EDEE 921 Secondary Education: English 1

How to find relevant library resources:

Books
Journal articles
Material specifically on children’s literature
Web sites

Books

There are several ways to locate useful books for this subject:

Your unit guide has an extensive list of useful titles. Most are held in the UNE Library. Dixson Library call numbers are provided for some. Others can be found using the online catalogue searching by author or title.
When you have the opportunity to visit the library, you will find books related to the teaching of English language and literature located in a variety of places throughout the library collection:

Material can be at these numbers in the general library collection; in the Reference (not for loan) collection which consists of encyclopedias, subject dictionaries and bibliographies; the Curriculum Resources Collection (school level materials) as well as non-book materials in our Audio-Visual Collection. Browsing can be a frustrating experience in this subject!

Searching the online library catalogue by subject: Libraries use standard terminology to describe the subject matter in their collection. The following are useful for this Unit:

English language – Study and teaching (Secondary)

English literature – History and criticism

English literature – Study and teaching (Secondary)

English literature – Study and teaching – Australia

Literacy – Study and teaching

For the material covered in this unit, these subject headings work better than a keyword search.

Journal articles

Journal articles can be a great source of information, for ideas on creating lesson plans, for background on a topic, and to support an argument for an essay you are writing. The two most useful indexes in Education are A+ Education (for Australian material in particular) and ERIC (Education Resources Information Center for material world-wide). Both these indexes cite journal articles, conference papers, theses, books, individual chapters in books and government publications. Note that there are so many useful journal articles, as well as other materials available, that using an electronic index to locate material is usually the most efficient way to find relevant, specific references on your topic.

Try these search strategies:

A+ Education

From the UNE Library home page click 'Research Guides', click 'Education' on the next page, then 'Databases', then 'Select from a list of recommended databases' and click on 'A+ Education'. Provide your UNE username and password when prompted.

Type a relevant keyword in the first search box. eg. literacy, poetry, grammar, media, English language, assessment
Type < secondary education > in the second search box.
You can also add more search terms to make your more specific if you get too many matches, linking each one using AND to narrow your search further.
Tick the Publication Year box and change the dates if you want to limit the date range.
Click 'Search'.

If you wish to do two or three searches and combine them, click 'View Search History' and mark the appropriate boxes.

Click the 'Combine using AND' button to the right.
To view the results click on the blue combined search terms under 'Query'.
To view the article, click on the link beneath the citation 'Full Text PDF'.
You may read it online, or choose from the retrieval choices to print or save a copy.

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software on your computer which is freely available from http://www.adobe.com/.

Some articles are indexed in Informit Online, but are not available in full text there. If you display a reference in Informit Online and there is no full text offered, it may be available through a print or other electronic subscription held in our libraries.

Click on the yellow "Find it" icon to see full text and additional options such as a check of the UNE Library Catalogue.
Then click on the 'Go' button to the right if full text is available online. Otherwise click on 'Go' to check the University of New England library catalogue. If we subscribe to a title in paper, you will be given the UNE Library call number to use when submitting requests for copies.

A guide for using Informit Online is at http://www.une.edu.au/library/training/dbguides/index.php

ERIC

From the UNE Library home page click Research Guides, click Education on the next page, then Databases, then Select from a list of recommended databases and click on ERIC (on CSA). Provide your UNE username and password when prompted.

Type your search terms in the search boxes.
Literacy, poetry, reading, writing, grammar, etc. – choose one that describes what you are looking for!
AND secondary education
Click on Search.

There are 2 main types of references in your display of ERIC matches:

A reference with an ED number at the end of the record signifies that the item is a report.
Many of these references have full text linking from the index if they are produced after 1993.
Click on the Fulltext linking icon below the reference to download a copy,if offered.

If not offered, Dixson Library holds a comprehensive set of ERIC documents in microfiche format.
If you have access to a microfiche reader you can request a loan of the microfiche. Alternatively paper copies of ERIC documents can be made for you. You must quote the ED number.

A reference with an EJ (ERIC Journal) number refers to a journal article. If the full text icon is present, click on it to display the article. For other journal article references, check if items of interest are held by clicking the 'Find it' link beneath the reference.
A separate screen will open and you may find full text is available through another subscribed source.
If not, click on the 'Go' button next to:"No online full text available? Check for print holdings in University of New England library catalogue" and the search will be done for you.

You can also search for journals held in the University Library under the journal name using a Browse search in the Library catalogue located at: http://www.une.edu.au/library/ (click on the 'More catalogue options' link). Note that ERIC refers to the journal name as the Source.

Items held can be requested using the External Students' Library Service: http://www.une.edu.au/library/services/external/index.php

A help guide to CSA can be found at:

http://www.une.edu.au/library/training/dbguides/index.php