EDL 312: Flourishing in a Global Future
Flourishing in a Global Future
What educational approaches are needed to prepare for flourishing in a global future?
Start Here: Find Basic Country Information
- Countries and Their Cultures (M.U. Only)Descriptive entries on each country, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.
- The World FactbookA reference website that provides background information on countries around the world. It is published by the CIA and updated regularly.
Newspapers
- Newspaper Source This link opens in a new windowIndexes regional, national, and international newspapers and broadcast transcripts (CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR and more). Some sources are full-text and some just indexed. Dates of coverage varies by source, but are generally contemporary as opposed to historical.
- New York Times(Students can sign up for free accounts.)
- Wall Street Journal(Students can sign up for free accounts. See below.)
Community, Human Rights, and Religion
- ATLA Religion Database and ATLASerials, Religion Collection This link opens in a new windowATLASerials Oxford campus users only; ATLA Religion Database available to all users. A comprehensive reference database designed to support religious and theological scholarship.
- Encyclopedia of World Cultures (M. U. only)Describes the various ethnic and national subcultures from around the world.
- Humanities Abstracts This link opens in a new windowProvides abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as specialized magazines. Content includes feature articles, interviews, obituaries, and original works of fiction, drama, poetry and more. Limited full-text.
Education Sources
- Education Research Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides resources on all levels of education, including higher education and includes more professional and trade publications than indexed elsewhere.
- ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowEssential and authoritative database for education research. An index from the US Department of Education that has been around since 1964 ,with some full-text access.
- World Education Encyclopedia (M.U. Only)Country-by-country survey of educational systems in 233 countries.
Historical
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex with abstracts of journal articles, book reviews, media reviews, and dissertations on all aspects of world history from prehistory to the present. See America: History and Life for American and Canadian history. 1450 C.E. to the present.
Economic Development and Government
- Political Handbook of the World This link opens in a new windowCurrent information and data by country including government system and structure (legislature, cabinet, etc.), active political parties (coalitions, opposition, etc.), and connections to international organizations. Categorizes each country's government by type. Also includes profiles non-UN intergovernmental organizations, such as OPEC, NATO, the WTO, regional banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations. Published every 2 years.
Environment
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new windowEnvironment Complete is a leading full-text database for environmental studies. It provides hundreds of top environment journals and monographs covering agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, public policy, sustainability and other related subjects. It also includes millions of records and an environmental thesaurus.