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TeachingBooks for Eastern Illinois University

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Students and faculty now have access to TeachingBooks which provides resources about children's books and authors including author name pronunciation clips, authors reading their books, lesson plan resources, and more. Click to Sign In/Sign Up and create an account with your EIU email. Let me know if you would like a demo for your class!

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TeachingBooks Preview for Eastern Illinois University

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Illustration courtesy of Yuyi Morales, from (used with permission from Holiday House / Neal Porter Books, 2018)

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EBSCO has updated its interface! Use the Share feature to create a link to an article for D2L readings. Workshops on the new interface will be offered throughout the fall semester if you would like additional help.

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Fill out this form if you would like me to visit your class.

Did you know you can reserve the Center for Student Innovation active learning classroom for up to four sessions per semester?

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Need video footage for your class? Check out Films on Demand. Films on Demand features 40,000+ educational videos including over 1,500 videos related to Education.

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Available for walk-in help during BTC Office Hours

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Available for walk-in help during BTC Office Hours

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Find the current schedule here: https://eiu.libcal.com/calendar/btcofficehours

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Did you know the Ballenger Teachers Center gets an annual donation from EIU alumna, Dr. Annette Christy? This year, her generous donation was used to update our juvenile nonfiction collection with over 60 juvenile books in the areas of weather, apples, energy, food, math concepts, seeds, sunlight, trees, and the water cycle.

Click here to see what books were purchased in 2024.

To view the complete Dr. Annette Christy Collection, click here.

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I love receiving purchase requests. Please, send requests to your department's library coordinator, to me directly, or fill out this form: https://www.eiu.edu/booth/requests/suggest.html

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Booth Library now provides subscriptions to the New York Times for all faculty, staff, and students! Visit this guide to find out how to set up your free subscription to the News. The subscription also comes with access to The New York Times The Learning Network for teachers which includes lesson plans, writing prompts, quizzes, and more.

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Use this link yourself and share with your students

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The Research Support Desk is located at the north end of the 3rd (main) floor of Booth Library and is available for walk-up and virtual (chat, email) service. The librarian with whom you have an appointment will establish a meeting location.

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Make an Appointment - Booth Library Research Support

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The Research Support Desk is located at the north end of the 3rd (main) floor of Booth Library and is available for walk-up and virtual (chat, email) service. The librarian with whom you have an appointment will establish a meeting location.

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Encourage your students to join us for the Empowered Researcher workshop series. Registration is available, but not required.

Join us to learn tips and tricks we don't have time to teach in class! Sessions will include:

Use Wikipedia and Google to your advantage

How AI can help with databases

Why ZoteroBib should be your best friend for citations

Cut your reading time in HALF: how to really read a journal article

All sessions are from 4:30 - 5pm in the E-classroom on the 4000 Level of Booth.

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Education Books Recently Added to the Collection

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Education Books Recently Added to the Collection

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We have a variety of new Education books recently added to the library's collection. Click to see more!

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Have books delivered right to your office!

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Have books delivered right to your office!

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Booth is happy to contact you when new titles arrive. You can also have books delivered to your office on request. Use this form to request single books or email booko@eiu.edu with your name, library number, department, and a list of books including title, author, and call number to have them pulled by our staff and and delivered to your office.

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Want to collaborate? Send me an email (mkmcdaniel@eiu.edu) to schedule a class session, use the link below to book an appointment, or embed me as a librarian in your D2L course.

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Check out the variety of events and workshops available this Fall 2024. Encourage your students to join us for BINGO on Thursday August 29th, 6-7pm.