Resources for

The Pace University Library supports the Pace University committment to Civic Involvement and Civic Engagement as outlined in the Second Century Strategic Plan.

TEACHING RESOURCES / RESOURCES FOR FACULTY & STUDENTS
DISCIPLINE BASED RESOURCES

Civic Engagement means different things to different people. Keeter et al (2002) described the following 19 Core Indicators of Engagement as a result of their research.

Civic Indicators:	Political Voice Indicators:
Community Problem Solving	Contacting officials
Regular volunteering for a non-electoral organization	Contacting the Print Media
Active membership in a group or organization	Contacting broadcast media
Participation in fund-raising run/walk/ride	Protesting
Other fundraising for charity	E-mail petitions
	Written petitions
Electoral Indicators:	Boycotting
Regular voting	Buycotting
Persuading others to vote	Canvassing
Displaying buttons, signs, stickers
Campaign contributions
Volunteering for candidate or political organizations

 

Please visit Pace University's Project Pericles site for more information about this valuable program promoting and developing Citizenship in all forms.

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING:

BOOKS

• Beyond the Boundaries of Physical Education: Educating Young People for Citizenship and Social Responsibility / Anthony Laker (Mortola Library stacks GV342.27 .L25 2000)
• Educating Citizens: Preparing America's Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility (Mortola Library stacks LC 268 .E355 2003)
• The Measure of Service Learning: Research Scales to Assess Student Experiences (Mortola Library stacks LC 220.5 .B75 2004)
• Service Learning / edited by Joan Schine (LB5 .N25 96th pt.1)

The Opposing Viewpoints, Taking Sides, and Reference Shelf series of books will give you background information as well as different views of a current issue. Topics include gun control, the environment, moral issues, legal issues, and political issues.

JOURNALS

• Educational Record: The Magazine of Higher Education (Research Library database has 1994 to June 1997 in full text)
• Change (Research Library database has 1994 to current issues in full text)
• The Chronicle of Higher Education (Research Library database has 1995 to articles from the previous month's issue in full text)
• Phi Delta Kappan (Research Library database has 1992 to current issues in full text)
• Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (You may view the abstracts of current and past issues of this journal at the journal web site at http://www.umich.edu/~mjcsl/ The Center for Community Outreach has a subscription to this journal. You may also request a copy of an article through Inter Library Loan.)
• National Civic Review (Academic Search Premier database has 1994 through current issues in fulltext)

WEB Resources

• Campus Compact http://www.compact.org
  The Campus Compact Reader is an online publication that highlights the best writing on civic education and service-learning from sources around the country.
• Association of American Colleges and Universities http://www.aacu-edu.org/issues/civicengagement/
• American Association on Higher Education Service Learning Initiative http://www.aahe.org/service/ This was a previous initiative by the AAHE. There are still many good resources to be found on these pages including links to further resources and the Models of Good Practice for Service-Learning Programs.
• International Partnership for Service Learning and Leadership http://www.ipsl.org/
• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse http://www.servicelearning.org/
  This page features new opportunities, a “hot topics” area, and a resources area, which includes and A-Z topic list, effective practice, fact sheets, and samples of syllabi and lesson plans that incorporate the principles of service-learning.
• The Big Dummy's Guide to Service Learning from thh Volunteer Action Center at Florida International University.
• The Pace University Library has one guide for the Birnbaum Library and one guide for the Mortola Library that have suggestions for Researching a Contemporary Issue. These guides include suggestions for choosing topics, finding background information, finding books, and finding web resources.

 

ADDITIONAL READINGS FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS:

BOOKS

• America's Voluntary Spirit: a Book of Readings / edited by Brian O'Connell (HN90.V64 A43 1983)
• Building Partnerships for Service-Learning / Barbara Jacoby and associates (Mortola Library stacks LC221 .J33 2003)
• Civic Engagement in American Democracy / Theda Skocpol, Morris P. Fiorina, editors (Birnbaum Library stacks JK1764 .C5266 1999)
• Civic responsibility and higher education / edited by Thomas Ehrlich (Law Library Faculty Collection LC1091 .C5289 2000)
• Social Responsibility in the Information Age: Issues and Controversies (E-Book)
• Volunteerism / edited by Frank McGuckin (Mortola Library stacks HN79.V63 V65 1998)

WEB Resources

• CampusCares - Solutions for Stronger Communities http://www.campuscares.org/
  This site gives definitions for civic engagement, service learning, community service. You can also see what other colleges and universities are doing..
• Community Service Society of New York: "is an independent, nonprofit organization that for more than 150 years has helped New Yorkers in need to defeat the problems of poverty and strengthen community life for all." The CSS describes their Services to Individuals and Families as well as Services to Communities on this site.
• Project Vote Smart: This site describes itself as "a citizen's organization dedicated to serving all Americans with accurate and unbiased information for electoral decision-making." You can use the site to look up candidates and elected officials by name or zip code. The information on each individual includes biographical information, issue positions, voting records, as well as campaign finances and special interest group ratings by issue.
• Volunteermatch.org is a nonprofit, online service that helps interested volunteers get involved with community service organizations throughout the United States. All you need to do is enter your zip code to find volunteer opportunities in your area.

 

DISCIPLINE BASED RESOURCES FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS:

BOOKS

• Beyond the Tower: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Philosophy / C. David Lisman and Irene E. Harvey (Mortola Library stacks B52 .B385 2000)
• Integrating Community Service into Nursing Education: A Guide to Service-Learning / Patricia A. Bailey, Dona Rinaldi Carpenter, Patricia A. Harrington, editors (Birnbaum Library stacks RT76 .I55 1999)
• Service Learning: Curricular Applications in Nursing / Gail P. Poirrier (Mortola Library stacks RT73 .P64 2001)
• Social Responsibility in Marketing: A Proactive and Profitable Marketing Management Strategy / A. Coskun Samli (HF5415.13 .S24 1992)

WEB Resources

• The Library has created a web site focusing on Researching Federal Legislation for NUR 620 classes. To see some Nursing Organizations that provide not only position statements about current health legislation, but also sample letters for activists to use when writing to their representatives.
• The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is "a major national and international center for research and policy studies about teaching. Its mission is to address the hardest problems faced in teaching in public schools, colleges and universities—that is, how to succeed in the classroom, how best to achieve lasting student learning, and how to assess the impact of teaching on students."

The Pace University Library in cooperation with the Center for Community Outreach has created this page to help faculty and students learn more about Civic Engagement and Project Pericles.

Please visit the Center For Downtown New York at Pace University website to find out more about their efforts to revitalize lower Manhattan and serve the community thereas an academic, research, and civic leadership partner.

Created by Pace University Library

Revised 4/06

Karen DeSantis
kdesantis@pace.edu