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
Questions in Education
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Google Scholar
Indexes and Databases
STATISTICS
BC (Ministry of Education)
Canada (Statistics Canada)
World (UNESCO)
Questions in Education
LEARNING RESOURCES
Children’s Literature
Textbooks
TEACHING RESOURCES
Unit plans
Teacher guides
Curriculum guides
TESTS AND MEASURES
FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES
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)
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
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
ED493763 Book Abstract
Refine Search to Journal Articles
ERIC Thesaurus of Terms
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 1929-1983

TIP: Use Keyword search not All-Smart Search
Education Full Text
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.
PsycInfo
CBCA Education
Canadian content from over 150 journals
Much smaller database
Articles in French and
English
C
Teacher publications such as ATA
Magazine, Teacher, etc. & gov’t reports
Part of CBCA Complete
TIP: Limit results to “scholarly journals, including peerreviewed”
CBCA Education
C
STATISTICS IN EDUCATION
BC Ministry of Education Statistics
Reporting on K-12 Education --Report Catalogue
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reporting/levels/catalo
gue.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 Literature
Canadian Children’s Book Centre
Burnaby Public Library Book Lists (by Grade)
National Library of Canada Read Up On It
CM: Canadian Review of Materials
Textbooks
BC Ministry of Education Grade Collections
TEACHING RESOURCES
Lesson Plans and Teacher Guides
UBC Education Library Lesson Plans
BCTF Teaching Resources
Curriculum Guides
BC Integrated Resource Packages
Canadian 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