Radford University Institutional Report
Exhibit 6.5 Library Resources
Fall 2011
Radford University Library Resources Serving the
College of Education and Human Development
Steven P. Helm, Interim University Librarian
McConnell Library: Radford University
voice. 540. 831. 6624
fax. 540. 831. 6138
email.
FY 2010/2011 materials allocations directly supporting the College of Education and Human
Development included:
Monographs: $46,000.00
Subscriptions: $31,000.00
Databases: $19,500.00
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Total: $50,500.00
Note, these are only the resources for which we can pull discrete prices. We have a large number of databases (ERIC being one of them) and interdisciplinary journal packages that we receive as Virtual Library of VA (VIVA) consortial purchases.
Interlibrary Loan supporting the College of Education and Human Development: 363
Document Deliveries to College of Education and Human Development: 73
During the 2010-2011 school year, we taught 26 library sessions for classes in the College of Education 512 students participated in these course-integrated workshops.
We have 2043 Education journals. To access the detailed list see:
http://gw5kw3uf8g.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=GW5KW3UF8G&S=SC&C=SO
The Education (and related databases) in our "Database Finder" include:
Education Databases
Searches across the following EBSCOhost databases: ERIC, Teacher
Reference Center, SPORTDiscus, Women's Studies International,
Education Research Complete. More info.
Education Research Complete
Covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.
Mid-1990's to present. More info.
ERIC (via EBSCO)
Provides access to more than a million citations and abstracts of articles
published in over 700 educational journals and thousands of reports, on
such topics as adult and vocational education; teacher education; reading
and communication skills; disabled and gifted children; tests,
measurement, and evaluation; and higher education. 1967 -
present.
Other library resources for educators include:
Academic Search Complete
Scholarly journal articles and popular magazines covering all topics.
1980s-present (dates may vary).
JSTOR (scholarly journals)
Provides full-text and images of over 450 scholarly journals in a variety of
disciplines.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Contains descriptions and reviews of standardized educational,
personality, aptitude, intelligence, and achievement tests. 1985 -
present.
PsycINFO
Indexes journals in psychology and related disciplines. 1872 -
present.
General Library Statistics
Total volumes contained in the library: 372,306
Audio/video/CDs/DVDs: 18,680
Microform items: 1,416,767
Total periodicals subscribed to (including electronic): 12,956