Resources for History Teachers

The Historical Association web site contains a wealth of materials for history teachers. Ask in the library for the University of Worcester password to access:

• A Resources area with online articles  from Primary History and Teaching History (searchable by keyword, title, author or date)
• Older issues of Primary History and Teaching History e-mail newsletters - to access these type “newsletters” in the Search box in the Resources area
• A News area with Primary History and Teaching History sections
• Hints and tips for the classroom and professional development
• Links to web sites for history teachers – password not required

Printed copies of Primary History and Teaching History are available in the School Resource Area.

Schoolzone

 

Schoolzone is a school support site which provides access to safe differentiated Internet material for teachers, students and parents.

It includes over 50,000 educational web sites reviewed by teachers, evaluations of digital learning resources including virtual tours, specially commissioned articles and research project reports, and information on events & trainings and educational suppliers.

The Schoolzone monthly primary and secondary newsletters highlight the most useful resources for particular subjects or themes.

There are two ways you can make the most of Schoolzone:

• set up a news feed to receive email alerts about new evaluations, virtual tours, newsletters and “try before you buy” resources without having to visit the web site.
•  register as a user to receive email resources updates which give tasters of recent evaluations. Registered users can also use the Schoolzone Interact service which provides full access to digital learning resources on a try before you buy basis. 

The Latest Educational Research from NFER

Are you making the best use of the updating services provided by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)?

nferdirect is a free monthly interactive email update bringing you the latest news, details of research and recent publications.

ontheweb, NFER’s free monthly current awareness service, highlights recent reports, publications and useful documents from prominent educational research and Children’s Services related websites which are available to download or view without payment.

Subscribe to nferdirect, and if you want to be alerted by email when new issues of ontheweb are available tick the “ontheweb” box at the bottom of the form. 

Encyclopedia of Death and Dying

For the less cheerfully inclined amongst you, take a look at the Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, containing information and definitions on everything from assassination to zombies. It also covers slightly more useful topics such as wills, the right to die and organ donation.

Joining Forces

New document from DrugScope and the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, entitled Joining Forces: Drugs- guidance for the police working with schools and colleges. Full available online.

Borrow a Librarian – new library service for staff

How do I use electronic databases?   How do I access online journals?   What is an Athens password? What are the best Internet resources for my subject?   How do the online reading lists work?   How do I select and order resources?   How do I keep up to date with new developments?    

Have you ever borrowed books and resources from the Library and wished you could borrow the support and expertise to go with them? Well, now you can! Our new Borrow a Librarian project lets you borrow a Subject Librarian from the Library. We will visit you in your office (anywhere on the University of Worcester campus) for up to 30 minutes to offer individual support with using Library resources and services.

Childlink Online Information Service

 

The Childlink online information service is now available via the Electronic Resources link on Resources Online – click on a relevant subject area to access the link.

Childlink is the largest online information service on children, young people and families in the UK and Ireland, providing news, information, reports, legislation, statistics, research, and practice issues.

The site is updated daily and there is an archive of over 2 million pages of information on education, health, welfare, youth, justice and employment.

The site can be browsed and there is also a search engine for precise searching. Two sections which look particularly useful are “Topics” which brings together all relevant information on major issues and “Make a request” where users can make individual requests for detailed information on any subject covered by the database.

Children’s Nursing Update

A handful of publications of interest to child branch include:

A Guide to Understanding Pathways and Implementing Networks – from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, information and advice about implementing care networks.

Children and Young People with Cancer – from NICE, a new set of guidelines aimed at improving outcomes for young cancer sufferers.

Asthma in Children- from Best Treatments, run by the BMJ, new evidence based advice for patients on the diagnosis, symptoms and treatments of asthma in young people.

Midland History Journal now online

Midland History is now available online from campus. (Print copies are kept in the Journals Area of the Peirson Building.)

There is a link on the A-Z List or go straight to http://www.midlandhistory.bham.ac.uk/.

New Report on the Social Sciences in Europe

 

The 2006-2007 report of the European Science Foundation’s Standing Committee on the Social Sciences is now available online.

It is “intended to help readers across Europe, and beyond, to appreciate how the social sciences are helping us to expand our knowledge about the forces that drive our actions”.

It includes case studies, such as Higher Education in 2020, Cities of the future, East European women, Globalisation past and present, Supporting older people and Future health technologies.