Off The Shelf

Are you looking for more information on an education topic?  Try Education Research Complete.  This database includes full text coverage of more than 1,400 education journals plus 550 books and monographs.  Topics include curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, multilingual education, health education, testing and more. Access Education Research Complete through the Databases A-Z page as [...]

Two education journals from TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) have been added to the library collection. TESOL Quarterly, 1981 – Present This peer reviewed professional journal fosters inquiry into English language teaching and learning by providing a forum for TESOL professionals to share their research findings and explore ideas and relationships in [...]

Teachers College Record is a journal of research, analysis, and commentary in the field of education. This journal was recently added to the library collection and can be searched through ERIC and ProQuest Education Journals, and Summon.  Since the full text is available on the journal web site and not in the databases mentioned above, [...]

The Library Home page was “reinvented” on iGuide3 the last week of March. As part of that revision several new guides for education specializations were created. Check out the following new guides.  K-12 and Higher Education for the following specializations: K-12 Studies in Education, Post-Secondary & Adult Education, Professional Studies in Education, Enrollment Management, Reading [...]

One of my favorite places to get the “scoop” on a new technology is EDUCAUSE. What is EDUCAUSE?       EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI’s) 7 Things You Should Know About… series provides concise information on emerging learning [...]

The Capella Library has recently acquired The World Education Encyclopedia which can be found in the Gale Virtual Reference database.  Here is the description of this resource from the publisher: This 3-volume country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries. This [...]

Try Proquest Education Journals. There is some overlap  between journals in  ERIC  (Education Resources Information Center) and Proquest Education Journals, but for the most part the journals in this database are unique. That means you may find other articles on your topic. If you are doing a comprehensive literature review on a topic in either K-12 or Higher Education it [...]