'L'ementary: Guide to Selected Education Resources
ADDRESSES/PHONE NUMBERS COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES-World of Learning Ref AS2 .W6 Ready Ref; National Faculty Directory Ref L901 .N34 Ready Ref. Directory of colleges available online: http://www.cgf.org/home.asp
AMERICAN & INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS-materials on Ready Ref and in Ref Stacks; http://geowww.uibk.ac.at/univ/; International Education Journal http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/education/iej/articles/mainframe.htm
DISSERTATIONS BY MU STUDENTS-depository; MERLIN search http://laurel.lso.missouri.edu/-author, title, key word; subject: type dissertations academic university of missouri columbia (plus department if known);
http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu:2048/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1M2UmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=45247 (full-text of MU dissertations from 1995-present); electronic dissertations
DISTANCE LEARNERS-needing remote access to various MU resources should go to the URL http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/resourcesfor/distancelearners/distancemain.htm; for access to electronic resources go to Proxy Accounts;
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS-go to libraries' homepage http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/ click on Find a Specific Article or Journal on the left portion of the screen; electronic journals are also found in the MERLIN Catalog with a Journal, Magazine, Newspaper Title search
ERes-electronic reserves
ERIC DOCUMENTS
ERIC microfiche-on the first floor near the elevators
Digital ERIC microfiche-many post-1993 documents are available at /http://eric.ed.gov/
GREEK LIFE-Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities Ref LJ31.B2 Ref Stacks; see URLs http://www.greekpages.com/; http://www.greekspot.com/ ; http://www.greekchat.com/
SELECTED EDUCATION REFERENCE WORKS
College Applications & Essays Ready Ref LB2351.52 U6 V37 1997
Patterson's American Education Ready Ref L901.P3-information about elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education
Peterson's Guide to Graduate Programs Ready Ref L901 .P465
INTERNET SITES
http://muarchives.missouri.edu/MU's archives
http://www.missouri.edu/~bandwww University of Missouri school songs (songs will be reposted to this link in the near future)
http://web.missouri.edu/~mbookwww/ M Book, the university's student handbook
http://tiger.coe.missouri.edu/ College of Education web page
http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp assists in locating tests
http://admissions.missouri.edu/transferStudents/index.php
transfer students can find out about transferring credit hours and other important topics
http://media.asc.missouri.edu/ catalog for films and videos available from MU's Academic Support Center
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/ google guide to education related sites on the web
http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/guides/subjects/education/default.htm subject guide for education
Digital Resources almanacs, atlases and maps, biographies, catalogs, bibliography, conversions & calculators, dictionaries & thsauri, encyclopedias, postal (zip codes, postal rates), quotations, statistics, data sets, surveys, telephone/address/email finder
FINANCIAL AID- http://fsa.missouri.edu/
PH.D. CANDIDATES' CARRELS-talk to the Administrative Office (882-4701, Room 104 Ellis).
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MIZZOU-Olson's University of Missouri Ref LD3468. O47 1988 Ready Ref, also, copies at other locations; http://digmo.org/
go to pull down menu at top right or screen, select photos, enter term(s) describing image you deisre (e.g., student, tree); http://www.themaneater.com/ photographs associated with some stories;
image library for web developers http://webcom.missouri.edu/ilibrary/;
Savitar
PUBLISHING-Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Psychology and Administration Ref LB14.7 .C323;
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Curriculum and Methods Ref
LB14.7 .C32
READY REFERENCE
The almanac of American education MU Ellis LA217.2 .A45 2004
REFERENCE STACKS
American College Regalia Ref LB3630 .S64 1988-school name & address, plus nick name, colors, mascot, newspaper, yearbook, song
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher EducationRef LA227.4 .C53 2001
120 Years of American Education Ref LB2846.054 1993-provides historical data
Philosophies, Missions, Goals Ref LA210 .P53 1990
Student Resource Guide to the Internet Ref LB1044.87 L477 1998
RESERVE-course readings, old tests, etc.; university budget, including salaries; study guides for standardized exams such as the GRE and the LSAT See ERes.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-MU FILE-includes information on MU buildings, events, personalities, firsts, etc.
TWO EAST-Bulletin / Bureau of Education L111 .A6 provides statistical and other data on public education in the United States from 1890-1957; Savitar LH1.S2, yearbook of the university
CITATION GUIDES-
http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/guides/citationguides/default.htm
If you ever need the big guns:
National Library of Education
The National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov
has online copies of the Condition of Education and the Digest of Education Statistics.