Higher Education

Departmental Representative

Most professional librarians serve as subject bibliographers for one or more academic departments or programs. They work with the faculty members to develop the library's collection, promote its use and provide library instruction.

For the College of Education, the subject bibliographer is:

Chris Guder, Reference Librarian Office: 206 Alden Library, Learning Commons (2nd floor) Phone: (740) 597-1975 E-Mail: guder@ohio.edu

The faculty library liaison person is:

Dr. Joan Safran, Associate Professor of Education Office: 321E McCracken Hall Phone: (740) 593-0840 E-mail:safranj@ohio.edu

Background Information:
Encyclopedias, Statistics, Directories and More

Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education, Programs, Candidates. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education, (annual)
Location: Latest in the Reference Stacks; earlier years on the 6th floor and in the Annex: L901 A48

The Chronicle of Higher Education Faculty Salaries
Note: Most statistics in the Chronicle cannot be accessed online without an individual subscription. For other statistics on the page, use Education Abstracts to identify the relevant issue, and find the statistics in the printed Chronicle.
Location: http://chronicle.com/stats/aaup/

A Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. 2000 ed. Princeton, NJ : Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2000.
Location: Reference Stacks LA227.4 .C53 (on order)
URL: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/Classification/index.htm

Education: The Complete Encyclopedia.
Location: Athens Campus SearchNet computers
Note: Includes the electronic form of The Encyclopedia of Higher Education (1992) and the International Encyclopedia of Education (1994).

Grapevine; a National Database of State Tax Support for Higher Education Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Education Policy.
Location: www.coe.edu/grapevine

Higher Education in the United States; an Encyclopedia.. Santa Barbara: ABC Clio, 2002.
Location: Reference Stacks LA225 H54 2002x

Higher Education Law in America. 3rd ed. Birmingham, Alabama: Oakstone Legal and Business Publications, 2002.
Location: Reference Stacks KF4225 H54 2002x

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Washington, D.C. : Office of Educational Research and Development, (annual).
Location:http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/data.html

The National faculty directory . Gale Research Co., (annual)
Location: Latest in Reference Stacks; Earlier years on the 6th floor and in the Annex L901 .N34

National Survey of Student Engagement. Bloomington, IN: National Survey of Student Engagement.
Location: http://www.iub.edu/%nsse/

Ohio Board of Regents data for campuses
Location: http://www.regents.state.oh.us/for_campuses.htm

Postsecondary Governance Structures Database
Location: http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/31/02/3102.htm

World Guide to Higher Education : a comparative survey of systems, degrees and qualifications. 3rd ed. Paris : Unesco Publishing, 1996.
Location: Reference Stacks LA183 .U52 1996x

Library Catalogs

Library catalogs generally include references for materials like books, journals, and videos owned by a particular library or group of libraries. They do not include articles within journals, and most (including OU's catalog) don't include ERIC documents. To access those materials, use Indexes and Abstracts

Useful headings if you do a Subject Search in these catalogs include:

• Education, Higher
• Universities and Colleges

ALICE: Ohio University Libraries' Online Catalog

ALICE is the name of the online library catalog for all campuses of Ohio University - Athens, Chillicothe, Eastern, Lancaster, Southern, and Zanesville.

OhioLINK Central Catalog

The OhioLINK Central Catalog represents the combined holdings of more than eighty libraries around the state. (See our page on borrowing books from OhioLINK.)

WorldCat

WorldCat is an international database for bibliographic information catalogued by many thousands of libraries. Consists of over 30 million bibliographic records. This is a good database for identifying materials not held in Ohio libraries. You can't borrow directly through this database. If you find materials here that are not available through OhioLINK, use Ohio University's Interlibrary Loan service.

Availability: all on-campus computers; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.

Indexes and Abstracts

• Indexes 400 international English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and book series in the field of education. Includes books reviews from those publications.
• Coverage of the electronic version is 1983 to the present. It is updated monthly.
• There is also a Retrospective Education Index for 1929-1982.
• Availability: all on-campus computers; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.

