What's New at the ESSL |
Scanner Now Available in the Education and Social Science LibraryA standard scanner that offers color and black-and-white copies is now available in the Education and Social Science Library (ESSL). Located near the public printer in the ESSL, the scanner offers library users an electronic alternative to making paper copies. Questions about this new equipment should be directed to the ESSL reference staff at 217-244-1864. Posted 4/23/08 History of the Education and Social Science LibrarySince its founding in 1901 as the Pedagogical Library, the Education and Social Science Library (ESSL) has had a number of different names and locations. For a brief history of the ESSL, please visit the History of the ESSL page. Collections once claiming a home in ESSL include Linguistics, Philosophy, Speech & Hearing Science, and the United Nations documents. Read the history to see which collections are currently located here, and when they were incorporated. Posted 4/7/08 Data Services at the LibraryNeed help finding statistical or spatial data? Dawn-Owens Nicholson (Data Archivist, ATLAS) and librarians with a wide range of expertise will be available during Data Services Office Hours to help you locate relevant data sets in opinion polls, election studies, social surveys, census, education, and health data and prepare them for analysis in SPSS, SAS, STATA and ArcGIS. Location: Government
Documents Library (200D Main Library) Posted 2/4/08 Library Research for Distance Learners in Education: New Web siteDistance Education: A Guide to Library Research for Distance Learners in Education is a new web site developed for UIUC Education students enrolled in off-campus classes. It brings together valuable information and resources to make it easier to use the library effectively from a distance, specifically tailored to the needs of education students. Please send feedback or questions to Nancy O'Brien, Education Librarian. Posted 1/27/08 Can you help the library replace its missing journals?At times, and for a variety of reasons, the library may not receive issues of journals, or discovers that issues have disappeared after receipt. We have compiled a list of missing journals, and would gratefully accept donations of personal copies. Please contact Nancy O'Brien for more information. Posted 12/1/04. |
