Indexes identify articles within magazines, journals,
and newspapers. The subject can be defined very broadly and may include
information in business, but also in education, technology and
sociology. Many of the indexes below provide full text articles.
Many useful periodicals/journals are available via the
library's full text periodical list located on the
Library Serials
page including Educational Leadership and the Journal of
Curriculum and Supervision. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult,
Career, and Vocational Education provided access to many journals on the
web, some of which are available in full text. This is a list of
websites for the journals that ACVE indexed and abstracted through
December 2003. Follow this link to view ERIC's index of vocational
education journals:
ERIC/ACVE Journals on the Web: A Mini-Guide
Other periodicals (unless
indicated all are full text):
Selected periodicals:
- Adult Education Quarterly
- Adult Learning
- American Journal of Distance Education
- Educational Leadership
- Educause Review
- Innovations in Education and Training
International
- Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
- Journal of Counseling and Development
- Journal of Curriculum and Supervision
- Journal of Vocational Behavior
- NACE Journal
formerly Journal of Career Planning and Placement
- National Vocational Evaluation and Work
Adjustment Journal
- Performance Improvement Quarterly
- Techniques
- THE Journal (Technological Horizons in
Education)
Occupational descriptions will provide instructors
with important information on employee activities. Some useful titles
are:
In order to understand employee's occupational needs
you may need to analyze and write employee tasks. Consult the LLC
printed guide, "Performance Analysis" for more resources. Several
specific sources are:
-
Authentic Assessment Toolbox
How-to on creating authentic tasks, rubrics and standards for
measuring and improving learning
- DACUM
Analysis and learning page
- ERIC; a comprehensive collection of educational
materials including performance analysis. Access the index via
EBSCO using the
Indexes page
- Stout Thesis Collection
Many Stout graduate papers are task analyses. Access the theses via
the
Stout Library Catalog. Choose one of the Keyword search options
and limit your search to the Location "Thesis Collection"
- V-TECS This is a
series of specific task analyses in many diverse occupations. Search
the
Stout Library Catalog, using an author search, VOCATIONAL
TECHNICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM. A list of
V-TECS in
the Library Learning Center is available on the WWW. The list is in
alphabetical order by occupation
-
Writing Performance Assessment Tasks: An Online Guide
Step by step approach to writing performance tasks
