The Library Science and Information Services program is part of the Department of Educational Leadership and Human Development. Click here to visit the program's web page.
Contact Reference: reference@libserv.ucmo.edu or call 660-543-4154.
Subject Bibliographer: Barbara Wales, JCK Library 2454.
Send comments or questions to wales@libserv.ucmo.edu or phone 543-4797.
Library handouts and tutorials are available here.
Academic Search Complete: Multidisciplinary database with more than 5500 full text periodicals, including more than 4600 peer-reviewed journals
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database: Reviews of children's books and other media
Education: A SAGE Full Text Collection: Full text collection of education journals
Education Research Complete: K12 to higher ed database indexing over 1800 journals, more than 900 full text
Education Full Text: Indexes periodicals, yearbooks, and books relating to education. Full text coverage begins in 1996
Education Index Retrospective :: Indexing of education literature from 1929-1983
ERIC: Abstracts and indexes journal articles and research reports in education, 1966-present
Library Literature and Information Science Full Text: Indexes library and information science periodicals, proceedings, theses, and pamphlets; full text articles from over 100 publications
Library Literature Retrospective :: Index of library literature from 1905 to 1983.
List of K-12 Databases: Check the list of databases designed for use in a K-12 setting
Note: This is not an exhaustive journal list
Banned in the USA [electronic resource]: A reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries/ Herbert N. Foerstel. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Beyond the book [electronic resource] : technology integration into the secondary school library media curriculum/ Sandra L. Doggett ; edited by Paula Kay Montgomery. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
Booktalks, bookwalks, and read-alouds [electronic resource]: Promoting the best new children's literature across the elementary curriculum/ Rosanne J. Blass. Westport, CT : Libraries Unlimited, 2002.
Cruising through research [electronic resource]: library skills for young adults/ John D. Volkman. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1998.
Dictionary for library and information science / Joan M. Reitz. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, c2004. Ref Z1006 R45 2004
Encyclopedia of library and information science / edited by Miriam A. Drake. New York: Marcel Dekker, c2003. 2nd ed. UCM Reference Ref Z1006 E57 2d vols. 1-4
International encyclopedia of information and library science / edited by John Feather and Paul Sturges. London ; New York: Routledge, 2003. 2nd ed. Ref Z1006 I57 2003
General Library Science Resources:
DMOZ Open Directory Project--Library and Information Science
Library Science Resources
Library Media Center Information from DESE, including Standards for Missouri LMC's
ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science. A browsable dictionary of library and information science
Associations and Agencies:
American Association of School Librarians
American Library Association
American Society for Information Science and Technology ASIST is an organization for information professionals investigating ways to improve access to information.
Beta Phi Mu National Library and Information Science Honor Society
DESE (Missouri's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
International Association of School Librarianship International forum to promote effective school library media programs
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLANET) International body representing the interests of library and information services and their users.
Missouri Library Association
Special Libraries Association
Information Literacy:
AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Educom Review: Information Literacy as a Liberal Art (article)
Information Literacy resources from the American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
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