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Databases
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Journals
BU has digital access to approximately 35,000 current journals. Additionally, BU has
print subscriptions to about 10,000 journals.
To determine if we have a journal available electronically, search the
eJournal Locator. To find out if we have a print copy of a journal, search the Library's
Catalog. Both of these search tools may be found on the top page of the Library's
Website.
The best way to find journal articles on a particular topic or by a
particular author is to search appropriate databases. The primary
databases in Education are listed on, and accessible from, the Education
eResources Guide.Selected e-journals subscriptions in Literacy and Reading:
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy 1997+
Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 2000+
Journal of College Reading and Learning 1997+
Journal of Reading Education 2005+
Journal of Research in Reading 1997+
Language and Literacy 1999+
Literacy Learning 2007+
New England Reading Association Journal 1996+
Reading and Writing 2005+
Reading and Writing Quarterly 1997+
Reading Horizons 1996+
Reading Improvement 1996+
Reading Psychology 1999+
Reading Research and Instruction 1995+
Reading Research Quarterly 2001+
Reading Teacher 1990+
Reading Today 2000+
Books
Library Catalog Subject Headings:
Content Area Reading
English Language -- Composition and Exercises -- Study and Teaching
Language Arts
Literacy
Literacy -- United States
Reading (Elementary)
Reading (Secondary)
Reading -- United StatesSelected List of Titles
Advocacy Research in Literacy Education: Seeking Higher Ground
Mugar LC149 .C456 2007The Best of Writing Bug
Education LB1576 .B4856 2007Becoming a Great Teacher of Reading : Achieving High Rapid Reading Gains with Powerful, Differentiated Strategies
Education LB1573 .C255 2007Closing the Literacy Gap
Education LB1050.5 .G848 2006Content Area Reading : Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum
Education LB1050.455 .V33 2008Content Reading and Literacy: Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classrooms
Education LB1050.455 .A47 2007Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students
Education LB1573 .G93 2008Creating Literacy-Rich Preschool and Kindergartens
Education LB1140.5.L3 S63 2008Developing Readers and Writers in the Content Areas K-12
Education LB1576 .D455 2006Diagnosis and Improvement in Reading Instruction
Education LB1050.42 .R83 2007Early Reading Assessment
Education Reference LB1525.75 .R38 2004Evidence-Based Instruction in Reading : A Professional Development Guide to Vocabulary
Education LB1574.5 .N48 2008Feel These Words: Writing in the Lives of Urban Youth
Education LB1631 .W354 2009Finding the Right Texts: What Works for Beginning and Struggling Readers
Mugar LB1050.5 .F544 2009Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy
Education Reference LB1139.5.L35 H36 2003Handbook of Early Literacy Research
Education Reference LB1139.5.L35 H37 2001Handbook of Writing Research
Education Reference PE1404 .H358 2006Into Writing: the Primary Teacher's Guide to Writing Workshop
Education LB1528 .S56 2009Learning to Read Across Languages
Mugar LB1050.2 .L43 2008Literacies of Power: What Americans Are Not Allowed to Know
Mugar LC196.5.U6 M23 2006Literacy Dictionary
Education Reference LB1049.98 .L58 1995Literacy For Life
Education LB1576 .N8445 2007Literacy : Helping Children Construct Meaning
Education LB1050.45 .C76 2006Literacy Processes : Cognitive Flexibility in Learning and Teaching
Mugar LB1050 .L4985 2008Reading and Language Learning
Mugar P118 .R43 2007Reading and Responding in the Middle Grades: Approaches for all Classrooms
Education LB1632 .G345 2007Reading and the High School Student : Strategies to Enhance Literacy
Education LB1632 .I78 2007Reading in a Second Language: Moving from Theory to Practice
Mugar P53.75 .G73 2009Reading Problems : Assessment and Teaching Strategies
Education LB1050.5 .R53 2006Reading Specialists and Literacy Coaches in the Real World
Education LB1050.2 .V64 2007Reading / Writing Connections in the K-2 Classroom : Find the Clarity and Then Blur the Lines
Education LB1528 .M47 2006Re-reading Families : the Literate Lives of Urban Children, Four Years Later
Education LC5131 .C617 2007Research On Composition : Multiple Perspectives On Two Decades Of Change
Mugar PE1404 .S596 2006The Science of Reading: A Handbook
Education Reference LB1050 .S365 2007Storytime: Young Cildren's Literary Understanding in the Classroom
Mugar LB1576 .S457 2008Strategies to Enhance Literacy and Learning in Middle School Content Area Classrooms
Education LB1573 .I73 2007Teaching Adolescents Who Struggle with Reading : Practical Strategies
Education LB1632 .M62 2006Teaching Children to Read and Write : Becoming an Effective Literacy Teacher
Education LB1576 .R79 2006Teaching Grammar Through Writing : Activities To Develop Writer's Craft In All Students In Grades 4-12
Education LB1576 .P62 2008Toolkit For Teachers Of Literacy
Education LB1576 .N387 2007The Way Literacy Lives : Rhetorical Dexterity and Basic Writing Instruction
Mugar LB1576 .C31793 2008What Really Matters for Struggling Readers : Designing Research-based Programs
Education LB1050.5 .A45 2006What Research Has to Say About Fluency Instruction
Mugar LB1050 .W4347 2006Write For Insight : Empowering Content Area Learning, Grades 6-12
Education LB1576 .S854 2006You Gotta Be the Book : Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Adolescents
Education LB1632 .W54 2008
Websites
Children's and Young Adult Literature
Cognitive Foundation of Learning to Read: A Framework
Doing What Works: English Language Learners (Recommended by Scout Report)
International Reading Association
National Center for Family Literacy
To Read or Not to Read : A Question of National Consequence (Recommended by Scout Report)
This 100-page report offers an extensive analysis of reading patterns of children, teenagers,
and adults in the United States.