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Welcome to the research guide for Emergent Literacy. This guide contains research materials and citation style information to help you complete the class successfully.
See below for course information and a quick list of resources.
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Best Bets
The following can help you start your research.
See the Library Resources tab for more extensive lists of suggested materials.
Databases
- Education Source
- Why search here? This is one of our most important collections for the field of education.
- What’s included? This collection contains the full text of over 1,800 journals and 550 books. It also contains citations and abstracts for almost 3,000 additional journals and information on 100,000 educational tests.
- ERIC
- Why search here? This is one of the most important databases for the field of education.
- What’s included? This database contains almost two million records and more than 500,000 full-text documents, including journal articles, dissertations, and conference proceedings. Many of the hosted documents are not published anywhere else.
- Journal of Reading Education
The focus of the JRE is to promote excellence in literacy education through improvement in the training of reading teachers.
- Literacy Today
Provides a unique cross-sector perspective, from early years to continuing education, on current literacy issues across practice, policy & research. (Not peer reviewed.)
Handbook of Early Literacy Research by Call Number: 372.6 H19154ISBN: 157230653XPublication Date:Important discoveries in research increasingly highlight the role of early literacy in young children’s development—and facilitate the growth of practices and policies that promote success among diverse learners. The Handbook of Early Literacy Research presents cutting-edge knowledge on all aspects of literacy learning in the preschool years.
Supporting Language and Literacy Development in the Early Years by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780335238026Publication Date:Gives guidance to early-years practitioners on how to support young children’s language and literacy development. This book covers the age range 0–7 years and highlights the speed and complexity of this period of growth in children's thinking, communicative abilities, language, social and cultural awareness and physical skills.
Education at Northwestern
These links will take you to official NWOSU university pages.
- School of Education
The School of Education offers a variety of undergraduate majors and a master of counseling psychology (MCP), a master of general psychology, and a master of education (M.Ed.) at the graduate level.
- Division of Education
The Division of Education is committed to helping teacher education candidates, students, and educators meet the high standards expected of higher education institutions and public/private schools today.
- Graduate Studies
If you are interested in furthering your higher education at Northwestern, we offer master’s degree programs in education, counseling psychology, general psychology, and American studies—and one doctorate program in Nursing Practice (BSN to DNP online).
- Master of Education
The master of education degrees are available to any individual who holds a baccalaureate degree in the field of education from an accredited institution and who has a current teaching certificate.