Books and encyclopedias provide background information for an unfamiliar topic or person.

For example, you could search Books and Media using these keywords:

• "diversity in education"
• "multicultural education" childhood
• "educational change"
• "john dewey"
   

Here is a sampling of resources available via the library:

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?   Chinese and English
• Civically Engaged Classroom:  Reading, Writing and Speaking for Change
• Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education
• Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent
• Fostering Mental Health Literacy Through Adolescent Literature
• Music & Social Justice:  A Guide for Elementary Educators
• Notorious RGB:  The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• The New Kids:  Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens
• World Education Encyclopedia