Education Resources on the Web

Susan Silverman
Dacus Library
June, 2008

Databases (All available from Dacus Library Online)

• Academic Search Premier  "The world's largest academic multi-discipline database."
• Academic OneFile from Infotrac:  A multi-discipline database with full text coverage for many of the titles.
• SIRS Researcher:  Full text articles selected from around 1500 newspapers, magazines, journals, and government reports.
• ERIC:  The premier education database, indexing over 1,000 educational and education related journals.  Check WebBridge for possible full-text coverage.
• PsycARTICLES:  Includes more than 100,000 full-text articles from 59 journal titles, from 1987 to present.
• PsycINFO:  An international database covering all aspects of the field of psychology.  Provides longer abstracts, and links to full-text articles in PsycARTICLES.
• LookSmart's FindArticles:  Subject searching to over 10 million articles fromthousands of full text magazines and journals. ( http://www.findarticles.com )

General guides to education Internet Sites:

• A to Z Teacher Stuff: "A teacher-creted site designed to help teachers find online resources quickly and easily." [ http://www.atozteacherstuff.com ]
• The Awesome Library:  This site organizes more than 24,000 carefully reviewed web resources for parents, students, teachers, librarians, and community members.  [ http://www.awesomelibrary.org ]
• Blue Web'n: An online library of over 2,000 web sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format. [ http://www.kn.att.com/wired/bluewebn/#table ]
• Education World:  The Educator's Best Friend:  [ http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr174.shtml ]
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators:  An excellent site offering extensive lists of annotated links in dozens of subject areas. [ http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ ]
• Knowitall.org: "ETV's educational Web portall, a collection of fun, interactive websites for k-12 students, teacher and parents." [ http://www.knowitall.org ]

Directories and Statistics:

• College and University Web Pages:  Contains both an alphabetical and geographic arrangement.  [ http://www.mit.edu/people/cdemello/univ.html ]
• Developing Educatonal Standards:  Links to educational standards and curriculum frameworks arranged by states. [ http://edStandards.org/Standards.html ]
• Federal, State, and Local Governments, Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data, U.S. ensus Bureau. [ http://www.census.gov/govs/www/school.html ]
• K-12 Jobs.com :  Includes listings for job openings as well as certification information by state.  [ http://www.k12jobs.com ]
• National Center for Education Statistics:  includes a number of reports, guides and research studies providing statistics. [ http://nces.ed.gov]
• 50 States' Certification Requirements: [ http://www.uky.edu/Education/TEP/usacert.html ]

Reference Sources:

• refdesk.com: "The single best source for facts on the net."  [ http://www.refdesk.com ]
• Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age:  Provides research tips and style manual guides. [ http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ ]
• Teachers Net:  "The Ultimate Teacher's  Resource!"  Includes links to dictionaries, calculators, maps, encyclopedias, etc. [ http://www.teachers.net ]
• U.S. Department of Education:  Has a good topic index; including accreditation, magnet schools, legislation, No Child Left Behind, etc.  Also provides copies of their latest publications.  [ http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp ]

Children's Literature:

• Children's Literature Web Guide:  Excellent reference site with book lists and numerous links.  [ http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ ]
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site:  A collection of reviews of children's books. [ http://www.carolhurst.com ]
• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature, contains over 7,000 records from 78 awards. [ http://www.dawcl.com ]

Multicultural & Diversity:

• Center for Multilingual / Multicultural Resources:  Use the site map to access this great collection of multicultural resources including African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic, and Native American.   [ http://usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/ ]
• Global Gateway:  World Culture & Resources, The Library of Congress:  [ http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html ]

Special Interests:

• Center for Education Reform:  Covers major issues, such as, charter schools, school choice, and education reform.  Also has pages especially for educators, entrepreneurs, parents and policy makers, along with links to statistical data. [ http://edreform.com ]
• Disability.gov: A comprehensive site for teaching children with disabilities. [ http://www.disability.gov ]
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill:  Provides numerous links to learning disabilities. [ http://www.nami.org ]
• LD Online:  Contains a wealth of information regarding learning disabilities and ADD.  [ http://www.ldonline.org/ ]
• A School Zone:  These links collected by a learning disabilities specialist are divided into 3 major areas; school information, curricula, and special education information.  [ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6097/ ]
• Middle Web:  This site "explores the challenges of middle school reform and brims with resources for educators and parents."  [ http://www.middleweb.com ]
• National Middle School Association:  "devoted to improving the educational experiences of young adolescents."  [ http://www.nmsa.org ]
• The International Montessori Site [http://www.montessori.edu ]

E-journals:

• American School Board Journal:  Includes archives of this journal back to 1997 dealing with school board issues.  [ http://www.asbj.com ]
• Electronic School:  Contains articles from the quarterly print version published by The National School Boards Association. [ http://www.electronic-school.com ]
• Education Week:  This popular publication contains articles and information for educators.  Also has "issue pages" covering hot topics in education. [ http://www.edweek.org ]
• Educause:  Two publications, Cause and Educom, consolidated to create EDUCAUSE, which offers articles on technology, policy, and legal issues.  [ http://www.educause.edu ]
• National Geographic for Kids: An entertaining site for kids and adults.  [ http://nationalgeographic.com/kids ]
• Phi Delta Kappan: Includes full text of many articles from the printed journal.  [ http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kappan.htm ]