Disciplines & Professions: Education

Web Sites

About.com's Education Directory
http://home.about.com/education/

Information is divided into adult and continuing education, college/university education, and primary and secondary education. Each section contains information for both the student and the educator.

Education Index
http://www.educationindex.com/

Annotated guide provides not only lists of links, but summaries of what will be found on each site. Directory includes a wide breadth of topics from preschool through college, as well as continuing education and careers. Intended to provide both learners and educators with access to educational Web sites in a variety of subjects and lifestages.

Education World
http://www.education-world.com/

Updated daily, this site focuses on current issues in the education field, including technology in the classroom, relevant legislative action, and interviews with educators. Also includes links to original lesson plans and searchable archives. Primarily intended as a resource for educators to find related and timely information useful to their instruction.

EducatorsNet
http://www.educatorsnet.com

Covers concerns in today's (especially public) schools, such as safety, testing and standards, reform, policy, education and politics, and community involvement. Focus is on primary and secondary levels.

Open Directory's Education Directory
http://dmoz.org/Reference/Education/

Information spans early childhood through university-level education, with a wide variety of topics for both student and educator. A sample of the categories includes industrial technology, methodology, special education, and distance learning.

Yahoo!'s Education Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/

Includes all levels of education in sites geared as consumer information, resources for educators, references for students, and current events. Search function allows you to browse by region, culture, or subject.

Databases

Canadian Business & Current Affairs Fulltext Education (Micromedia Limited, available through SilverPlatter)

Covers a wide range of topics including education. Some entries include full text. Sources are from popular Canadian magazines, newspapers, and business periodicals.

Education Abstracts (Wilson, available through OCLC FirstSearch and SilverPlatter)

Covers all education levels from preschool through college and wide range of education issues. Over 400,000 entries from 1983 to present. Entries after 1994 include abstracts and some full text sources.

Education Full Text (Wilson, available through SilverPlatter)

This database covers sources from 1983 to present, and includes abstracts and full text from August 1994 on. Indexes more than 500 periodicals and yearbooks.

Education Index (Wilson, available through OCLC FirstSearch and SilverPlatter)

Indexes more than 450 of the current education periodicals and yearbooks covering all levels of education. Topics include critical thinking, teaching methods, curriculum, and legal issues in education. 450,000+ records from 1983 to the present.

ERIC—Education Resources Information Clearinghouse (ACCESS ERIC, available through OCLC FirstSearch, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, and SilverPlatter)
Available through the U.S. Department of Education at http://www.eric.ed.gov

Includes over 900,000 annotated references from Resources in Education and Current Index to Journals in Education. Sources are from 1966 to present.

Print Resources

Alkin, Marvin, ed. Encyclopedia of Educational Research. 6th ed. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

A list of articles on educational research. Each entry includes a substantial list of references. Volume 4 provides a cumulative index.

Barrow, Robin, and Geoffrey Milburn. A Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts. 2nd ed. New York: Teachers College, 1990.

Alphabetical list of definitions for key educational concepts. Provides an extensive bibliography.

Berry, Dorothea. A Bibliographic Guide to Educational Research. 3rd ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1990.

An annotated bibliography of sources in the field of education. Organized by type of reference work. Provides title and subject indices.

Clark, Burton R., and Guy Neave, eds. The Encyclopedia of Higher Education. 4 vols. Oxford: Pergamon, 1992.

A collection of analytical articles on topics in higher education. Articles are arranged by subject and organized alphabetically. Each includes a bibliography.

Education Index. New York: Wilson, 1929-.

Indexes more than 300 education periodicals and yearbooks. Covers all topics within education. Organized alphabetically by author and subject.

Gordon, Peter, and Richard Aldrich. Biographical Dictionary of North American and European Educationists. London: Woburn, 1997.

Basic information on more than 500 educators from North America and Europe. Provides a list of educators' publications, as well as a bibliography of sources for further reading.

Seller, Maxine Schwartz, ed. Women Educators in the United States, 1820-1993. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1994.

Provides biographical profiles of sixty-six women educators. Each entry includes a list of works about the educator as well as works written by the educator. Entries appear alphabetically.

Unger, Harlow G. Encyclopedia of American Education. New York: Facts on File, 1996.

Designed for students and all members of the education community. Covers all areas of American education. More than 2,500 entries organized alphabetically. All provide bibliographical references.