UC Library Online Resources

The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

Encyclopedia Americana offers the arts, society, geography, history, philosophy, religion, sports, science, and technology to assist with class work, homework, and research projects. Articles include links to further readings, a bibliography, selected full text articles, web page links, and links to related Encyclopedia Americana articles.

The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia includes concise articles on geography, history, government, language, literature, religion, technology, the arts and sciences featuring extensive media resources including photographs, videos, and interactive maps. Also included are an atlas and dictionary. Educators: articles can be grouped by lexile level and are aligned to standards.

The New Book of Knowledge is an easy to use reference designed for the K-12 audience. This database uses engaging graphics and age-appropriate text to motivate elementary and middle school students through the research process, including: educational games, activities, quizzes and more. Educators: teacher resources integrate current events across the curriculum.

For Educators, a section of the Grolier Online web site, is designed exclusively for teacher’s and library media specialists. Included are lesson plans, tools, projects and activities to help educators integrate Grolier Online resources into the curriculum. Features:

• LESSON PLANS include standards, learning objectives, extension activities, discussion points, and assessment measures. Educators can browse by grade or subject, or by state or national standards, to find the lesson plan that best aligns with their needs.
• SEARCH BY LEXILE LEVEL to find resources at the reading level students need. Over 117,000 articles are now leveled using the Lexile Framework to help you differentiate instruction.
• PRO/CON DEBATES present opposing views for lively debates on topics of interest and include lesson plans to help promote crucial thinking skills.
• TEACHING THE NEWS brings current events into the classroom or library with an in-depth lesson plan on select articles.
• PRINTABLE RESOURCES make it easy to supplement lessons, reinforce learning objectives, and support homework assignments.
• WEB LINKS provide direct access to sites for professional development, teaching strategies, and information literacy.

Search or browse the electronic versions of over 300 high quality journals from 60 scholarly publishers. All titles offer cover-to-cover full text.

Full text articles, reviews (books, performances, art, music, etc.), fiction and poetry, and enlargeable illustrations and photographs are available. Subject areas covered include:

• economics
• education
• film
• literature
• history
• philosophy
• political science
• religion
• women's studies

Topics focus on K-12 education and include:

• Assessment
• Best practices
• Continuing eduction
• Current pedagogical research
• Curriculum development
• Elementary education
• Higher Education
• Instructional media
• Language arts
• Literacy standards
• School administration
• Science and mathematics
• Teacher education

TRC is provided free to academic subscribers. Current UC students, faculty and staff may access TRC through UC Library.

TRC is also freely accessible to the general public at http://www.TeacherReference.com/. Current UC students, faculty and staff are encouraged to use TRC through UC Library as full text options may be available.