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Primary Search (This link opens in a new window)A full-text database providing popular children's magazines, encyclopedia entries, and an image collection.
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Middle Search Plus (for K-12) (This link opens in a new window)Provides access to articles from popular magazines geared towards middle school students. Also includes biographies, primary source documents, and other background source material.
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Explora for Primary Schools (This link opens in a new window)This database is targeted for use by students in kindergarten through fifth grade, and their educators.
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Explora for Secondary School (grades 6-12) (This link opens in a new window)This database is targeted for use by students in sixth through twelfth grade, and their educators.
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General Background Sources:
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Credo Reference Academic Core (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
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Oxford Reference Online: Premium (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
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Britannica Academic (This link opens in a new window)
Provides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
Discipline-Specific Background Sources:
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Current Research in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9783319923956Publication Date: 2018 -
Handbook of Multilingual TESOL in Practice
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9789811993497Publication Date: 2023 -
Current Perspectives on the TESOL Practicum
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9783030287559Publication Date: 2020 -
Use Additional Online Resources
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NCELA - National Clearinghouse for English Language AcquisitionContains data and demographics and resources for teaching and professional development.
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CARLA - Center for Advanced Research on Language AcquisitionWebsite of CARLA at University of Minnesota. Contains many resources, such as lists of language learning organizations, lesson plans, and more.
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Colorín ColoradoTools and materials that you can use in the classroom, with parents, and for your own professional development.
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International Children's Digital Library: A Library for the World's ChildrenA digital library of over 10,000 children's book in 54 languages and from over 650 countries. The premier children's digital library.
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Language MagazineA monthly publication that provides contemporary information for language learners, educators, and professionals around the world.
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Bilingual and TESOL Education Course Guides
Below is a list of this semester's Course Guides for this subject:
