You may notice small icons next to some of the resources listed in this guide - these indicate what type of resource it is, to make it easier for you to quickly find the type of resource you're looking for! In this guide, you might see the following icons:
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Scholarly Article or Journal |
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Book or eBook |
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Website, Blog, or Online Resource |
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Classroom or Curriculum Materials |
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Audio File |
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Video File |
Use the search box below to search for materials in the Relay library catalog! You can search for materials by their title, author, or keyword. If you are looking for materials online, be sure to select "Full Text Online" from the search results on the left.
For a list of the most commonly used resources in the library, check out the Relay Library Highlighted Resources guide.
In this video: You will learn how to search the Relay Library and access full text articles from your computer.
In this video: You will learn how to search the Relay Library to find journal articles.
In this video: You will learn how to search the Relay Library for articles using additional tools.
In this video: You will learn how to search the Relay Library to find publications like journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Many of the library's eBooks come from the Lib Central database and these steps will help you borrow and read them offline. You will need the free software Adobe Digital Editions, and should install it before watching this video. You do not need a free Adobe account to read the ebooks on your computer or laptop, but if you do create a free Adobe account you can access your ebook downloads across multiple devices.
In this video: You will learn how to download eBooks through the Lib Central database.
The library search also uses "search scopes" that you can use to limit your search to a small selection of journals. Use this targeted search to explore a topic within a specific content area, grade level, or topic. It is similar to filtering by subject, but focuses on a small set of high quality journals. For example, looking for literacy strategies within elementary, or social emotional learning in science or math. Note that since these limit to a small set of journals you won't always find every topic. Remember to use the "All" setting to search the entire library.
The remaining tabs in this box list the journals included in each scope.
The Relay Library provides access to curriculum materials which may be used in your K-12 classrooms.
The main databases that contain resources for K-12 students are:
Maybe you've found an article cited in a literature review that's exactly what you've been looking for; or you found an article on Google Scholar that the Relay library doesn't have access to; or you need a chapter of a book that the Relay library doesn't have an ebook copy of. Not to worry! Email us at library@relay.edu or fill out this form - we can help you to track down a copy of the article or chapter that you're looking for, or we can submit a request for the article through Interlibrary Loan.
Some of our specific databases have helpful guides that explain how to use them and offer additional search tips. You can find links for these guides below.