Facing a GACE II Test?

As you know, in order to be recommended for certification or licensure, teacher candidates must pass the appropriate GACE II test(s). Swilley Library has purchased test preparation books that may help you succeed. Here are the subject areas (and test numbers) of the books we have:

Basic Skills 200, 201, 202; Science 024, 025; English 020, 021; History 034, 035; Reading 117, 118; Middle Grades Reading 012; Middle Grades Science 014; Middle Grades Mathematics 013; Middle Grades Social Science 015; Middle Grades Language Arts 011; Mathematics 022, 023; Early Childhood Education 001, 002.

You can ask for the book you need at Swilley's Circulation Desk. To ensure the widest access for all, the books can be checked out for seven days only. If you face a GACE II test in a subject you don't see listed here, please contact me and I'll try to add to our collection the book you need.
Here is a link to a GACE website showing test designs and frameworks.

Finding Scholarly Articles

Here is a PowerPoint presentation showing you how to search for articles you need and then retrieve the full text. Contact me if I can provide direct assistance to you.

Assistance With Your Bibliography

You'll need to create a References list for many of your academic papers. Swilley Library offers web-based software called RefWorks which does quite a bit of the work for you. For the small investment of time you'd need to learn to use it, you'll find it might save you many hours during the semester. Librarians would be happy to help you learn to use it -- just ask us. Furthermore, RefWorks has very good online tutorials and help menus.

Studying Children's or Young Adult Literature or Content Area Reading?

Swilley Library offers you the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database, which allows you to identify books you might use in your teaching or lesson planning. You can impose many limits on your search, including subject, age of students, genre, etc. Professional reviews are available for thousands of books. Off-campus access requires the GALILEO password.

Greetings to Mercer's Education Students -

We're united by our interests in teaching and learning. I hope to create an information resource here that will keep you informed about important Swilley Library resources that will help you with your learning and teaching. This blog can be as interactive as you help to make it. If you have ideas for what you'd like to see here I definitely want to hear from you -- and so do others who can learn from you.