Library Services for Off-Campus/Online Programs

Educational Administration & Policy Studies,
Educational Leadership

Start here for good articles/research

• ERIC--Premier database for all education topics. Search for keywords and checkmark the box Map Term to Subject Heading. The library owns the entire ERIC Documents collection on microfiche (Gelman, 3rd floor).
• Education Abstracts--Includes journals, books, and yearbooks on a variety of education topics.
• Academic Search Premier--Includes many education journals, often with full text.
• Dissertations & Theses Online--Includes dissertations and theses, many with full text, from over 1,000 North America and European universities.
• Policy File--Public policy research and analysis from think tanks, research programs and organizations.
• Emerald Library--Articles from over 130 management journals.
• JSTOR--Articles from over 50 education journals. Does not include articles for the most recent 3-5 years.
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)--Over 200 scholarly, international, education journals, freely available on the Web.
• Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science)--Includes education journals. Especially good for dissertation-level bibliographies because it allows cited reference searching: that is, how many times an article has been cited by others.

Not only articles

• WorldCat--Catalog of library catalog across the U.S. (and some international libraries)
• Google Scholar--Search for scholarly publications in a variety of fields. Set your preferences for access to full text and to RefWorks citation export.
• Education Statistics--The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the most comprehensive source for U.S. statistics on all education levels.
• International Education Statistics--Global Education Database compiled by the U.S. Agency for international Development (USAID) using UNESCO statistics.
• Statistical Resources on the Web-Education--Great portal with links to U.S. and international statistics on all education levels and related areas.
• Education Resource Organizations Directory--Searchable directory