This guide will help you find resources for your elementary education classes. The guide is divided into the following sections:
Search Tips
- Review basic search tips to help you be successful searching the library catalog and databases.
- View a list of recommended databases for elementary education.
Books
- View a list of recommended and newly added physical and electronic books.
Streaming Video
- Find streaming videos related to education.
Cite Your Sources
- Access guides for citing your sources using APA format.
Use boolean operators to combine multiple keywords to get more accurate search results. The venn diagram below shows your search results in orange.
Use AND between your keywords to narrow your search. This will give you a smaller number of results that are more specific to your topic.
Use OR between your keywords to broaden your search. This will give you a larger number of results and is helpful for including synonymous terms.
Use NOT between your keywords to exclude keywords from your search. This is helpful for weeding out irrelevant results.
Additional examples of boolean searches
honeybees AND migration AND "climate change"
honeybees OR "native bees" AND habitat
honeybees OR "honey bees" AND Minnesota NOT bumblebees
The vast majority of our library databases include the ability to filter your search results.
Use the Full Text filter to only search for article you can immediately access in full text.
Use the Peer Reviewed filter to limit your search to articles from scholarly journals.
Use the Publication Date filter to limit your search to a specific date range. For nursing resources, you are often looking for information published in the last 5 years.
Additional filters are often available through the left side bar or by using the advanced search option.
Use the Full Text filter to only search for article you can immediately access in full text.
Use the Peer Reviewed filter to limit your search to articles from scholarly journals.
Use the Publication Date filter to limit your search to a specific date range. For nursing resources, you are often looking for information published in the last 5 years.
Additional filters are often available through the left side bar or by using the advanced search option.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) Provides full text articles from over 4,600 publications, covering a wide range of academic subjects.
ERIC (EBSCO) ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education-based literature and resources.
Google Advanced Search Gives you additional options to narrow your search and get more useful web results for academic research.
- Search by a specific type of website
- .gov = government sites
- .edu = academic sites
- .org = non-profit sites
- .com = commercial sites
- Use your keywords and boolean operators just like you would search the library databases.
Google Scholar
Search the majority of articles published by major academic publishers and academic repositories. Many articles do not have full text available.
Search the majority of articles published by major academic publishers and academic repositories. Many articles do not have full text available.
- Under settings - search for and set your library links to FDLTCC to display a link when you can get full-text access to an article through the FDLTCC library.
- As you browse your search results, you will see a "cited by" link, showing you how many times an article has been cited by other scholars in the field. This helps you get an idea of which articles are most influential in the field.
- If full text access is not available, click the double arrow icon below the article title to show the "GetIt@FDLTCC". This will route you to the library catalog where you can sign in with your StarID and password and auto-populate an interlibrary loan request.
Laura Meek, Jo Phillips, & Sarah Jordan. (2020). Mental Health and Well-being in Primary Education: A Practical Guide and Resource. Pavilion.
Thomas M., et al. The Elementary School Teacher Technology Guidebook: 21 Questions and 282 Answers. Information Age Publishing, 2021.
Nancy A. Wasser. (2021). Narrative As Writing and Literacy Pedagogy for Preservice Elementary Teachers : Giving Children and Teachers a Voice (Vol. 00011). Brill.
Laney Sammons. (2018). Teaching Students to Communicate Mathematically. ASCD.
Liz Williams. (2018). Positive Behaviour Management in Primary Schools : An Essential Guide. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Bear, D. R., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S., & Johnston, F. R. (2020). Words their way : word study for phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction (Seventh edition.). Pearson Education, Inc.
Call Number: Main Collection ; LB1050.44 .B43 2019
Hopkins, J. P. (2020). Indian education for all : decolonizing indigenous education in public schools. Teachers College Press.
Call Number: Main Collection ; E97 .H59 2020
Hernandez, M. (2024). Storytelling with purpose : digital projects to ignite student curiosity (First edition.). International Society for Technology in Education.
Call Number: Main Collection ; LB1042 .H47 2024
Bartell, T. G., Felton-Koestler, M. D., Berry, R. Q., & Lawler, B. (2023). Upper elementary mathematics lessons to explore, understand, and respond to social injustice. Corwin, a Sage Company.
Call Number: Main Collection ; QA135.6 .B375 2023
Sahlberg, P., & Walker, T. D. (2021). In teachers we trust : the Finnish way to world-class schools (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company, Independent Publishers Since 1923.
Call Number: Main Collection ; LA217.2 .S24 2021
McCoy, M. L. (2024). On our own terms : indigenous histories of school funding and policy. University of Nebraska Press.
Call Number: Main Collection ; E97 .M36 2024
Primo OneSearch
Use the library catalog to search for physical books, eBooks, articles, media and more.
Need a source not in the FDLTCC collection? place a resource sharing request
Need a source not in the FDLTCC collection? place a resource sharing request
Films on Demand - Education Browse a list of education-related videos from the Films on Demand Master Academic Collection.
Kanopy An on-demand streaming video service providing access to feature length films, documentaries and education videos across a wide range of subjects.
Kanopy An on-demand streaming video service providing access to feature length films, documentaries and education videos across a wide range of subjects.
Academic writing requires you to correctly format your papers and cite your sources. The field of nursing uses APA style.
See the library's guide on APA formatting for an overview of the most common citation skills you will need as a nursing student:
APA 7th Ed. Citation Guide | Ruth A. Myers Library (mnpals.net)
Purdue OWL offers a more extensive guide you can reference for more advanced citation questions:
APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th Edition) - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University
See the library's guide on APA formatting for an overview of the most common citation skills you will need as a nursing student:
APA 7th Ed. Citation Guide | Ruth A. Myers Library (mnpals.net)
Purdue OWL offers a more extensive guide you can reference for more advanced citation questions:
APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th Edition) - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University
The library catalog and most of the library databases have built in tools to help you format citations for your works cited/reference page.
After finding an article, look for a "Cite" icon. Choose the whichever you are using (APA, MLA, etc.), then, copy and past the citation into your document. Always double check the format in case there are errors.
After finding an article, look for a "Cite" icon. Choose the whichever you are using (APA, MLA, etc.), then, copy and past the citation into your document. Always double check the format in case there are errors.