This research guide identifies materials located in the collections of Pius XII Memorial Library and on the Web that are useful for students in education and teachers studying and/or actively teaching.  Although not comprehensive, it does cover a wide variety of sources most frequently required by library users.  See also Lesson Plans & Teacher Resources and Higher Education for additional Web links.
 

Guides to Research || Curriculum Guidelines & Standards || Encyclopedia, Dictionaries, etc. || Finding Books
Indexes & Abstracts || Full-Text Journals || News Sources || Bibliographies || Quotations
Tests & Measures || Statistics || Mailing Lists and Listservs || Directories
Organizations || ERIC System  Sites || State Sites || Other Useful Sites
Evaluating & Citing Resources || Selected Subject Directories or Keyword Search Engines
Job Hunting & Career Information
 

Herron, Nancy L.  2002.  The Social Sciences:  A Cross-disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources.  3rd ed.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited.
     Ref. H 61 .S648 2002

O'Brien, Nancy P.  2000.  Education:  A Guide to Reference and Information Sources.  2nd ed.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited.
     Ref. LB 15 .B89 2000
     Online available in NetLibrary 

Research Resources for the Social Sciences
     http://www.socsciresearch.com/
Provided by Craig McKie, a sociology professor at Carleton University in Canada, this site arranges social science web links into 18 categories.  It is closely related to the book Using the Web for Social Research by McKie (1997) and "is offered in partnership with McGraw-Hill Ryerson", publisher of the book. (text from site)

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Developing Education Standards
      http://edstandards.org/Standards.html
Provides links to curriculum standards by state and subject area.

Illinois Learning Standards
     http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/Default.htm

Missouri.  Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.  1996.  Missouri's Frameworks for Curriculum Development:   Curriculum Guidelines: Communication Arts, Fine Arts, Health Education/Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Integrating Curriculum.  Jefferson City, MO:  The Department.
     Ref. LB 2806.15 .M 575 1996
     Electronic version:  Missouri's Frameworks for Curriculum Development
Please note:  Print version has fuller information.

Standards and Schooling in the United States:  An Encyclopedia.  Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
     Ref. LB 2822.82 .S82 2001  3 vols.

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GENERAL

English, Fenwick W. 2006. Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
     Ref. LB2805 .E527 2006     2 volumes
     Online available in Gale Virtual Reference Library   

Guthrie, James W., ed.  2003.  Encyclopedia of Education.   2nd ed.  New York:  Macmillan Reference USA.
     Ref LB15 .E47 2003     8 volumes
     Online available in Gale Virtual Reference Library

Husen, Torsten and T. Neville Postlethwaite, eds.  1994.  International Encyclopedia of Education.  2nd ed.  New York:  Elsevier Science.
     Ref. LB 15 .I569 1994     12 volumes

Unger, Harlow G.  2001.  Encyclopedia of American Education.  2nd ed.  New York:  Facts on File.
     Ref. LB 17 .U54 2001     3 volumes

Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education.  Date varies.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
     LB 5 .N25
     Online 2002 to present is available in Blackwell/Synergy
Each volume has a distinct title and covers a specific topic in education.

EARLY CHILDHOOD

Williams, Leslie R. and Doris Pronin Fromberg, eds.  1992.   Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education.  New York:   Garland.
     Ref. LB 1139.25 .E53 1992

LAW

College Administrator and the Courts. Asheville, NC : College Administration Publications, 1988- . Looseleaf service received 4 times per year.
     Pius Library KF 4225 .A59B45

College student and the courts. Asheville, N.C. : College Administration Publications, Inc., 1986- . Looseleaf service received 4 times per year.
     Pius Library KF 4243.A59 .Y68 1977

Kaplin, William A. and Barbara A. Lee. (2006) The Law of Higher Education : A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making. 4th ed. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass.
     Pius Library KF 4225 .K36 2006     2 vols.

Yearbook of Education Law.  Annual.  Topeka, KS:  National Organization on Legal Problems of Education.   
     Current year Ref. LB 2514 .Y4, Earlier on Level 4
     Online 1997 to present available in Education Full Text

PHILOSOPHY

Chambliss, J.J., ed.  1996.  Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia.  New York:  Garland.
     Ref. LB 27 .P485 1996

Winch, Christopher and John Gingell.  1999.  Key Concepts in the Philosophy of Education.  London ; New York:  Routledge.
     Ref. LB 15 .W54 1999

PSYCHOLOGY

Lee, Steven W., ed. 2005. Encyclopedia of School Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
     Ref. LB 1027.55 .E523 2005

