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ERIC (Education) Index This link opens in a new window
Lists education journals, articles and documents. Very little full-text.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing, summaries and some full text articles from academic and popular journals covering a wide variety of subject areas.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Find business journal articles, along with case studies, investment research, industry and market reports and SWOT analyses.
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Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
Lists full-text open access journals that are available online mostly scientific journals

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Selected Articles

Advice from Former Department Chairs: Qualitative Perspectives
Author(s): Firmin, Michael W.; Shinkle, Matthew W.; Kohli, Samantha B.; Dosier, Sydney L.; Chaung, Ying-Ruey
Source: Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2020, Vol. 31 Issue 2.
The Changing Role of the Department Chair in the Shifting Landscape of Higher Education
Author(s): Weaver, Lisa D.; Ely, Katherine; Dickson, Loretta; DellAntonio, Jennifer
Source: International Journal of Higher Education, 2019, Vol. 8 Issue 4, pp. 175-188.
Department Chairs: More Than Floating Heads with Absent Hearts
Author(s): Cowley, Summer J.
Source: Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, 2018, Vol. 9 Issue 2.
“I am the Chair”: Women and Department Leadership in the Academy
Author(s): Sharon Kruse
Source: Frontiers in Education, 2022, Vol 7.
Investing in Department Chairs
Author(s): Gardner, Susan K.; Ward, Kelly
Source: Change. Mar/Apr. 2018, Vol. 50 Issue 2, pp. 58-62.
Lessons From a Recovering Department Chair
Author(s): DeLander, Gary E.
Source: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2017, Vol. 81 Issue 3, pp. 1-3.
The Risks and Rewards of Transitioning from Faculty to Administration: Observations from a Department Chair
Author(s): Rosenberg, Stuart
Source: Proceedings of the Northeast Business & Economics Association, 2019, pp. 210-211.
Thriving in the Midst of Liminality: Perspectives from Department Chairs in the USA
Author(s): Freeman, Sydney; Karkouti, Ibrahim M.; Ward, Kelly
Source: Higher Education (00181560), Nov. 2020, Vol. 80 Issue 5, pp. 895-911.
What I Learned as a Department Head
Author(s): Edmund Bertschinger
Source: MIT Faculty Newsletter, May/June 2016, Vol. 28, Issue 5.

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