Department of Special Instructional Programs:
Library Media Education
Departmental Research Guide

This research guide relays some basic information on library and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World Wide Web.

1. To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library of Congress Subject Divisions)

Books on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects.

Education:  Education (General) L7-L991 ------- History of Education LA5-LA2396 ------- Theory and Practice of Education LB5-LB3640 ------- Teaching (Principles and Practices) LB 1025-LB1050.7 ------- Early Childhood Education LB1139.2-LB1139.5 ------- Preschool Education/Nursery Schools LB1140-LB1140.5 ------- Kindergarten LB1141-LB1489 ------- Primary Education LB1501-LB1547 ------- Elementary or Public School Education LB1555-LB1602 ------- Special Aspects of Education LC8-LC6691 ------- Textbooks LT6-LT1001.

Bibliography & Library Science in General:  Books in General Z4-Z115.5 ------- Book Industries and Trade Z116-Z659 ------- Libraries and Library Science Z662-Z1000.5 ------- Bibliography Z1001-Z8999.

Library Science (Specific Subjects):  Media Programs (Education) LB1028.4 & Z675 ------- Library Cooperation Z672-Z680 ------- Academic Libraries Z675 ------- Libraries and Education Z675 & Z718 ------- School Libraries Z675 ------- Special Libraries Z675 ------- Library Administration Z678 ------- Public Libraries--Administration Z678.6 ------- Small Libraries--Administration Z678.6 ------- Libraries--Automation Z678.9 & Z692 & Z699 ------- Libraries and Readers Z678.9 & Z716.3 ------- Public Libraries Z679.5 ------- Librarians Z682 ------- Library Finance Z683 & Z689 ------- Collection Development (Libraries) Z687-Z691 ------- Libraries and Community Z688 & Z716.4 ------- Cataloging Z693-Z695 & Z699 ------- Classification--Books Z696-Z698 ------- Library Orientation Z699.35 & Z711.2 ------- Libraries--Public Relations Z716.3 ------- Audio-Visual Library Services Z717 ------- Libraries--Censorship Z718.1 ------- Libraries--History Z720-Z875.

2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)

The following services are recommended for first-year students and non-majors, as well as advanced students and researchers:

• Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, E-Subscribe (ERIC), Professional Development Collection, MAS FullTEXT Ultra: These WWW-based services (part of the EBSCOhost system) feature indexing and abstracting of numerous education-related journals and magazines WKU Libraries receives in print, as well as many full-text articles.
• Books in Print with Reviews: This database information aboutbooks currently in print and titles about to be published, as well as titles which have been out of print or out of stock indefinitely since 1979. The database also includes more than 600,000 full-text reviews from leading sources.
• ERIC (Education Resource Information Center): ERIC, the largest and most comprehensive U.S. national bibliographic database devoted to education, provides access to thousands of education-related journal articles and documents dating back to 1966.
• LibraryLit (FirstSearch) and Library Literature (Helm Ref Per/Ind Z 666 .L69x): Library Literature and its online version, Library Lit, index numerous library science and education-related journals, books, conference proceedings, and book reviews. Approximately ninety percent of these journals are available in the University Libraries. LibraryLit covers 1980 to the present, while Library Literature in print covers 1932-2001. Faculty and graduate students may access Library Lit on FirstSearch with restricted password information that can be obtained from a librarian.
• KYVL (Kentucky Virtual Library): This collection of databases provides the convenience of searching the FirstSearch and EBSCOhost databases, as well as others such as Novelist, using a wide variety of search options and the same interface. Links to Kentucky library catalogs, government information, and teacher resources are also available.

The following are additionally recommended for advanced students and researchers:

• Library and Information Science Abstracts: Continued by Information Science Abstracts Helm Ref PER/IND Z 699 .A1 D6
• ACM Guide to Computing Literature 1977-1997: (Helm Ref Per/Ind QA 76 .C5854)
• Computer Literature Index: (Helm Ref Per/Ind QA 76.5 .Q31ax)
• Computing Reviews: (Helm Ref Per/Ind QA 76 .C5855x)
• DoIS (Documents in Information Science): http://dois.mimas.ac.uk/
• Doucette Index: http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
• Index Morganagus: A full-text index of library related serials.
  
• Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts: Faculty and graduate students may access this on FirstSearch with restricted password information that can be obtained from a librarian.
• Proquest Computing: This database includes information on computing topics, including software, hardware, e-commerce, Web site development, intranets and extranets, systems design, databases, and technology management. The database also contains thousands of product reviews.
• Media Review Digest (Helm Ref Per/Ind Z 5784 .M9 M851x): This resource tells you what publication to look in for reviews of films, videos, audio, and CD-ROMs

The following services are recommended for finding book reviews:

• Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier: These WWW-based services (part of the EBSCOhost system) feature indexing and abstracting of many book reviews, as well as some book reviews available in full text.
• Book Review Digest (REF PER/IND Z 1219 .C96)
• Book Review Index (REF PER/IND Z 1035 .A1 B6)
• Books in Print with Reviews: This database includes more than 600,000 full-text reviews from leading sources.
• Canadian Book Review Annual (REF F 1001 .C224)
• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals (REF PER/IND Z 6265 .C65 1982)
• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals 1886 - 1974 (REF PER/IND Z 1035 .A1 C64)
• National Library Service Cumulative Book Review Index 1905 - 1974 (REF PER/IND Z 1035 .A1 N3x)
• New York Times Index (REF AI 21 .N45): Search the index under the heading "Book Reviews."
• Times Index (London) (REF AI 21 .T46x): Search the index under the heading "Book Reviews."
• Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (Helm Ref Per/Ind AI 3 .R48): Contains a separate book review section in the back of each volume.