RESEARCH

Alkin, Marvin C., ed.  1992.  Encyclopedia of Educational Research.  6th ed.  New York:  Macmillan.
     Ref. LB 15 .E48 1992     4 volumes

SOCIOLOGY

Levinson, David L., Peter W. Cookson, and Alan R. Sadovnik, eds.  2002.  Education and Sociology:  An Encyclopedia.  New York:  RoutledgeFalmer.
     Ref. LC 189.95 .E38 2002

Saha, Lawrence J., ed.  1997.  International Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education.  New York:  Pergamon.
     Ref. LC 191 .I49 1997

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Reynolds, Cecil R. and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, eds.  2000.  Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of the Handicapped and Other Exceptional Children and Adults.  New York:  Wiley.
     Ref. LC 4007 .E53 1999     3 volumes

Reynolds, Cecil R. and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, eds.  2002.  Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of the Handicapped and Other Exceptional Children and Adults.  2nd ed. New York:  Wiley.
     Ref. LC 4007 .E53 2002  - Updates 2000 above.

SYSTEMS OF EDUCATION

Marlow-Ferguson, Rebecca and Lopez, Chris, eds. 2001. World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide. 2nd ed.  Detroit, MI: Gale Group.
     Ref. LB 15 .W87 2001    3 volumes
     Online available in Gale Virtual Reference Library

Postlethwaite, T. Neville, ed. 1995.  International Encyclopedia of National Systems of Education. 2nd ed. Oxford, UK:  Pergamon.
     Ref. LB43 .I584 1995

TECHNOLOGY

Educational Media and Technology Yearbook.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited.
     Current Volume Ref. LB 1028.3 .E57 

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Search the Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog and MOBIUS, the Missouri Union Catalog, by author, title, keywords, author-title, subject, etc.  Use in the library or by remote access.  The Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog is available from Pius Library's Home Page and from the Saint Louis University Libraries Portal.  Tip:  Always search Saint Louis University first.  If needed item(s) is/are not found, extend the search to MOBIUS.

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Access to the following resources is available to anyone in Pius Library.  "In-library access" means that access is available in the Reference Department.  Any resources identified as being available via "remote access" are available from Pius Library's Web site [http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/] and from the Saint Louis University Libraries Portal.
Note: Remote access is available to current SLU students, faculty, and staff.  Your SLU Net ID username (SLU email address before the @) and SLU Net password (Banner password) are required for use.

Academic Search Premier . 1975-  .  EBSCOhost.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  This multidisciplinary database that includes education provides indexing and abstracting for 8,040 scholarly journals from various fields and has full text for over 4,060 beginning as far back as 1975. Over 6,000 journals are peer reviewed.

Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography. 1927-2001.
     Ref. HQ 750.A1 C47 Located on EAST INDEX SHELVES

Dissertations and Theses .  1861-.  ProQuest.  In-library and remote access. 
     Electronic version of Dissertation Abstracts International below.  Indexes North American dissertations and theses from 1861 and international dissertations from 1988. Includes full-text for Saint Louis University dissertations from approximately 1996 to present.

Dissertation Abstracts International. 1938-2001.  Monthly. 
     Non-Circ Z 5053 .D57 Located on Level 5

Education Full Text.  1983- .  WilsonWeb.  In-library and remote access.
     Electronic counterpart of Education Index below, except that over 200 journals are full text beginning 1994 and later.  Full-text start date varies with journal.

Education Index.  1929/30-2001.  Monthly except July and August.
     Ref. L 11 .E267
Indexes English-language, education-related articles from over 420 periodicals and 160 yearbooks. Education books published in 1995 or later are also included. All articles of at least one column in length are indexed and cover all educational levels and subject matter fields in education.

ERIC.  1966 - . EBSCOhost. In-library and remote access.
     Updated monthly.  Indexes and abstracts approximately 980 educational and education-related journals as well as other materials such as technical reports, curriculum guides, lesson plans, research reports and books.  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, it is the principal index for access to the educational literature and includes the content of Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE) below.  A free version provided by the U.S. Department of Education is also available.

Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). 1969-2001.  Monthly.
     1969-1996  Non-Circ Z 5813 .C8 Located on Level 5
     1997-2001  Ref. Z 5813 .C8
See ERIC Database above to search this.

Resources in Education (RIE).  1975-2001 .  Monthly.
     1997-2001 Ref. Z 5814 . R4 U52 
     1966-1996 Non Circ Z 5814 .R4 U52 Located on Level 5
See ERIC Database above to search this.

GPO Access: Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.  1976-  .  Free Web access.  In-library and remote access. 
     Updated quarterly.  The U.S. Government's index to its own publications, includes the content of the print Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications.

