2008* Education Research 'Core' or Essential Reference Tools Results
Print -- Free Web-Sites -- Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based Web-Sites
- Statistical Abstract of the U. S
- Encyclopedia of Education (other encyclopedias of specific educational areas)
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
- Peterson’s Guides
- World Book Encyclopedia
Print -- Free Web-Sites --Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based Web-Sites
- Google http://www.google.com and Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.com/
- Gateway to Educational Materials - http://www.thegateway.org/, Discovery Education Classroom Resources - http://school.discoveryeducation.com/
- National Education Association - http://www.nea.org/home/index.html, British Education Index - http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/, The Educator's Reference Desk - http://www.eduref.org/
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/business/grants.html
- Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/, HomeworkSpot - http://www.homeworkspot.com/, Infoplease - http://www.infoplease.com/, Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Print -- Free Web-Sites --Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based Web-Sites
- ERIC - http://www.eric.ed.gov
- National Center for Education Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov/, State and county departments of education Web sites
- FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - http://www.free.ed.gov/
- NSDL (National Science Digital Library) - http://nsdl.org/
- Library of Congress American Memory Project - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html, TeacherNet - http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/, US Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml, EDSITEment - http://edsitement.neh.gov/, Kids.gov - http://www.kids.gov/ ,USA.gov – http://www.usa.gov, THOMAS - Library of Congress - http://www.thomas.gov
Print -- Free Web-Sites -- Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based Web-Sites
- Proquest Education Journals - http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/pq_ed_journals.shtml
- Searchasaurus/Education Complete/Professional Development Collection (EBSCOHost) - http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=5&topicID=15
- ERIC (OCLC and ProQuest) - http://www.oclc.org/Support/documentation/firstsearch/databases/dbdetails/details/ERIC.htm or http://www.il.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/eric.shtml
- PsycInfo - http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/
- Literature Resource Center (Gale) - http://www.gale.cengage.com/
Other Surveys, Misc. Projects
and Research
*This survey was posted in May and in August 2008 to:
- LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
- LISNews and LISNewsWire Blogs - lisnews-owner@lishost.net
- ResourceShelf Blog - gary.price@resourceshelf.com
- ERIL-L@LISTSERV.BINGHAMTON.EDU
- dig_ref@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
- collib-l@ala.org
- LIS-LINK@jiscmail.ac.uk
- Libref-L@listserv.kent.edu
- GOVDOC-L@lists.psu.edu
- publib@webjunction.org
- livereference@yahoogroups.com
- Libref-L@listserv.kent.edu
Self-Paced Web-based courses: