Education Library Relocation

Effective end of day June 6, 2025, UBC Library will begin relocating the Education Library collections and services from the current space at Neville Scarfe Building to Koerner Library. During the relocation, all Education Library physical collections are available for delivery to any UBC Library branch, free of charge, using the Library’s Document Delivery Service.

Instructions for accessing the collection are available here.

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Below are several booklists related to various aspects of and themes in Social Studies, as well as to teaching Social Studies.

Ancient Civilizations

Black History in North America

Communities

Government

Immigrant and Refugee Experiences

History of British Columbia

Landforms and Natural Resources

Maps and Mapping

Media Literacy and Media Studies

Rights, Roles and Responsibilities

Teaching History and Social Studies

Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

  • Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
  • Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
  • To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
  • Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “media literacy”, “social studies–study and teaching”, “mapping”, “immigrant”, etc.

For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.