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Teacher Education

A research guide to help you find books, articles and other resources on topics in Teacher Education.

Finding Books

Books offer in-depth coverage of a subject, overviews of a big topic, and background information. Academic books are often a collection of essays or have distinct chapters on specific aspects of the topic at hand. Use the Table of Contents or the Index of a book to find the book chapter that fits your needs.

Use Omni to find print and online books. 

Finding Children's Books

Faculty of Education's Instructional Resource Centres (IRC) provide specialized instructional resources and media services to support the students, instructors, faculty and staff across the Faculty of Education Programs.

To find picture books or children's literature in the IRC, search Omni by keyword, then Filter your search under Brock Location to I.R.C-WH222-Book Stacks

For online resources, visit the Instructional Resource Centres (IRC) website. 

Finding critical information about children's literature

To find books or encyclopedia entries about children's literature, try a keyword search on one of the databases below. Using keywords like "children's literature" will bring up lots of results. Using keywords such as "children's literature and feminism" or "children's literature and curriculum" will find more specific materials.