Education collections
The Education collection is a graduate collection offering an extensive coverage of education related subjects to support the research and teaching of faculty and students in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and its Research Centres.
The collection can be viewed in two parts: a theoretical collection and an applied collection of classroom support material in both print and media.
The collection strengths include curriculum theory, educational psychology, early childhood, primary and secondary education, student wellbeing, educational leadership, higher education, educational research, language acquisition, educational administration, gifted education and assessment.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson
- Catalogue search example: Subject Search - educational tests and measurements -- Australia
School level text books
This collection includes textbooks that are currently being used in Victorian schools from pre-school level to year 12 and the International baccalaureate
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson TB
- Catalogue search example: Keyword Search - Egypt* and “juvenile literature”
Picture books
For children up to 8 years old. It provides resources to support students’ lesson plans during teaching rounds. Books in this collection are arranged by the author’s surname.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson Z
- Catalogue search example: Keyword Search - garden* and “juvenile fiction”
Junior fiction
For children 8-16 years old. It provides resources to support students’ lesson plans during teaching rounds. Books in this collection are arranged by the author’s surname.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson J
- Catalogue search example: Keyword Search - supernatural and “juvenile fiction”
Children’s literature award winners
This is a collection of award winning children’s books from Australia (Picture Book of the Year; Book of the Year; and the Crichton Award), Great Britain (Carnegie Medal; Kate Greenaway Medal) and the USA (Caldecott Medal; Newbery Medal; and the Michael L. Printz Award). The books are not available for loan. There are copies available for loan in the Picture Books and Junior Fiction Collections.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson AWARD
- Catalogue search example: Keyword Search - “juvenile fiction” and “book of the year”
Kit collection
Our classroom teaching materials include: audio visual teaching packages; puppets; tests; models; poster packs; big books; measuring equipment; games; and language learning kits.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson KIT; and UniM Giblin Eunson BAG
- Catalogue search example: Keyword Search - (music or percussions) and (realia or kit)
DVDs
DVDs are shelved by Dewey Number. To find DVD location and call numbers you can search the Library Catalogue or browse the shelves.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson DVD
- Catalogue search example: Keyword Search - language* and (teaching or learning) and videorecording
Videocassettes
The Library has a small collection of videocassettes.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson VID
- Building location [hyperlink to floor map]
- Catalogue search example: Keyword Search - montessori and videorecording
CDs
The Audio CD collection includes classical music, jazz, popular music, spoken word, sound-effects and children’s songs.
Other extensive CD Collections are held at the University’s Music Library and Lenton Parr Visual & Performing Arts Library.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson CD
- Catalogue search examples: Keyword Search - children classics sound recording
CD-ROMs
The CD-ROM Collection consists of software for MAC and PC Operating Systems. These resources are primarily resources for early childhood, primary- and secondary education.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson CDROM
- Catalogue search example: Keyword Search - reading and ”computer file”
Pictures and posters
This teaching collection includes charts, art reproductions and posters. It is an important early childhood, primary and secondary teaching resource. Items in this collection can be located on the Library Catalogue but can also be browsed via Dewey Numbers.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson PIC
- Catalogue search example: Keywords search - emotions + limit to “2-d graphic”
Journals
Most of the education journals are available online. Our print journals are shelved alphabetically by title.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson P
- Catalogue search example: Title Search - Journal of Education
Reference
The majority of our reference resources are now available online. We have a print quick reference collection which contains subject specific resources, such as, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories and handbooks.
- Catalogue location: UniM Giblin Eunson REF
- Catalogue search example: Keyword Search - education and dictionary
Education theses
The Education Thesis Collection is available on request from the ERC Stack. Please request these for retrieval at the ERC Service Desk. The collection includes: Faculty of Education Masters (major and minor), DEd and some PhD theses, as well as former Melbourne CAE Arts theses.
- Catalogue location: UniM ERC ST
- Catalogue search example: Keyword Search - education and "university of melbourne" and thesis