• The Teaching-Advising Connection—http://www.psu.edu/dus/mentor/appleby0.htm by Drew Appleby (formerly chair of psychology at Marian College, IN)--lots of food for thought for advisors (especially faculty)

• Critical Issues in Advising — short articles about diverse advising issues, http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/index.htm

• Mentor, http://www.psu.edu/dus/mentor/ — an electronic publication about academic advising in higher education--archived as well as current issues available -- some authored by people at small colleges/universities
• Check out The Power of Good Advice for Students by Richard Light (scheduled as a keynote speaker for October 2003 NACADA conference in Dallas) in the May 2001 archives. Article is reprinted from the Chronicle of Higher Education and is adapted from Light’s thought-provoking book Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds

• Academic Advising Tips for New Educators — by an engineering faculty member at Northwestern University (IL), http://www.asee.org/acPapers/00642.pdf

• Center for Inquiry in the Liberal Arts — sends occasional email essays on the liberal arts, http://liberalarts.wabash.edu/cila/liberalartsonline. The May 3, 2004, reflection, "The Wrong Major" by Frederik Ohles, includes this thought-provoking aphorism attributed to Kimberly Maxian Franklin (director of career services at Illinois College), "Let your major be what you love most; let your work be what you do best." Earlier essays are archived at the site and include "Looking for Good Practices? Look First at Liberal Arts Colleges."

• Lumina Foundation (http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/index.html)

The Lumina Foundation recently alerted the Small Colleges list serve about their new report--"Refuse to Lose: Today's colleges and universities must work to foster student success." This report joins several other down-loadable publications available at this site. The Lumina Foundation has gathered information of interest to colleges of all sizes and gives special emphasis to student success at community colleges.

• Resource links to Web sites applicable to the topic
• Overview of topic written by a NACADA member knowledgeable in issue addressed
• Annotated bibliography of articles and/or books where advisors can "read more about" the topic
• Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the topic