• Indexes approximately 900 journals in the field of education and related fields. Also indexes the ERIC document collection. ERIC documents often include papers presented at psychological conferences.
• Coverage is 1966 to the present. It is updated monthly.
• Here is an alternate form of ERIC which is also available in Ohio public schools and public libraries.
• Availability: all on-campus computers; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.
• The ERIC Document Reproduction Service offers free PDF copies of some of the ERIC documents - 80% of the ERIC documents indexed since 1996. (Note: this is for ERIC documents only, not for jounal articles indexed in ERIC.)

• This printed index indexes some journals not indexed in ERIC or Education Abstracts.
• Coverage is 1984 to the present. It is updated quarterly
• Current issues on the 4th floor in the Current Periodicals Collection (shelved in alphabetical order);bound volumes are on the sixth floor under call number LB2343 C62

• This is an electronic index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1990/1991. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages.
• Good for historical research.
• Availability: All Athens campus computers with web access; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.

• Indexes approximately 1300 journals in the field of psychology and related disciplines, such as counseling, social linguistics, medicine , law, physiology, business, psychiatry, and anthropology. Also indexes books, chapters within books, and dissertations.
• Comprehensive and international in scope. Indexes materials in 27 languages from 46 countries. About 11% of the items indexed are not in English.
• Coverage of the current file is 1967 to the present. The current file is updated monthly. There is also a Historic PsycInfo file for 1887-1966.
• Availability: all on-campus computers with web access; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty and staff have access through a login process.

• Indexes articles and citations from over 1700 international journals in all areas of the social sciences. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work.
• Coverage of source journals is 1980 to date. Cited references can come from any time period. It is updated weekly.
• Availability: all on-campus computers with web access; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.

• Citations of more than 1.5 million doctoral dissertations and 45,000 masters theses from 550 U.S. and international institutions.
• Selected masters theses and international dissertations included since 1988.
• Abstracts are included from 1981 to the present. Abstracts of earlier dissertations are on microfilm, on the 1st floor of Alden Library. Abstracts are unavailable for years before 1938.
• Supports the ordering of paper and microform copies of dissertations.
• Provides free access to the electronic texts (PDF files) of all Ohio University dissertations published 1997 forward.
• To view or print Portable Display Files (PDF) on your workstation, you will need a copy of the Adobe Acrobat reader loaded on your computer. The Adobe Acrobat reader is distributed free of charge at the Acrobat home page.
• Printing PDF files on the Library's networked printers is NOT recommended because of the length of the printing time and our 7¢ per page printing charge (in addition to the dissertation cost).
• Availability: All on-campus computers with web access; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.
• More information on identifying dissertations http://www.library.ohiou.edu/find/diss.html

Higher Education Journals

This is a selective list of higher education journals owned by the Ohio University Libraries. Check ALICE for fuller information about holdings.

ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report
    (full text of recent issues also available through Education Abstracts)

Each issue is cataloged separately. Check ALICE for holdings by title.

New Directions for Community Colleges (print and online)

ALICE treats this as a series of books rather than as a periodical. Search ALICE by "New directions for community colleges" and look for a separate line that matches the volume or issue numbering of the article that you need.

New Directions for Higher Education (print and online)

ALICE treats this as a series of books rather than as a periodical. Search ALICE by "New directions for higher education" and look for a separate line that matches the volume or issue numbering of the article that you need.

New Directions for Institutional Research (print and online)

ALICE treats this as a series of books rather than as a periodical. Search ALICE by "New directions for institutional research" and look for a separate line that matches the volume or issue numbering of the article that you need.

New Directions for Student Services (print and online)

ALICE treats this as a series of books rather than as a periodical. Search ALICE by "New directions for student services" and look for a separate line that matches the volume or issue numbering of the article that you need.

