Our Mission

The mission of the Centre de documentation collégiale (CDC) is to collect, retain, process, disseminate, and promote a collection of documents specialized in education so as to meet the needs of the various stakeholders in the college network. Our mandate is to provide our services to all public and private English and French Cegeps and […]

Background

The Centre de documentation collégiale (CDC) was created in 1990 when the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Science took over the extensive collection of documents developed since 1970 by the Centre d’animation, de développement et de recherche en enseignement (CADRE). Management of the CDC was then assumed by Cégep André-Laurendeau, and the CDC […]

Customized Services

The CDC staff offers workshops, information panels, and bibliographic and assistance services for your community of practice as well as help setting up information alerts. If you would like to know more about our services or our collections, our staff will be happy to discuss your needs. Photo credits : Catherine Dumont, AQPC Symposium 2013 […]

To borrow a document

Some CDC Collection Documents Are Available in Print Only These are identified as Physical Resource in the EDUQ.info record. These documents may be borrowed under the following conditions (see Access Terms for CDC Documentary Resources [in french] for full details) : Up to 15 items For a period of one month or more Free postal delivery and return […]

Deposit Services

Would You Like to Share a Research Report or Article You’ve Authored or Hold Distribution Rights For?EDUQ.info’s open archive feature allows you to make your document freely accessible in just a few simple steps. Depositing your work in the open archive offers several benefits: ✓ Visibility : Documents deposited are available on EDUQ.info and indexed […]

Search Assistance

CDC Librarians Are Here to Support You CDC librarians can assist you with documentary research in college-level education and provide support in areas such as: Using CDC documentary resources Conducting research in college education Managing research data Visit the Help section for general tips on documentary research.

ÉDUthès thesaurus

ÉDUthès is a thesaurus in the field of education. It is an organized list of controlled and standardized terms associated with educational concepts. At the CDC, using ÉDUthès fulfills the dual purpose of providing information on the topics of the text when documents are added to ÉDUQ and of refining search terms under these topics. […]

College Documentation Bulletin

Two or three times a year, the CDC publishes a bulletin to promote specific areas of its collection. For each issue, a resource person, recognized in the college network for his or her expertise in the field, is asked to select and present the resources and to write the accompanying texts. To consult the published […]

Digital Resources

Databases: scientific articles, reports, theses, conference and symposium proceedings In addition to EDUQ.info’s digital resources, the CDC offers a list of references to several databases specialized in education.   Databases   Search Tools For help guides and tutorials, go to the Help section.

EDUQ, an open archive

EDUQ.info, the open archive of the Quebec college network, collects, retains, and disseminates documents about teaching, learning, and institutional development in Quebec’s Cegeps and colleges. With EDUQ, you can consult full-text digital resources and borrow documents. You can query the open archive by author, title, subject, date, publisher, or language. We also offer thematic and […]