Research Guides: Education: Reference

Reference

Indexes & Reference Sources
Dictionaries & Glossaries
School Rankings
Encyclopedias
Journal Metrics

Sage eReference*
Provides full-text, sophisticated searching of reference materials from Sage publications.
Gale Virtual Reference Library*
Searchable full-text e-book versions of many reference works.
Social Theory*
Of particular interest, you can browse social theories and read important texts in which they appear.
Learning-Theories
Learning Theories Knowledgebase (2010, September). at Learning-Theories.com. Retrieved September 24th, 2010 from http://www.learning-theories.com/
Campbell Reviews from the C2-RIPE Library
Evidence-based reviews of interventions in the social, behavioral, and educational arenas, specializing in criminology,social welfare, education, and methodological questions in evaluating social work. Not extensive.

Education Dictionaries in Listed in Library Search
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Check the ERIC Thesaurus within the ERIC database for some common definitions usually contained in "scope notes".
Glossary of Instructional Strategies
Shambles Glossary
Acronyms in education
Glossary Compilation - Fall 2009 National Library of Education U.S. Department of Education
This compilation gets at terms that educators and researchers use. Use in conjunction with such resources as those listed above, especially the ERIC Thesaurus.

America's Best Graduate Schools (U.S. News & World Report rankings)
The abbreviated online version of Best Graduate Schools. Provides rankings of graduate schools in business, education, engineering, law, medicine, and more.
Best 361 College Rankings on The Princeton Review
Search rankings by school or category.
College and University Rankings
Links to many different sources of college rankings -- from the most wired colleges to the most disability-friendly
U.S. News and World Report College Rankings
A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States
Dataset to assess the quality & effectiveness of doctoral programs based on multiple. Data from 2005/6 from more than 5,000 programs at 212 universities. Published by National Academies Press from the National Research Council.

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Covers faculty publications, grants, and awards; student GRE scores, financial support, and employment outcomes; and program size, time to degree, and faculty composition. Measures of faculty and student diversity are also included.
To download the Excel on campus, choose the Mac 2008 version even if you are using Windows operating system. See also, http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/psychology for searchable data (site not related to National Research Council, but using their data). You must register your email to download from NAP.

This is not a comprehensive list. Most rankings do not do a good job of indicating the value of niche publications and must be viewed critically. A common weak point is categorization of journals by subject prior to analysis. Take into account: titles indexed by databases, circulation or library subscribers, acceptance/rejection rates, specialization, longevity of publication, prestige and reputation, and (related) affiliation with associations.

Tutorial on Journal Impact Factor from Ebling Library -UW, Madison
Good starting point for understanding impact factors and alternative rankings from Ebling Library, Health Sciences Learning Center by Ann Combs.
ISI Journal Citation Rates (JCR)*
Eigenfactor
Based on ISI journal impact factor.
H-Index
Based on Google Scholar. Requires download and installation of software to use.
Google Scholar author citations and profiles
The link is to directions for setting up a profile. A few faculty have profiles that you can see.
Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) journal indicators
"Source-Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) measures contextual citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field. The impact of a single citation is given higher value in subject areas where citations are less likely, and vice versa."

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from http://www.journalmetrics.com . Uses Scopus data.
AltMetrics Tools
A listing of alternative metrics applications for measuring scholarly impact.

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