Guide to Professional Research Tools for Teacher-Librarianship
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Key Article Indexes and Databases
Academic Search Complete http://resources.library.ubc.ca/196 Multi-disciplinary; good starting point; some full text.
CBCA Complete http://resources.library.ubc.ca/900
Canadian content not available elsewhere
---> Our findings:CBCA
Communications and Mass Media Complete http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1042 Access to articles on topics such as advertising, media literacy, language learning, and popular culture.
Education Index Full Text http://resources.library.ubc.ca/91 Articles in journals and yearbooks, mostly U.S. Some full text.
Education Research Complete http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1550 Large collection of full text education journals and includes some books.
---> a great resource which makes use of the user-friendly EBSCO interface for searching; it's easy to limit searches, generate citations, and bookmark resources.
ERIC (Ebsco) http://resources.library.ubc.ca/572 Biggest education index, many links to full text.
Library Literature and Information Sciencehttp://resources.library.ubc.ca/659
---> combination of full-text and abstract ---> liked the new search by subject (sidebar), allowed us to re-frame our search, if needed
Library Information Science Abstracts http://resources.library.ubc.ca/800
Professional Development Collection http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1451 Covers nearly 520 high quality education journals.
PsycINFO http://resources.library.ubc.ca/alphalist/P Major index for psychology, including educational topics. Some full text.
Teacher Research Centre http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1400
Covers some popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines
http://wiki.ubc.ca/TRC_Database
Familiar Ebsco format, user-friendly, focused search, practical articles
Web of Sciencehttp://resources.library.ubc.ca/277 A citation index covering social sciences
Repere http://resources.library.ubc.ca/144 Comprehensive source for journal articles in French.
Helpful Online Databases of Books and Children's and Young Adult Materials
BC Books Online http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1590 BC Books Online http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1590
Dual Language Books Database http://www.rahatnaqvi.ca/dldb/database.php
International Children’s Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
This free online library is maintained as part of an extensive research project at the University of Maryland. The library has over 4,000 books in 54 different languages from 228 countries.
Library and Archives Canada: All the World’s Children http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/read-up-on-it/015020-033000-e.html
Library and Archives Canada offers a program called “Read Up On It,” wherein librarians and children’s literature specialists select books and resources on a particular theme. In 2003, the theme was “All The World’s Children,” and recommended titles are organized by age and language – a stellar Canadian resource. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/read-up-on-it/015020-031000-e.html and Aboriginal Stories http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/read-up-on-it/015020-060000-e.html