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VOLUME 27, NUMBERS 1 & 2, 2014
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Partial Listing of Affiliated Universities, Colleges, and Schools
A.E. Phillips Laboratory School, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
AlbuquerquePublic Schools, Albuquerque, NM
AlabamaA&MUniversity, Normal, AL
AnchorageSchool District, Anchorage, AK
American Association of University Professors, Washington, DC
Appalachian StateUniversity, Boone, NC
AtlantaPublic Schools, Atlanta, GA
AzusaPacificUniversity, Azusa, CA
BallStateUniversity, Muncie, IN
BaltimoreCountyPublic Schools, Baltimore, MD
BarryUniversity, Miami Shores, FL
Ben Gurion University-Negev, Birmingham, AL
Biblioteksjanst Subscriptions, Lund, Sweden
BirminghamCitySchools, Birmingham, AL
Blackwell’s Information Services, Oxford, England
BostonCollege, Chestnut Hill, MA
BostonSchool District, Boston, MA
Boston SPA, Wetherby, Great Britain
BowieStateUniversity, Bowie, MD
BradleyUniversity, Peoria, IL
BrandonUniversity, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
BrighamYoungUniversity, Provo, UT
Brooks Administrative Center, PrinceFrederic,MD
BrowardCommunity College, Fort Lauderdale, FL
BuffaloCitySchool District, Buffalo, NY
Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
CaddoParishSchool Board, Shreveport, LA
CaliforniaStateUniversity, Dominguez Hills, CA
CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fresno, CA
CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fullerton, CA
CaliforniaStateUniversity, Los Angeles, CA
CaliforniaStateUniversity, San Marcos
CanisiusCollege, Buffalo, NY
CarsonNewmanCollege, Jefferson, City, TN
CentralMissouriStateUniversity, Warrensburg, MO
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Partial Listing of Affiliated Universities, Colleges, and Schools
CentralWashingtonUniversity, Ellensburg, Washington
ChestnutHillCollege, Philadelphia, PA
ChicagoPublic Schools, Chicago, IL
CityUniversity, Bellevue, WA
ClarkCountySchool District, Las Vegas, NV
ClemsonUniversity, Clemson, SC
College of Modern Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Columbia University, New York, NY
ColumbusCitySchool District, Columbus, OH
DallasIndependentSchool District, Dallas, TX
DawsonU.K., LTD, Kent, England
DaytonPublic Schools, Dayton, OH
Denver Publish Schools, Denver, CO
DetroitPublic Schools, Detroit, MI
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC
Devine Information Services, Westwood, MA
DrakeUniversity, Des Moines, IA
EastBaton RougeParishSchool Board, Baton Rouge, LA
EastCarolinaUniversity, Greenville, NC
Eastern WashingtonUniversity, Cheney, WA
EBSCO Industries, Birmingham, AL
EmporiaStateUniversity, Emporia, KS
ERIC Clearinghouses
FAXON, Westwood, MA
FayettevilleStateUniversity, Fayetteville, NC
FloridaAtlanticUniversity, Boca Raton, FL
FloridaGulfCoastUniversity, Fort Myers, FL
FloridaStateUniversity, Tallahassee, FL
ForthWorthIndependentSchool District, Fort Worth, TX
Fresno Unified School District, Fresno, CA
FurmanUniversity, Greenville, SC
George Washington University, WashingtonDC
GeorgiaStateUniversity, Atlanta, GA
GoodlettElementary School, Memphis, TN
GulfCoastStateUniversity, Ft. Myers, FL
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Partial Listing of Affiliated Universities, Colleges, and Schools
Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, Germany
HarvardUniversity, Cambridge, MA
Hawaii Department of Education, Honolulu, HI
HendersonStateUniversity, Arkadelphia, AR
HoustonIndependentSchool District, Houston, TX
IllinoisStateUniversity, Normal, IL
IowaStateUniversity, Ames, IA
InternationalResource & DevelopmentCenter, Richmond, VA
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Karger AG, Schweiz, Switzerland
KeanUniversity, Union, NJ
Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, CA
LouisianaStateUniversity, Baton Rouge
Los AngelesCountyOffice of Education, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA
LoyolaUniversity, Chicago, IL
LoyolaUniversity, New Orleans, LA
MarshallUniversity, South Charles, WV
Miami-DadeCountyPublic Schools, Miami, FL
MemphisCitySchool District, Memphis, TN
MichiganStateUniversity, East Lansing, MI
Midwest Library Services, Bridgeton, MO
MilwaukeePublic Schools, Milwaukee, WI
MinneapolisPublic Schools, Minneapolis, MN
MississippiStateUniversity, Starkville, MS
MobileCountyPublic School System, Mobile, AL
Morris MacDonald School, Manitoba, Canada
New OrleansPublic Schools, New Orleans, LA
New York City Department of Education, New York, NY
NiagaraUniversity, Niagara Falls, New York
NichollsStateUniversity, Thibodaux, LA
North CarolinaStateUniversity, Raleigh, NC
North DakotaStateUniversity, Fargo, ND
NorthMississippiRegionalCenter, Oxford, MS
OhioUniversity, Athens, OH
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Partial Listing of Affiliated Universities, Colleges, and Schools
Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma City, OK
OhioStateUniversity, Columbus, OH
Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, CA
OmahaPublic Schools, Pittsburgh, PA
OregonStateUniversity, Corvallis, OR
OrielCollege, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
PortlandStateUniversity, Portland, OR
PortlandSchool District, Portland, OR
Postfach, Schweiz, Switzerland
PrairieViewA&MUniversity, Prairie View, TX
ProvidenceCollege, Providence, RI
PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, IN
Readmore Academic Services, Inc., Turnersville, NJ
Rhode IslandCollege, Providence, RI
RichmondCitySchool District, Richmond, VA
RooseveltUniversity, Chicago, IL
RowanUniversity, Glassboro, NJ
San AntonioIndependentSchool District, San Antonio, TX
San DiegoStateUniversity, San Diego, CA
San DiegoCity Unified School District, San Diego, CA
San FranciscoStateUniversity, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco United School District, San Francisco, CA
SeattlePacificUniversity, Seattle, WA
SeattlePublic Schools, Seattle, WA
SeattleUniversity, Seattle, WA
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South CarolinaState College, Orangeburg, SC
Southeastern LouisianaUniversity, Hammond, LA
Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale, IL
Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA
SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity, Springfield, MO
StanfordUniversity, Palo Alto, CA
Sul Ross State University/Rio Grande College, Del Rio, TX
Sul Ross State University/Rio Grande College, Eagle Pass, TX
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Sul Ross State University/Rio Grande College, Uvalde, TX
SUNY, New York, NY
Sweets Blackwell, Inc., The Netherlands
Sweets Blackwell, Inc., Runnemeda, NJ
Sweets Blackwell, Inc., Exton, PA
SyracuseUniversity, Syracuse, New York
TennesseeStateUniversity, Nashville, TN
TexasA&MUniversity, College Station, TX
The Truman Pierce Institute, AuburnUniversity, Auburn, AL
The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Toledo, OH
TroyUniversity, Troy, AL
TuftsUniversity, Boston, MA
Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, AZ
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
University of Houston, Houston, TX
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
University of Lowell, Lowell, MA
University of Maine, Orono, ME
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
University of Missouri at St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
University of Montana, Missoula, MT
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Nevada
University of Nevada at Reno, NV
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
University of Texas, Arlington, TX
University of Texas, Austin, TX
University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, VI
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Wichita School District, Wichita, KS
Winona State University, Winona, MN
Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC
Xavier University, New Orleans, LA
York University, Ontario, Canada
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
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