Selected Resources for: Education, Higher
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Abstracts and Indexes
Education Full Text
   1983-present United States: Education Full Text offers full-text access to about half of the 500+ education journals indexed in it. [more information] |
| ERIC (Access via CSA)
1966 - present United States and Other Countries: For Education Topics use ERIC CSA for Find It access to U of MN e-journals; ERIC is the Education Resources Information Center. [more information] |
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
| Academic Search Premier
Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously. This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. [more information] |
| Digital Dissertations
1861 - present (Doctoral dissertations); 1962 - present (Masters theses). Dissertations and theses from over 1000 universities. [more information] |
| Education Index Retrospective
1929 - 1983 Indexes nearly 600 education journals as far back as 1929. [more information] |
| Journal Citation Reports
1998-2006 ISI. Journal Citation Reports on the Web provides easy access to data that helps you evaluate and compare approx 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. [more information] |
| Sage Full-Text Collection for Education
Full-text access to a small core collection of education journals. [more information] |
| Social Sciences Citation Index (included in Web of Science)
1975 - present, updated weekly. Covers the social sciences, including anthropology, history, industrial relations, information science and library science, law, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, political science, public health, social issues, social work, sociology, substance abuse, urban studies, and women's studies. Provides bibliographic citations, plus author abstracts "for approximately 60% of the articles in the database." Each citation also includes a list of references cited in the source article. In addition, it is possible to retrieve a list of works that have cited a specific author or a specific earlier work. Indexes articles, reviews, letters, etc. from over "1,700 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals." Producer/Publisher is The Institute for Scientific Information, which also produces its print/CD counterpart, Social Science Citation Index. [more information] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
| MNCAT
Search MNCAT, the libraries' catalog, to find books, journals, etc. [more information] |
| WorldCat
2150 BC - present (most records from 1968 - present), updated daily. This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education Covers all subjects. Provides bibliographic citations of books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films and machine-readable data files published worldwide. Provides holdings information for nearly 30,000 libraries. Producer/Publisher is OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. [more information] |
General Reference Sources
| Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities
Information about journal publishing opportunities in Educational Curriculum & Methods, Educational Administration, and Psychology. [more information] |
| College and University Directories
Links to information on rankings and directories about higher education. [more information] |
Internet Resources
| netLibrary
Through netLibrary, University of Minnesota students, staff, and faculty have access to a variety of currently published books in electronic format with each book listed in MNCAT with a link to its location on the World Wide Web; Note: The publisher of the NetLibrary database, OCLC, allows only one user to view a book at one time (in 15 minute increments, which can be extended). [more information] |
Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions
| Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the number one news and job-information source for college and university faculty members, administrators, and students. [more information] |
Primary Source Materials
| ERIC Documents on Microfiche 1966-2004, ED000001-ED483046 Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.). ERIC Document Reproduction Service. 1966-2004. Microfiche collection of education documents indexed in Resources in Education and the online ERIC indexes. Location: TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (Reference) Mfiche [more information] |
| Reinventing Undergraduate Education
Report created by The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University. [more information] |
| Reinventing Undergraduate Education: Three Years After the Boyer Report
The follow-up report to the original Boyer Commission Report on undergraduate education first released in 1998. [more information] |
Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
Official Agency & Organization Websites
| American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
"A non-profit, voluntary association of more than 9,000 admissions and registrar professionals representing approximately 2,300 institutions in more than 35 countries" [more information] |
| Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
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| Higher Learning Commission: North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Accreditation and other activities to assure quality in higher education. [more information] |
| Measuring Up: The State-by-State Report Card for Higher Education
Compare state performance on various indicators. [more information] |
| NEA Almanac of Higher Education
NEA National Education Association Almanac. [more information] |
| Office of Postsecondary Education
From the US Department of Education. [more information] |
| Society for College and University Planning SCUP
"The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), established in 1965, is the only association focused on the promotion, advancement, and application of effective planning in higher education." [more information] |
| Top American Research Universities
The Top American Research Universities report, from the Center for Measuring University Performance, at Arizona State U (formerly located at the U of Florida), charts the comparative performance and offers analysis and data useful for understanding American research university performance. [more information] |
| U.S. Department of Education
[more information] |
Statistics and Data
| National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other nations. [more information] |
| NCES Annual Reports
National Center for Educational Statistics. From the NCES: The Condition of Education; The Digest of Education Statistics; Indicators of School Crime and Safety; Projections of Education Statistics; Education Statistics Quarterly. [more information] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] |
University of Minnesota
| College of Education and Human Development: University of Minnesota
Information on programs, courses, research, faculty, and students. [more information] |
Primary Subject Location
Wilson Library
Wilson Library houses the main humanities and social sciences collections of the University Libraries. Wilson Reference Services (General & Specialized) provide support for both undergraduate and graduate research for the humanities and social sciences.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address Line 1: 309 19th Ave. S.
Telephone: Reference: 612-626-2227; Circulation: 612-624-3321
Main URL: http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/OMWL/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/site/fetch_hours.phtml?LibID=40
Wilson Library houses the main humanities and social sciences collections of the University Libraries. Wilson Reference Services (General & Specialized) provide support for both undergraduate and graduate research for the humanities and social sciences.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address Line 1: 309 19th Ave. S.
Telephone: Reference: 612-626-2227; Circulation: 612-624-3321
Main URL: http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/OMWL/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/site/fetch_hours.phtml?LibID=40
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