Researching the Learning-Centered University

Search the Oviatt Library Catalog

While "Learning-Centered" is the more commonly recognized phrase for actively engaging students in the learning process, there are many ways to research its underlying components. Use this list of Search Terms for the Learning-Centered University to implement keyword searches in the Oviatt Library Catalog, and in the databases listed below.

Oviatt Library Databases

General Subject

• EBSCOHOST
• INFOTRAC

Topics in Education

• EDUCATION INDEX
• EDUCATION RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)

Oviatt Library Guides

• Education statistics
  http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/edstats.html
• Education Sources: Starting your Research
  http://library.csun.edu/Guides/EducationSources/StartingResearch
• Guidelines for Designing and Implementing Effective Library Research Assignments
  http://library.csun.edu/ResearchAssistance/EffectiveAssignments
• Information Competency
  http://www.calstate.edu/LS/infocomp.shtml

Freely Available

• American Association for Higher Education & Accreditation
  http://www.aahea.org/
• Carnegie Corporation of New York - Grants, News, Teachers for a New Era (TNE).
  http://www.carnegie.org/
• EDUCAUSE: Learning Initiative
  http://www.educause.edu/eli
• RAND Education Statistics
  http://ca.rand.org/stats/education/education.html