Covers a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference information, most available in full text. Includes newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings. Most entries are full-text, some updated daily.
The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education.
The American Association of Colleges and Universities is a global membership organization dedicated to advancing the democratic purposes of higher education by promoting equity, innovation, and excellence in liberal education.
Represents presidents and chancellors of all types of U.S. accredited, degree-granting institutions: community colleges and four-year institutions, private and public universities, and nonprofit and for-profit colleges.
EPI International is an international organization dedicated to the study of educational opportunity and is a collective association of researchers and policy analysts from around the world dedicated to the mission of enhancing our knowledge of critical barriers facing students and families throughout the educational pipeline.
A nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
How to Critically Evaluate Sources
Be critical of the source:
Who is the author? Are they an expert? Someone with a lived experience? Who is the publisher? Are they reputable? Biased?
What is their purpose to write this? To inform? Educate? Persuade? Sell?
Is this information current or published in a time-frame that makes it relevant to my needs?
Think critically about the information in the source:
What claim/argument is the author is making? What is the central idea of this source?
What evidence does the author use to support their argument? Is it personal/lived experience? Statistical/numerical? Observed? Experimental and reproducible? How is it valuable for your information needs?
What perspectives are dominant? (Ex. Is this Eurocentric? Gender focused?) What perspectives are missing?
Can I use the findings/conclusions to predict outcomes in related areas?
How can I connect the information/ideas in this source to other sources to create a conversation between them?
Academic References
The databases and books below would be useful when writing the essay where you explore your educational issue further.
Provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education index. Includes the full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.
Web of Science provides access to the world's leading citation databases in the Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities, covering approximately 12,000 of the highest impact journals, as well as 160,000 conference proceedings. Centre has access to coverage from 1999 to present.
