Research Guides: Early Childhood Education Subject Guide: Finding Books & Audiovisual Materials

Finding Books

Keyword	Subject
Play based learning	Play
ECE	Early childhood education
Development of children	Child development
Child psychology	Child psychology
Children's education	Education, preschool
Child literacy	Emergent Literacy OR childhood literacy

Quick link to OneSearch
OneSearch is search platform that searches multiple EBSCO databases at one time, as well as the library catalogue. It does not include some of the other databases with Canadian content (eg. CBCA).

Benefits of Early Childhood Education by SAGE Publications
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781071809716
Publication Date: 2020
Inclusion in Early Childhood Education by SAGE Publications
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781071809693
Publication Date: 2020
Teaching as research : the Thinking Lens as a research tool by Ann Pelo
Call Number: LB 1139.23 T422 2015
Publication Date: 2015
This is a carefully planned ‘thinking tool' for educators that carries us beyond meeting minimum standards of care and education and helps educators work alongside children as critical thinkers and researchers.
TEDTalks : Laura Schulz, The surprisingly logical minds of babies by TED Conferences LLC
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2016
How do babies learn so much from so little so quickly? In a fun, experiment-filled talk, cognitive scientist Laura Schulz shows how our young ones make decisions with a surprisingly strong sense of logic, well before they can talk.

Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online (AVON) is an online streaming media service that delivers more than 60,000 video titles.
Subject: All subject areas.
Curio.ca This link opens in a new window
Streaming audio and video content from CBC and Radio-Canada. Provides access to thousands of programs and documentaries with English and French-language content. *Due to licensing restrictions some Curio content may be unavailable outside of Canada.
Subject: All subject areas including art, business, current events, law, education, health, history, sciences etc.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Collection of over 10,000 films available in streaming format.
Subject: Anthropology, Biology, Business, Criminology, Geography, Health & Medicine, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and more.
National Film Board This link opens in a new window
Offers a range of documentaries, dramas and historical films, with a Canadian emphasis.
Subject: General.

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The Oxford English Dictionary provides coverage of the meaning, history and pronunciation of words from across the English-speaking world.
Subject: English language.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford Reference Online contains over 100 major reference books that cover a wide range of subject areas.
Subject: All subject areas.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. Contains full text articles.
Subject: General.