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Faculty Development Databases and Resources

Summon Discovery Service
Summon is a discovery service used to search multiple library resources and databases in a single search.

Career & Technical Education Database
This database provides access to vocational information including coverage in business, computing science, healthcare, building trades, and auto mechanics.
Classic Library Catalog
Find books, electronic books, journals, theses, DVDs and more materials available through the library.
Educational Administration Abstracts
Bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Provided by BadgerLink.
Education Database
This database provides access to over 900 educational publications. This database is included in ProQuest Central.
Education Research Complete
An online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Provided by BadgerLink.
eResources A-Z
A searchable list of all the electronic journals that are available through the library.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
ERIC provides access to bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, when available links to full text articles are provided. Provided by BadgerLink.
JSTOR
Access full text articles from journals in the fields of economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. The library has access to the Arts & Sciences I Collection and the Arts & Sciences II Collection.
Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY)
This database is a comprehensive guide to testing instruments in the areas of education, psychology, business and leadership.

Licensing of this database restricts usage to four (4) simultaneous users.
Academic Video Online
Academic Video Online provides video material with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels and more. This resource includes content from PBS, BBC, 60 MINUTES, National Geographic, and more than 14,000 titles exclusive to Alexander Street. Access to award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners are also available.
ProQuest One Academic
ProQuest One Academic provides access to a collection of journals, ebooks, dissertations, news, videos, and primary sources, all in one place. This resource includes four multi-disciplinary products: ProQuest Central, Academic Complete, Academic Video Online and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
ScienceDirect College Edition
Covers the areas of physical sciences, engineering, social sciences, life sciences, health sciences, and humanities.
Social Science Database
This database provides access to academic journals covering many social science disciplines including anthropology, economics, education, and psychology. This database is included in ProQuest Central.
Statista
Statista is a statistics portal that integrates data onto a single, clean, and easy to use platform. Categorized into market sectors, Statista provides research institutions and the academic community, as well as business and corporate customers, with direct access to quantitative data on demographics, media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.

Faculty Development Collection

The Faculty Development Collection focuses on education, servant leadership and teaching skills. To search this collection, use “faculty development collection” in the Library Catalog Subject Search field.

Online Resources

Edited by respected scholar and expert Dr. Maryellen Weimer of Penn State Berks, The Teaching Professor is a forum for discussion of the best strategies supported by the latest research for effective teaching in the college classroom. This resource is available to MSOE Faculty via an authorization code. Please email the library or call 414-277-7180 to request user instructions for this resource.

Creating Innovators by Tony Wagner
Call Number: LB1607.5 .W33 2012 Faculty Development Collection
ISBN: 9781451611496
How Learning Works by Susan A. Ambrose; Michael W. Bridges; Michele DiPietro; Marsha C. Lovett; Marie K. Norman
Call Number: LB1025.3 .H68 2010 Faculty Development Collection
ISBN: 9780470484104
Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge by Joseph D. Novak
Call Number: LB1060 .N677 2010 Faculty Development Collection
ISBN: 9780415991858