Search Instructions for SMEC Materials Online
You can search most SMEC materials online throught the ESU William Allen White Library Online Catalog. Among the resources not searchable online are posters, tranparancy and slide collections, topical notebooks of articles, and periodicals.
The Kellogg catalog page gives several search options. If you know the title or author, then select the title or author option. You can also search using the keyword option. Simply type in the general area wanted, such as "probability" or "mathematics." The broader the topic, the more library items that will be listed. These search techniques will include library holdings as well as Center materials.
To limit a keyword search to just SMEC holdings, select the "advanced search" . Then at the lower left access the "LOCATION" drop down menu and choose "Science and Math Education Center" (third from the bottom item on the drop down list). Hits occur only on items where the selected keyword is given in the title or publisher's description or keywords. Many selections have very short descriptions or keyword lists. Therefore the resulting list will be the minimum materials among SMEC's holding that relate to the topic searched.
The Center uses a numbering system that consists of 3 letters and a number. The letters are stylized abbreviations of the subject category and the number represents the position of the book in that category. If you wish to browse a given category of our collection, then select the Number Search option. On the number serach page, select "Other Call Number". Entering one of the 3 letter codes will generate a list of all Center holding in that category. Listed below are the codes currently used to categorize Center materials.
AIM Activities Integrating Math and Science from AIMS Foundation
ALG Algebra
ARC Archaeology & Anthropology
ASE Assessment Materials
AST Astronomy, and Space Materials
AUD Audio Tapes
BAC K-6 Biology Activities
BIO High School/Middle School Biology Curriculum
BRD K-5 Biology Reading Materials
BSC 5-12 Biology Materials
CAL Calculator Materials
CBL Computer Based Lab Materials
CHE High School Chemistry Curriculum
COM Computer Books
EAC K-6 Earth Science Activities
ENV Environmental Materials
ERD K-6 Earth Science Reading
ERT Earth Sciences Curriculum Materials
ESC Post Elementary Earth Science Materials
ESM Elementary Math Curriculum
ESS Elementary Science Curriculum
EYE Eyewitness Books
GAM Games
GEO Geometry
GEM Great Explorations in Math & Science from Lawrence Hall of Science
KIT Kits
LIT Literature Books
MAC K-6 Math Activities
MAG Maps & Geography
MAT Post Elementary Math Materials
MIT Math in Transition Different MS & HS Math Curriculum Materials
MRD K-6 Math Reading Materials
MRO Math Professional Materials
MSB Magic School Bus
MSM Middle School Math Curriculum
MSS Middle School Science Curriculum
MSW Math Software
MUL Multicultural Materials
NCT NCTM Yearbooks
NEW Newbridge Big Books
OBI OBIS Materials - environmental materials
PHY High School Physics Curriculum
PRE Preschool Materials
PRO Teacher Professional Reading
PSC Post Elementary Physical Science Materials
PST Physical Science Transparencies
SAC K-6 Physical Science Activities
SRD K-6 Physical Science Reading
SRO Science Professional Materials
SSW Science Software
TOP TOPS Materials
VID Videos
Last Updated May 1, 2007