Education: Literacy  

Standards

Research

Standards for the English Language Arts PDF -National Council of Teachers of English & the International Reading Association
Standards for the English Language Arts HTML -National Council of Teachers of English & the International Reading Association
English Language Arts Section-   Parameters for Essential Instruction - Maine Standards

Online Sources

NoveList K-8 -Fogler subscription databases (see Curricular Connections)
Read Write Think - from the National Council of Teachers of English & the International Reading Association
Teaching Ideas Center -  from the National Council of Teachers of English

Books with Lesson Plans

• Search URSUS under Keyword with Literacy (lesson plans OR activity)
• Search URSUS under Keyword with Reading (lesson plans OR activity)
• Search URSUS under Keyword with Writing (lesson plans OR activity)
• Search URSUS under Keyword with Children's literature (lesson plans OR activity)
• Browse the stacks around LB1576 for Literacy lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around LB1572-LB1580 and LB1632 for Reading lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around LB1631-LB1632 for Writing lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around LB1575 for Children's literature lesson plans

Searching URSUS Keyword searching allows for entire record in URSUS to be searched.  See examples of keyword searching below:

• fluency reading- you do not need to use AND between terms
• "miscue analysis"- use "" for a phrase
• writing (ESL OR ELL) - use OR with () for synonyms
• read-aloud poem*- use * to capture both singular and plural

Searching Databases for Journal Articles

ERIC Databases 
ERIC is a Department of Education database that began in 1966.Fogler Library has two versions of  ERIC. The EBSCO version is easier to search and has quicker access to full-text. Peer review is not reliable with the EBSCO version. It does not find all the peer reviewed journals if you limit by this.  The CSA version is reliable for limiting by peer review . The  CSA version requires an activated UMaine card.  The EBSCO version  requires either an activated UMaine card or an account on MARVEL!
Guide for ERIC (EBSCO)      Guide for ERIC (CSA)

Education Full Text Database
This is a high quality database produced by W. H. Wilson that began in 1983.  Journals are indexed "cover to cover" and the search can be reliably limited to peer reviewed journals. This database provides full text for over 350 journal titles.  Article Linker provides full-text for many others through EBSCO. This database requires an activated UMaine card.
Guide for Education Full Text

Checking out Books

• Your UMaine card is your library card.
• You can renew your books online by clicking on the link for User Services in at the bottom of the screen in URSUS.
• If the book is held by the University of Maine System at a different campus, you can use the request button at the top of URSUS screen to have the book sent to Fogler. You will need to type in the 14 digit number on the back of your UMaine card. You will be notified when the book arrives.

Printing On Campus

• Your UMaine card  has money for printing .
• Every semester $16 is placed in your account for printing.
• Printing on the library printers and in the IT clusters is $.04 a page.

Connecting to Databases Remotely

• You can connect to the databases remotely.
• You will need to use the 14 digit number on the back of your UMaine card.
• You will also need to make sure that your library account has been activated. If you have checked out a book, this was done automatically. If you have not checked out books  you can have your UMaine activated at one of the circulation desks.
• Once circulation has scanned in your account number you will be able to access the databases remotely in 2-3 days.

Locating Print Journals in Fogler

• The journals are shelved in alphabetic order unless otherwise noted in URSUS.
• The stairs to the journals are located in the older part of the library.  You can only get to Floors 1b and 2b through these stairs.
• Floor 1 contains  A -- Chemical Society Journal
• Floor 1b contains  Chemical Society Proceedings -- Journal of Reprints for Anti-Trust Law and Economics
• Floor 2 contains  Journal of Reproduction and Fertility -- Physical Review
• Floor 2b contains  Physical Review A -- Zygon

Photocopying

• Your UMaine card is used for photocopying journal articles.
• The $16 that is added to your account every semester for printing cannot be used for photocopying
• You can add money to your Campus Fund at the VTS machines. There is a machine in the circulation area and another in the Memorial Union next to the ATM machine.
• You can also add money at the UMaine card office.