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Education Resources. AskAway Brown Bag Session June 25, 2007. AskAway Education Librarian Referrals. UBC Library Linda.Dunbar@ubc.ca 604-822-8783 Joanne.Naslund@ubc.ca 604-822-0940. JOURNAL ARTICLES Google Scholar Indexes and Databases STATISTICS BC (Ministry of Education)
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Education Resources AskAway Brown Bag Session June 25, 2007
AskAway Education Librarian Referrals UBC Library Linda.Dunbar@ubc.ca604-822-8783 Joanne.Naslund@ubc.ca604-822-0940
JOURNAL ARTICLES Google Scholar Indexes and Databases STATISTICS BC (Ministry of Education) Canada (Statistics Canada) World (UNESCO) Questions in Education
Questions in Education LEARNING RESOURCES Children’s Literature Textbooks TEACHING RESOURCES Unit plans Teacher guides Curriculum guides TESTS AND MEASURES
Choosing an Education Index Tried Academic Search Elite or Premier and didn’t find what you need . . . → then try some of these Indexes and Databases
ERIC (Ebsco) Covers articles (EJ) from over 900 journals—1966 to present Includes ERIC Documents (ED) --special research reports --conference presentations --curriculum documents --abstracts of books Thesaurus of terms TIP: Limit search to journal articles only
Education Full Text • Wilson index covering back to 1983 • Includes different journals than ERIC • Good for book reviews • For early articles use Education Index Retrospective 1929-1983TIP: Use Keyword search not All-Smart Search
PsycInfo 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.
CBCA Education Canadian content from over 150 journals Much smaller database Articles in French and English Teacher publications such as ATA Magazine, Teacher, etc. & gov’t reports Part of CBCA Complete TIP: Limit results to “scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed” C
BC Ministry of Education Statistics Reporting on K-12 Education --Report Cataloguehttp://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reporting/levels/catalogue.php
Canadian Statistics Statistics Canada Education Page http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/ind01/l2_1821.htm
World Statistics UNESCO Institute for Statistics http://www.uis.unesco.org/
LEARNING 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 TextbooksBC Ministry of EducationGrade 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 TextbooksBC Ministry of EducationGrade Collections
TEACHING RESOURCES Lesson Plans and Teacher Guides UBC Education Library Lesson Plans BCTF Teaching Resources Curriculum GuidesBC Integrated Resource PackagesCanadian Curriculum Guides (CanGuide Database) Lesson Plans and Teacher Guides UBC Education Library Lesson Plans BCTF Teaching Resources Curriculum GuidesBC Integrated Resource PackagesCanadian Curriculum Guides (CanGuide Database)
TESTS AND MEASURES Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)Reviews of published tests Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) Reviews and abstracts of tests