Resources for Education and Lifelong Learning

Printed materials

Key areas are: 

LA History of education
LB1028-1049 Educational research
LB1050 Reading and reading difficulties
LB1051 Educational psychology
LB1140 Early years education
LB1501 Primary education
LB1523 National Curriculum
LB1564-1570 Curriculum development in general
LB1705-2286 Education and training of teachers
LB2800 School management
LB3013 Classroom control and discipline
LB3051-3060 Assessment
LC2042 Women's education
LC3701-3747 Bilingual and multicultural education
LC3965-4803 Special educational needs

Electronic resources

All the electronic resources for Education and Lifelong Learning can be found through Primo where you can discover individual resources or cross-search a number of them at once. Primo includes key resources such as citation databases, e-journals and e-books, selected websites, subject gateways, data and media resources, news, reference materials and library catalogues.

Visit http://primo.aber.ac.uk/ and Sign In, then click on Databases A-Z and select Education and Lifelong Learning from the Category menu to find important e-resources such as the British Education Index, EducatiON-line, and the Times Higher Education Supplement. Information about each resource is available by clicking on the Show Info button next to it which includes essential information on access on and off-campus.

Find a summary of browsing and searching in Primo here: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/infoskills/primo/

Information skills

See our Information Skills pages for information on:

• finding printed materials in the library
• finding and evaluating electronic information
• keeping up to date in your subject of study
• effective study and bibliographic referencing
• library induction and skills training

There are also useful online tutorials for your subject covering key online information skills - try the tutorial for Education.

Collections

The University's collections contain a wide range of materials, including theses and past papers. You can find details of all our collections here

Services for academic staff

Your subject librarian can provide skills training for students and staff, resource evaluation and more. For full details see this page.

Services for distance learners

Distance learners have access to the same services as on-campus students (i.e. e-resources, print materials, help and support) but the means of access may differ. If you are a distance learner please familiarise yourself with the information here.

Your subject support librarian is: