Compiled and maintained by Georgia Baugh, M.A.L.I.S., M.A.
Electronic Resources Reference Librarian and Educational Leadership & Higher Education Liaison
Updated: October 17, 2006

This resource guide identifies key materials located in the collections of Pius XII Memorial Library and on the Web that are useful for graduate students in the higher education program.  See also the Education Guide for additional resources.
 

Berry, Dorothea M.  1990.  A Bibliographic Guide to Educational Research.  3rd ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.
     Ref. LB 17 .B39 1990

Fincher, Cameron, George Keller, E. Grady Bogue, and John R. Thelin.  2001.  100 Classic Books About Higher Education:  A Compendium and Essays.  Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Education Foundation.
     Ref. LB 2322.2 .O54 2001

Herron, Nancy L.  2002.  The Social Sciences:  A Cross-disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources.  3rd ed.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited.
     Ref. H 61 .S648 2002

O'Brien, Nancy P.  2000.  Education:  A Guide to Reference and Information Sources.  2nd ed.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited.
     Ref. LB 15 .B89 2000
     Electronic version:   Education:  A Guide to Reference and Information Sources.

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Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog.  In-library and remote access. 
     Search the catalogs of Pius XII Memorial Library, Medical Center Library, Omar Poos Law Library, and the Madrid Campus Library. If you are unable to find what you need, search MOBIUS, a larger consortium that includes SLU libraries, Washington University Libraries, and other academic libraries in Missouri.  Requests for circulating materials held at MOBIUS libraries usually arrive at Pius Library in two days.   

WorldCat. 1200- . FirstSearch. In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily. This database includes all types of library materials cataloged by libraries that contribute their records to OCLC, the U.S. national database.  Use to search for books, recordings, etc. This index will not locate journal articles.

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Access to the following resources in available to anyone in Pius Library.  "In-library access" means that access is available in the Reference Department.  Any resources identified as being available via "remote access" are available from Pius Library's Web site [http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/].
Note: Remote access is available to current SLU students, faculty, and staff.  Your SLU e-mail username and password are required for use.

AcademicSearch Premier . 1975-  .  EBSCOhost.  In-library and remote access.
      Updated daily.  This multidisciplinary database that includes education provides indexing and abstracting for 8,040 scholarly journals from various fields and has full text for over 4,060 beginning as far back as 1975. 6,679 journals are peer reviewed.

Dissertation Abstracts.  1861-.  Ovid.  In-library and remote access. 
     Electronic version of Dissertation Abstracts International below.  Indexes North American dissertations and theses from 1861 and international dissertations from 1988.

Education Full Text.  1983- .  WilsonWeb.  In-library and remote access.
      Electronic counterpart of Education Index below, except that over 200 journals are full text beginning 1994 and later.  Full-text start date varies with journal.

ERIC.  1966- .  CSA.  In-library and remote access.
      Updated monthly.  Indexes journals found in CIJE and documents found in RIE.  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, it is the principal index for access to the educational literature and is the electronic equivalent of Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE).  A free version provided by the U.S. Department of Education and containing 80% of the ERIC Documents (EDs) from 1993 to the present is also available.

Higher Education Abstracts.  1984- .  Quarterly.
     Ref. LB 2343 .C45 Located on EAST INDEX SHELVES

International Bibliographic Database on Higher Education (HEDBIB).  1988- .  Irregularly.  Free Web resource.
     http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/databases/dbdesc/hedbib.html
From UNESCO, this database covers topics such as policy, finances, higher education evaluation, issues, curricula, and more.

LexisNexis Academic.  Start date varies by publication.  LexisNexis.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated continuously.  A subset of LEXIS-NEXIS.  Provides online access to full-text of current and historical court cases, news sources, business and financial information, and international news and company information.

PIO (Periodicals Index Online) & PAO (Periodicals Archive Online).  1665-1995 & 1802-1995 respectively.  Chadwyck-Healy.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated four times a year.   Periodicals Index Online (PIO) indexes the articles in over 4,000 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995.   As of December 2005, over 500 journal titles are at least partially available in full text in the complementary database, Periodicals Archive Online (PAO).  The focus is on 20th century periodicals.  However, periodicals in the 20th century that extend back into the 17th, 18th, & 19th centuries are indexed from their earliest volumes.  The scope is worldwide and includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages.

