Education: Science Instruction

Prepared by K. Townsend, 2007

Finding Articles (Suggested Databases):

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Education: a SAGE full-text collection (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts). 1982 to date.

Includes the full text of 19 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Every bibliographic record in the collection links to the appropriate full-text in PDF format.

ERIC (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts). 1967 to date.

Probably the foremost index in education, consisting of CIJE (citations and summaries of journal articles) and RIE (citations and summaries for the ERIC document collection).

PsycINFO (Ebsco). 1887 to date.

PsycINFO covers, in addition, dissertations, books, and foreign-language journals. However, it does not provide full text article; instead use SFX (see below) to access the electronic version of articles.

Wilson OmniFile Full-Text. 1994 to date. WilsonWeb

This multidisciplinary database delivers full-text articles published by the H. W. Wilson Company. Since a good many of the most popular education journals are indexed in one or more of these indexes, WilsonOmniFile is a good source for educational subjects.

Selected Periodicals:

Finding Books (USF Online Catalog):

Books on science activities and projects for children are located on the third floor of the library in classification Q163 - Q164. Juvenile science books are shelved in the IMC collection (part of the Audio-Visual Department) on the second floor under the Dewey Decimal Classification 502.8 - 507.8. Materials on teaching science in the classroom are on the third floor in classification LB1585.

Bibliographies:

An annotated list of science and mathematics books, films, filmstrips, and videocassettes for children ages five through twelve selected from Science Books and Films magazine. Organized by the Dewey Decimal classification system of knowledge, each entry includes a reading level recommendation. Author/title/subject indexes at the back are divided by format.

Produced by the National Science Resources Center, this annotated list of science materials is organized into three major subject areas: life, earth, and physical science. Each item has a grade-level recommendation. Indexes at back include author, title, subject, grade level, and ancillary resources (places to visit).

An annotated guide to fiction and nonfiction books for children to age eleven. Each entry summarizes and evaluates the work and gives both age and grade levels of interest. Author/title/subject indexes at back plus a readability index.

A subject index to children’s science books with entries alphabetical by topic and a bibliography of the 400 books considered at the back. No index, but many see and see also references.

Some Recent General Works: