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CAREERS AND HIGHER EDUCATION
COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION OR COLLEGE ADMINISTRATOR
COLLEGE TEACHING OR COLLEGE TEACHERS
COLLEGE TEACHING AND EMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSITIES -- ADMINISTRATION
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

*Locating materials in the S.E. Wimberly Library*
Feel free to walk through the stacks; sometimes the best books are found by browsing. These call numbers provide the general location of materials related to education and careers.

LB 1705 - LB 2286	Education and training of teachers
LB 2300 - 2430	Higher Education


(Books beginning with LB are located on the 3rd floor, west wing of the library.)

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

	College Source On-Line College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format on CollegeSource® Online.
	Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection This resource provides access to the full text of 19 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 36 years, and encompasses over 7,000 articles. It covers such subjects as Adult and Continuing Education, Assessment, Multilingual Education, Content Areas, Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, Elementary and Primary Education, Family and Community, High School and Secondary Education, Higher Education, International Education, Leadership, Measurement and Testing, Middle School Education, Multicultural Education and Diversity, Philosophy of Education, Professional Development, Research Methods and Evaluation, School Counseling, School Finance and Budgeting, School Funding, School Health, School Law, School Reform, Special Education and Gifted Education, Standards, Teaching and Instruction, Teaching Methods, Technology, Theory of Education, and Vocational Education.
	Education Fulltext Subject areas include adult education, arts, athletics, comparative education, competency-based education, computers in education, continuing education, educational technology, elementary education, government funding, higher education, instructional media, language arts, library science, literacy standards, multicultural/ethnic education, parent-teacher relations, prayer in public schools, preschool education, religious education, school administration, science and mathematics, secondary education, special education, student counseling, teacher education, teacher evaluation, teaching methods, vocational education. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996.
	ERIC Covers education-related research from conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.
	nfoTrac OneFile A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. Search results can be limited to refereed publications and/or articles with full-text availability.
	Kraus Curriculum Development Library (KCDL Online) This searchable database of curricula, frameworks, and standards brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education. Many recent documents are available online. Older documents are available on microfiche (LB 1570 K72).
	LearningExpressLibrary LearningExpressLibrary provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series for academic or licensing tests . Subjects include "Elements of Business Writing," "Graduate School Entrance Exams," "Math Skills Improvement," "Nursing," "Teacher Certification," "Writing Skills Improvement" and more. You will get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. [First Time Users: Click on the "New User" button to register.]
	Peterson's.com Petersons.com provides information about educational opportunities at all levels, and gives individuals the ability to search Peterson's databases, as well as to request more information, apply to a school or program, and interact in other ways with faculty and administrators at educational institutions.
	Plunkett Research This resource provides industry sector analysis and research, industry trends and industry statistics. Subjects include competitive intelligence, account plan or sales guide data, market research, vertical industry marketing data, product strategy data, trends analysis, statistics, job search data, company profiles and executive lists.
	ProQuest Digital Dissertations Covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations.
	The World of Learning The World of Learning is a directory of international scope that provides information on learned societies, research institutions, libraries, museums, and universities. Subject divisions include academies, learned societies, research institutes, libraries and archives, museums and art galleries, universities, schools of art and music, and colleges of technology. It provides contact information for more than 200,000 faculty, staff and officials at these institutions. It is updated throughout the year.

PRINT RESOURCES

Not everything is available online or electronically. Sometimes the best resources are found in print format. The following materials are some of the best sources for higher education: academic. Some are located in the Reference area of the Boca Raton FAU library and, since they are non-circulating, they can only be viewed in the library.

Available through NetLibrary	Academic Scientists at Work: Navigating the Biomedical Research Career (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002), by Jeremy Boss and Susan Eckert. ISBN: 0-306-47493-X. This handbook for aspiring biomedical scientists features advice on finding an academic job, obtaining research grants, setting up and managing a laboratory, and advancing one's academic career. There's a chapter on mentoring and another summarizing the results of a national survey of biomedical faculty members on how to have a successful career in scientific research. The book's appendix has sample CV's and cover letters.
Port St. Lucie LB2331.72.H45 2001 Boca Raton LB2331.72.H45 1996	The Academic Job Search Handbook (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001, third edition), by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick. ISBN: 0-8122-1778-0. A comprehensive guide that starts with planning a job search and continues through the tenure process. A large section on written materials includes sample correspondence, professional vitas, and statements of teaching philosophy. A two-year timetable helps plan the search. The new third edition has additional information for candidates in the sciences and applicants for adjunct and community-college positions. There's also a section on nonacademic career options.
Boca Raton LB2332.3 .C38 1998	Career Strategies for Women in Academe: Arming Athena (Sage Publications, 1998), by Lynn H. Collins, Joan C. Chrisler, and Kathryn Quina. ISBN: 0-761-90989-3. A guide for women who want to get ahead in academe. It examines women's roles in higher education and offers information about affirmative action, salary and negotiation strategies, and advice about how to get to the top and avoid and deal with potential pitfalls.
Boca Raton LB2331.72 .S68 1998	Finding an Academic Job (Sage Publishers, 1998), by Karen M. Sowers-Hoag and Dianne F. Harrison. ISBN: 0-7619-0401-8. Two deans of social-work schools offer advice on what colleges and universities look for in new faculty members, how to match your credentials to the job market, and how to negotiate a job offer. One section deals with employment issues affecting academic couples.
Boca Raton, Reference (Non-Circulating)LB2332.72 .K76 1997	Getting an Academic Job: Strategies for Success (Sage Publishers, 1997), by Jennie Jacobs Kronefeld and Marcia Lynn Whicker. ISBN: 0-8039-7015-3. This guide explains the nature of job searches, interviews, and landing the right job, and includes a section on the do's and don'ts of job searching.
Boca Raton LB2331.72 .F67 1999	Job Search in Academe: Strategic Rhetorics for Faculty Job Candidates (Stylus Publishing, 1999), by Dawn M. Formo and Cheryl Reed. ISBN: 1-57992-010-X (cloth) ISBN:1-57922-011-8 (paper). The authors of this handbook analyze their own experiences and those of more than 50 job seekers in a variety of fields, including business, the humanities, and the sciences. They suggest ways job seekers can use the verbal, written, and visual clues offered during a job search and interviews to improve their chances of landing jobs.

Jupiter LB2332.3 .C37 1993	Lifting A Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World, by Paula J. Caplan (University of Toronto Press, 1993). ISBN: 0-8020-7411-1. Based on interviews with hundreds of academic women, this handbook includes suggestions for the job hunt, preparing your C.V., interviewing, handling job offers, and applying for contract renewals and tenure. It also includes a checklist for "woman-positive" institutions.
Boca Raton LB2332.3 .T68 1997	Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997), by Emily Toth. ISBN: 0-8122-1566-4. Ms. Mentor was born in 1992 as an advice columnist for woman professors, graduate students, recovering academics, and those who love them. In this question-and-answer guide, she dispenses wisdom on surviving graduate school, landing a job and earning tenure in "pale-male" fields, an

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

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SELECTED PERIODICALS

Searching for and landing an academic teaching job is somewhat different from looking for a job in the corporate or not-for-profit sectors. Available positions are posted in specialized scholarly periodicals, related to a specific academic discipline. Check with your reference librarian for more details.

For up-to-date holdings information, please consult the Catalog.

LC5201 .A33	Adult Education Quarterly
PS1 .A6	American Literature
QA1 .A515	*American Mathematical Monthly*
LC2781 .B45	Black Issues in Higher education
HF1101.U57 A2	*Business Education Forum*
HF5381.A1 V55	*Career Development Quarterly*
LB2300 .C4	Change; the magazine of Higher Learning
LB1141 .C5	Childhood education
LB2300 .C37	Chronicle of Higher Education
PE1 .C6	College English
LB2300 .J8	Community College Journal
LB2328 .C69	Community College Review
L11 .E2	Education
L11 .E443	Educational Leadership
LB1043 .E33	Educational Technology
L11 .H3	Harvard Educational Review
PS501 .I68	Iowa Review
LC2781 .J68	Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Q183.U6 J68	Journal of College Science Teaching
LB1028.5 .C565	Learning and Leading with Technology
QA1 .N28	Mathematics Teacher
QA11.A1 N37	News bulletin / National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
PE1101 .N31	Research in the Teaching of English
LB1501 .E27	Teaching pre K-8
LC1041 .A6	Techniques
Current issues are kept in Current Periodicals and Microforms, 1st floor, west wing. Older education periodicals are shelved in the general collection by call number.