Association and Other Websites

The American Association for Higher Education

URL: http://www.aahe.org/

(AAHE) is an individual membership organization that promotes the changes higher education must make to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world. AAHE equips individuals and institutions with the knowledge they need to bring them about.

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

URL: http://www.aacrao.com/

AACRAO is a nonprofit, voluntary, professional association of more than 9,000 higher education administrators who represent more than 2,300 institutions and agencies in the United States and in thirty-nine other countries. The mission of the Association is to provide leadership in policy initiation, interpretation, and implementation in the global educational community. This is accomplished through the identification and promotion of standards and best practices in enrollment management, information technology, instructional management, and student services.

American Association of Community Colleges

URL: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/

AACC is the primary advocacy organization for the nation's 1,100 two-year degree granting institutions. Organized in 1920, AACC promotes the causes of its member colleges through: 1) legislative advocacy 2) monitoring of national issues and trends 3)collection, analysis and dissemination of information 4) representation with other educational agencies and the national media 5) research and publication of news and scholarly analyses. The Association is a non-profit organization located in the National Center for Higher Education in Washington, DC.

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities

URL: http://www.aascu.org/

(AASCU) Colleges and universities (400) offering programs leading to a degree of bachelor, master, or doctor, that are wholly or partially state supported and controlled; associate members (34) are state educational agencies that have a regulatory or administrative relationship with institutional members. Is organized to enable members to express their views on national affairs; to present the contributions and services of state colleges and universities effectively to the public and to agencies concerned with higher education; to provide representation of members in national education organizations. Conducts national and regional workshops.

American College Personnel Association

URL: http://www.acpa.nche.edu/

Individuals employed in higher education and involved in student personnel work, including administration, counseling, research, and teaching. Fosters student development in higher education in areas of service, advocacy, and standards by offering professional programs for educators committed to the overall development of post-secondary students.

American Council on Education

URL: http://www.acenet.edu/

he American Council on Education (ACE) is the nation's coordinating higher education association. Its approximately 1,800 members include accredited, degree=granting colleges and universities and other education and education-related organizations. ACE is dedicated to the belief that equal educational opportunity and a strong higher education system are essential cornerstones of a democratic society. Its site maintains a list of useful internet links for the study of higher education and the latest issue of Higher Education and National Affairs.

The Association of American Colleges and Universities

URL: http://www.aacu-edu.org/

This is the institutional membership association focused on advancing the aims of liberal education. the AAC&U membership is made up of accredited public and private colleges and universities of every type and size. AAC&U forges links between presidents, academic administrators, and faculty leaders to plan and implement effective educational programs as the means to strengthen their institutions.

The Association of American Universities (AAU)

URL: http://www.aau.edu

The AAU currently consists of sixty American universities and two Canadian universities. Approximately half are public institutions and half are private. The association serves its members in two major ways. First, it assists them in developing national policy positions on issues that relate to academic research and graduate and professional education. Second, it provides them with a forum for discussing a broad range of other institutional issues, such as undergraduate education.

Association of College Administration Professionals

URL: http://www.acap.org/

Most of ACAP's college administration members are either chief business officers or directors of business and auxillary services. Another group of members are in student services, such as deans of students, housing and college union directors. A smaller number of our members direct specific operations such as food service, bookstores, telecommunications, I.D. card systems, physical plant, purchasing, human resources, admissions, security and safety, financial aid and other college operations.

Association of College and University Housing Officers

URL: http://www.acuho.ohio-state.edu/

Officials of educational institutions in 11 countries concerned with all aspects of student housing and food service operation. Supports and conducts research. Organizes seminars and workshops. Offers internships. Maintains biographical archives; offers placement service. Compiles statistics.

Association of College Unions International

URL: http://www.acuiweb.org/indexn.asp

Dedicated to helping student activities and college unions make significant contributions to the total campus environment for learning and to the development of persons who form the academic community. Maintains placement service. Sponsors regional and national tournaments in bowling, billiards, table tennis, and college bowl.

Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

URL: http://www.agb.org/

Members are governing boards of public and private 2- and 4-year colleges and universities; constituents include regents, trustees, presidents, and other high-level administrators of colleges and universities. Addresses the problems and responsibilities of trusteeship in all sectors of higher education and the relationships of trustees and regents to the president, the faculty, and the student body. Operates Trustee Information Center; conducts the National Conference on Trusteeship. Conducts reseach programs and the Robert L. Gale Fund for the Study of Trusteeship.

Association for Educational Communications and Technology

URL: http://www.aect.org/

Technology and instructional materials specialists, educational technologists, audiovisual and television production personnel, and teacher educators. Seeks to improve education through the systematic planning, application, and production of communications media for instruction. Maintains charitable program; offers placement service.

The Association for the Study of Higher Education

URL: http://www.ashe.ws

Professors, researchers, administrators, policy analysts, graduate students, and others concerned with the study of higher education. Purposes are to advance the study of higher education and facilitate and encourage discussion of priority issues for research in the study of higher education.

College and University Professional Association for Human Resources

URL: http://www.cupahr.org/

Professional organization made up of colleges and universities interested in the improvement of campus Human Resource administration. Carries out special research projects and surveys, including annual administrative compensation survey for higher education. Sponsors training seminars to meet members' technical, professional, and developmental needs in human resource management. Disseminates information to members regarding federal legislation and regulations affecting higher education institutions. Compiles statistics.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

URL: http://www.case.org/

Members are colleges, universities, and independent elementary and secondary schools. Individual member representatives serve these institutions as alumni, fundraising, public relations, admissions, government relations, and publications officers. Serves as national clearinghouse for corporate matching gift information. Offers members professional training seminars and publications. Maintains reference library containing case studies, papers, and examples of reports and other campus publications. Conducts occasional research projects. Monitors federal legislation of interest to members.

EDUCAUSE

URL: http://www.educause.edu/

EDUCAUSE is an international, nonprofit association whose mission is to help shape and enable transformational change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management.

Internet Resources for Institutional Research

URL: http://airweb.org/links

Higher education researchers, faculty, and students will appreciate this ample directory of Web resources pertaining to the doings of colleges and universities. While not pretty, it's quite practical. Hundreds of links are provided under categories such as Admissions Guides, Electronic Journals, Higher Education Associations, Jobs, Student Government, and the Virtual University. This is a serviceable gateway, whether you're browsing for "Issues of Diversity: Rethinking Multicultural Education," college nicknames, or a Librarian's Guide to the Internet.

National Academic Advising Association

URL: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/

Academic program advisers, faculty, administrators, counselors, and others concerned with the intellectual, personal, and career development of students in all types of postsecondary educational institutions. Is dedicated to the support and professional growth of academic advising and academic advisers. Provides a forum for discussion, debate, and exchange of ideas regarding academic advising. Serves as advocate for standards and quality programs in academic advising. Operates consultants bureau to assist advising services on college campuses. Conducts professional training and holds professional development workshops and conferences. Maintains placement service, speakers' bureau, and information clearinghouse.

National Association for Campus Activities

URL: http://www.naca.org/

NACA is a not-for-profit association composed of colleges and universities, talent firms and artists/performers, student programmers and leaders, and professional campus activities staff. It is a clearinghouse and catalyst for information, ideas, and programs promoting a variety of college and university activities, from leadership development to student programming.

National Association for College Admission Counseling

URL: http://www.nacac.com

Public, parochial, and independent secondary schools; school systems; public and private two-year colleges, four-year colleges, and universities; independent counselors and educational organizations concerned with secondary school guidance, college admission, and financial aid. Seeks to: establish and maintain high professional standards in college admission guidance; develop useful and efficient college guidance programs and materials; foster and expand the relationships between and among secondary schools and colleges. Conducts state and regional conferences, seminars and workshops, and research projects. Sponsors National College Fairs for colleges and other postsecondary institutions, students, and parents in 32 major cities each year.

