EDC 743 Science in Elementary Grade: Overview

Education Resources

Education resources located in the library (2nd floor) include:

• Professional books in education

• Curriculum books in education

• Children’s fiction and nonfiction books

• Young adult fiction and nonfiction books

• SELECT Nook collection

• Big books

• Instructional aids (kits, games and manipulatives)

• Test preparation collection

• Educational and psychological test collection

• Many online education databases

• Education print periodicals

• Education Resources Reference collection

• Leveled readers

• Global Children's Literature Collection

29,000 books are housed as a unit in the second floor Education Resource Area.  Each of these items has Educ. Res. preceding its Library of Congress Classification in the catalog.

For information on additional resources, including databases, please see Childhood Education and Care and Secondary and Higher Education LibGuides.

Education Resource Area is open anytime when the library is open.

SSU Library Hours

•     SSU Library Education Databases
•     Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
•     MBLC Free Resources 
•     Boston Public Library eCard

Looking to order a ClipperCard? Find directions for uploading your photo and ordering a card here. ClipperCard is your student ID card and your SSU Berry library card.

Email ClipperCard office: clippercard@salemstate.edu

Use the NOBLE online library catalog to search for books, e-books, streaming videos.  To request non-SSU items, provide your library card number on the back of your Clipper Card with your password/pin number (request password/pin number online or at the Library Help Desk)

• Boston Public Library Electronic Resources

  A wide range of electronic resources available to Boston Public Library card holders. Note: cards may be obtained via the BPL's web page and are available to residents of Massachusetts. Please see BPL eCard web page for more information. http://www.bpl.org/general/circulation/ecards.htm

• EBSCO eBook Collection

  EBSCO eBook Collection is a collection of over 3000 online books and resource materials available through the web. Many different subject areas are covered including business, buying and selling a home, careers, complete idiot's guides, computer how to books, consumer health, consumer law, psychology, self help, sports coaching, sports how to books, study guides, travel, and web development. Note: The EBSCO eBook Academic Collection is included in this large resource.

• Gale eBooks

  A collection of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources featuring a wide variety of full-text, interdisciplinary content. A great starting point for your research.

• OverDrive

  24/7 access to Salem State and NOBLE library consoritum's digital collection of popular and academic eBooks and audiobooks available for downloading and streaming. View tutorial: 

• The Online Books Page

  More than 30,000 free books on the Web.(UPenn)

• Project Gutenberg

  Provides free access to over 25,000 books in its catalog and links to affiliated projects.

• Scholastic BookFlix

  All the fiction/nonfiction pairs in BookFlix are categorized according to nine themes: Animals and Nature; Earth and Sky; Family and Community; People and Places; Music and Rhyme; ABC's and 1, 2, 3's; Adventure; Imagination; and Celebrations. From the Home page, click on one of the nine themes to browse the pairs in each category. Pairs are listed in alphabetical order by story title.