Language Teaching.  v.15(1982)-v.39(2006).  Quarterly.
     Ref. PB 35 .L32 Located on EAST INDEX SHELVES
     Online available from 2002 to 2006 in Cambridge

LexisNexis Academic.  Start date varies by publication.  LexisNexis.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated continuously.  A subset of LEXIS-NEXIS.  Provides online access to full-text of current and historical court cases, news sources, business and financial information, and international news and company information. This database is particularly useful for locating education law.

LexisNexis Congressional.  Start date varies by file.  LexisNexis.   In-library and remote access. 
     Update frequency varies by file.  Access to U.S. legislative information including  Congressional Information Service (CIS) indexing and abstracting from 1970- ; CIS Legislative Histories from 1970- ; full text of Congressional Record from 1985- , National Journal from 1977-, Congress Daily from 1991- , Federal Register from 1980- , current Code of Federal Regulations from 1989- , current United States Code, and Public Laws from 1988- .  In addition, there is a bill tracking file from 1989- , full text for bills from 1989- , and full text for Congressional Hearings (Part A, 18 -------), as well as selected committee prints, hot bills and topics, congressional testimony, committee reports, House and Senate documents, voting records in Congress, and member information including financial disclosures and campaign contributions.

LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts).  1973-  .  CSA.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated monthly.  This bibliographic database provides abstracts of articles from hundreds of periodicals published worldwide, as well as books, technical reports, and dissertations.  Subjects covered include child language acquisition, speech and hearing, artificial intelligence, dialectology, bilingualism, and computational and mathematical linguistics.

PAIS International.  1972- .  CSA.  In-library and remote access. 
     Updated monthly.  Electronic version of PAIS International in Print below.  Produced by the Public Affairs Information Service, this database indexes and abstracts books, journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, pamphlets, and government documents covering topics that are or may become the subject of legislation.  Subjects areas include economic, political, and social issues, public administration, law, business, and political science.  Over 1,600 journals published worldwide in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish are selectively indexed each year.

PAIS International in Print (Public Affairs Information Service).  1991-1998.  Monthly.  PAIS Bulletin.  1934-1990.
     Non-Circ Z 7163 .P912 Located on Level 5

Periodicals Index Online & Periodicals Archive Online.  1665-1995. ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated four times a year.  Periodicals Index Online (PIO) indexes the articles in over 4,000 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995.  As of December 2005, over 500 journal titles are at least partially available in full text in the complementary database, Periodicals Archive Online (PAO).  The focus is on 20th century periodicals.  However, periodicals in the 20th century that extend back into the 17th, 18th, & 19th centuries are indexed from their earliest volumes.  The scope is worldwide and includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages.

PsycINFO.  1967- .  Ovid.  In-library and remote access.
    Updated monthly.  Electronic version of Psychological Abstracts below.   Indexes literature in psychology journals, books and chapters of books.  Journal coverage begins 1967.  Books and chapters of books coverage begins 1987.  Also includes Historic PsycINFO, 1872-1966.

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch.  1989- .  NewsBank.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  Access to archival articles back to 1989.  Go to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Web site for late-breaking news and articles available only on their Web site.  Another point of access for this newspaper is Academic Universe.

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).  
     In Web of Science.  1995-  .  Thomson/ISI.  In-library and remote access.
     CD-ROM Version.  1981-1994.  ISI.  In-library access.
     Print Version.  1956-2001.  Ref. Z 7161 .S65
This database provides author and subject indexing for articles published worldwide in social science journals.  It also supports citation indexing, which establishes links between cited articles and the more recent publications in which they are cited.

Social Sciences Index. v.1(1974/75)-29(2002/03).  Monthly.
     Ref. AI 1 .S6 Located on EAST INDEX SHELVES

Sociological Abstracts .  1963- .  CSA.  In-library and remote access. 
     Updated monthly.  This database abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related social and behavioral science disciplines.  It provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews from over 1,800 serials, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Journal records added since 1973 article abstracts.  Many records from key sociology journals published since 2001 also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article.  Each individual reference may also have links to an abstract and/or to other papers that cite that reference.

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Pius Library maintains a significant collection of journals for education.  They can be found in several ways.

