Education : Colombia

This is a listing of Portals and Websites that provide links to resources relating to education for Colombia. Extensive lists of colleges and universities are available through such portales such as BRAINTRACK which links to Latin American universities (http://www.braintrack.com/linknav.htm?pprevid=13&level=2). The University of Oulu, in Finland, provides an listing of the "Best Indices of Colleges and Universities World-wide" (http://www.oulu.fi/other/universities.html). The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Colombia is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.   One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to Higher Education is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/highered/); for Distance education (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/distance/); and for primary and secondary education (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12.). While focusing on the United States, The National Library of Education is the federal government's main resource center for education information. However, one should note that at that site, the ERIC database provides a wide range of documents and articles for the international audience. The database contains more than one million abstracts of education-related documents and journal articles. One may access the ERIC database on the Internet (See AskERIC below) or through commercial vendors and public networks. The ERIC abstracts are avalable in print publications such as Resources in Education and Current Index to Journals in Education.

ASKERIC: ERIC DATABASE  (http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/adv_search.shtml)
Search the ERIC database for reports concerning Colombia (or any other subject relating to education). ERIC is the world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (http://www.javeriana.edu.co)
In Spanish. Homepage for leading Jesuit university in Bogota, Colombia.

UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (http://www.udea.edu.co/)
In Spanish. Non-frames version available at http://www.udea.edu.co/contenido.html Homepage for departmental university in Medellin, Colombia. Includes links to libraries.

UNIVERSIDAD DE BOGOTA JORGE TADEO LOZANO  (http://www.interred.net.co/utadeo/)
In Spanish. Non-frames version available at http://www.interred.net.co/utadeo/uno.html Homepage for growing private university in Bogota, Colombia. Includes links to Museo del Mar and publications.

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (http://www.uniandes.edu.co/home-visitantes/)
In Spanish and in English. The Universidad de los Andes is a leading private university located in Bogota. Includes links to libraries.

UNIVERSIDAD DE MANIZALES   (http://www.umanizales.edu.co/)
In Spanish. Homepage for important university in Manizales, Colombia. Includes link to library.

UNIVERSIDAD DEL ATLANTICO   (http://www.uniatlantico.edu.co/)
Homepage for departmental university in Barranquilla, Colombia.

UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (http://www.univalle.edu.co/)
In Spanish and in English. Homepage for leading departmental university in Cali, Colombia.