Curry Library Research Guide

Top Ten Reasons NOT to Google

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Children's Book Awards

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Aesop Prize Winners and Aesop Accolade Lists
The Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society. For outstanding books incorporating folklore.

Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP). Given in recognition of a U.S. work in English or Spanish which "authentically and engagingly presents the experience of individuals in Latin America or the Caribbean, or of Latinos in the United States."

American Booksellers Book of the Year, Children's Prize
Presented each year to the book voted by members of the American Booksellers Association as the one they most enjoy recommending. The ABBY was launched in 1991; the children's award was added in 1993.

American Library Association Children's Literature Awards
Winners are announced each year on the Monday of the American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting (January/February). The Award presentation takes place at the ALA Conference (June/July).

Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children
Established 1977. National Council of Teachers of English. Presented once every three years to a poet in recognition of an entire body of work.

The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
Winners and Honor Books are announced each fall at the New England Library Association conference. One of the things that makes this list different from the Newbery and Caldecott lists is that books published in the U.S. but written by non-Americans are eligible. Since 1976, it has also included an award for nonfiction.

Caldecott Medal Books
Established 1938. A medal presented annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States in the preceding year. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. The winner is announced at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting (January/February), and the award is presented at the ALA summer conference.

Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College
Three awards: the Josette Frank Award (formerly the Child Study Committee Children's Book Award) for fiction, the Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for nonfiction, and the Claudia Lewis Award for poetry. Presented to works for children or young people that "deal realistically and in a positive way with problems in their world."

The Christopher Award
Established 1949. Winners in the Books for Young People category of the Christopher Awards, which are presented each February to works which "which affirm the highest values of the human spirit."

Coretta Scott King Award
Established 1969. Designed to commemorate the life and work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination in continuing to work for peace and world brotherhood. Presented annually to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution published during the previous year. The separate award for illustrator was added in 1979.

Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America, Kids Love a Mystery brings together authors of juvenile and young adult mysteries with children, parents, teachers, and librarians in a nationwide celebration of mystery writing and reading that fosters literacy, deductive reasoning, and critical thinking skills.

Giverny Award
First presented in April 1998 to the "Best Children's Science Picture Book."

The Golden Kite Award
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators has just announced that The Golden Kite Awards, given annually to members of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators by their peers to recognize excellence in children's literature. Beginning with the 2006 competition, grant cash prizes of $2,500 will be given to author and illustrator winners in four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book Text, and Picture Book Illustration.

Jane Addams Book Award
Presented to the book that most effectively promotes the cause of peace, social justice and world community. Announced each year on September 6, Jane Addams' birthdate.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
Presented once every three years to an author or illustrator for a body of work.

Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature For Young Adults
For lifetime achievement in writing for teenagers.

Michael L. Printz Award
The Printz Award is given by the American Library Association to the author of a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Awarded for outstanding translated book for children. The award goes to the U.S. publisher responsible for the English-language edition of the work.

National Book Award for Young People's Literature
The Young People's category was added in 1996. This list also includes the Children's Books categories of the National Book Award/American Book Awards 1969-1983. Presented each year in November.

Native American Youth Services Literature Award
These guidelines for the American Indian Children's Book Award were created as a way to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians. “Books selected to receive the award will present Native Americans in the fullness of their humanity in the present and past contexts”

Newbery Medal Books
Established 1922. A medal presented annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the United States in the preceding year. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. The winner is announced at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting (January/February), and the award is presented at the ALA summer conference.

Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Established in 1990 to promote and recognize excellence in nonfiction writing. The award is named in commemoration of the book Orbis Pictus (The World in Pictures) by Johann Comenius. It was originally published in 1657, and is considered to be the first informational book written specifically for children. Presented by the National Council of Teachers of English.

Pura Belpré AwardThe Belpre Award medal honors a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose works best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
The Sibert Medal is given by the American Library Association to the author (including co-authors and author-illustrators) of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year.