• Search the SLU Libraries Catalog by Journal Title - journals, magazines, newspapers... to find print and most electronically available journals.
• Search Saint Louis University's E-Journal Portal by journal title to find electronic journals available to Saint Louis University students, faculty, and staff.
• Browse or search one or more of the following
• JSTOR, an electronic journal archive with over 600 titles from many disciplines including education.
• Project MUSE, a current electronic journal resource with over 200 titles from many disciplines including education.
• PsycARTICLES, all journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group. Most journals now go back Volume 1, Issue 1, with the earliest journal being Psychological Review, which was started in 1894

For journals whose tables of contents and/or full text might be available "on the Web", try

AERA-SIG:  Education Journals and News
     http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/
Provided an American Educational Research Association (AERA) special interest group, this site offers direct links to selected electronic journals in education.  Selection criteria include scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text, and freely accessible.

Education Journals:  An Annotated Database of Journal Information for K-12 and Teacher Educators
     http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/8478
This URL goes to a description of this list. The list itself is currently (November 2007) available only in XML format.

NewJour
     http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/ 
A finding tool to locate journals and newsletters available electronically on the Internet.  Includes an alphabetical list in addition to a search utility.  Records located are announcements posted on the NewJour mailing list that include a link to the journal's or its publisher's home page.  Some journals provide tables of contents with selected full text.  A subscription may be required to access full text.

For publishing opportunities, try

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Curriculum and Methods.  Beaumont, TX: Cabell.  2 vols.  Updated irregularly.
     Current edition Ref. L11 .C23 

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Psychology and Administration.  Beaumont, TX : Cabell.  2 vols.  Updated irregularly.
     Current edition Ref. L11 . C233

Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation (PARE)
      http://pareonline.net/
Peer-reviewed electronic journal to provide education professionals access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice, especially at the local education agency (LEA) level. Search by title, author, descriptors, keywords or browse by articles, subjects and user groups. Provides links to the similar papers found in PARE, SearchERIC.org, and links to articles written by the same author(s) in ERIC.

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asbj.com (American School Board Journal)
     http://www.asbj.com/
Provides online content and some feature articles from the current issue only.

Education Life
    http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/040801ed-index.html
From the New York Times on the Web, this quarterly education supplement examines timely topics and issues in all areas of education.  Requires free registration and login.

Education Week on the Web 
     http://www.edweek.org/
     L 11 .E268
Includes articles from Education Week and Teachers Magazine in addition to special reports.  Search by publication name, year, and topic.  Free registration allows "2 articles per week from Education Week, and unlimited access to Teacher Magazine and Agent K-12 Jobs".  Premium subscription required for access to all articles and archives.

Electronic School Online (1987 to 2002)
     http://www.electronic-school.com/
This is a supplement to the American School Board Journal (ASBJ).  It contains articles about technology use in the K-12 community and is published by the National School Boards Association in cooperation with the Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education.  This site provides free access to Technology Focus articles from the the ASBJ and all full-text articles from the Electronic School Online archive from February 1995 through January 2002.

Gallup Brain (1935 - present)
      http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/databases/dbdesc/gallup.html
This major public opinion database provides a searchable record of the "136,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935."  In addition, access is provided to "Gallup Poll News Service articles, Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing articles, and Gallup Management Journal articles."  (text from site 8/11/06)

NEA Today Online 
     http://www.nea.org/neatoday/
This interactive edition of NEA Today [ L11 .J85   Pius has current year] extends information presented in the print edition.  Few articles from print edition are available here.  Contains the current edition plus browsable archives from January 2000.

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Bibliographies can be a great source for books, book chapters, articles, and other items written about a topic.  To find out if Pius Library owns a bibliography on your topic, search the Saint Louis Univeristy Library Catalog by keyword(s) and the word bibliography.  When searching by keyword, do not use AND or quotation marks so the system will automatically return your search results in relevance ranked order. For example,

Others can be found on the World Wide Web such as the one listed below.  However, please carefully evaluate any materials found on the "open" Web before using.

Bibliography of the History of American Education
     http://www.zzbw.uni-hannover.de/HerbstStart.htm
Compiled and provided by Prof. em. Jurgen Herbst, University of Wisconsin-Madison, this bibliography is divided into four major sections that are then subdivided into smaller categories:  "GENERAL WORKS", "THE COLONIAL PERIOD", "FROM THE REVOLUTION TO RECONSTRUCTION", and "AMERICA IN THE URBAN AGE".

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Noble, Keith Allan, comp.  1995   International Education Quotations Encyclopaedia.  Philadelphia : Open University Press.
     Ref. LB 7 .I65 1995

Quotations Page: Quotations by Subject: Education
     http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/education/

Oxford Reference Online Premium: Quotations
     http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s21
Search these Oxford reference books for quotations about Education. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, and The Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations.

