Research collections

The Faculty of Education operates across three campuses - Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula. Resources for education studies are distributed between these campuses, each reflecting the special needs of the programs run at each campus.

The Sir Louis Matheson Library collects extensively in secondary education and adult vocational education and training. Special emphasis is placed on material relating to education in Australia, particularly government policy, economic and social aspects and history of education. Strong collections are available in the areas of special education, educational philosophy and international education.

Gippsland Library collects in the area of childhood development, literacy, primary and secondary education, with an emphasis on educational administration and outdoor education. The library includes a substantial curriculum materials collection.

Peninsula Library collects in the areas of early childhood and primary education with a focus on literacy, teaching techniques, childhood development and exceptionality. The library includes a substantial teaching materials collection.

Other significant Monash collections or resources

Child development and psychology

Additional material in areas of child development, child psychology and educational psychology is located in the Hargrave-Andrew Library and in the Gippsland, Caulfield and Berwick libraries. Research material for computers in education can be found in the Hargrave-Andrew and Matheson libraries. Materials for child and adolescent psychiatry, mental disorders and psychotherapy are located in the Monash Medical Centre Library.

Curriculum materials

Gippsland and Peninsula libraries hold extensive collections of curriculum resources. These collections include realia, musical instruments, puzzles, puppets etc, kits, music CD's and cassettes, pictures and slides, texts, (including VCE resources), fiction and non fiction children's books. Curriculum materials at Clayton are held in the Education Library and Media Resources (LMR) located in the Education faculty.

Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education Resource Centre is located in the Matheson Library. It holds a large range of teaching and reference materials in the vernacular to assist Japanese language teachers.

Microform collections

Mostly held in the Music and Multimedia Collection, located in the Matheson library.

• ERIC Documents on microfiche
• Reports and Evidence of Royal commissions and select committees related to religion and education in the colonies of Victoria ...between the years 1856 and 1900 (13 reels)
• United States Office of Education, Letters sent by the Commissioner of Education, 1870-1909 (71 reels)
• Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature includes historical material on education, and is searchable via the catalogue.

Rare Books Collection

Within this collection are several smaller collections including: early 20th century textbooks used in Australian schools and the Lindsay Shaw collection of Australian juvenile fiction.

Catalogue

The library catalogue contains records for material held at all campuses, including:

• monographs
• journals
• newspapers
• government publications
• audiovisual materials
• databases (indexes and full text articles)

The catalogue does not include records for the materials held in the Library and Media Resources in the Education Faculty.

Databases for Education

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