Schneider Family Book Awards
The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. Three annual awards each consisting of $5000 and a framed plaque, will be given annually in each of the following categories: birth through grade school (age 0–10), middle school (age 11–13) and teens (age 13–18). (Age groupings are approximations). The book must emphasize the artistic expression of the disability experience for children and or adolescent audiences. The book must portray some aspect of living with a disability or that of a friend or family member, whether the disability is physical, mental or emotional. Donated by Dr. Katherine Schneider.

Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Presented for a work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher and set in the New World.

Theodor Seuss Geisel AwardThe Theodor Seuss Geisel Award medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.

Missouri and its Neighbors
Regional Awards

Missouri Mark Twain Book Award
The Mark Twain Award is a children's choice award selected byMissouri students in grades four through eight. It is sponsored by the Missouri Association of School Librarians and is presented annually.

Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award
The book to receive this award will be selected in April by students in kindergarten, first, second, and third grades.

Arkansas Charlie May Simon Award
The Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award for children's literature has been presented annually since 1971 to an author whose book has been selected through a vote taken by Arkansas school children in grades four, five and six. The purpose of the award is to promote better reading for children and to recognize Mrs. John Gould Fletcher, an outstanding Arkansas author who wrote under the pen name Charlie May Simon

Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
Chosen by grade 4-8 students in Illinois schools, from a list of nominees.

Iowa Children's Choice Award
Books chosen for the master list are those written by American authors within the last five years. Titles are fiction or nonfiction, with a wide range of interests and reading levels appropriate for children in grades three through six. No textbooks are included.

Iowa Teen Award
Early teens in Iowa, grades 6-9, are encouraged to participate in Iowas Teen Award program. Participating students read books from an annual list of books and vote for their favorite title.

Kansas William Allen White Book Award
Established and directed by Emporia State University, founded in 1952 by the late Ruth Garver Gagliardo, honors the memory of one of the state’s most distinguished citizens by encouraging the boys and girls of Kansas to read and enjoy good books. The White Awards Program is supported in part by the Trusler Foundation.

Kentucky Bluegrass Award
An annual award for the best children's book as chosen by the students of the state of Kentucky.

Nebraska Golden Sower Book Award
The award's sponsors, the Nebraska Library Association, hope the program will sow seeds which stimulate children's thinking, introduce different types of literature, encourage independent reading, increase library skills, foster an appreciation for excellence in writing and illustrating.

Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards
The books on the Sequoyah Masterlists are selected by the Sequoyah Reading Teams. Criteria for selection include: published three years prior to the award date, author lives in the United States, originality, literary quality, interest, appeal, and developmentally appropriate for the designated age level.

Tennessee Volunteer State Book Awards
The purpose of the Volunteer State Book Award is to promote awareness, interest, and enjoyment of good new children's and young adult literature. The award also hopes to promote literacy and life-long reading habits by encouraging students to read quality contemporary literature which broadens understanding of the human experience and provides accurate, factual information. This award will honor outstanding books chosen annually by Tennessee students.

Education Online Databases in Curry Library

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Online Databases:

ERIC - (Educational Resources Information Center) A database from the U.S. Department of Education. This data base contains records for over 1 million journal articles and reports in Education. Coverage is from 1966-present.
Education Full Text A database to Educational resources such periodicals, yearbooks, book reviews, government documents and conference proceedings.
Primary Search (Ebsco) A database designed specifically for elementary school research and public library children's rooms. Contains full text of nearly 70 elementary school magazines.

Government Resources in Education

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American Memory Learning Page

lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

bensguide.gpo.gov/

Federal Gov Internet Educational Resources

www.ed.gov/SearchResults.jhtml

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

www.ed.gov/free/

National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education

www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/index.html

National Library of Education

www.ed.gov/NLE/

MO Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education

dese.state.mo.us/

U.S. Dept. of Education

www.ed.gov/

Internet Resources for K-12

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Awesome Library

www.neat-schoolhouse.org/awesome.html

Children's Literature Web Guide

www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

Classroom Connect

www.classroom.net/

Early Childhood Educators' and Family Web Corner

users.sgi.net/~cokids/

Global Schoolhouse

www.gsh.org/

Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators

school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom

www.wcom.com/marcopolo/

Schoolhouse

encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp

United Nations Cyber SchoolBus

www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

Virtual Schoolhouse

metalab.unc.edu/cisco/schoolhouse/

Busy Teachers' Website K-12

www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/

ERIC/AE Test Locator

ericae.net/testcol.htm

ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education

www.ericsp.org/

PBS TeacherSource

www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Teachers Helping Teachers

www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/

TeachersFirst

www.teachersfirst.com/

Educator’s Reference Desk

www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/

Connecting Students

www.connectingstudents.com/

Teachers.Net Lesson Plans

www.teachers.net/lessons/

What is citing a source and why do I need to know this?

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This is a very important element of research.

Basically, citing a source is giving credit where credit is due. When you use someone else's intellectual property (their words and/or ideas) you must tell the reader that another person's work helped in your endeavor.

Many classes at William Jewell use the APA or American Psychological Association style. Others use MLA or Modern Language Association style. To help you get started with properly citing sources you may go to the Citation Machine from the Landmark Project. This source will help you with the basics of APA and MLA styles. Please be aware that both APA and MLA styles are very precise and it is necessary for you to double check your work with the print sources before turning in your assignments.

Curry Library has both print sources on reserve.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition)
808.066/P976
MLA Handbook (6th Edition)
808.02/M689g 2003

Education Organizations

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American Federation of Teachers

www.aft.org/index.html

National Education Association

www.nea.org/

Missouri NEA

www.mnea.org/

What is a "scholarly journal" ?

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A scholarly journal is one that is written for and by researchers in a given field of study. These journals contain articles that report on new research. Before an article can be published for the public, a panel of established researchers review the article and deem it important enough for publication. This process is referred to as "peer reviewed".

You may find it helpful to read a bit from the introductory material in the front of the journal to determine whether it is considered scholarly. You will be able to determine the nature of the articles accepted for publication and whether it is peer reviewed. Articles from popular magazines are often timely and based on fact but do not contain the important research basis of information that the facts are derived from. Examples of scholarly journals are: Journal of Economic Research; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Foriegn Policy; Psychological Reports. These are examples of journals that contain the most recent research in their respective fields of study.

If you have trouble determining whether a journal is scholarly or not, please stop by the reference desk or give us a call at ext. 5087.

How do I find books in Curry Library?

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Curry Library has an online catalog. This catalog can be accessed by going to the Curry Library Home Page and selecting WILO/Curry Library On-Line Catalog. On the initial page you can search for books or journals by:

Keyword- If you know significant words that describe the material. For example a word or words in the title; a word in the title and the author's last name; or word in title and a subject word.
Title- Type in the title leaving off leading articles such as "a","an","the".
Author- Type in the author's last name or last, first name or an organization's name.
Journal or Magazine Title - Type in the title leaving of leading articles such as "a", "an", "the".
Subject (Library of Congress Subject Headings)- If you know the subject and want to know what the library has type it in. If you type in something not in the "official" list, the catalog will give you a list to choose from.
Subject (Children's)- This is used to search for children's literature.
Numbers - Books and magazines have special identification numbers called ISBN (Books) and ISSN (Journals). Each book in Curry Library has a unique number called a Dewey Call Number. If you know any of these numbers, you can type it in and if it is in the catalog it will display.

We don't have the book I want. Now What??

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You are in luck!! William Jewell is in a statewide consortium of academic libraries called MOBIUS. If you can't find the book you want in our library you simply click on the MOBIUS link next to the search box and your search will be performed on the combined holdings of 50+ libraries in the state of Missouri and the results displayed on the next screen. If you find a book you would like to borrow, click on it and the catalog record will be displayed. From this screen you can choose to see where the book is and if it is available to borrow. At this point you have two options:

1. You may take your William Jewell ID to any MOBIUS library and check out the materials.

2. You may borrow the book from another MOBIUS library by following these steps:

Click on the "Request This Item" link
Choose the cluster. William Jewell is affiliated with WILO. Submit.
Type your name in the box.
Type in your unique ID. Your unique ID is your Social Security Number followed by wj, no spaces. Example: 123456789wj
Choose where you want to pick up your book when it arrives.

