LibGuides: Writing 001 (Winek): Education Sources

News

Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
A news source for academia, it includes information on jobs for college and university faculty and administration.

See the 2016 Trends Report
See the 2016 Almanac - At "Choose a Table to View" > select Students
See the Student Section - also available from the home page at the upper left under Sections

Inside Higher Ed
a newspaper written for those working in higher education yet articles often address issues related to students, learning, and a variety of other topics related to education

Stats

American Time Use Study (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
information on college and university students
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
postsecondary +
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
for example, time spent studying (#15); see frequencies by sex
Student Stats (IRDS)
about UC Merced students made available from Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRDS)

If you want to look for other statistics, try the key words from your search and add the term stats. Look for sites that are reputable. Explore their About page.

Sample. I want stats on drug use of college students.

Google Search: college students drug use stats

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is the first result in Google and it includes some data!

Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
A multidisciplinary database with full text content in the arts, social sciences, humanities and sciences.

Search for "college students" in Academic Search Complete, narrowed to Cover stories
cover stories are those featured on the front of the magazine

Credo Reference
Provides access to a collection of reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, measurement conversions and more.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
1966 - present. Covers all areas of education, including adult, urban, rural, vocational, elementary, early childhood, handicapped, gifted, and higher education. Includes citations and abstracts to journal articles (EJ) and documents (ED) in education.
Education Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Includes full text for more than 1,700 journals, 550 books and monographs, education-related conference papers, citations for over four million articles including book reviews and over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests.
Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection This link opens in a new window
1968 - present. Full-text of peer-reviewed journals on education topics including diversity, teaching methods, leadership, and testing.

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