Media Resources for “Early Experience in English”
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Library Resources for
Introduction to Curriculum Development
Higher Diploma (ECE)
What you will learn today
Search library resources for curriculum materials of
early childhood education
Know about different Library Collections
Using Library catalogue
Quick
Search
Advanced Search
Curriculum Materials of
Early Childhood Education
Resources available in different formats:
Books
Journals
Curriculum Materials of
Early Childhood Education
Media Resources
Local TV Programme
DVD/VCD/CD
CD-ROM
Software
Charts
Teaching
Kits
(EdVideo)
Library Materials are grouped in different
collections:
Central Teaching Resources Collection
Town Centre Library Collection
Serials Collection
Media Resources Collection
HKIEd Library Website
http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk
• Quick Search of the Library Catalogue
•Limit your search to specific fields
e.g. Author, Title, Keywords
•Limit your search for specific collection
e.g. Media Resources Collection
Example:
Search for Media Resources Collection materials
with keywords preschool and music
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Key information of library catalogue record:
•Location, Call No., Status
Keywords for
ECE Curriculum Materials
Early
childhood education
preschool, elementary
Kindergarten, nursery, infant, toddler
Study and teaching
Curricula, Curriculum planning
Activity program
Child development
學前教育, 幼兒教育, 早期教育, 學齡前
幼稚園, 幼兒園, 幼兒班, 兒童, 嬰幼兒
課程設計, 教材, 實習…
Exercise
Search for materials of Media Resources Collection
with keywords “mathematics” & “preschool”
How many records found?
Use the Subject to search similar items
Useful Subject Headings
Use the Subject Headings to search for similar items
Early childhood education
Early childhood education -- Activity programs
Early childhood education -- Curricula
Early childhood education – Juvenile Software
Child development Curriculum planning
Education, Preschool -- Curricula
Educational games
(Subject) -- Study and teaching (Preschool)
e.g. Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Preschool)
Advanced Search
• Multiple searching & limiting criteria
• Combination of search terms
Enable to do
complex search
with different
search options
Advanced Search
• Select Library Catalogue at the drop-down menu
• Advanced Tag
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Advanced Search
Combination of searches
Limiting criteria
Advanced Search
Combining Searches
AND, OR, AND NOT
Limiting Criteria
Collection
Location (Model Libraries, TCL…)
Material Type (Book, DVD/VCD, Interactive Media, Kit…)
Language (Chinese, English)
Year (after …. and before….)
Readership Level (Preschool, Primary, Juvenile …)
Advanced Search Example
Search for Chinese media materials with keywords child &
health published in or after 2000
Keywords
= child, health
Language = Chinese
Collection = Media Resources Collection
Publication year = after 1999
Advanced Search Hints
Use quotations for exact phrase
language
teaching = teaching language
“language teaching” language teaching
Truncation
Use
* for 1-5 characters
child* = child, children, childhood
Use ** for open-ended truncation
story** = story, storytelling, storysharing…
Use ? for any single character in specified position
wom?n = woman, women
Use shortcuts
t:(music)
and s:(juvenile) and a:(chan)
Advanced Search Example
Find materials on children education curricula using
plays
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Identify Keywords
Curricul* (curriculum, curricula)
Play* (play, plays, playing)
Game* (game, games)
Child* (child, children, childhood)
Kid* (kid, kids)
Preschool
2.
Formulate search query
(game* or play*) AND curricul* AND (child* or kid* or
preschool)
3.
Modify the Search if needed
e.g. Exclude materials on science and limit to Media Resources
Collection
(game* OR play*) AND curricul* AND (child* OR kid* OR preschool)
AND NOT science
Exercise
Find library resources of music curriculum for
children
Modify the search to exclude songs and singing
Modify the search for Media Resources only
Further limit the search to DVD/VCD only
Hints
1. Identify Keywords
Curricul* (curriculum, curricula)
Music
Child* (child, children, childhood)
Kid* (kid, kids)
Preschool
Nursery
Song* (song, songs)
Sing* (sing, singing)
Hints
2. Combine search terms
music AND curricul*
AND (child* OR kid* OR preschool OR nursery)
AND NOT (song* OR sing*)
3. Limit to Media Resources Collection
4. Limit to Material Type DVD/VCD
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