Online Journals
Music Educators Journal
September 2006 – present
Sociology of Education
1963 – 2 years ago
Online Resources
Academic Info: Education
American School Directory
American Sign Language Browser
From Michigan State University
Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
“Offering a comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-use collection of more than 12,000 resources from the many disciplines related to child care and early education”
Children’s Book Awards: Caldecott Award Winners (1938 – present) and Newbery Award Winners (1922 – present)
College and University Rankings
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cool Science
Sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cool Science is organized by these topics – For Educators, Biointeractive, For Curious kids, Science Education Alliance, Ask a Scientist, and Becoming a Scientist.
Doing What Works: Research-based Education Practices Online
A website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Each of the sections (Early Childhood Education, English Language Learners, Math and Science, Psychology of Learning, and School Improvement) contains an overview of the research base, essential concepts, AND recommended teaching practices and planning templates
Environmental Literacy Council
Offers a virtual library for environmental educators, students, and the general public interested in cross-disciplinary environmental resources.
Global Schoolhouse
International Reading Association
Michigan Department of Education
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
The Center’s aim is to promote the development and dissemination of innovative materials and sound educational practices for case teaching in the sciences. The site provides access to an award-winning library of case materials, among other offerings such as workshop and conference opportunities.
National Center for Education Statistics
National Education Policy Center
“The mission of the National Education Policy Center is to produce and disseminate high-quality, peer-reviewed research to inform education policy discussions.”
National Writing Project
“The National Writing Project focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation’s educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners. Unique in breadth and scale, the NWP is a network of sites anchored at colleges and universities and serving teachers across disciplines and at all levels, early childhood through university.”
U.S. Department of Education
In the Library
Educator’s Desk Reference
Praeger / Ref LB1028.27.U6 F74 2002
Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education
Garland / LB1139.25 .E53 1992
Encyclopedia of Educational Research
Macmillan / Ref LB15 .E48 1992 (4 volumes)
Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning
Macmillan / LB1584 .H275 1991
Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts
L. Erlbaum Associates / LB1576 .H234 2003
Patterson’s American Education
Educational Directories / Ref L901 .P3 2011 / L901 .P3 2010
Patterson’s Elementary Education
Educational Directories / Ref L901 .P33 2011 / L901 .P33 2010
Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary and Secondary Schools
University of Chicago Press / Ref LB1771 .W6 2010 – 2011 / LB1771 .W6 2009 – 2010