Adult and Continuing Education


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Boston University Links

BU: Metropolitan College

BU: Metropolitan College Bulletin

 

Databases

Academic One

Education Full-Text

ERIC

PsycINFO

Social Sciences Citation Index


Journals

BU has digital access to approximately 35,000 current journals. Additionally, BU has
print subscriptions to about 10,000 journals.

To determine if we have a journal available electronically, search the
eJournal Locator. To find out if we have a print copy of a journal, search the Library's
Catalog
. Both of these search tools may be found on the top page of the Library's
Website
.

The best way to find journal articles on a particular topic or by a
particular author is to search appropriate databases. The primary
databases in Education are listed on, and accessible from, the Education
eResources Guide
.

Selected e-journals subscriptions in Adult and Continuing Education:

        Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal 2007+

        Adult Education Quarterly (American Association for Adult and Continuing Education) 1996+

        Adult Learning (Washington, D.C.) 1996+

        Adults Learning 1995+


Books

Library Catalog Subject Headings:

Adult Education -- United States
Adult Learning
Continuing Education -- United States

Selected List of Titles

Adult Education in the Rural Context: People, Place, and Change
(2008) Mugar LC5251 .N48 no. 117

The Adult Learner: the Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
Mugar LC5225.L42 K56 2005

Global Issues in Adult Education: Perspectives from Latin America, South Africa and the United States
Mugar LC5255.A2 G56 2006

Handbook of Adult Development and Learning
Mugar BF724.5 .H365 2006

International Encyclopedia of Adult Education
Mugar Reference X LC5211 .I56 2005

Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide
Mugar LC5225.L42 M47 2007

Lifelong Learning and the Academy: The Changing Nature of Continuing Education
Mugar LC5215 .C36 2006

Nontraditional Students and Community Colleges: The Conflict of Justice and Neoliberalism
Mugar LC5215 .L48 2007

Possible Selves and Adult Learning: Perspectives and Potential
(2007) Mugar LC5251 .N48 no. 114

Power of Critical Theory: Liberating Adult Learning and Teaching
Mugar LC5225.L42 B77 2005

Revisiting Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education
Mugar LB2331.63 R48 2006

Unequal Chances to Participate in Adult Learning: International Perspectives
(2006) Mugar LB5 .F67 no. 83


Websites

Adult and Community Learning Services

Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (Center for Applied Linguistics)

Center for Adult Learning and Literacy: University of Maine

Intute: Social Sciences: Adult Education

National Assessment of Adult Literacy

National Center on Adult Literacy

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy

National Institute for Literacy

New England Literacy Resource Center

System for Adult Basic Education Support


Education and Work

Center on Education and Work

Education, Career and Community: NWREL

Office of Vocational & Adult Education

 

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