Education Resources

►Minerva Search for books and media here. Minerva includes 85 other libraries.

►MaineCat This is Maine's library catalog which includes over 100 libraries with over 3 million unique titles. Maine Info Net contains all of Minerva's records.

If you find something at another library you can 'request' it and it will be shipped to CMCC. Click the Request button to order material. Use your name and barcode number (on your CMCC id) to order it. If you cant find what you need in Minerva, then search and request in MaineCat.

►My Minerva Login Renew your stuff - or manage your patron record (what you have checked out or on hold) here. You can renew your material here or see when things are due, or see what you have requested from other libraries.

►CMCC serials This is a list of the journals/magazines available on our shelves

►Peer Review.pdf What is peer-review and how do you find peer reviewed articles?

Reference materials are frequently used items, such as dictionaries and encyclopedias which you can use in the library. They are not allowed to be checked out.

Handbook of learning disabilities
edited by H. Lee Swanson, Karen R. Harris, Steve Graham
Ref LC4704.H364 2003

Major authors and illustrators for children and young adults
Ref PN451.M37 2002 8 volumes

►ERIC database (from this link, choose "All databases", ERIC is near the end of the list.) ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,194,000 bibliographic records (citations) and links to more than 100,000 full-text (the entire article) documents from ERIC .

Interlibrary Loan

Did you know you can order articles which are not full text? Simply bring a copy of the citation to a Librarian, and we will order it from another library.

►Primary Search This database provides full text to nearly 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. Full text articles are designated a lexile (reading level) indicator.

►Academic Search Premier This database covers a broad range of disciplines and is often a good place to start research. This database is intended for Academic Libraries. It provides full text for roughly 4,650 journals, including full text for over 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Backfiles to over 100 older journals are provided via PDF files, and older references are available for over 1,000 other journals.

►Masterfile Premier This multidisciplinary database is intended for public library users. It provides full text to roughly 1,950 reference publications. Full text information goes back to 1975. It also includes the full text of 500 reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, flags, and maps.

►Proquest There are multiple databases in Proquest, including the Career & Technical Education, News, Psychology, and Sociology databases.

Use internet resources with care. Remember you should always evaluate the quality of web pages you choose to use for your research. They can be the 'junk food' of information; they're quick, easy to find, but aren't really nutritious. Some instructors have restrictions on what or how many (if any at all) web sites you can use.

►Maine Department of Education Topics in this Maine education web site range from grant information to standards and assessment. It is searchable.

►Education World® The Educator's Best Friend This website is intended for K-12 teachers and administrators. It includes lesson plans, links to over 120,000 reviewed education web sites, curriculum information as well as a whole host of other information. There is an advanced search feature, links to holiday resources and archives.

►The Educator's Reference Desk Includes a resource collection of web links relating to a wide variety of education issues, a collection of over 2,000 lesson plans, and a question and answer archive of over 200 frequently asked questions.

►ERIC Database provided by the U.S. Department of Education. Its coverage is different from the database provided by EBSCO. There are over a million citations and more than 100,000 full-text non-journal documents.

►Yahoo! Education A directory of web sites related to education. Topics are organized into over 3 dozen broad categories. This site is also searchable.

MLA handbook for writers of research papers - Permanent Reserve Library - may be used in the Library

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association -Permanent Reserve Library - may be used in the Library

►The OWL at Purdue Tips on documenting sources, creating bibliographies, formatting papers, and much more.

►NoodleBib Noodlebib will create APA and MLA citations automatically. Noodletools makes the user answer a series of questions regarding the material to be cited and a citation is created in the proper format. In addition to using a CMCC password and ID (if using this service off-campus), you will need to create your own personal ID and password, (and remember it) to use this service.

The Writing Center - Lapoint 110
Call 755-5211 for hours. Students are advised to sign up for an appointment.