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Mental Meaurements Yearbook (MMY). EBSCOhost. 1986- .  In-library and remote access. 1 simultaneous user.
     http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/databases/dbdesc/mmy.html
Search all editions (9th through the present) of the BUROS Mental Measurement Yearbook from 1986 to the present.

BUROS Mental Measurement Yearbook:  Test Reviews Online
      http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Search by Keyword, Title, Purpose, Publisher, Acronym, or Author for over 4,000 commercially available tests.  Critical reviews of over 2,000 tests are also available.   However, the full text of the reviews cost $15.00 each to retrieve online.  They are freely available in the online version listed above and in the print Mental Measurements Yearbook listed below.

Mental Measurements Yearbook.  Irregular.  Highland Park, NJ:  Mental Measurements Yearbook..
     Ref. Z 5814 .P8 B932     Current edition Reference Desk

ETS Test Link
     http://www.ets.org/testcoll/
Search by author, title, or descriptor.  Includes How to Search the Database and a list of Downloadable Tests (these are not free).  Please check the catalogs list below and the ETS microfiche available in Pius Library.  Pius Library purchases microfiche for ETS tests that are not commercially produced and whose creators make them freely available.

Test Collection, Educational Testing Service.  1993-   .  ETS Test Collection Catalog.  2nd ed.  Phoenix, AZ:   Oryx.
     Ref. LB3051 .E14 1993     volumes 1-2

Test Collection, Educational Testing Service.  1986-   .  ETS Test Collection Catalog.  Phoenix, AZ : Oryx.
     Ref. LB3051 .E14 1986     volumes 3-6

Test Critiques.  1984-  .   Kansas City, MO:  Test Corporation of America.
     Ref. BF 176 .T418 1984

Tests in Print.  v.I (1961)-v.VII (2006).  Lincoln, NE:  Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska.
     Ref. Z5814.E9 T47

See also: TESTS AND MEASURES RESOURCE GUIDE [http://pages.slu.edu/faculty/josephme/resguides/tests.html] for additional resources.

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The U.S. government and State of Missouri regularly publishe a variety of statistical information dealing with education and related topics.  Ask a librarian for help in locating these important resources in Pius Library or access some of the following on the World Wide Web.

ChildStats.gov:  Forum on Child and Family Statistics
     http://childstats.gov/
Includes America's Children:  Key National Indicators of Well-Being 1998 through 2007, in addition to comparing U.S. indicators to similar indicators in other countries.

EDSTATS:  The World Bank Education Statistics Database
     http://devdata.worldbank.org/edstats/
Combines statistics from the OECD and UNESCO available in one place in addition to World Bank data on timely educational subjects.  Allows creation of custom tailored reports and includes links to other education Web sites.

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2007
     http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,en_2649_39263238_39251550_1_1_1_1,00.html
Provides summaries by chapter and the full text in PDF for the OECD Education Indicators.  This is a rich source for comparison of education across countries.

International Comparisons in Education
     http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/
From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), this site consists of reports from two programs:  the International Activities Program that plans, funds, coordinates, and reports on international activities inside the NCES and the Annual Reports Program that produces compilations data comparing the United States with other countries in educational practices,  trends, and outcomes.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 
     http://nces.ed.gov/
Congressionally mandated, this agency is the major collector, analyzer and publisher of statistics about American education.  Includes press releases, statistical reports, major statistical compendiums, and searchable data files.  Includes compendiums listed below in their Annual Reports Program.

LexisNexis Statistical.  Federal Service & State, Local, and Private.  Base Edition – Research Collection.  LexisNexis.  In-library and remote access.
     The Federal Service of Statistical Universe consists of indexing and abstracting for American Statistical Index (ASI) from 1973- , and Statistical Reference Service (SRI) from 1980- .  SRI provides around 1,000 of the best statistical publications of private and state government sources. Full-text for many U.S. government statistical publications, is available from 1995- .  Provides links from ASI entries to federal government Web sites with indexed publication's full text.

Statistical Reference Index (SRI).  Washington, D.C. : Congressional Information Service, 1980- .
     Ref. Z 7554.U5 .S67  Located on EAST INDEX SHELVES
Provides indexing and abstracting for private and state and local government collected and produced statistics.

School District Demographics
      http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/
Provides "school district geographic and demographic data useful for describing and analyzing characteristics of school districts, children, and K-12 education."  (text from site 12/3/01) Also includes a Map Viewer for viewing state, county, and school district maps.  Obtain demographic data about children and their living environment, by school district for the 1990 and 2000 censuses.  

