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New Journal Subscriptions and Reference Works

Human Development – publishes in-depth conceptual articles, commentaries, and essay book reviews that advance our understanding of de­velopmental phenomena.
Journal of Contemplative Inquiry – online, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal for all who design, use, research, and assess contemplative and introspective methods and practices in post-secondary education.
Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership – the latest knowledge related to outdoor recreation, education, and leadership to help develop theory and practice.
Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts – forum for innovative studies at the intersection of translation studies and bilingual education, language teaching methodology, second language acquisition, curricular design, language policy and planning, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics.
Teaching Professor – Higher Education newsletter that focuses on specific aspects of teaching or administration.
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology – specially commissioned entries written and edited by an international team of the world’s best scholars and teachers contains over 1800 entries.
Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences – A dynamic online publication, Emerging Trends highlights some of the most compelling topics in current scholarship and presents them through an interdisciplinary lens. Focus on five core social and behavioral science disciplines: Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology and Economics.

 

Food For Fines

Reduce your UBC Library fines by donating non-perishable food items – $2 in fines paid for each food item donated (up to a maximum of $30). Donated cans are accepted at branch circulation desks from March 18 to April 1, 2019.

Collection Spotlight: Spring Picture Books

Our new “Spring!” Collection Spotlight is up. Picture books featured in this display include topics such as seasons, seasonal changes, life cycle and the water cycle. See our themed booklist for title suggestions. You can also find our “Curriculum Connections” handout (available below and on the display) showing the links between these books and the BC Curriculum.

Picture Books Supporting Core Competencies in BC Education

Our new Picture Books display features resources supporting the Core Competencies in BC Education. Each picture book includes a bookmark highlighting which Core Competency it links to.  The display is located just outside the Young Learners Library, Main Level, UBC Education Library and will be up until the end of March 2019.

 

Browse the New Arrivals at UBC Education Library

A list of the latest books and resources at UBC Education Library