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Last Updated: 15-Jan-2013

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Asian studies
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Background Information

Handbook of Asian education : a cultural perspective / editor, Yong Zhao ; co-editors, Jing Lei ... [et al].
New York : Routledge, 2011.
Cubberley » Stacks » LA1141 .H38 2011
"The purpose of this handbook is to present a more nuanced description and analysis of educational systems, practices, and policies in Asian countries than is typically described or perceived, and more importantly, explain and interpret these practices from cultural, social, historical, and economic perspectives." Part III: Islamic Education (pp. 317-385) "The Islamic Education section is organized to illustrate how the educational and cultural challenges confronting Muslim-majority countries today vary by the historical, political, and socio-economic contexts of those societies."
International handbook of educational research in the Asia-Pacific region / editors: John P. Keeves and Ryo Watanabe.
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003.
Cubberley » Reference (Non-circulating) » LB1028.25 .A78 I58 2003 PT.1
International handbook of higher education / James J.F. Forest, Philip G. Altbach (eds.).
Dordrecht : Springer, 2006.
Cubberley » Reference (Non-circulating) » LB2322.2 .I57 2006 PT.1
"provides an in-depth analysis of the scope of postsecondary education worldwide, combining a series of overarching comparative essays with analytic chapters focusing on key countries and regions."
International handbook of urban education / editors, William T. Pink and George W. Noblit.
Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, c2007.
Cubberley » Reference (Non-circulating) » LC5115 .I57 2007 PT.1
World education encyclopedia [electronic resource] : a survey of educational systems worldwide / Rebecca Marlow-Ferguson, editor and project coordinator ; Chris Lopez, associate editor.
2nd ed. Farmington Hills, MI : Gale Group, 2002-
Cubberley also has a paper copy in reference LB15 .W87 2002.

Journals

China academic journals [electronic resource].
Beijing : Tsinghua University China Academic Journals Electronic Publishing House ; Minneapolis, MN : East View Publications [USA distributor], c2001-
The China educational development yearbook.
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009-
Cubberley » Stacks » LA1130 .C46 V.3 2011
Compare.
[Oxford, Eng., etc.] Carfax Publishing Co. [etc.]
SAL3 » Stacks » LA132 .C6 V.42:NO.1-3 2012
Comparative Education Society in Europe
International education.
Knoxville, College of Education, University of Tennessee.
Cubberley » Stacks » 370.5 .I63 V.38 2008/2009

Databases

Education Databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related Databases

Bibliography of Asian studies [electronic resource].
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Association for Asian Studies, [1998- ]
Provides citations to articles in western-language periodicals and some books pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Covers 1971 to the present.
Intergovernmental organization search engine.
[Stanford, Calif.] : [Stanford University Library and Information Services, Jonsson Library of Government Documents]
This is a search engine for students, faculty, researchers, and officials who are doing research in intergovernmental organization topics. The IGO Search searches across hundreds of IGO websites.
Non-governmental organizations search.
[Stanford, Calif.] : [Stanford University Library and Information Services, Jonsson Library of Government Documents]
Search of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) websites. Sites were chosen based on their consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and also collated from University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Duke University Libraries' NGO Research Guide, and the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO).
Ciao : Columbia International Affairs Online [electronic resource].
[New York : Columbia University, 1997-
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from non-governmental organizations, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

Websites

Asia-Pacific Literacy Data Base
"This data base is jointly developed by the Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) and UNESCO Bangkok - Asia and Pacific Bureau for Education in co-operation with government and non-government literacy agencies in the region. It may be freely used and copied for educational and other non-commercial purposes, provided that any reproduction of data be accompanied by an acknowledgement of ACCU and UNESCO as the source."
Center on Chinese Education, Teachers College Columbia University
"The Center on Chinese Education, Teachers College Columbia University (CoCE) is aimed at contributing to a better understanding of education in China and to educational exchange between the United States and China."