Special resource:  TDNet Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries' electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles; includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]

3. Monographic Reference Works (Helm Library, the Educational Resources Center, and online)

The following are recommended for use:

• Computers, Information Science, and Library Science Research at WKU (Bryan Carson)
• Library Science on the World Wide Web (Bryan Carson)
• A to Zoo: Subject Guide to Children's Picture Books Ed Center Ref Z 1037 .L715
• ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science Helm Ref Z 1006 .A48 1983
• International Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science Helm Ref Z 1006 .I57 and Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science REF Z 1006 .E57
• Library Literature and Information Science Helm Ref Z 666 .L69x
• ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science: http://vax.wcsu.edu/library/odlis.html
• Library of Congress Subject Headings Helm Ref Z 695 .L695x
• Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books Ed Center Ref Z 1037 .A2 N474
• Popular Non-Fiction Authors for Children: A Biographical and Thematic Guide Ed Center Ref Z 1037 .W97
• Something About the Author Ed Center Ref PN 451 .S6
• Children's Literature Review Ed Center Ref PN 1009 .A1 C5139
• Dewey Decimal Classification Ed Center Ref Z 696 .D7 S36 1998
• Sears List of Subject Headings Ed Center Ref Z 695 .Z8 S43
• World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services Helm REF Z 1006 .W67 1993
  
• To browse for materials such as handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc. devoted to education and library science issues, search the Reference shelves in Helm and the ERC and the Main Library shelves in Cravens within the L7-LT1001 and Z4-Z8999 range of call numbers. Teacher resources pertaining to Education and Library Science can be found in the Professional Collection at the Educational Resources Center within these call number ranges also.

4. Library Media Education Faculty with Web Pages

Cynthia Houston http://edtech.tph.wku.edu/~chouston/; Marge Maxwell http://www.wku.edu/~marge.maxwell/; Robert Smith http://edtech.tph.wku.edu/~rsmith/profrsmith/homepage.htm

5. Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)

• American Association of School Librarians (AASL): http://www.ala.org/aasl/
• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL): http://www.aallnet.org/
• American Library Association (ALA): http://www.ala.org/
• American Society of Indexers: http://www.asindexing.org/site/
• American Theological Library Association (ATLA): http://www.atla.com/
• Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT): http://www.aect.org/
• Association of Research Libraries (ARL): http://www.arl.org/
• Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL): http://www.ala.org/acrl/
• International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA): http://www.ifla.org/
• International Reading Association: http://www.reading.org/
• Kentucky Library Association (KLA): http://www.kylibasn.org/
• Kentucky School Media Association (KSMA): http://www.kysma.org/
• Kentucky SOLINET Users Group (KSUG): http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/ksug.html
• Kentucky Voyager Users Group (KVUG): http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KVUG/kvug.html
• Medical Library Association (MLA): http://www.mlanet.org/
• Solinet (Southeastern Library Network): http://www.solinet.net/
• Southeastern Library Association (SELA): http://sela.jsu.edu/
• Special Libraries Association (SLA): http://www.sla.org/
• Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA): http://www.ala.org/yalsa/
• Special Resource: Library Associations Around the World: http://www.ala.org/ala/iro/intlassocorgconf/libraryassociations.htm

6. Web Sites Recommended by Library Media Education Faculty

• Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/
• Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
• Beyond Proficiency: Essentials of a Distinguished Library Media Program: http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/Library+Media/
  Beyond+Proficiency.htm
• BUBL Information Service: http://bubl.ac.uk/
• Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/
• CBC (Children's Book Council): http://www.cbcbooks.org/
• Children's Literature Web Guide: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
• Children's Picture Book Database: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/
• COPAC [online catalogs from 22 large university research libraries in the UK & Ireland, plus the British Library]: http://copac.ac.uk/copac/
• Curriculum Connections - Information for Kentucky School Library Media Specialists: http://teach.fcps.net/trt11/libtechserv/CurrConQuery.asp
• DORIL, Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy: http://www.lib.usf.edu/ref/doril/process.html
• Doucette Index [K-12 literature-based teaching ideas]: http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
• The Information Literacy Place: http://dis.shef.ac.uk/literacy/
• Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org/
• Kentuckiana for School Teachers: http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/guides/kyed.htm
• Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives: http://www.kdla.ky.gov/
• Kentucky Department of Education (KDE): http://www.education.ky.gov/
• Kentucky Library Media Specialist's Reference Desk: http://www.pldhs.com/lms/index.html
• Kentucky Virtual Library: http://www.kyvl.org/
• Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
• Multitude of Web Sites: http://edtech.tph.wku.edu/~dean/literature.htm
• OCLC (Online Computer Library Center): http://www.oclc.org/home/
• Online Books: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
• Pam Petty's Education Site: http://www.pampetty.com/
• Resource Guide for School Library Media Program Development: http://www.ala.org/aasl/resources
• School Library Journal Online: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
• School Library Media Research Online: http://www.ala.org/aasl/SLMR/
• Storytelling Ring: http://www.pjtss.net/ring/
• Taxonomy Warehouse: [directory of taxonomies, thesauri, classification schemes etc.; has information on taxonomy references, resources and events, including about 200 vocabularies] http://www.taxonomywarehouse.com/
• TeachersFirst Reading and Children's Literature: http://www.teachersfirst.com/
• Thesauri Online: http://www.asindexing.org/site/thesonet.shtml
• Urban Legends Archive: http://www.urbanlegends.com/

University Libraries Liaison: Bryan Carson (x5007 / bryan.carson@wku.edu) last updated 3/04/2007
page maintained by Charles H. Smith