SELECTED WEB SITES

complied by Jennifer Blythe, Assistant Director
Career Development Center
Florida Atlantic University

ORGANIZATIONS

American Association of University Professors - Provides a wide variety of information and resources, including many articles on contemporary issues in higher education.

American Council on Education - Advocate for higher education issues. Website contains resources about the state of higher education.

ACADEMIC JOB SEARCH

Academic Careers Online - includes faculty, research, post doc, adjunct, administrative, and senior management positions at community colleges, universities, and research institutes around the world.

Academic360.com - by searching under disciplines you are connected to associations related to a certain area of expertise and their position openings.

Higher EdJobs.com - HigherEdJobs.com has one of the largest job databases focused exclusively on college and university positions. HigherEdJobs.com concentrates on open positions in higher education.

The Chronicle of Higher Education - Search for position by location or position focus.

University Job Bank - Search for faculty, postdoc, and staff administrative positions.

General Academic Employment and Information Websites

Academic Interview Advice - prepared by Mary Corbin Sies - Commentary on academic interviews prepared by a professor in the department of American Studies, University of Maryland.

Academic Interview Questions - prepared by Mary Corbin Sies - A list of academic interview questions prepared by a professor in the department of American Studies, University of Maryland.

Networking on the Network: A Guide to Professional Skills for PhD Students - Detailed article on how to network on the internet for PhD candidates interested in Academic positions.

Occupational Outlook Handbook - College and University Teaching Outlook - Provides an overview of the nature of work, necessary training and qualifications, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, etc.

Preparing Future Faculty - The Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program is a national movement to transform the way aspiring faculty members are prepared for their careers. PFF programs provide doctoral students, as well as some master’s and postdoctoral students, with opportunities to observe and experience faculty responsibilities at a variety of academic institutions with varying missions, diverse student bodies, and different expectations for faculty. The resources section has resources on job hunting, mentorship, faculty roles and responsibilities, teaching and resources links.

Re-envisioning the Ph.D - Contains a large amount of information about obtaining employment after a Ph.D in the academic and non-academic arenas.

The Chronicle of Higher Education - Career Section - Provides news for college & university administrators, articles about employment issues, and has job postings for faculty and administrative positions.

Tomorrow's Professor Listserv - This site contains all the information sent out on a list serve from that no longer is in operation (closed in 2002). There are articles in the following areas: Tomorrow's Academy , Tomorrow's Graduate Students and Postdocs, Tomorrow's Academic Careers, Tomorrow's Teaching and Learning, and Tomorrow's Research.

Funding and Scholarship Opportunities

The National Academies Postdoctoral and Senior Research Associateship Programs - The National Academies administers Postdoctoral and Senior Research Awards through its Associateship Programs, part of the Policy and Global Affairs Division. The Research Associateship Programs are sponsored by federal laboratories and NASA Research Centers at over one hundred locations in the United States and overseas. Research Associateship awards are given for the purpose of conducting research at a specific laboratory chosen by the applicant, are made to doctoral level scientists and engineers who can apply their special knowledge and research talents to research areas that are of interest to them and to the host laboratories and centers, are made to Postdoctoral Associates (within 5 years of the doctorate) and Senior Associates (normally 5 years or more beyond the doctorate)

Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities- National Institute of Health (Program is for minority students) - The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) seeks to identify, train, and mentor talented students from populations underrepresented in the biomedical sciences who are interested in exploring career opportunities in allergy, immunology, and infectious diseases. The Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities program (INRO) will introduce students to research and training opportunities in NIAID's Division of Intramural Research (DIR).

The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation - Each individual entering the James Madison Fellowship Program will expected to pursue and complete a master's degree in one of the following (listed in order of the Foundation's preference): Master of Arts (MA) in American history or in political science (also referred to as "government and politics" or as "government"); Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) concentrating on either American Constitutional history (in a history department) or American government, political institutions, and political theory (in a political science department); Master of Education (MEd) or the Master of Arts or Master of Science in Education with a concentration in American history or American government, political institutions, and political theory.