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Lynne Rudasill
Global Studies Librarian
Global Studies Library
303 International Studies Building MC-402
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA
(217) 265-6879
Office Hours
Thursday: 9 AM to 5 PM
Friday: 9 AM to 5 PM
Other times by appointment
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Global Currents
Global Studies in Education
The University Library is one of the largest in the United States with over 11 million titles in
its collection. Navigation is often difficult both virtually and in person. Below you will find
links to some of the resources you need to know about for efficient and effective use of these
resources. Welcome!
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Academic Library Outreach Services - Provides you
with the tools you will need to access and receive materials from the University Library including
information concerning setting up your account, requesting materials, and returning materials to
the Library.
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University Library
Gateway - Links you directly to the main page of the University Library with access to a large
number of catalogs and databases.
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Education
and Social Science Library - Here you will find links to a wide variety of resources targeted
specifically to the needs of the scholar of educational policy studies. Resources include guides to
curriculum materials, general education studies, and the many fields that overlap the concentration
in policy studies.
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Resources for Global Studies in Education
Cohort
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Guides to
Other Library Resources - Find tutorials and virtual guides to the materials best suited for
your research in specific classes as well as to a variety of more general resources.
- Basic information for researchers and scholars:
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Statistics in the Social Sciences - This guide,
prepared by the Education and Social Science Library will lead you to a variety of statistical
resources with an emphasis on U.S. and government statistics.
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International Statistics - This guide, prepared by the
European Union Studies Center will lead you to a large number of statistical resources throughout
the world.
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Center for Global Studies -
The Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is funded through a
Department of Education Title VI grant to explore the issues surrounding globalization. The
following resources may be relevant to your studies:
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Globalization and Education Resources - Web
resources providing a variety of perspectives on the interrelationship of education and
globalization to help support work in the K-12 classroom.
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Resources for K-12 - Many excellent sources can be found here
concerning the internationalization of the classroom, including links to the Illiois International
High School Initiative, iEARN professional development modules, workshops, conferences, and K-12
teaching materials on the web.
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Virtual Book Shelf - The Center for Global Studies provides a
selected list of materials that may be of interest for this class. This page provides links to the
catalog as well as scanned covers of books and their tables of contents. Use the "find" function on
your browser to see the titles that have been received on the topic of education.