Web Resources: Education

Introduction

There are numerous web sites dealing with education related topics on the Internet. The following web sites are meant only as starting points to locate education information on the Web. Search tools may be used to locate additional and/or more specific web sites. For information on searching the Web, see Searching for Web Resources.

Whether you use information found on the following web sites or use a web search tool, remember to carefully evaluate the information. For further information on evaluating web sites, see Evaluating Web Sites.

Web Resources

General

ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
www.eric.ed.gov

The Educator’s Reference Desk
www.eduref.org

refdesk.com - Education and Teaching Links
www.refdesk.com/educate.html

Education World
www.education-world.com

Galaxy: Education
www.galaxy.com/cgi-bin/dirlist?node=23940

Internet Public Library: Education
www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/edu0000.html

NWREL's Library in the Sky
www.nwrel.org/sky

Yahoo! Education
dir.yahoo.com/education

BUBL Link: 370 Education
link.bubl.ac.uk/education

Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG): Education
www.sosig.ac.uk/education

Web66: A K12 World Wide Web Project
web66.coled.umn.edu

VRD Learning Center
vrd.askvrd.org

bigchalk: The Education Network
www.bigchalk.com

Education Index
www.educationindex.com

Child Development and Psychology

National Parent Information Network (NPIN)
npin.org

School Psychology Resources Online
www.schoolpsychology.net

Assessment, Evaluation, Tests, and Measurements

ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
ericae.net

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
www.unl.edu/buros

Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education
www.apa.org/science/fairtestcode.html

ERIC/AE Test Locator
ericae.net/testcol.htm

ETS: Educational Testing Service
www.ets.org

National Center for Research on Evaluations, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
www.cse.ucla.edu

Tests and Testing Information
www.lib.msu.edu/corby/psychology/tests.htm

Consult the library's subject guide on Tests and Measurements for additional resources.

Standards

Developing Educational Standards
edstandards.org/Standards.html

Content Knowledge: The McREL Standards Database
www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks

Standards of Learning Resources
www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/educ/sols.html

Florida Sunshine State Standards Web Resources
www.itrc.ucf.edu/sss

Sunshine State Standards - Florida Department of Education Sunshine State Standards
www.firn.edu/doe/menu/sss.htm

Statistics

Grapevine
coe.ilstu.edu/grapevine

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
nces.ed.gov

Education Statistical Information
www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/educ/stat.html

Just for the Kids
www.just4kids.org/US/US_home.asp

Government

U.S. Department of Education (DOE)
www.ed.gov

U.S. National Library of Education (NLE)
www.ed.gov/NLE

State Education Agencies
www.ed.gov/Programs/bastmp/SEA.htm

Florida Department of Education
www.fldoe.org

Florida Information Resource Network
www.firn.edu

School Directories

GreatSchools.net
tallahassee.greatschools.net

Education Resource Organizations Directory
www.ed.gov/Programs/EROD

Florida Schools Directory Map
www.flboe.org/schoolmap/flash/regionalmap.asp

Broward County Public Schools
www.browardschools.com

Dadeschools.net
www.dadeschools.net

School District of Palm Beach County
www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us

Educational Associations

American Education Research Association (AERA)
www.aera.net

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
www.ascd.org

Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD)
www.ed.gov/Programs/EROD

National Education Association (NEA)
www.nea.org

Texas Education Network (TENET): Educational Associations (listing)
www.tenet.edu/teachers/orgs.html

Yahoo! Education: Organizations
dir.yahoo.com/Education/Organizations

Education Libraries

Many education libraries have developed Web pages to help faculty and students. Some of the premier education libraries pages are listed below.

Education Virtual Library
www.csu.edu.au/education/library.html

Michigan Electronic Resources section, Education
mel.lib.mi.us/education

College of Education, University of Arizona
tikkun.ed.asu.edu/coe

University of California, at Berkeley Education-Psychology Library
www.lib.berkeley.edu/EDP

Milbank Memorial Library, Teacher's College, Columbia University
lWeb.tc.columbia.edu

Bank Street College of Education
streetcat.bnkst.edu

Monroe C. Gutman Library, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
www.gse.harvard.edu/~library

Cubberley Education Library, Stanford University
www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/cubberley/

Indiana University, Bloomington, Education Library
www.indiana.edu/~libeduc

National Library of Education
www.ed.gov/NLE

Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Education Library
www.library.vanderbilt.edu/peabody