PsycINFO.  1967- .  Ovid.  In-library and remote access.
    Updated monthly.  Electronic version of Psychological Abstracts below.   Indexes literature in psychology journals, books and chapters of books.  Journal coverage begins 1967.  Books and chapters of books coverage begins 1987.  Also includes Historic PsycINFO, 1872-1966.

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch.  1989- .  NewsBank.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  Access to archival articles back to 1989.  Go to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Web site for late-breaking news and articles available only on their Web site.  Another point of access for this newspaper is Academic Universe.

SearchERIC.org.  1966- .  Free Web Resource.
    http://searcheric.org/
This was formerly available from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation.  It is now running on a privately owned, located, and operated server not affiliated with the official government ERIC sites.  You may search ERIC (RIE+CIJE) or just ERIC Digests.  Please read the instructions for using this search system.

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
     In Web of Science.  1995-  .  Thomson/ISI.  In-library and remote access.
     CD-ROM Version.  1981-1994.  ISI.  In-library access.
     Print Version.  1956-2001.  Ref. Z 7161 .S65
This database provides author and subject indexing for articles published worldwide in social science journals.  It also supports citation indexing, which establishes links between cited articles and the more recent publications in which they are cited.

Sociological Abstracts.  1963- .  CSA.  In-library and remote access.
     Print version.  1952-2001.  Ref. HM 1 .S67
This database abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related social and behavioral science disciplines such as education and psychology.  It provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews from over 1,800 serials, and also abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.  Journal records added since 1973 article abstracts.  Many records from key sociology journals published since 2001 also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article.  Each individual reference may also have links to an abstract and/or to other papers that cite that reference.

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Pius Library maintains a significant collection of journals for higher education.  They can be found in several ways.

• Search the SLU Libraries Catalog by Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Titles to find print and some electronically available journals.
• Search Saint Louis University's E-Journal Portal by journal title to find electronic journals available to Saint Louis University students, faculty, and staff.
• Browse or search JSTOR, an electronic journal archive with over 400 titles from many disciplines including education..
• Browse or search Project MUSE, a current electronic journal resource with over 200 titles from many disciplines including education.

For journals whose tables of contents and/or full text might be available "on the Web", try

AERA-SIG: Education Journals and News
     http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/
Provided an American Educational Research Association (AERA) special interest group, this site offers direct links to selected electronic journals in education.  Selection criteria include scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text, and freely accessible.

Journals in Higher Education:  An International Inventory 2004
     http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/hejournal/
From the Boston College Center for International Higher Education, this site provides a list of almost 170 journals for higher education from 31 countries.  Information provided includes number of issues per year, editor, publisher with address, and Web site if available.  Most are in English.  "Fee" or "free" status is not indicated.

NewJour
     http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/ 
A finding tool to locate journals and newsletters available electronically on the Internet.  Includes an alphabetical list in addition to a search utility.  Records located are announcements posted on the NewJour mailing list that include a link to the journal's or its publisher's home page.  Some journals provide tables of contents with selected full text.  A subscription may be required to access full text.

For publishing opportunities, try

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Curriculum and Methods.  Beaumont, TX: Cabell.  2 vols.  Updated irregularly.
     Current edition Ref. L11 .C23 

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Psychology and Administration.  Beaumont, TX : Cabell.  2 vols.  Updated irregularly.
     Current edition Ref. L11 . C233

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Academe Online
     http://www.aaup.org/publications/Academe/index.htm
     LB 2301 .A3
The Association of American University Professors, provides access to selected articles from the current issue of this publication.

EDUCAUSE Quarterly
     http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/
     LB 2341 .C3
Formerly CAUSE/EFFECT, this Web site for the print counterpart, this periodical is "A practitioner's journal for college and university managers and users of information resources--information, technology, and services--published quarterly by EDUCAUSE." (text from site)  Archives are present from Volume 17, Issue 1 (Spring 1994).  Each year has a searchable index.

Chronicle of Higher Education.  Weekly.
     http://chronicle.com
     Current issues Serials Office  LB 2300 .C46
Electronic site allows access to tables of contents, some articles and job announcements from the current issue without a subscription.

