Monthly Archives: March 2014

New library resources

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Emma Allison

Whilst looking through the new publications catalogues of Education books, I was pleased to find that many of the new titles are already available in the library.  Also, many of the titles that haven’t yet been published have already been … Continue reading →

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Values education

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Emma Allison

‘Values in teacher education: selected published papers, conference papers and reviews’ by Nick Mead was recently acquired by the IOE library when the author popped in to donate some copies to us. This publication brings together an interesting bulk of … Continue reading →

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Reminder of the Friends Study Day next Tuesday

Posted on March 18, 2014 by rebeccawebster2014

Join us on Tuesday, March 25th 2014, for our annual Friends of Newsam Library & Archives’ (FNLA) Study Day. This year’s event, “Anthem for doomed youth”?: exploring conflict and resolution through archives, considers the concepts of war, conflict and peace … Continue reading →

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In honour of Open Education Week, a LibGuide on Open Education Resources

Posted on March 13, 2014 by UCL Institute of Education Library and Archives

As it is Open Education week, I thought it was time to finalize our latest LibGuide – Open Education: OER and OA . OA and OER are ‘buddies’ (!) as you can see from the image below taken from the … Continue reading →

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Got a question?

Posted on March 7, 2014 by UCL Institute of Education Library and Archives

What?   ‘Effective literature searching’ lunchtime sessions Who can attend?   anyone with a search query or concern Where?   Library Teaching Room, Level 4 Library When?  12.30 – 1.30 on 19th & 26th March, 30th April and 7th May Whether you’ve got a 20,000 … Continue reading →

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Ambiguities that need to be considered: primary and secondary sources

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Nazlin Bhimani

At my “Information and Literature” searching class last night, we looked at the mind maps (outlining concepts and keywords) which the MPhil/PhD students had worked on as part of their pre-search homework.  These were created so that the students could … Continue reading →

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