Here are some resources for your Research Assignments:
LCSC Library Catalog - provides information about the materials owned by the LCSC Library and other North Idaho Academic Libraries, including North Idaho College and the University of Idaho. Also has a link to WIN Libraries, so you can search Gonzaga, Whitworth, and VALNet Libraries.
Virtual Reference Library - Search a collection on online reference books from Gale, a respected publisher of subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media: edited by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett.
Early childhood education : an international encyclopedia :edited by Rebecca S. New and Moncrieff Cochran.
The Praeger handbook of education and psychology : edited by Joe L. Kincheloe and Raymond A. Horn, Jr.
WorldCat - A catalog of items held at libraries throughout the world. Many of these materials can be borrowed through inter-library loan.
Google Books - Info from their Website: "Just do a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. When we find a book whose content contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. Click a book title and you'll see, like a card catalog entry, some basic information about the book. You may also see a few snippets of text from the book showing your search term in context. If the publisher or author has given us permission through our Partner Program then you'll see a few full pages from the book and if the book is out of copyright, you'll be able to page through the entire book." Click on the "About This Book" link and look for a link called "Find This Book in a Library" to locate the nearest library holdings.
Electronic Resources at LCSC:
EDUCATION INDEXES:
InfoTrac Educators - Designed for professional educators. A much smaller collection of articles than in the ERIC database (below), but it provides the full-text of many of the articles.
ERIC - Contains citations and abstracts from almost 1000 education-related journals. Citations to the contents of ERIC Documents, including conference papers and curriculum suggestions. The LCSC Library has most recent ERIC Documents, full-text, on microfiche. Ask a Reference Librarian for assistance with this database!
RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN (K-12):
Book Collection : Nonfiction - Research database for school and public libraries. Contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 3,600 popular nonfiction books. The database includes full text entries on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills and more.
eLibrary Curriculum - One of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for
K-12 schools and libraries.eLibrary Elementary - Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers,
books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from
Homework Central®, and audio/video files.InfoTrac Kid's Edition K-12 - Periodical database designed for elementary school students. Easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
InfoTrac Kid's InfoBits K-5 - Developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. Covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Child Care & Early Education Research Connections - a multidisciplinary database of over 10,000 resources, including journal articles, reports, and datasets from research projects. Maintained by the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
The gateway to educational materials - free lesson plans and other teaching and learning resources.
New Teachers' Home Page - Articles, tips, links to web pages, with the goal of mentoring and inspiring new teachers. Provided by Inspiring Teachers Publishing, Inc., a small business created by 2 Texas teachers.
Teacher's Domain : Multimedia resources for the classroom and professional development - Provided by WGBH, the PBS station in Boston. Most materials are for science subjects. User needs to register (for free)
Westlaw - Online legal research service provides quick, easy access to West's vast collection of statutes, case law materials, public records and other legal resources, as well as current news articles and business information.
Government:
USA.gov
- A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive
Branch of the Federal Government. Another good source of statistics.
GPO
Access - Searchable database of Web pages, with an emphasis on the
Legislative Branch of the Federal Government. Provided by the Government
Printing Office.
Thomas - An easy-to-search source for legislative information, provided by the Library of Congress.
I-Docs - An online collection of
paper and digital resources selectively chosen from published Idaho Government
Documents.
Standardized Tests:
Test Prep Review -- Free access to sample questions from many standardized tests, such as graduate school entrance exams and certification exams.
Citations:
Knight Cite -- An automatic generator of citations in either MLA, APA, or Chicago style. Registering for the service allows you to save citations to generate a bibliography. A free service provided by the Hekman Library at Calvin College.
APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.
Bibliographies : MLA Format - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop.
Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
Research Paper Help:
Idea Generator - organized by general subject areas. A service of the Library at Old Dominion University. You can use these simple keywords to help you generate ideas of your own for focused research paper topics.
Assignment Calculator - Based on the start date and due date for your assignment, this calculator will map out benchmarks for completing tasks leading up to the final paper. It also provides links to other pages with tips on understanding your assignment, focusing your topic, etc. It was developed by the library at the University of Minnesota, so a few of its linked resources are not available to you. But we have many similar resources available to you on this campus.
Online Writing Lab - A service of the Humanities Division at LCSC, this center provides one-on-one advice from other students on improving your papers before turning them in.
For more websites, see the complete list.
Page Author: Barbara Barnes
Last updated: January 30, 2008
