Subject Guides: HED 620: Seminar in Higher Education in the United States (Allan): Home

Higher Education News Sources

Chronicle of Higher Education
News, articles, and opinion pieces about contemporary issues in higher education. Requires login with UMaine account.
Inside Higher Ed
News articles and opinion pieces about issues in higher education. Also hosts a subset of blogs that specialize in opinion pieces.

Databases

Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text material from education journals, books, and yearbooks. Requires login with UMaine account.
ERIC-Education (ProQuest)
Provides access to education materials listed in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. Requires login with UMaine account.
PsycINFO
Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, including education. Requires login with UMaine account.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Contains excellent citation information in relation to its articles; users can see not only which articles have been cited by other sources, but can click on a link to see a list of what those other sources are. Requires login with UMaine account.
Sociological Abstracts
Indexes and provides abstracts for research literature in sociology and other related disciplines in social and behavioral sciences. Requires login with UMaine account.
Mental Measurement Yearbook with Tests in Print
Provides users with a digital repository of testing instruments from different testing fields. Requires login with UMaine account.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a digital library containing journals, books, and primary sources in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Very recent articles may not be accessible, but this is one of the best databases to check for older materials. Requires login with UMaine account.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text versions of many of the dissertations and theses stored here. Requires login with UMaine account.
Google Scholar
Follow the directions on the guide to set up access to Fogler full text journal articles.

Proxy Bookmarklet

URSUS Libraries Proxy Bookmarklet
This link has instructions about how to bookmark the URSUS Libraries Proxy Bookmarklet in your web browser. When you are browsing the web through non-library resources and come across material behind a paywall, clicking on the Bookmarklet will reload the page through a University of Maine proxy server, allowing you full access to material Fogler Library subscribes to in most cases.

Journals of Note

Journal of Higher Education
Publishes research of interest to faculty and administrators in a higher education setting. Requires login with UMaine account.
Higher Education
Features studies about higher education throughout the world. Requires login with UMaine account.
Higher Education Quarterly
Provides access to articles focused on policy and management in higher education. Requires login with UMaine account.
Innovative Higher Education
Features scholarly examinations of new ideas in higher education. Requires login with UMaine account.
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
Publishes research and theory dealing with higher education and issues of inclusivity. Requires login with UMaine account.
Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education
Publishes articles about the processes of student learning. Requires login with UMaine account.