The Chronicle of Higher Education

Social Sciences

Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe.The Chronicle'sWeb site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; an archive of previously published content; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.

How to begin

Go to http://www.car.chula.ac.th/curef-db/

Subject Listing: Social Sciences

Then select The Chronicle of Higher Education to access the database.

Browse

The Chronicle of Higher Education has categorized its content in various level. By browsing along these sections and topics, users can meet their needs of information as the following.

1. NEWS section has covered topics which are divided to Diversity in Academe, Faculty, Administration, Technology, Community Colleges, Special Reports, People, Current Issue, Archives, Listing, and Big Picture.

2. GLOBAL section has reported interesting current events of academic community around the world.

3. OPINION AND IDEAS section has covered topics which are divided to The Chronicle Review, Crosswords, Commentary, Books, Letters, Academic Destinations, and Campus Viewpoints.

4. FACTS AND FIGURES section has covered topics which are divided to Administrator Data, Financial and Institutional Data, Faculty Data, Student Data, and International Data.

5. BLOGS section has displayed a list of various content from more 70 writers and editors in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s society.

6. ADVICE section has provided needed information which guides the community to achieve their role in academe. It has covered topics such as Do you job better, Run your campus, Academic culture, Graduate students, and more.

7. FORUM section has provided a virtual discussion room for academic community to exchange their knowledge and opinion.

8. JOBS section is the medium for supporting both employees and employers in academe to connect each other, with topics as Employee Profiles, and For Employers.

This picture below has shown a panel for employees to search position that suits themselves.

Search

The Chronicle of Higher Education has also provided a quick search panel to help users found their focused items.

1. Perform a keyword in a search box, then click on “Search”.

2. The database will show you as the following picture.

From picture:

1. Your search term will be displayed here.

2. You can refine results by Publication date within, Content type, Topic, and Sections.

3. Sort results by relevance and date are available.

4. This area will show a list of search results which include title, publication date, short summary, section, and type. You can enter to any record in your focus to view article.

In example: I search for any article that related to a keyword “postmodern”, and then pick the article named “Shattered Selves: Multiple Personality in a Postmodern World” to view full text.

From picture of the article's full text, you can notice that “Shattered Selves: Multiple Personality in a Postmodern World” was be categorized in Archives topic under News section.

Most Popular displayed

The database has shown most popular articles on the right column, devided to Most Viewed and Most Commented.