Reading

 

How to Find Books

 

Information on books can be retrieved from Buley Library directly on your own computer. The materials that we don't own can be requested through interlibrary loan. Look up on CONSULS - the online catalog for SCSU, CCSU, ECSU, and WCSU at http://library.southernct.edu.  It can be searched by author, title, keyword or subject.        

   

E.g.        

Subjects:    reading

                                    

 reading comprehension

                                    

 reading disability

                                    

Keywords:    balanced reading

                                     

 literacy acquisition

 

LB1050 .R477 2003  Strategies for reading assessment and instruction : helping every child succeed, D. Ray Reutzel, Robert B. Cooter, Jr. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Merrill Prentice Hall, 2003

LB1049.95 .N39 2003  Literacy acquisition : the role of phonology, morphology and orthography, edited by R. Malatesha Joshi, Che Kan Leong, and Bozydar L.J. Kaczmarek.  Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, 2003

LB1050.46 .M35 2003 Assessment for reading instruction by Michael C. McKenna, Steven A. Stahl Publisher New York : Guilford Press, 2003

LB1050.46 .F55 2003 Assessing readers : qualitative diagnosis and instruction by Rona F. Flippo Publisher Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, 2003

 

How to Find Articles 

For journal articles, use the Online Databases at http://library.southernct.edu

Here are some of the recommended databases

 

Academic Search Premiere

Education Abstracts

Education - Full-text from Sage
ERIC
Expanded Academic ASAP 

General Reference Center Gold

InfoTrac

Literature Resource Center
Educator's Reference Complete 
WilsonSelect Plus

 

The following is a select list of journals SCSU owns in paper and/or online:      

Journal of adolescent and adult literacy

Journal of reading , writing , and learning disabilities , international

Journal of reading behavior   

Journal of research in reading   

Journal of the reading specialist 

Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation searchable by title, keyword and descriptors

Reading

Reading and writing quarterly 

Reading horizons 

Reading improvement 

Reading Online

Reading research and instruction : the journal of the college reading association 

Reading research quarterly 

Reading teacher 

Reading today a bimonthly newspaper of the international reading association 

Reading world 

Rethinking Schools Online addresses problems such as basal readers, standardized testing, and textbook-dominated curriculum.

Scientific studies of reading   

Yearbook (Claremont reading conference )  

 

Assessment

National Center for Education Statistics  

ETS Research & Development  

Literacy Assessment Techniques describes various literacy assessment techniques

Principles of Effective Literacy Assessment a short essay that lists and describes eight principles of an effective literacy assessment.
Reading Assessment Database from Grade K to 2 describes in detail all available early reading assessment tools that are published and distributed in the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory region
Reading Assessment Handbook Developed by  presents an overview of Pennsylvania's assessment system

Running Records provides information regarding the definition and use of running records in a classroom.

Organizations, Agencies & Institutions

CIERA - Center for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement

NRP - National Reading Panel 

International Reading Association

Balanced Reading

BalancedReading.com Resources for the balanced reading teacher
balanced Reading Lesson Planner

Guided Reading

4 Blocks Literacy Framework

Scholastic.com

Guided Reading in Kindergarten

Using Literacy Centers

Other Related Websites

No Child Left Behind - Ed.gov

Elementary Literacy K-6 Reading Instruction

Partnership for Reading Research-Based Principles for Adult Basic Education Reading Instruction

June Cheng
Education Librarian
Last updated 11/21/2007