EDUCAUSE Review
     http://www.educause.edu/er/
     LB 1028.43 .E39
Formerly Educom Review, this is the electronic version of the print counterpart.  It "explores the changing ways we will work, learn, and communicate in the digital world of the 21st century." (text from site August 28, 1999).  Archives are available from January/February 2000 forward.  You may search for articles from Educom Review prior to 2000.

Inside Higher Ed
     http://www.insidehighered.com/
A new (2005) born-digital publication similar to the Chronicle of Higher Education.  However, all content at this time is freely available.

International Higher Education
     http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/newsletter/
A newsletter from the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.  Issues begin with #1, Spring 1995 and go to the present.

Washington Update
     http://www.educause.edu/WashingtonUpdate/640
This weekly electronic newsletter is sent via listserv.  It is written by the EDUCAUSE Washington, D.C. office and covers legislative, executive branch and other policies that are likely to impact information technology in higher education.  Go to this site to subscribe or view the archives from September 1999 to present.

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The Futures Project:  Policy for Higher Education in a Changing World
     http://www.futuresproject.org/
Funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, begun in 1999, this group believes that institutions of higher education need to become more "responsive, innovative, accountable, and accessible." They are committed to "stimulating informed debate" among all stakeholders and developing policies to enable higher education to respond to change required by competitive market forces including the growing number of new providers, "globalization of the sector, the rapid advance of new technologies, and shifting demographics."  (text from site 8/08/03)  This site ceased its work on March 31, 2005.  All material will remain available until February 2008.

Institute for Higher Education Policy
     http://www.ihep.com/
The mission of this organization is "to foster access to and quality in postsecondary education."  To do this they research issues in higher education and publish reports.

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
     http://www.highereducation.org/
An independent, non-profit organization that "promotes public policies that enhance Americans' opportunities to pursue and achieve high-quality education and training beyond high school" by preparing analyses of higher education issues and "communicates performance results and key findings to the public, to civic, business and higher education leaders, and to state and federal leaders who are poised to improve higher education policy."  (text from site 8/15/03)

Re-envisioning the Ph. D
    http://www.grad.washington.edu/envision/
Originally funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, the original project ended June 2003.  The resulting documents from this project are now made available by the University of Washington Graduate School.  This site includes innovations, programs, and practices developed and used in the education of Ph. D.students.

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Altbach, Philip G., ed.  1991.  International Higher Education: An Encyclopedia.  New York:  Garland.
     Ref. LB 15 .I59 1990  2 volumes

Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac.   Annual. 
     Current year Ref. LA226.C55     Ask at reference desk.

Clark, Burton R. and Guy R. Neave, eds.  1992.  Encyclopedia of Higher Education.   1st ed.  New York:  Pergamon.
     Ref. LB 15 .E49 1992     4 volumes

Fact Book on Higher Education.  Annual.   New York:  American Council on Education ; Macmillan.
     Current year Ref. LA 227.3 .A44a

Forest, James J.F. and Kevin Kinser, eds.  2002.  Higher Education in the United States:  An Encyclopedia.  Santa Barbara, CA:  ABC-CLIO.
     Ref. LA 225 .H54 2002     2 volumes

Husén,Torsten and T. Neville Postlethwaite, eds.  1994.  International Encyclopedia of Education.  2nd ed.  New York:  Elsevier Science.
     Ref. LB15 .I569 1994     10 volumes

Marlow-Ferguson, Rebecca and Chris Lopez, eds.  2001.  World Education Encyclopedia:  A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide. 2nd ed.  Detroit, MI: Gale Group.
     Ref. LB15 .W87 2001     3 volumes

Martínez Alemán, Ana M. and Kristen A. Renn, eds.  2002.  Women in Higher Education:  An Encyclopedia.  Santa Barbara, CA:  ABC-CLIO.
     Ref. LC 1569 .W66 2002

Postlethwaite, T. Neville, ed. 1995.  International Encyclopedia of National Systems of Education. 2nd ed. Oxford, UK:  Pergamon.
     Ref. LB43 .I584 1995

Summerfield, Carol and Mary Elizabeth Devine.  1998. International Dictionary of University Histories.  Chicago:  Fitzroy Dearborn.
     Ref. LB 2328.2 .I56 1998

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BUROS Mental Measurement Yearbook:  Test Reviews Online
      http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Search by Keyword, Title, Purpose, Publisher, Acronym, or Author for over 4,000 commercially available tests.  Critical reviews of over 2,000 tests are also available.   However, the full text of the reviews cost $15.00 each to retrieve online.  They are freely available in the print Mental Measurements Yearbook listed below.

