Higher Education Reference Sources
Main Floor

The following are reference sources that are good starting places for compiling background information on your topic, available on the Main Floor of the Library:

• American higher education : a guide to reference sources Ref Z5815.U5 O44 1993
• Asian higher education : an international handbook and reference guide LA1058 .A82 1997
• Consortium directory Ref LB2331.5.D5 (by the Council for Interinstitutional Leadership)
• Directory of college & university administrators Ref. L901.P47
• Directory of faculty contracts and bargaining agents in institutions of higher education Ref. LB2335.885.U6D5
• The Encyclopedia of higher education Ref LB15 .E49 1992 4 volumes
• Handbook of adult and continuing education Ref LC5215 .H245 2000
• The HEP ... higher education directory Ref. L901.E343 (administrators, schools, societies)
• International higher education : an encyclopedia Ref LB15 .I59 1991
• Membership directory / Society for College and University Planning Ref. LB2301.S57
• The NEA ... almanac of higher education Ref. LA227.3.N37

Grants/Funding Sources

• National guide to funding in higher education Ref LB2336 .N38 1998

  Statistics/Facts

• The atlas of American higher education Ref G1201.E68 F6 1993
• Chronicle two-year college databook Ref. LB2361.G911
• Fact book on higher education Ref. LA227.3.F341
• Fact book on women in higher education Ref LC1756 .T68 1991
• Minorities in higher education Ref. LC3727.A47 (Annual Status Report, Statistics)


University/College Directories

• Accredited institutions of postsecondary education, programs, candidates Ref. L901.A52
• Campus-free college degrees : Thorson's guide to accredited college degrees through distance learning Ref LC6251 .C36 2000
• Chinese universities and colleges Ref L961.C6 C45 2000 +
• College online : how to take college courses without leaving home Ref LC5803.C65 D84 1997
• The college woman's handbook : educating ourselves Ref LC1757 .D63 1995
• Daigaku rankingu East Asian Ref. L961.J3D34 Universities and colleges -- Japan -- Directories
• Directory of college facilities and services for people with disabilities Ref LC4812.6 .D57 1996 .
• Directory of postsecondary institutions (Available Online Vol 1 Vol 2)
• The complete book of Catholic colleges Ref. LC501.C66
• Insider's guide to graduate programs in education Ref LB2372.E3 D76 1997
• The K&W guide to colleges for students with learning disabilities or attention deficit
  disorders. Ref. L901.K9
• Minority student opportunities in United States medical schools Ref. R745.M62
• The Multicultural student's guide to colleges : what every African-American,
  Asian-American, Hispanic, and Native American applicant needs to know about
  America's top schools Ref L901 .M58 1996
• Peterson's graduate programs in business, education, health, information studies, law &
  social work Ref. LB2371.P415

  
  

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