This ebook guide focuses on the wealth of children’s and young adult materials available to members of the Teachers College community. It was written in conjunction with the 2020 October Staff Picks, Children’s Awards: An Ebook Retrospective

Mendeley is a free reference management software that enables users to organize, annotate, and share citations and data. Users can store conventional bibliographic information - titles, authors, publishing dates, etc. - as well as metadata, personal notes, links, and PDFs. References stored in other citation management software can be imported into Mendeley, and it can even recommend relevant papers based on users’ stored research. There are desktop and web applications to help users integrate their resources between a number of ...

At the start of the Spring 2020 semester, we launched our most collaborative Staff Picks collection of all time: the Book Potluck. The curation was carried out by fifteen library staff members across areas of expertise with the goal of increasing the visi...

Curating the children's award and honor book displays is one of my favorite activities during the academic year at our library. I'm always learning something new about building and promoting library collections, trends in youth publishing, and how combining this knowledge best helps us within ...

This research guide is intended as an overview of library resources and services of particular relevance for students Professor Nancy Sall's Fall 2020 course C&T 4502, Master’s Thesis: Early Childhood Education. The resources, primarily electronic and accessible on and off campus, have...

OverviewThis resource guide is an overview of resources that can help members of the Teachers College community who are seeking information in recognition of special education and the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Most of these resources are available online and can be accessed off campus, and some are even hosted by outside organizations that researchers may deem relevant to their inquiries. I...

After yesterday’s break in the news due to Memorial Day, we return with a look at stories from around the United States. It is interesting to investigate the ways people are looking to the future, with both hope and uncertainty. Immigration, graduation, and other processes are examined in today’s news stories, plus a look at the first launch of astronauts from American soil since 2011. Find the featured papers and more at

Last week, I introduced some information about the Irma Black Award and Cook Prize programs designed by Bank Street College in this blog post. These book awards are judged by children around the world in grades 1-2 and 3-4 respectively. I found out...

After nearly five years of helping with cafe news presentations, I sometimes take this daily practice for granted. I’m always thankful to have a reminder to be more mindful in my practice. An article out of a Wisconsin paper caught my eye this morning and made me think on how often we are bombarded with information, whether or not we are seeking it. Today’s papers center around that idea in an effort to provide a pause in the constant stream of news regarding COVID-19. Despite the ubiquity of this event, there is still so much ha...