Education Research Resources

SFU Library is pleased to announce an expanded subscription for 2013 to lynda.com with an unlimited number of users. (Our past subscription was for 6 simultaneous users, which was frequently exceeded.)

If you are unfamiliar with lynda.com, here is a brief description:
“Thousands of video tutorials from expert authors on software, design, and business skills. It covers hundreds of topics, including Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Flash, Final Cut Pro, presentation skills, print and web design, programming, design principles, digital photography and video, animation, and much more.”

You can access lynda.com here: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/10456

Note: New users will need to create a profile the first time they use lynda.com. After that, you will be able to create your own playlists and organize courses.

This is a one year pilot project as there is no ongoing funding to sustain this subscription after January 14, 2014. Over the course of this year, we will be gathering data and feedback on lynda.com to help determine whether this is a resource of use to departments and units across SFU.

If you have any feedback on lynda.com, please send it to lib-lynda@sfu.ca – thanks!

We are pleased to announce that access to the APA PsycTESTS database is now available via SFU Library: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/12168

PsycTESTS indexes more than 6,500 psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessment tools including many relevant to educational psychology. Records provide descriptive information about test development and administration, and in most cases also provide the full-text test instrument. Records link to a variety of materials describing the test in peer-reviewed literature, technical reports, or dissertations.

Tests are compiled from a systematic review of peer-reviewed journals published by APA, Hogrefe Publishing Group, and other large publishers; technical reports from PsycEXTRA®; contributions from individual test authors; collections from the Archives of the History of American Psychology; and more. The database includes primarily unpublished tests, though commercially available tests indexed by APA are also included, with links to purchase instruments from the publisher.

Many thanks to all of you who submitted feedback on this resource.

SFU Library has recently upgraded to the new Education Source database from EBSCO: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/12294

This new “super-database” was developed from a merger of high-quality databases from EBSCO Publishing (including Education Research Complete ) and H.W. Wilson (including Education Full Text ). In addition, Education Source covers hundreds of unique resources that were not previously available elsewhere.

Please note that the following individual databases (now merged in to Education Source ) will no longer be available after January 31, 2012:

- Education Research Complete: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/11853

- Education Full Text: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/5857

- Education Full Text and Retrospective Index (combined search of the current and retro database): http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/11218

Here is some more information about Education Source from the publisher’s website:

“As the most authoritative resource for the study of education, this bibliographic and full-text database covers scholarly research and information to meet the needs of education students, professionals and policy makers.

Education Source was developed from a merger of high-quality databases from EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson, and includes many unique sources that were never previously available. This massive file offers the world’s largest and most complete collection of full-text education journals, and encompasses an international array of English-language periodicals, monographs, yearbooks and more.

This complete source of education scholarship covers all levels of education—from early childhood to higher education—as well as all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education and testing.”

Content includes:

- Full text for over 1,700 journals
- Indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals
- Full text for more than 550 books and monographs
- Full text for numerous education-related conference papers
- Citations for over 4 million articles, including book reviews
- Over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests

- And much more …

In response to much positive feedback we received earlier this summer about trial access to the APA Handbook of Educational Psychology, SFU Library is pleased to announce that ongoing online access to this resource is now available.  Use the links below to access the handbook (published in 3 volumes):

- APA educational psychology handbook. Vol. 1, Theories, constructs, and critical issues: http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/record=b5975480~S1a
“Volume 1 addresses the definition of educational psychology, some of the most critical theories driving research and practice today, broad areas of research that educational psychology has addressed based on multiple theories and that make an important contribution to the field, and emerging and cutting-edge issues.”

- APA educational psychology handbook. Vol. 2, Individual differences and cultural and contextual factors: http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/record=b5975481~S1a
“Volume 2 includes 21 chapters that examine a range of individual differences, cultural factors, and contextual factors affecting student achievement, motivation, and beliefs.”

