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At King's, we have a collection dedicated to curriculum materials.
Below is a brief outline of the resources in this collection. There are many more resources than those listed here.
Periodicals (print magazines and journals) can are at the back of the library and to the left of the curriculum collection. Many of the current education periodicals have a blue sticker on the label for the title.
The rest of the collection is in the room to the right of the service desk.
YA Fiction: Young Adult Novels
Graphic Novels
ESL Novels
B: Philosophy
C-GT & H-K: Social studies resources
GV: Physical Education
LB: Pedagogy or issues of teaching and learning
M & N: Art and music
PE: High school English Langauge arts materials
PZ: Children's books
Q, QB-QL, S & T: Science
QA: Mathematics
QP & R: Health
Kits, Oversize materials and manipulatives are shelved at the back of the collection.
Kits include things like mathematics manipulatives, puppets and other items.
Unit Plans developed by other teachers or organizations can be found in every section.
If you are looking for Unit Plans create by previous students in EDUC 303 those are on reserve behind the service desk.
Scholarly books disseminate research and academic discussion among professionals within disciplines. They are intended for academic study and research, and are preferred when writing college-level papers. They are published by academic or university presses.
Adapted from University of Toronto Libraries.
Scholarly Books Non-Scholarly Books
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These clues will go a long way towards assisting you in differentiating between books intended for the scholar and therefore, preferred when writing research papers, from trade publications or mass market publications that are intended for a general audience.
Publisher: A good clue to a scholarly resource is its publisher.
Books from publishers specializing in the field will tend to be of better quality textually then those that don’t.
Cited References and Bibliography – Even more than a useful tool for evaluating the reliability of an author, cited references are an excellent indication of the scholarship of a work.
Content – examine these aspects of the work to assist in ascertaining the scholarship of a work:
Graphics, Charts, Illustrations, etc.: many scholarly works will have graphs, charts, illustrations, etc.
© Janet Tillman/The Master’s University, 2008-2014, permission is granted for non-profit educational use; any reproduction or modification should include this statement.
Most of our materials are organized on the shelf using Library of Congress call numbers. When looking at the number on the book spine, these would be read one line at a time.
For example:
DA
36
A77
Books are arranged in alphabetical order, by the letters on the first line of the call number.
For example, first come all the D call numbers, then all the DA call numbers, then DB, etc.
Within the DA call numbers, books are arranged in number order.
The numbers are arranged in numerical order, from low to high.
Line 3 of the call number has a letter and a number. The letters are in alphabetical order.
Once you find the letter, read the number. But note these are decimals not whole numbers.
Example: A55 is read as A .55. This is why A55 comes before A6 (A .55, A .6, A .65).
NEOS
Since we are part of NEOS, you can borrow any print resources from you see when searching for materials in the library catalogue. So there is a good chance that can find the print resources you want if we don't have them.
However, this also means other students in NEOS can borrow King's books.
Edmonton Public Library
Your King's ID card can be registered as an EPL card (look for the registration page on kingsu.ca/library). EPL is another excellent place to look for materials, especially children's books, picture books, children's non-fiction and electronic materials. They also have some useful databases such as Solaro which covers grade 3 through grade 12 of the Alberta curriculum.