School Matters
      http://www.schoolmatters.com/
Provided by Standard & Poors, this site provides parents and other a way to research a particular public school or school district. Search or browse by school, school district, city, and state. View a map, driving directions, test scores, classroom profile, district financials, community demographics, pictures (or add your own), parent ratings and reviews (or add your own), and more.

Statistical Abstract of the United States.  Washington : GPO, 1879- . 
     http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
     Government Documents Reference and Reference Desk C 3.134:
Basic compendium of social and economic statistics about the United States including some international comparative statistics.  This site provides access to tables in the 1878 through present annual editions in PDF format.  Each table provides source(s) for more information.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics
     http://portal.unesco.org/uis/ev.php?URL_ID=2867&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201
Provides global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication along with news articles and current surveys.

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CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV ® lists
     http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html
Updated daily, this computer-generated list of listservs includes only the "public" lists available on the Internet.  Search for lists by topic, lists with over 10,000 members, or lists with less than 1,000 members.

Topica:  The Leader in Email Discussion Lists
     http://lists.topica.com/
Directory of thousands of mailing lists and newsletters, not just education.  Search or browse by topic, or start your own.  Formerly, the Liszt e-mail and newsletter directory.

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Cooperating School Districts
      http://www.csd.org/
Membership in CSD provides links to Web sites of member districts and schools in St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin, and Jefferson Counties.  Includes private and parochial schools that are members.

Eschoolsearch.com
     http://www.eschoolsearch.com
An online directory of private schools in the United States.  Search a database of over 30,000 private schools, preschool through grade 12.

Missouri School Directory.  Jefferson City, MO : School Data Section, Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education, 1940- .
     http://dese.mo.gov/directory/
     Ref. L 903 .M8 A3    Current edition Reference Desk
Search or browse by school district to get information including names of schools in district with principal's name and contact information, enrollment, number of certified staff, and names of school board members.

Search for Public Schools
     http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/  
This site from the National Center for Educational Statistics, gives "the correct name, address, telephone number, NCES ID number, urbanicity (rural, large city, etc.), and other student and teacher information for public schools or school districts for school year 2001-02 as reported to NCES by state education officials in each state." (text from site)

Yahoo! Directory:  Education:  K-12:  Schools
     http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/K_12/Schools/
Lists schools by level:  elementary, middle, and high school as well as by type such as boarding, international, Christian, gifted, etc.

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INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS

SITES WITH LINKS TO MANY EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS     

Education Week:  Organizations
     http://www.edweek.org/rc/organizations/a.html
Lists major education organizations that are involved in education policy or reform alphabetically with a link to the Web site, if available.  Also includes links to Government Agencies involved in education.  Registration is REQUIRED for access.

U.S. Department of Education.  Educational Associations and Organizations
     http://www.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/othersites/associations.html
The U.S. Department of Education provides links to major national and international associations and organizations as a service to users.  They do not endorse any site or guarantee its accuracy. Links include the Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD) where searching or browsing over 3,000 national, regional, and state organizations devoted to education resources and support is possible.

Yahoo! Directory:  Education:  Organizations
     http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Organizations/
Extensive lists of links to educational organizations by categories such as alumni associations; arts; early childhood education; financial aid; higher education; K-12; literacy, math; music; online teaching and learning; policy; professional; trade associations; and women.

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ERIC & U.S. Government Sites

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) 
     http://www.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/othersites/eric.html
Links to major components of the ERIC system.

Educator's Reference Desk
     http://www.eduref.org/
Includes 2000+ lesson plans, 3000+ value-added pointers to education information & organizations, and 200+ question archives.

ERIC:  Educational Resources Information Center
     http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Home page for searching the ERIC Database provided by the U.S. Department of Education as well as news about enhancements to ERIC.  Includes links to the ERIC Thesaurus and an online submission forms as well as a list of journals indexed in the ERIC Database.

National Library of Education - Archived Information (11/2003)
     http://www.ed.gov/NLE/

An Orientation to the U.S. Department of Education's Website - Archived Information (11/2003)
     http://www.ed.gov/Welcome/tour/
Provides a slide show to orient educators and parents to the information available on the Department of Education's Web site.  This slide show was originally presented at "the October 1999 Blue Ribbon Schools Conference" and may be used as is or modified for a local presentation.

Power of the Internet for Learning:  Final Report of Web-Based Education Commission - Archived Information (11/2003)
     http://www.ed.gov/offices/AC/WBEC/FinalReport/
"The final report of the Web-Based Education Commission (WBEC) was published on 19 December 2000. Senator Bob Kerrey (D. Neb.), Chairman, and Representative Johnny Isakson (R. Ga.), Vice-Chairman of the Web-Based Education Commission urge the new Administration and 107th Congress to make E-learning a centerpiece of the nation's education policy."

