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literacy / illiteracy
This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not
being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting
started in your research about literacy or illiteracy. Below you
will find pointers to suggested research terms about literacy or illiteracy, materials in the library catalog about
literacy or illiteracy,
websites relevant to literacy or illiteracy, and links to library
databases that contain information about literacy or illiteracy.
Please use our email reference
service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at
the reference desk if you need further assistance.
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Research Terms Materials in the Library
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Suggested Research Terms
One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic
is a short list of terms related to a topic. We think the following terms
will help with your research about literacy or illiteracy:
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illiteracy
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functional illiteracy
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computer literacy
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information literacy
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Materials in the library catalog related to literacy or illiteracy
We have the following materials in the library catalog related to literacy or illiteracy:
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Websites on literacy or illiteracy
The following websites will help you with your research on literacy or illiteracy:
CIA
World Factbook: Literacy
The World Factbook, a publication of the CIA, offers brief and basic
statistics on literacy for many nations.
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES): National Assessments of Adult Literacy
"The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is a nationally
representative and continuing assessment of English language literacy
skills of American adults."
The assessments seek to "describe the status of adult literacy in
the United States; report on national trends; and identify relationships
between literacy and selected characteristics of adults."
NCES: Defining
Literacy and Sample Items
This site offers the NCES basic definition of literacy, examines the
"three literacies" with which NCES is concerned (prose literacy,
document literacy, and quantitative literacy), and discusses literacy with
sample items.
National
Institute for Literacy: Facts and Statistics
Offers facts, statistics, and overviews regarding the state of literacy
in the U. S.
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Library Databases relevant to literacy or illiteracy
The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain
material relevant to literacy or illiteracy. Databases may include magazine,
newspaper and journal articles. Off-campus users, please note: you must be a Santa
Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services.
ERIC
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals.
Professional Development Collection
Over 550 full-text journals of interest to professional educators, librarians and education researchers. Offers information on a wide variety of educational topics ranging from children's health and development to pedagogical theory and practice. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.
Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide
full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text
for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans
virtually every area of academic study and offers information
dating as far back as 1975.
National Newspapers (U.S.)
Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage
Newspaper Source (Regional, National and International)
Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
Ethnic NewsWatch
News, culture and history from the newspapers,
magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press -- English and Spanish language.
JSTOR
Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
Philosophy and Religion Collection
Covers such topics as epistemology, political philosophy,
philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of
philosophy, world religions, biblical studies,
religious history. Includes more than 300 full text journals.
Encyclopedia Americana
Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext
links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly.
Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
RAND California
An extensive database on California and its cities and counties. Includes information on California public policy issues, statistics on business, employment, population, real estate, and crime rates, school test scores and monthly reports on the California economy.
Youth Resources
Resources of interest to primary and secondary school
students. MAS Ultra School Edition, Primary Search,
Ebsco Animals and the Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia
include full text
for more almost 600 popular general interest and current
events publications, more than 500 full
text pamphlets, 252 full text reference books, 84,074
biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an
Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
in literature and history.
Researched and evaluated by:
ap 5/12/02
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