University of Florida, Education Library
Web.uflib.ufl.edu/educ

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Education and Social Science Library
www.library.uiuc.edu/edx

University of Kentucky, Education Library
www.uky.edu/Libraries/educ.html

University of Virginia, Education Library
www.lib.virginia.edu/education

Web Bookstores

Web bookstores provide you with an online bookstore where you can purchase books:

Amazon
www.amazon.com

Barnes and Nobles
www.bn.com

NSU Bookstore
www.nsubooks.bkstore.com

Theses and Dissertations

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (University of Virginia, North Carolina State University, and the University of Michigan)
www.theses.org

Doctoral Research in Educational Technology: A Directory of Dissertations, 1977-2001 (University of Northern Colorado)
www.coe.unco.edu/disswww/Dissdir.htm

Digital library of MIT Theses
thesis.mit.edu

Lesson Plans

A to Z Lesson Plans
www.atozteacherstuff.com/lessons

Academic Info
www.academicinfo.net

Busy Teachers' WebSite K-12
www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/

Columbia Education Center's Lesson Plans
www.col-ed.org/cur

The Education Place
www.eduplace.com

The Educator’s Reference Desk
www.eduref.org

Lesson Plans Page
www.LessonPlansPage.com

LessonPlanz.com
LessonPlanz.com

New York Times Learning Network Teacher Connections
www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers

Teachers Helping Teachers
www.pacificnet.net/~mandel

Thematic Units Index
www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes

Washburn University Lesson Plan Links
www.washburn.edu/mabee/crc/lessons.html

University of Illinois Collaborative Lesson Plan Archive
faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA

Yahoo Lesson Plan Links
www.yahoo.com/Education/K_12/Teaching/Lesson_Plans/

NewsBank's Big6 Resource Center
iw.newsbank.com/big6rc

Classroom Connect [register for free memembership]
www.classroom.net

PBS TeacherSource
www.pbs.org/teachersource

Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Education
www.cpb.org/ed

MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom
www.marcopolo-education.org

Electronic Journals and Newsletters in Education

Electronic Journals in the Field of Education (ASU)
aera-cr.ed.asu.edu/links.html

Scholarly Journals Distributed Via the World Wide Web
info.lib.uh.edu/wj/Webjour.html

Serials in Cyberspace
www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn

Psycline: Your Guide to Psychology and Social Science Journals on the Web
www.psycline.org/journals/psycline.html

CIJE Source Journal Index
www.ericfacility.net/extra/pub/sjisearch.cfm

E-Journals in Education
www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/educ/ejour.html

Michigan Electronic Resources section: Education Journals and News
mel.lib.mi.us/education/edu-journals.html

Websites for select education journal titles
- American Educator
  www.aft.org/american_educator/previousindex.html
- American Teacher
  www.aft.org/publications/american_teacher
- Current Issues in Education
  cie.ed.asu.edu
- Education Week
  www.edweek.org/ew
- Principal Online
  www.naesp.org/comm/principl.htm
- Teacher Magazine
  www.teachermagazine.org

Listservs

Need help on how to subscribe to discussion lists?

ECENET-L@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu
Early childhood education

EDINFO@inet.ed.gov
Program updates from the U.S. Department of Education
(subscribe to listproc@inet.ed.gov)

EDNET@nic.umass.edu
Internet use in education

K12ADMIN@listserv.syr.edu
Elementary and secondary school administration

KlDSPHERE-request@vms.cis.pitt.edu
Collaborative network-based K-12 projects

LM_NET@listserv.syr.edu
School library and media services

PARENTING-L@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu
Parenting issues

ERICNews@aspensys.com
Bimonthly updates on the latest ERIC initiatives, products and services.

To locate additional listservs on education try:

Topica
www.liszt.com

tile.net/listservs (e-mail lists)
tile.net/lists

tile.net/newsgroups
tile.net/news

Media, Library and Learning Resource Center Resources

LM_NET
ericir.syr.edu/lm_net

Library Journal (WebWatch, Online Dbs, and reviews)
libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com

Library and Media Specialist Links
www.middleschool.net/curlink/libmedia.htm

North Central ESD Library- ESD Media Web Pages
164.116.35.101/media/Links.htm

School Library Media Centers
falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/libraries.htm

SUNLINK
www.sunlink.ucf.edu