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.

Technology Aspects of Librarianship: Blogs TK5105.8882 ------- Computer literacy LB1028.43; LB1043 ------- Computers and children QA76.9.C659 ------- Data mining QA76.9.D32-QA76.9.D343 ------- Database searching ZA4460 ------- Databases QA76.9.D32 (Data mining); ZA4450-4460 (Information science) ------- Electronic books Z1033.E43 ------- Electronic information resources ZA4050-4460 ------- Electronic publishing Z286.E43 ------- Electronic records CD974.4 ------- Electronic reference services (Libraries) Z711.45 ------- Hypertext systems QA76.76.H94 ------- Information superhighway ZA3201-3250 ------- Information technology HC79.I55; HD30.2; T58.5-.64 ------- Interactive multimedia QA76.76.I59 ------- Internet marketing HF5415.1265 ------- Internet research ZA4228-4482 ------- Internet TK5105.87-5187.885; ZA4195-4201 ------- Internet videos TK5105.8867 ------- Library information networks Z674.7-.83 ------- Library Web sites Z674.75.W67 ------- Multimedia systems QA76.575 ------- Online databases; ZA4450-4460 ------- Photography--Digital techniques TR267 ------- Semantic Web TK5105.88815 ------- Web 2.0 TK5105.88817 ------- Web search engines TK5105.884-.885; ZA4230-4232 ------- Webcasting TK5105.887 ------- Wide area networks (Computer networks) TK5105.87-.875 ------- Wikis (Computer science) TK5105.8882 ------- Wireless communication systems TK5103.2 - TK5105.77 ------- Wireless LANs TK5105.78 ------- World Wide Web TK5105; ZA4195-4235

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 and MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost): All-subject feature indexing and abstracting of many journals and magazines available at WKU, plus a large selection of articles available full text.
• 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.
• Career & Technical Education has full text articles about career, vocational, & technical education.
• Digital Dissertations Full Text: For access to doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
• Education Full Text: Indexes articles since 1983, abstracts articles since 1994, and selected full text since 1996.
• Educational Administration Abstracts (EBSCOhost): Indexes and abstracts articles in educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Older paper issues are located in Reference at LB2805 .E32 (Ref. Per. Ind.).
• ERIC (EBSCOhost): Covers over 1000 journals plus research reports and other types of literature on all aspects of education.
• Google Scholar: A free Web-based service that only searches scholarly literature and links to the full text of journals held by WKU.
• 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.
• Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
• LibraryLit Full Text (Wilson): Library Literature indexes numerous library science and education-related journals, books, conference proceedings, and book reviews (1980-present). Older paper issues (1932-2001) are located in Reference at Helm Ref Per/Ind Z 666 .L69x.
• Teacher Reference Center (EBSCOhost): Indexes and abstracts over 270 trade journals and magazines for teachers and administrators.

The following are additionally recommended for advanced students and researchers:

• ABI/Inform (ProQuest)
• ACM Digital Library
• ACM Guide to Computing Literature 1977-1997: (Helm Ref Per/Ind QA 76 .C5854)
• Art and Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch): FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate students (and to undergraduate students by special permission). Indexes over 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, 1980 to present.
• Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)
• 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.
• Library and Information Science Abstracts: Continued by Information Science Abstracts Helm Ref PER/IND Z 699 .A1 D6
• Literature Online: Contains full text of over 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, along with literature journals and other key criticism and reference resources. Also Indexes scholarly books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Includes a combined search with the MLA International Bibliography.
• MLA (Modern Language Association): A WWW-based database available through Literature Online which exhaustively indexes all literature of the field of Literature, Languages, Linguistics, and Folklore.
• PerAbs: Periodical abstracts from general and academic journals (FirstSearch database accessible to graduate students and faculty, and to undergraduates by special permission).
• PsycINFO (EBSCOhost): Provides indexing and abstracts for over one million articles in 1,500 journals, plus dissertations, books and book chapters, from 1887 to the present.
• WilsonSelectPlus: Full-text articles in science, humanities, education and business (FirstSearch database accessible to graduate students and faculty, and to undergraduates by special permission).

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]
Special resource:  KenCat [A searchable catalog of the collections at the Kentucky Library & Museum. KenCat includes manuscripts, letters, sheet music, photographs, museum exhibits, images, journals, and books.]
Special resource:  Library Science on the World Wide Web (Bryan Carson)
Special Resource: Computers, Information Science, and Library Science Research at WKU (Bryan Carson)

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

The following are recommended for use:

• 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

Library Faculty:

• Dr. Barbara Fiehn
• Dr. Cynthia Houston http://edtech.tph.wku.edu/~chouston/
• Dr. Marge Maxwell http://www.wku.edu/~marge.maxwell/
• Dr. Robert Smith http://edtech.tph.wku.edu/~rsmith/profrsmith/homepage.htm
• Dr. Luella Teuton http://www.wku.edu/lme/teuton/

Associated Library Faculty:

• Dr. Jim Berger http://www.wku.edu/~jim.berger/
• Ms. Rose Davis http://www.wku.edu/library/whoswho/sci_cat.htm
• Ms. Roxanne Spencer http://www.wku.edu/Library/whoswho/roxanne_test.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 September 19, 2009