- APA educational psychology handbook. Vol. 3, Application to teaching and learning: http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/record=b5975482~S1a
“Volume 3 focuses on specific applications of research in educational psychology for assessment and decision making, teaching skills and content, promoting learning, and teacher preparation as well as across the life span and with special populations.”

More information about this resource is available from the publisher:

“The APA Educational Psychology Handbook reflects the broad nature of the field today, with state-of-the-science reviews of the diverse critical theories driving research and practice; in-depth investigation of the range of individual differences and cultural/contextual factors that affect student achievement, motivation, and beliefs; and close examination of the research driving current assessment, decision making, teaching skills and content, teacher preparation, and the promotion of learning across the life span and with special populations.”

We are very pleased to present these two new resources for Education researchers:

1) Education Research Complete: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/11853

Start your research here!  Education Research Complete is a comprehensive bibliographic and full-text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education.  Includes indexing and abstracts for more than 2,300 journals and full-text for over 1,400 journals. Also includes full-text for over 550 books, monographs, and conference papers. Topics include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.

2) Teacher Reference Center: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/11854

SFU Library is pleased to announce that access is now available to the Education in Video database: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/11805

Education in Video is an online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers.  This resource allows users to watch teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.  Many of the videos in this collection include supplementary materials (available as downloadable PDF files) to aid in their use in classroom discussions and assignments.  Through this resource, instructors and students can link abstract theories to practical, real-world examples.

The database currently provides over 170 streaming video titles (apx. 100 hours) and is expected to expand in time to over 1,000 titles (apx. 750 hours).  After connecting to the database, users have an additional option to create a login to save favourite clips or create playlists.

*Please note that while Education in Video is licensed for public performance rights on campus, access to this resource is limited to 3 simultaneous users.*

The BCTF Research study The Worklife of BC Teachers in 2009 is now online on the BCTF web site. Individual chapters can be opened, or a PDF version of the whole study may also be read. Chapters include:

• Demographic and employment characteristics of BC teachers
• Teachers’ education and professional development
• Workload issues
• How teachers spent their summer break
• Satisfaction and stress in teaching
• Sources of stress, and changes in areas of stress, workload and job satisfaction
• Teachers’ perceptions of the effects of stress
• Inclusive education issues and perceptions
• Teachers’ priority areas for BCTF bargaining and advocacy

In addition to the reports published here, BCTF Research and Information Services staff have published:

• A review of Canadian teacher worklife studies since 2001
• Links to relevant BCTF Research Reports, and to recent international literature on teachers’ work in other countries
• Literature and multi-media resources on work-life balance and stress in society
• Links to BCTF programs supporting teacher wellness, rehabilitation and Health and Safety

All of these can be found at: http://www.bctf.ca/TeacherWorklife.aspx

- Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Realistic Strategies for Schools, by Susan Swearer Dorothy Espelage, and Scott Napolitano (Guilford Press, 2009)

-  Cyberbullying 2010: What the research is telling us…, by Amanda Lenhart (Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2010)

-  Cyber Security Tip ST06-005: Dealing with Cyerbullies, by Mindi McDowell (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2008)

Did you know that the National Film Board’s Online Screening Room is now licensed for non-theatrical, public performance use at SFU?  That means that the hundreds of Canadian-produced films and documentaries freely available online (in streaming video format) from this site can be screened in your classroom anytime: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/9294

“The NFB’s online Screening Room provides free viewing of over 700 productions, films, trailers and clips from the NFB’s world-renowned collection. Coverage ranges from historical films dating back to 1928 to current contemporary releases, including award-winning documentaries, animation and fiction. The online Screening Room also features Playlists, where users can find suggestions from film experts and filmmakers. New films will be added each week.”

Many NFB films are also available in DVD format from the Library’s Media Resource Centre (located on the 3rd floor of the Bennett Library) and can be booked for classroom use.  For more information, contact lib-mc-staff@sfu.ca.