Faculty Resources
Other Useful Sites

• Academic Advising Resources--from the National Academic Advising Association. Intended as a starting point for academic advising.
• Academic360.com--an annotated list of links to job listings, not just for faculty but for librarians and other administrative and support positions as well.
• The Academy -- miscellaneous resources for faculty.
• Academy of Management -- citation style guide for Business students (in .pdf)
• APA Style 6th Edition -- What's different to the this edition from the last one? Find out here. Look on the right side for a tutorial.
• APA Style: Corrections to the New 6th edition -- yes, folks, the book was printed with errors! Look here for the corrections.
• Associations on the Net
• The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal -- an electronic publication about academic advising in higher education. 
• Academic Employment Network-- for jobs at all levels, college and K-12, with free searching for jobseekers. Employers pay for listings. Includes certification requirements in every state.
• American Association of University Professors
• American Council of Learned Societies-- Information on grants opportunities, links to learned societies, catalog of ACLS publications.
• Calling Abroad -- international calling codes.

• Campus Climate for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People: A National Perspective

• CampusSafety.Org---college and university campus safety information online; includes crime statistics and laws, campus police websites, and victim resources.
• Chemistry Education -- sites for teachers.
• Chronicle of Higher Education [Academe]--St. Ambrose faculty, call the Reference Desk at 333-6245 for password for full text.
• Citing Maps  -- how to cite a map in a project.
• College Quarterly--full texts of articles on improving education and services to students.
• Critical Thinking on the Web -- Links to many articles on topics like argument mapping, cognitive biases, critical reading and writing, fallacies, statistics, tutorials, and more.
• Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
• DOI Lookup -- just enter your article title or full info to find its Digital Object Identifier number (like an ISBN for books)
• Essays in History -- "on-line academic journal published 1990-2000. A peer-reviewed journal by the graduate students of the Corcoran Department of History, Essays in History seeks to publish articles based on primary sources in all fields of history by all scholars, from undergraduates to tenured professors. Full-Text
• Ethical Research--a guide to web sites to accompany the textbook by the site's author.
• Faculty Salary Surveys
• GREENfile -- a free database, GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well. 
• HighwirePress --a division of the Stanford University Libraries, hosts the largest repository of free full-text life science articles in the world, with more than 600,000  free, full-text articles online.
• Humbul Humanities Hub -- The site is geared towards meeting the needs of the humanities community and includes information in areas ranging from language and literature, to American studies, to archaeology, to philosophy.  Furthermore, this site contains a searchable archive with links to various museums and libraries. (Scout Report)
• Interactive Healthy Eating Index -- an online dietary assessment tool that provides information on your diet quality, related nutrition messages and links to nutrient information. System requirements are listed as well.
• Iowa Register to Vote Form
• National Center for Education Statistics--THE place to go for any kind of statistics on American education.
• NPR Podcast Directory -- get all sorts of podcasts from America's public radio stations.
• NYT College:  Resources for Students and Faculty -- from the New York Times.  Includes current news, instructional strategies, and searchable directory of Times articles.
• OAIster  -- finding pearls of academic sites not easily found by using search engines. Searchable by keyword or subject and more.
• On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering
• Project Vote Smart--a comprehensive bi-partisan, objective political information site. Find out where your polling place is, how to register to vote, who the canditates are, how they voted, what their stand on issues actually are, as well as up-to-date biographical and contact information. Sort of like a consumer's guide to politicians in your area. Just the facts.
• Reading Groups--advice on how to start and keep a reading group going with book suggestions, guides to help you talk about the books and even recipes to make for your group.  
• Roberts Rules of Order.-- This edition for free online is the fourth ed. The newly revised 10th edition is copyright protected and must be purchased.
• Royal Society Journal -- "Around 60,000 historical scientific papers are accessible via a fully searchable online archive, with papers published more than 70 years ago now becoming freely available. 
• Schoolhouse Software Review-- Reviews by professionals of educational software for children and adults.
• Streaming Audio -- audio recordings of scholarly presentations.
• The Technology Source--The purpose is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools in teaching and in managing educational organizations." 
• TIAA-CREF.
• To Read or Not To Read A Question of National Consequence-- NEA's report on the state of Reading in America. An important and influential study not to be missed.
• Women in Higher Education: subscription based newsletter, but site includes recent articles, current issue, and career connections.