National Association of College and University Business Officers

URL: http://www.nacubo.org

Colleges, universities, and companies that are members of a regional association. Develops and maintains national interest in improving the principles and practices of business and financial administration in higher education. Sponsors workshops in fields such as cash management, grant and contract maintenance, accounting, investment, student loan administration, and costing. Conducts research and information exchange programs between college and university personnel; compiles statistics.

National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges

URL: http://www.nasulgc.org/

Educational association representing the principal public universities of the 50 states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia, including 105 land-grant colleges and universities. Seeks to focus public attention on problems of this special segment of higher education and on contributions these institutions have made to the nation. Special areas of interest include legislation at both the federal and state level affecting public higher education, curriculum revision, academic structure, urban involvement, agriculture and extension activities, university scientific and technical research, education of the disadvantaged, enrollment, cost trends, and degree production. Maintains Office for the Advancement of Public Black Colleges, and Federal Relations Group.

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators

URL: http://www.naspa.org/

Representatives of degree-granting institutions of higher education which have been fully accredited. Works to enrich the educational experience of all students. Serves colleges and universities by providing leadership and professional growth opportunities for the chief student affairs officer and other professionals who consider higher education and student affairs issues from an institutional perspective. Provides professional development; improves information and research; acts as an advocate for students in higher education.

National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI)

URL: http://www.stanford.edu/group/ncpi/

NCPI's mission is to provide leadership for the transformation and improvement of postsecondary education in its diverse forms-from research universities and comprehensive colleges to community colleges and vocational-technical schools.

National Council of University Research Administrators

URL: http://www.ncura.edu/

Individuals engaged in the administration of sponsored programs in colleges, universities, teaching hospitals, organizations wholly organized and administered by colleges and universities, or a consortium of colleges and universities. Promotes development of more effective policies and procedures in the administration of sponsored programs to achieve maximum educational potential in academic research. Fosters development of college and university research and sponsored program administration as a professional field.

National Postsecondary Education Cooperative

URL: http://nces.ed.gov/npec/

In 1994, Congress authorized the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to establish the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative. Its mission is "to identify and communicate on-going and emerging issues germane to postsecondary education, and to promote the quality, comparability and utility of postsecondary data and information that support policy development, implementation, and evaluation." The Cooperative is composed of individuals representing all levels of postsecondary education including public and independent institutions, statewide governing and coordinating agencies, federal government and national associations.

Ohio Board of Regents

URL: http://www.regents.state.oh.us/

The Regents have a direct, non-governing relationship with all of Ohio's colleges and universities. Working in partnership with Ohio's higher education community, the Regents: advocate for and recommend how to best direct the state's investment in higher education; work with the State Board of Education to develop a seamless primary, secondary and higher education system; develop and advocate policies to maximize higher education's contributions to the state and its citizens; authorize and approve new degree programs; and manage state-funded financial aid programs for students.

Society for College and University Planning

URL: http://www.scup.org/

University and college presidents, vice presidents, directors, deans, and faculty interested in higher education planning; government agencies; corporations; private consultants. Provides bibliographic information. Undertakes studies and research projects in higher education planning.

State Higher Education Executive Officers

URL: http://www.sheeo.org/

Higher education executive officers from the U.S. and Puerto Rico who are in charge of coordination and planning. Identifies and develops the interests of states in the study of higher education; supports and emphasizes the importance of state planning and coordination in higher education; encourages cooperative relationships between government, colleges, and universities. Provides policy analyses, studies, and information exchange; develops positions on federal and state policies.

StudentAffairs.com

URL: http://www.studentaffairs.com

"The online guide for student affairs professionals." Besides listing hundreds of job postings by over 415 institutions of higher education, this site also lists relevant websites, listservs, online courses, and more.