New e-reference resources

The Library has access to some new online reference titles:

Encyclopedia of giftedness, creativity, and talent [electronic resource]
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2009.

Sage encyclopedia of qualitative research methods [electronic resource]
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2008.

Encyclopedia of the social and cultural foundations of education [electronic resource]
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2009.





Encyclopedia of play in today's society [electronic resource]
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2009.

For more e-reference titles, check out some of the Library's e-book collections.

What are reference resources and why would I use them?

Reference sources are often the best place to start your research because they:

* provide a good introduction to a topic.
* provide brief, factual information.
* summarize and clarify issues.
* define unfamiliar terms.
* identify additional relevant sources such as books and periodical articles.

(from How to Find Reference Sources, Memorial University Libraries)

E-books platform comes to Brock Library

See this article in Brock News about the Library's newest e-book platform:

E-books platform comes to Brock Library

New Books for October

Take a look at the New Books list for October 2009. Some notable new titles in the Gibson Library:


The Cambridge companion to Piaget / edited by Ulrich Müller, Jeremy I.M. Carpendale, Leslie Smith.
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
BF 723 C5 C35 2009






Handbook of child development and early education : research to practice / edited by Oscar A. Barbarin, Barbara Banna Wasik.
New York : Guilford Press, c2009.
HQ 772 H33 2009



Academic motivation and the culture of school in childhood and adolescence / [edited by] Cynthia Hudley, Adele Eskeles Gottfried.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
LB 1065 A225 2008



Redefining teacher development / Jonathan Neufeld.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
LB 1715 N484 2009








Beyond reflective practice : new approaches to professional lifelong learning / edited by Helen Bradbury ... [et al.].
London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
LC 5215 B5 2010







And for fun (shelved alphabetically in the popular reading collection [main floor of Library]):

The little stranger / Sarah Waters.






Her fearful symmetry : a novel / Audrey Niffenegger.






Too much happiness : stories / Alice Munro.






The year of the flood : a novel / Margaret Atwood.

New e-reference book

We now have access to 21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook. This reference e-book "...offers 100 chapters written by leading experts in the field that highlight the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates facing educators today" (from the Sage website). You can access the item through the Library catalogue.

Open Access Week

What is Open Access?

Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication. Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the copyright-holder.

Why does Open Access matter?

Open Access encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement of knowledge and benefit to society.

For more information:

• What Faculty can do to promote Open Access
• What Universities and Administrators can do to promote Open Access
• What Research Funders can do to promote Open Access

--from http://www.library.brocku.ca/openaccess.htm

What do I need to know about the Library?

This is the Powerpoint from a session I did for EDUC 5P63, but it is applicable for anyone who wants to know a bit about library research here at Brock. This will also be posted at https://learning.library.brocku.ca/ along with some other great online tutorials. Check them out!

Educ 5P63

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Tours of the Learning Commons

If you are new to Brock or if you have not yet had a look around the new Learning Commons, we are offering tours during the first couple of weeks of classes. Tours of the Matheson Learning Commons and Library will be offered at 11am and 3pm daily Monday-Friday from September 8-11 and September 14-18. Tours begin at the posted sign near the south entrance and last approximately 20 minutes.