BU Libraries has compiled a guide highlighting antiracism books and other materials available electronically for BU faculty, students, and staff. The selections and the organization of the new list – Be Antiracist: Read, Learn, Change – are based on “The Anti-Racist Reading List (38 books for those open to changing... Read the rest of this entry »

Our newest library research guide, Business & Economic Impact of COVID-19, provides a starting point for researching issues related to the business and economic impact of the pandemic. Topics include: business news, companies, industries, supply chain, financial markets, the economy, marketing & consumers, employment and more. If you have any questions, Read the rest of this entry »

The 2020 Kids Count Data Book is newly available for use by researchers.  Each year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation releases this important report about children in the United States. This edition of the Data Book assesses trends in the overall health and well-being of children before the coronavirus pandemic... Read the rest of this entry »

RefWorks is an outstanding web-based bibliography management tool which allows you to collect, arrange and edit citations, footnotes, and other items for your bibliographies from any device with internet access.  This easy to use service helps produce properly formatted in-text references and create citations and bibliographies in many different output styles, including APA 7th... Read the rest of this entry »

The HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) allows current BU students, faculty, and staff to have online reading access to selected materials that are in the BU Libraries but are currently unavailable due to the closure of the Libraries. Faculty, students, and staff can access these materials via BU Libraries Search. Read the rest of this entry »

BU Libraries is actively fulfilling reserves requests for electronic materials for Summer and Fall 2020 courses. Consistent with the resumption of our scanning service, the Libraries will resume fulfilling electronic reserves requests for items in our physical collection that need to be scanned beginning on Monday, June 29, at 9... Read the rest of this entry »

The Confronting Anti-Black Racism Collection published by PBS Learning Media is a set of curricular materials for students in grades 6-12.  PBS, in conjunction with a journalism organisation known as Student Reporting Labs, is now looking to get student responses on video in this important moment, after the death of... Read the rest of this entry »

This award-winning book is now available in its fourth edition within BU Libraries Search, as an eBook. Notably, this new edition includes downloadable forms, assessments of student achievement, techniques for motivating students and encouraging a growth mindset, and working with new technologies. The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools and... Read the rest of this entry »

Boston University Libraries offers access to a critical source, the Bilingual Research Journal (a journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education), through a current subscription. In the library's record, click through the Taylor & Francis Journals Complete link for the best access. This key peer-reviewed serial is published by Routledge and is indexed in many... Read the rest of this entry »

This eBook available within the BU Libraries' ProQuest Ebook Central collection focuses on policy, intervention, and participation in youth sports.  A part of the Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society series, the two editors have guided the 24 contributing authors to create a well-rounded look at such topics as... Read the rest of this entry »