Education Databases & the UW Libraries Catalog

EDUCATION DATABASES

How to use the UW Libraries Catalog to find CURRICULUM MATERIALS in the Bothell Campus Library

How to use the UW Libraries Catalog find CHILDREN'S LITERATURE in the Bothell Campus Library.

SELECTED RESOURCES IN AREAS OF EDUCATION INCLUDING THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT; AFFIRMATIVE ACTION; MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION & CLASS; AND HISTORY OF EDUCATION.

STATISTICAL RESOURCES ARE LOCATED IN WEB SITES IN EDUCATION.

EDUCATION DATABASES

ERIC  (UW restricted)  

The ERIC database is the world’s largest source of education information. It contains more than 1 million abstracts of journal articles and documents on education research and practice.

Please note: ERIC Documents from 1996 to the present are available full-text online. Each version of the database has its own way of providing the full-text of ERIC Documents. Please check with the reference staff if you have any questions concerning ERIC Documents. Remember: Only ERIC Documents are available full-text. If the ERIC Document you need is not available full-text online, use Document Delivery to order the article from the Microforms & Newspapers Library on the Seattle campus. On the form, be sure to use indicate the ED number.

The ERIC database does not provide full-text to the articles. Use the link to UW Holdings to determine if the journal is available online. Be sure to check dates of the articles. The ERIC database goes back to 1963, and most of the older materials will not be available full-text!

The public version of the ERIC database is available at the Educator's Reference Desk.

Education Full Text  (UW restricted)  

Education Full Text provides indexing of periodicals and yearbook articles dating from 1983; abstracting of those dating from Jan. 1994; and full text of those dating from January 1996.

Expanded Academic Index  (UW restricted)  

Expanded Academic Index provides indexing and abstracting for approximately 1,500 scholarly and general interest periodicals, covering all major fields of study in the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.

PsycINFO  (UW restricted) 

PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters and technical reports in the field of psychology, and psychological aspects of related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.

Social Sciences Citation Index:   (UW restricted)  

Social Sciences Citation Index is a  multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts and cited references, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes 1,700 social science journals, plus individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 scientific and technical journals.

Connect to complete list of all UW databases

FINDING CURRICULUM MATERIALS IN THE BOTHELL CAMPUS LIBRARY

The UW Libraries does not include a separate location code for the curriculum materials in the Bothell Campus Library. When searching for curriculum materials in the UW Libraries Catalog use the phrase study and teaching after limiting your search to UWB/CCC Library. For example, if you wanted curriculum materials on language arts, you would use a keyword search using the phrase

                        study and teaching and language arts

The Location box will most likely read Bothell/CCC Curriculum. The Curriculum Materials are on the third floor on the west side of the library.

If you want to search for materials in the entire UW Libraries system, you would still use the phrase study and teaching, or click on Keywords in the UW Libraries Catalog and change the Location code to Curriculum Materials to find what is available in the Suzzallo Library. Remember it takes two to four days for materials to arrive from the Seattle Campus.

FINDING SUBJECT SPECIFIC CURRICULUM MATERIALS IN THE BOTHELL CAMPUS LIBRARY

Here is a list of Library of Congress Subject Headings you might use to find appropriate resources. Also check the Subject Headings in the Catalog record.

Subject Area Terms

Art
Language Arts
Mathematics
Physical Education and Training
Science
Social Sciences (Use for Social Studies)

Non-Subject Area Terms

Child Abuse
Conflict Management
Democracy
Multicultural Education

CURRICULUM RESOURCES IN THE CAMPUS LIBRARY

A separate collection of curriculum materials is located on the third floor of the library. The primary purpose of the Curriculum Collection is to support the instructional programs of the Education Program and the methods courses in the subject disciplines for preparation of elementary school teachers. The collection includes children’s literature, curriculum materials and textbooks.  The materials are  practical resources to help pre-service students to teach children more effectively in the classroom, find lesson plans and activities and to further their knowledge of teaching practices.

The collection includes

Curriculum materials (BOCUR)

Children's literature (BOCHL)

Classroom textbooks (BOCTX)

Children's reference materials (BOCRF) 

FINDING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN THE BOTHELL CAMPUS LIBRARY

The UW Libraries does not include a separate location code for children’s literature in the Bothell Campus Library. When searching for children’s literature in the UW Libraries Catalog use one of the following phrases after limiting your search to the UWB/CCC Library.

juvenile fiction

juvenile literature

juvenile

For example, if you wanted to find a nonfiction children’s book on jazz, your search would be

                        juvenile literature and jazz

Or if you were looking for a fiction book about immigration, your search would be

                        juvenile fiction and immigration

In both examples the Location box will read Bothell/CCC Childrens Lit

If you have any trouble finding materials, please let me know. Remember that many of the children’s books in the Suzzallo/Allen Library do not circulate. It’s a good idea when using the UW Libraries Catalog to limit the location to Bothell/CCC Library.

As always, please let me know of any children's literature you believe belongs in the Bothell Campus Library!

SELECTED RESOURCES IN EDUCATION FOUND IN THE BOTHELL CAMPUS LIBRARY

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT

Popham,W.J. (2005). America's "failing" schools: How parents and teachers can cope with No Child Left Behind.

Meier, D. & Wood, G. (eds.). (2004). Many children left behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act is damaging our children and our schools.

Hess, F.M. & Finn, C.E. (eds.). (2004). Leaving no child behind?: Options for kids in failing schools.

Please see the UW Libraries Catalog for more resources on the No Child Left Behind Act.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Wise, T.J. (2005). Affirmative action: Racial preference in black and white.

Beckman, J.A. (2004). Affirmative action: An encyclopedia.

Zelnick, R. (2004). Swing dance: Justice O'Connor and the Michigan muddle.

Please see the UW Libraries Catalog for more resources on affirmative action.

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

Banks, C.A.M. (2005). Improving multicultural education: Lessons from the intergroup education movement.

Cochran-Smith, M. (2004). Walking the road: Race, diversity and social justice in teacher education.

Howell, A. & Tuitt, F. (eds.). (2003). Race and higher education: Rethinking pedagogy in diverse college classrooms.

EDUCATION AND CLASS

Zweig, M. (ed.). (2003). What's class got to do with it?: American society in the twenty-first century.

Lubrano, A. (2004). Limbo: Blue-collar roots, white-collar dreams.

Finn, P.J. (1999). Literacy with an attitude: Education working-class children in their own self-interest.

HISTORY OF EDUCATION

Watras, J. (2004). Philosophic conflicts in American education, 1893 - 2000.

Ravitch, D. (2000). Left back: A century of failed school reforms.

Labaree, D.F. (1997). How to succeed in school without really learning: The credentials race in American education.

Venta Silins
Education Librarian
Campus Library
425-352-5241
vsilins@uwb.edu