Mental Measurements Yearbook.  Irregular.  Highland Park, NJ:  Mental Measurements Yearbook..
     Ref. Z 5814 .P8 B932     Current edition Reference Desk

ETS Test Link
     http://www.ets.org/testcoll/
Search by author, title, or descriptor.  Includes How to Search the Database and a list of Downloadable Tests (these are not free).  Please check the catalogs list below and the ETS microfiche available in Pius Library.  Pius Library purchases microfiche for ETS tests that are not commercially produced and whose creators make them freely available.

Test Collection, Educational Testing Service.  1993-   .  ETS Test Collection Catalog.  2nd ed.  Phoenix, AZ:   Oryx.
     Ref. LB3051 .E14 1993     volumes 1-2

Test Collection, Educational Testing Service.  1986-   .  ETS Test Collection Catalog.  Phoenix, AZ : Oryx.
     Ref. LB3051 .E14 1986     volumes 3-6

Test Critiques.  1984-  .   Kansas City, MO:  Test Corporation of America.
     Ref. BF 176 .T418 1984

Tests in Print IV.  1994.  Lincoln, NE:  Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska.
     Ref. Z5814.E9 T47 1994     2 volumes

See also: TESTS AND MEASURES RESOURCE GUIDE [http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/resguides/tests.html] for additional resources.

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American Universities
     http://www.clas.ufl.edu/au/
Maintained by Mike Conlon at the University of Florida, this is an alphabetical list of colleges and universities in the United States with links to lists of international universities, Canadian universities, and community colleges.

IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line:  Electronic Directory of Postsecondary Institutions
     http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/
Targeted to students looking for a college or university, but useful for information about specific colleges and universities in the United States.

Google's University Search
     http://www.google.com/universities.html
Browse by name of university, then search using Google for information about schedules, courses offered, and admissions information for that institution.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities
     http://www.edonline.com/cq/hbcu/
Click on Alphabetical to see a list.  Also includes information about Careers, Scholarships, Financial Aid, ACT/SAT/Study Tips, and Admission Tips.

ULinks.com
     http://www.ulinks.com/
Search the database by name of university, state, study discipline, enrollment, etc.  Basic information is provided for each school address, telephone numbers, and Carnegie Classification.

UnivSource.com
      http://www.univsource.com/
Browse universities in the United States by name, state, or program and those in Canada by name or province. Also includes historically Black colleges, men's colleges, and women's colleges as well as lists by prgram to those offered online.

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CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV ® lists
     http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html
Updated daily, this computer-generated list of listservs includes only the "public" lists available on the Internet.  Search for lists by topic, lists with over 10,000 members, or lists with less than 1,000 members.

Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals and Academic Discussion Lists 
     http://www.arl.org/scomm/edir/archive.html
Updating of this resource ceased July 2003.  Approximately 3 issues are available free at this site.  Search or browse for electronic discussion groups, newsgroups, etc. in your area of interest.

Edupage
     http://www.educause.edu/Edupage/639
This listserv sponsored by EDUCAUSE e-mails summaries of technology developments drawn from the mainstream media three times per week.  Go to this site to subscribe or seach the archives.

Topica:  The Leader in Email Discussions and Publishing Solutions
     http://lists.topica.com/
Directory of thousands of mailing lists and newsletters, not just education.  Search or browse by topic, or start your own.  Formerly, the Liszt e-mail and newsletter directory.

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INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS

SITES WITH LINKS TO MANY EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Education Week:  Organizations
     http://www.edweek.org/rc/organizations/a.html
Lists major education organizations that are involved in education policy or reform alphabetically with a link to the Web site, if available.  Also includes links to government agencies involved in education.  Registration is REQUIRED for access.

U.S. Department of Education.  Educational Associations and Organizations
     http://www.ed.gov/about/associations.jsp
The U.S. Department of Education provides links to major national and international associations and organizations as a service to users.  They do not endorse any site or guarantee its accuracy. Links include the Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD) where searching or browsing over 3,500 national, regional, and state organizations devoted to education resources and support is possible.

