels/catalogue.php

Canadian StatisticsCanadian StatisticsStatistics Canada Education Page

http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/ind01/l2_1821.htm

World StatisticsWorld StatisticsUNESCO Institute for Statistics

http://www.uis.unesco.org/

LEARNING RESOURCESLEARNING RESOURCES

Children’s LiteratureCanadian Children’s Book Centre

Burnaby Public Library Book Lists (by Grade)

National Library of Canada Read Up On ItCM: Canadian Review of Materials

Textbooks BC Ministry of Education Grade Collections

Children’s LiteratureCanadian Children’s Book Centre

Burnaby Public Library Book Lists (by Grade)

National Library of Canada Read Up On ItCM: Canadian Review of Materials

Textbooks BC Ministry of Education Grade Collections

TEACHING RESOURCESTEACHING RESOURCES

Lesson Plans and Teacher GuidesUBC Education Library Lesson Plans

BCTF Teaching Resources

Curriculum GuidesBC Integrated Resource PackagesCanadian Curriculum Guides (CanGuide Database)

Lesson Plans and Teacher GuidesUBC Education Library Lesson Plans

BCTF Teaching Resources

Curriculum GuidesBC Integrated Resource PackagesCanadian Curriculum Guides (CanGuide Database)

TESTS AND MEASURESTESTS AND MEASURES

Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)Reviews of published tests

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)

Reviews and abstracts of tests