Generally you will choose to have the book sent to "WM Jewell Main Library Circ" but if you want to pick it up somewhere else choose it, but you must check it out from the pickup location you choose.

The book will be sent via courier in a couple days to Curry Library and you will be notified by email to come and pick it up.

Do I have to look through the table of contents to find articles in these journals?

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NO! Curry Library has many indexes available that you can use to find articles that pertain to your subject. Many of the indexes are subject specific such as CINAHL (Nursing), Business and Company Profiles, Psychological Index, ATLA index of Religious Literature . Others are more general in nature like InfoTrac, Academic Premier, MasterFile Elite.

Go to the Curry Library Home Page and choose Web Indexes and Databases.

If you have trouble accessing the indexes please contact reference at ext. 5087 or reference@william.jewell.edu

MOBIUS doesn't have the book I want either : (

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You still can get materials that are not in Curry or in MOBIUS but it will take a little longer. If you go to the Curry Library Home Page you will find a link to "Forms" in the box on the left hand of the page. The first form listed there is ILL Book Form. Fill out this form, click "Submit" and it goes directly to the Curry Library Interlibrary Loan Department. If you have questions about the interlibrary loan process please call us at 415-7610 or ext. 5472.

What should I type in the search box?

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If you are searching for a book in the catalog or for an article in an index you need to tell the database what you want. This is called constructing a search .
Think about what you need. Do you need material on a very specific subject or are you looking for something more general? Do you need journal articles, book reviews, statistical reports? Do you have an particular author or resource in mind? These are all considerations for getting the results you need.
Let's take a look at an example. You need to find out what the Truman Administration did with regard to civil rights. You begin by looking in the Curry Library Online Catalog.
We might want to do a keyword search or a subject search. The default search in the catalog is keyword so let's start there. In the search box type in Truman and (Civil Rights). Put brackets around civil rights so that those words will be searched as a phrase.
After finding the materials in the catalog you might want to go to the Web Indexes and Databases page to find articles. Simply transfer your search to the search box in the index and see if those results satisfy what you are looking for. You may need to tweek your search terms a bit but this is the general idea.
If you need some help please let us know at ext. 5087 or reference@william.jewell.edu.

Print Journal Resources Education

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TITLE	American educational research journal.
PUBLISHED	[Washington] American Educational Research Association.
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.6- 1969-

TITLE	American journal of education.
PUBLISHED	[Chicago] University of Chicago Press.
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.88-V.109:4,V.110:1- 1979-2001,2003-

TITLE	American journal of health education / American Alliance for
	Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
PUBLISHED	Reston, VA : American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
	Recreation, and Dance, c2001-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.32- 2001-

TITLE	Childhood education.
PUBLISHED	[Wheaton, MD, etc., Association for Childhood Education
	International]
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.27:2- 1950-

TITLE	The chronicle of higher education.
PUBLISHED	Lancaster, Pa. : Editorial Project for Education, 1966-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.3- 1969-
NOTE	Delete paper when microfilm received.
Location:	Journal/Mag Micro
LIB. HAS	-1969

TITLE	Education.
PUBLISHED	[Boston : New England Pub. Co., 1880-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.68- 1947-

TITLE	The Educational forum.
PUBLISHED	[West Lafayette, Ind., etc.] Kappa Delta Pi [etc.]
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.12- 1947-

TITLE	Educational leadership : journal of the Department of Supervision
	and Curriculum Development, N.E.A.
PUBLISHED	Washington, D.C. : The Dept., 1943-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.1- 1943-

TITLE	Educational theory.
PUBLISHED	[Urbana, University of Illinois]
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.3-V.9,V.12- 1953-1959,1962-

TITLE	The Elementary school journal.
PUBLISHED	[Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press], 1914-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.21- 1921-

TITLE	Encounter : education for meaning and social justice.
PUBLISHED	Brandon, VT : Holistic Education Press, c1998-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.11- 1998-
NOTE	Formerly "Holistic Education Review"

TITLE	Exceptional child education resources.
PUBLISHED	Reston, Va., Council for Exceptional Children.
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.9- 1977-