U.S. Department of Education
     http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp
Contains current education news from the U.S. Government for students, parents, teachers, and administrators. A site index A-Z is available here that links to reports, program descriptions, and other information from Accountability to Writing.  Browse by beginning letter or perform a search.

U.S. Department of Education Cross-Site Index
     http://www.ed.gov/help/site/expsearch/index.html?scr=In
Search any or all of Department of Education Agency Web Sites (includes Educational Resources Information Center: ERIC) or Department of Education-sponsored Web Sites.

U.S. Network for Education Information (USNEI)
     http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/edlite-index.html
Presents information for foreign students interested in education in the United States, U. S. Education, and for American students interested in education abroad, International Education.

What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching - Archived Information (11/2003)
     http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/index.html
A publication from the U.S. Department of Education, dated September 1998, for teacher educators, first-year teachers, and their administrators.

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State Sites

Illinois State Board of Education
     http://www.isbe.state.il.us/
Provides news from the State Board and includes links to Illinois Learning Standards and School Information.

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
     http://dese.mo.gov/
Information on this site includes School Home Pages by type of school, School Statistics, Missouri School Directory, Missouri Assessment Program, School Laws & Legislation, Division of School Improvement:  Curriculum, Educator Certification, and Missouri's Frameworks for Curriculum Development (print copy has more information:  Missouri's Frameworks for Curriculum Development located at Ref. LB 2806.15 .M 575 1996).

Missouri Institute of Mental Health
     http://www.mimh.edu/

State Education Agencies
     http://www.ccsso.org/chief_state_school_officers/state_education_agencies/index.cfm
From the Council of Chief State School Officers, this site provides links to departments and agencies of education by state.

State/Territory Search
     http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/org_list_by_territory.cfm
From EROD, The Education Resource Organizations Directory, this site lists state departments/agencies of education alphabetically by state including territories.  Information given is address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address of contact person, and Web site, if available.

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 Other Useful Sites

Education World:   The Educator's Best Friend
     http://www.education-world.com/
Supplies a database of Web links by subject such as Continuing Education, Distance Education, Universities, Special Education, Vocational, K-12 Schools, etc., in addition to original content about classroom management, lesson planning, curriculum, etc.

Education Alliance
     http://www.alliance.brown.edu/
From Brown University, this group's mission is promotion of "educational change to provide all students equitable opportunities to succeed. We advocate for populations whose access to excellent education has been limited or denied." Browse topically by Assessment and Standards, Community and Family, Curriculum and Instruction, Equity and Diversity, Leadership, Literacy, Professional Development, Rural Schools, School Reform, Technology and Urban Schools. Then subcategorized by Introduction, Projects, Publications, Events, Grants and External Resources.

Education Virtual Library (W3 Virtual Library)
     http://www.csu.edu.au/education/library.html

EdWeb:  Exploring Technology and School Reform 
     http://www.edwebproject.org/
Serves as an historical look at how the Web was used for education in the mid-1990s. Explores uses of technology in education and includes listserv discussion groups and electronic journals.

EURYDICE:  The Information Network on Education in Europe 
     http://www.eurydice.org/portal/page/portal/Eurydice/EuryPresentation
EURYDICE "is an institutional network for gathering, monitoring, processing and circulating reliable and readily comparable information on education systems and policies throughout Europe." (text from site 11/11/07) Contains descriptions of the educational system in 31 European countries.

Explorations in Learning & Instruction:  The Theory Into Practice Database 
     http://tip.psychology.org/
Developed by Greg Kearsley, a professor in the Instructional Technology & Distance Education program at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL, this site provides summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction.  It is intended to make these theories more accessible to educators.

Gateway to 21st Century Skills
     http://www.thegateway.org/
A consortial effort by the National Education Association and its state affiliates to provide teachers with quality resources for teaching.  Types of resources include lesson plans and the Achievement Standards Network that provides access to learning standards for all 50 states.

Internet Public Library:  Education
     http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/edu00.00.00/
Covers all aspects of education such as Adult Education, Alternative Education, Early Childhood and Pre-school, Education News, Higher Education, History of Education, K-12 Education, Special Education, Teachers & Administrators, and Vocational Education.

INTUTE: Social Sciences: Education
     http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/education/
A service providing carefully selected free Web sites annotated by subject specialists in United Kingdom universities. Search or browse for topics in education including Adult Education, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Further Education, Higher Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Special Education, Teaching Methods, Training of Teachers and Educators, Vocational Education.  Has an European focus.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
     http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
Includes a wide variety of topics in teaching and learning with examples and is updated frequently.

