A large collection of materials, articles, publications and documents mostly in Spanish. A special section, Servicios de Información, includes a selection of full text books and reports and links to other electronic libraries with resources in education and Spanish-language materials in distance education.
Links to other digital libraries are find here.
Links to websites where you find full text periodicals are here.
The Virtual Library is a production of the Centre de documentation sur l'éducation des adultes et la condition féminine (CDÉACF), a resource centre specialized in adult education and in women's issues. The library gives online access to more than 5000 documents. Roughly half of these documents were produced by community-based organizations from Quebec and elsewhere in Canada, published between 1960 and the present day.
Selected Spanish bibliographies and full texts materials in support of leadership development and training courses and programmes offered by the CEDEAL.
A collection of publications related to the implementation of the Education For All. Specific Adult Education titles accessible at the Virtual Library or at the EFA Website.
The Website includes information on the activities of EAEA and its member organizations, directory of members, news and events on adult education and documents on adult and lifelong education policy in Europe.
It includes a selection of online and full text publications related to the development of adult and lifelong education in Europe.
Eurydice is an institutional network for gathering, monitoring, processing and circulating reliable and readily comparable information on education systems and policies throughout Europe.
The document "Non-vocational adult education in Europe. Executive summary of national information in Eurybase" describes the position of non-vocational adult education in 30 European countries. It considers different aspects of this kind of provision such as its financial, legal and policy framework, aims, target groups, organisation and the continuing professional development of trainers.
A comprehensive site, provides access to the online encyclopedia of informal education of terms, trends, developments and thinkers and to e-archives of informal education documents. Includes excellent introductory guides and briefings on a variety of subjects related to adult and informal education.
Provides access to free magazines and other publications by IBE, in particular to the documents in the Educational Practices Series, INNODATA Monograph Series, and IBE Documents Series.
Provides access to full text ILO and ILO/UNESCO documents and publication on education and lifelong learning. Includes a selective bibliography of other publications.
A comprehensive site that offers access to documents, publications, training and programme guides on distance education and learning. Access to selected reports, operational guides and Commonwealth of Learning publications are also provided.
On the Instituto Fronesis Portal (http://www.fronesis.org/alfabetizacion.htm) organized by Rosa-María Torres and José-Luis Coraggio, you can find a special section on "Literacy and Written Culture", which provides Spanish-speaking and English full-text materials, links to international initiatives, literacy experiences, national plans to promote reading and many related websites.
Literacy.org is a source for research and development on literacy in the U.S. and worldwide. Literacy.org at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, is comprised of NCAL and ILI. The National Center for Adult Literacy (NCAL) has been engaged for more than two decades in cutting edge and high-impact research, innovation, and training in adult education and technology, as well as in other areas of adult basic education and literacy. The International Literacy Institute (ILI), co-founded in 1994 by UNESCO and Penn, focuses on a broad range of literacy issues from early childhood through youth and adult education, particularly in developing countries.
This side includes publications on adult literacy, health and reports.
A comprehensive collection of papers, reports, case studies, country surveys and other documents on education from the OECD.
Full text books related to the education sector are available here.
A digital library of Spanish articles on Latin America on a variety of education-related subjects Search features.
A database of Spanish documents on education in Latin America. Access requires registration.
The mission of the Centre for Literacy of Quebec is to strive to increase community capacity for effective literacy practice and informed policy development at the local, national, and international levels.
The website includes a collection of articles, documents and background studies on literacy, literacy and media, health, workplace etc.
Includes news and information on UNESCO’s programmes, activities and publications in the education sector. Provides addresses and links to UNESCO offices, institutes and networks. The Virtual Library contains references to educational materials published by UNESCO. Some full text materials for downloading are included, database access, journals, statistics...
Central access point to UNESCO’s bibliographic, referral (directories, projects, etc.) and full text databases produced by UNESCO; access to libraries, information services, full texts of UNESCO documents, photobank, worldwide translation database and other materials.
Provides access to full text documents and publications from UNEVOC in the areas of vocational and technical education. Also included are papers from the International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education.
UNESCO-UNEVOC Bulletin
This site contains World Bank documents, policy papers, studies, materials and information on adult basic and continuing education (ABCE) geared towards task teams, policy makers, program planners and practitioners to assist in designing and implementing adult basic and continuing education programs.