Subject Guides

Education Resources

College Catalogs. Career Guidance Foundation microfiche collection of all domestic (U.S.) and many international college catalogs from 1974 to 2000. These fiche are kept in a separate cabinet, behind the change machine. Finding aids: indexes kept with the collection.

Educational Media Catalogs on Microfiche (MICROFICHE LB1043.Z9E28). Semiannual compilation. Finding aid: index kept at the head of the collection.

Ed Psych Collection. 524 reels. Titles in the Educational and Psychology Microfilm collection were acquired by the UO Library prior to 1980, and include works published between 1950 and 1977. Most reels contain single dissertations. The inventory is arranged by entry number, 1-524. Entries include author, title, publisher, date, and (in some instances) the subject headings that were assigned when the work was cataloged. No records for these works appear in the UO Library's online catalog.

ERIC Documents (Educational Research Information Clearinghouse). Full text microfiche of most ERIC Documents titles, (400,000 plus) with "ED" prefixes. ERIC titles are indexed on the ERIC database, accessible via the UO Libraries' home page. There are also indexes on microfiche, kept with the collection. ERIC microfiche ceased publication after 2003.

Kraus Curriculum Collection. The Kraus Curriculum Development library provides access to over 3700 PreK-12 curricula/frameworks/standards reprinted on microfiche (MICROFICHE LB 1570 .F43) Finding aids: a paper index (REFERENCE LB 1570 .F434 Index) allows searching for materials added 1978 - 1994.

Tests in Microfiche (TIM). (MICROFICHE LB3051.T44). Begun in 1975, Tests in Microfiche is an annual series of unpublished research instruments that have been cited in the educational and psychological literature and which the authors have agreed to make available in microfiche format through the Test Collection at Educational Testing Service. Each set consists of approximately 20-25 instruments. Older sets contain more than 100 titles. Each set covers a wide variety of topics and subjects, including such areas as self concept, attitudes, personality traits. Sets include instruments appropriate for diverse populations, such as infants, adults, Spanish speakers, and physically challenged people. Finding aid: Cumulative Index to Tests in Microfiche 1975-1987 (Sets A-M) (REFERENCE LB 3051 .T453 1975/87) and The ETS Test Collection Catalog (REFERENCE LB 3051 .E79 1986). The Test Collection Catalog is not a finding aid to the microfiche collection alone but to many resources; check the "availability" field for each entry before going to the microfiche set to seek the item.

William S. Gray Research Collection in Reading. 19,819 fiches (MICROFICHE LB1050.W438). Microfiche on literacy studies. Finding aid: Index (REFERENCE LB 1050.W438 Index).

Maintained by: Tamara Vidos, tamarav@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 01/07/2008