Knowledge Loom:  What Works in Teaching & Learning
     http://knowledgeloom.org/index.jsp
This site from the Education Alliance at Brown University allows educators worldwide to

• review research that identifies promising practices related to various themes
• view stories about the practices in real schools/districts
• learn to replicate the success of these practices in your own organization
• add your own stories and knowledge to the collections
• discover supporting organizations and resources, including annotated Web links (text from site 11/11/07)

Resources available include Elementry Literacy, Good Models for Teaching with Technology, Principal as Instructional Leader, and Professional Development.

Learn and Serve: America's National Service Learning Clearinghouse
     http://www.servicelearning.org/
Information and advocacy for service learning at all levels of education.

MEL:  Michigan Educator's Resources
     http://imel.mel.org:8080/mer/SPT--BrowseResources.php
Provides links to various resources for teachers, parents, and students.  Primarily meant for residents of the State of Michigan.  Therefore, commercial content is not available to non-Michigan residents.

NASA Education
    http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Provides resources for educators, students, and others in addition to information about NASA's education programs, education news, and a calendar of NASA education events.

National Center for Education Information (NCEI)
     http://www.ncei.com/
NCEI is a private, non-profit research institute located in Washington, D.C. that specializes in survey research and data analysis.  It is an authoritative source for information about and issues surrounding alternative teacher preparation and certification.

PollingReport.com:  Education
     http://www.pollingreport.com/educatio.htm
Gathers together results of polls of the U.S. public on topics of interest.  One division contains polls associated with education.  Current ones include Alternative schools, Bilingual education, Charter schools, Curriculum, Funding priorities, Grading public schools, Paying for private schools, Paying for public schools, Prayer in public schools, Priorities for schools, Problems facing schools, Social promotion, Standards, Students grade their schools, Teachers, U.S. vs. foreign schools, and Violence.

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Best Search Tools
     http://www.infopeople.org/search/tools.html
From the InFoPeople Project, this page gathers together four search engines and two subject directories as their recommendations.

Best Search Tools Chart
     http://www.infopeople.org/search/tools.html
From the InFo People Project of the California State Library, the University of California Berkeley Library and participating local jurisdictions in California, this page compares search options for six search engines and three subject directories.

Search Engine Feature Comparison Chart
     http://www.kclibrary.org/guides/technology/index.cfm?article=read&articleID=9
From the Kansas City Public Library, this page provides a comparison of Yahoo!, Google, and Ask.

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Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources 
     http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/instruct/evaluate/evalbiblio.html
Originally created for a panel discussion at a regional conference in Wisconsin, has grown with the increasing number of documents which address the problems and issues related to teaching and using critical thinking skills to evaluate Internet resources.

Style Guides & Manuals
     http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/qrefsour/qrefstyl.html
Hyperlinks to basic resources for citing electronic information sources.  Includes APA and MLA formats.

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AASA Career Center
     http://www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=574
The American Association of  School Administrators' job listings site.

AERA Job Board
     http://www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=557
Browsable listing of all types of jobs in primarily higher education.

CareerOneStop
     http://www.careeronestop.org/
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, explore careers, salaries, benefits, education and training as well as connecting to your state Job Bank.

Council of Great City Schools: Member Districts
     http://www.cgcs.org/about/member.aspx
An organization of the U.S.'s largest urban school districts based in Washington, D.C.  Its mission is to "promote the cause of urban schools and to advocate for inner-city students through legislation, research and media relations.    Links are provided to each of the member districts.  Most of these districts post their position openings.

GreatTeacher.net:  Job Classifieds
     http://www.greatteacher.net/
Click "Teaching Jobs Classifieds" to view posted jobs by category and/or state.  Jobs remain posted for 90 days.

NASSP's Career Center
     http://www.principals.org/s_nassp/sec_inside.asp?CID=531&DID=48130
Click on "Search Jobs" to search job listings for school administrators by U.S. region and state. 

Reap.net
     http://www.reap.net/
Regional Educational Applicant Placement was created for teachers, administrators, college career officials, and human resource personnel.  It provides a national and regional database of applications for teacher and administrative positions.  Participating school districts place openings on the site and search the REAP database to find the most qualified applicants for their job openings.  Applicants fill out one application and let the school district come to him/her.  Participating states include Connecticut, Iowa, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.  Several others are pending such as Florida, Arkansas, and Colorado.

TeachingJobs.com
    http://www.teachingjobs.com/
Links to Australian, US, and Canadian teaching job sites. UK will be available in January 2008. Registration is required.

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