Monday, April 6, 2009

Carol Maksian, the Reference Librarian for Education

Overview of information from the interview:

Research materials in Library West:

downstairs: all education periodicals are in the rows of books marked L, there are newspapers/magazines to the right of Library West that relate to education, microfilms available with a room where you can view them, ect.

upstairs: more periodicals, curriculum books which are available in teachers edition and children's books (mostly best sellers or award winners)

Education Research Guides: clicking on the education research guide brings you to a page with several guides to different education levels and education related guides (elementary ed, general ed, curriculum & instruction, ect.). These guides allow you to view where you can find related articles, stats, web resources, journals, books, and citations that are related to the guide you selected. Using these guides makes researching easier and quicker than typing the topic in to the general article/database search and looking through tons of articles.

Helpful Information:

  • most of the periodicals that were published after 1990 can be accessed online in full text
  • RefWorks cites any source for you- located on the library homepage under Help & Instruction
  • Carol Maksian is in the library Monday-Friday 10:00-noon & 2:00-4:00
The reference librarians are extremely useful and more than willing to help you out...
USE THEM!

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