Barbara A. Shaffer barbara.shaffer@oswego.edu Coordinator of Reference Services Liaison to Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Administration Penfield Library | SUNY Oswego - Oswego, NY 13126

Graduate Student Guide

Course Resources:

• Methods classes:
  • Teacher Resource Guide -- Teaching Resource Center, Children's Literature Database
  • Discovery Education (streaming video)
    • database access
    • guide
    • embedding videos in PowerPoint
  • Professional Journals for Teachers
• Foundations of Educational Inquiry (EDU 501)
• History of Education Resources
• Culturally Relevant Teaching (EDU 380)
• Special Education Resources (SPE 304)
• Evaluating Resources
• Navigating the Internet
• APA Citation Guide

Video Demonstrations:

• Library Website Tour (or choose Text Version)
• Finding Full-text of Articles from a Database  (or choose Text Version)
• Choosing Limits for Your Search (or choose Text Version)
• Using the ERIC Thesaurus (or choose Text Version)
• Meet the Education Librarian (or choose Text Version)

Education Research Tools:

• Education Research Guide
• Quick Guide to ERIC Searching
• ERIC Tutorial
• Creating RSS Feeds -- Searches or Tables of Contents

Penfield Library Links:

• Ask A Librarian
• Distance Learner Services
  • Welcome Distance Learners Video
• Citing Your Sources: Citation, Style & Writing Guides

Announcements:

• Faculty suggestions for resource purchases are encouraged. Use the e-mail link below, or send via campus mail to Barbara Shaffer.
• Faculty Display to Archives contributions should be received at the library by April 30 and Oct.31. Send to the attention of Beth Young.
• Educational Administration Faculty Handout (11/09)

Presentations:

• Grad Students ... are they significantly different? (Powerpoint) Report on research re: online vs. face-to-face library instruction for education graduate students. 
• Firing Up Our Graduate Students! Information Literacy for Extended Learning (Powerpoint)  SUNYLA Conference 2009 Poster Presentation.

http://www.oswego.edu/~bshaffer