Yahoo! Directory:  Education:  Organizations
     http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Organizations/
Extensive lists of links to educational organizations by categories such as alumni associations; arts; early childhood education; financial aid; higher education; K-12; literacy, math; music; online teaching and learning; policy; professional; trade associations; and women.

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See also Education Guide:  Statistics for additional resources.

Association of Research Libraries Statistics
     http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/arl/index.html
Made available by the University of Viriginia Library, data available include statistics relating to "collections, staffing, expenditures, library services, and library and university characteristics for the 112 ARL university libraries." (text from site 9/6/03)

LexisNexis Statistical.  Federal Service.  Base Edition – Research Collection.  LexisNexis.  In-library and remote access.
     http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv
The Federal Service of Statistical Universe consists of American Statistical Index (ASI) indexing and abstracting from 1973- .  Full-text for many U.S. government statistical publications, is available from 1995- .  Provides links from ASI entries to federal government Web sites with indexed publication's full text.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 
     http://nces.ed.gov/
Congressionally mandated, this agency is the major collector, analyzer and publisher of statistics about American education.  Includes press releases, statistical reports, major statistical compendiums, and searchable data files.  Includes compendiums listed below.

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2004
     http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,2340,en_2649_34515_33712135_1_1_1_1,00.html
Provides summaries by chapter and the full text in PDF for the OECD Education Indicators.  This is a rich source for comparison of education across countries.

International Comparisons in Education
     http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/
From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), this site consists of reports from two programs:  the International Activities Program that plans, funds, coordinates, and reports on international activities inside the NCES and the Annual Reports Program that produces compilations data comparing the United States with other countries in educational practices,  trends, and outcomes.

Statistical Abstract of the United States.  Washington : GPO, 1879-.
     http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
     Government Documents Reference and Reference Desk C 3.134:
Basic compendium of social and economic statistics about the United States including some international comparative statistics.  This site provides access to tables in the 1878 through present annual editions in PDF format.  Each table provides source for more information.

Statistical Summary of Missouri Higher Education 2004-2005
     http://www.dhe.mo.gov/0405statsum.shtml
Missouri Department of Higher Education provides tables from the Summary with statistics about both public and private institutions of higher education in Missouri.  Tables give statistics about Performance,  Access, Participation, Resources, Outcomes, and Student Migration in addition to an Appendices.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics
     http://portal.unesco.org/uis/ev.php?URL_ID=2867&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201
Contains links to Database Access, Statistical Tables, Country Profiles, and Fast Facts.

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International Association of Universities
     http://www.unesco.org/iau/onlinedatabases/
Read about Higher Education Systems by selecting a country, get a List of Universities by selecting a country, or search the International Bibliographic Database on Higher Education (HEDBIB) covering topics such as policy, finances, higher education evaluation, issues, curricula, and more.  Resources indexed go back to 1988.

EURYBASE:  EURYDICE Database on Education Systems in Europe 
     http://www.eurydice.org/Eurybase/frameset_eurybase.html
From EURYDICE, The Information Network on Education in Europe, this database contains descriptions of the educational systems in 17 European countries.  Descriptions include cultural, political and economic background; general organization of the education system and general educational administration; pre-school education; primary education; secondary education; higher education; further and adult education; teachers and education staff; evaluation; special educational needs; and the European Dimension in education.  Also has a list of education legislation, institutions (government agencies, boards, associations and organizations), a glossary, and bibliography for each country.

Internet Public Library:  Higher Education
      http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/edu50.00.00/
Provides links to Web sites covering many aspects of higher education such as student life, school searches, studying abroad, and more.

OECD:  Education
     http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_37455_1_1_1_1_37455,00.html
From the Organization of Economic Development, this site provides statistics, publications, and education news from its 30 member countries.

U.S. Network for Education Information (USNEI)
     http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/edlite-index.html
Presents information for foreign students interested in education in the United States, U. S. Education, and for American students interested in education abroad, International Education.

World Bank:  Education
     http://www1.worldbank.org/education/   
Provides news, reports, publications, and statistics for all levels of education.  All resources are not free.

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See Education Guide:  Job Hunting & Career Information

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