TITLE	Harvard educational review.
PUBLISHED	[Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University, etc.]
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.20- 1950-

TITLE	Instructor.
PUBLISHED	New York, NY : Scholastic, Inc., 1999-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.41- 1931-

TITLE	Journal of athletic training.
PUBLISHED	Dallas, TX : The National Athletic Trainers' Association, 1992-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.27- 1992-

TITLE	The Journal of educational research.
PUBLISHED	Bloomington, Ill. : PUBLISHED for the University of Illinois,
	Bureau of Educational Research by the Public School Publ. Co.,
	c1920-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.2-V.15,V.51- 1921-

TITLE	Journal of health education / Association for the Advancement of
	Health Education.
PUBLISHED	Reston, VA : American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
	Recreation & Dance, c1991-

TITLE	Journal of counseling and development : JCD.
PUBLISHED	Alexandria, Va. : American Association for Counseling and
	Development, c1984-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.63- 1984-

TITLE	The Journal of health and physical education.
PUBLISHED	Ann Arbor, Mich., : American Physical Education Association,
Location:	Journal/Mag Closed
LIB. HAS	V.19. 1948.

TITLE	The Journal of Negro education.
PUBLISHED	[Washington, etc., PUBLISHED for the Bureau of Educational
	Research by Howard University Press, etc.]
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.9- 1940-

TITLE	Journal of physical education, recreation & dance.
PUBLISHED	Reston, Va. : American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
	Recreation, and Dance, c1981-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.25- 1927-

TITLE	Journal of research in childhood education : JRCE / Association
	for Childhood Education International.
PUBLISHED	Wheaton, Md. : The Association, [c1986-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.4:1,V.2,V.5:1,V.6:1,V.7:1-V.12:2,V.13:2- 1989;1990;1991;1992-
	1998;1999-

TITLE	Journal of research on technology in education : JRTE.
PUBLISHED	Eugene, OR : International Society for Technology in Education,
	c2001-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.34:2- 001-
NOTE	Formerly Journal of Research on Computing in Education.

TITLE	Journal of science education and technology.
PUBLISHED	New York : Plenum Press, c1992-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.1:1- 1992-

TITLE	Phi Delta Kappan.
PUBLISHED	[Bloomington, Ind., etc. Phi Delta Kappa, inc.]
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.21-V.24,V.47- 1938-1942,1963-

TITLE	Psychology and education.
PUBLISHED	Bowling Green, Ky. : [s.n.,
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.38- 2001-

TITLE	Research quarterly for exercise and sport.
PUBLISHED	[Washington, DC] American Alliance for Health, Physical
	Education, Recreation, and Dance.
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.3- 1948-

TITLE	Review of educational research.
PUBLISHED	[Washington] American Educational Research Association.
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.27- 1957-

TITLE	School and community.
PUBLISHED	Columbia, Mo., Missouri State Teachers Association.
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.17-V.33,V.45- 1931-1942,1947-

TITLE	Soundings.
PUBLISHED	[Knoxville, etc., Society for Values in Higher Education and
	Vanderbilt University, etc.]
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.52- 1969-

TITLE	Strategies.
PUBLISHED	Reston, VA : American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
	Recreation, and Dance, c1987-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.1:5- 1988-

TITLE	Teaching pre-K-8.
PUBLISHED	[Westport, Conn. : Early Years, Inc., c1986-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.17- 1987-

TITLE	TechTrends : for leaders in education & training.
PUBLISHED	[Washington, D.C.] : Association for Educational Communications &
	Technology, [c1985-
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.30- 1985-

TITLE	Theory into practice.
PUBLISHED	[Columbus] College of Education, Ohio State University.
Location:	Journal/Mag Main
LIB. HAS	V.8- 1969-

TITLE	The Times educational supplement.
PUBLISHED	London, Times Newspapers.
Location:	Journal/Mag Micro
LIB. HAS	-1969
NOTE	MICROFILM.
Location:	Journal/Mag Newspapers
LIB. HAS	Paper kept until microfilm received.
NOTE	Paper kept until microfilm received.