Subject Resource Guide for Education

Selected and updated by reference librarians in support of the TC3 program in Education. Selection criteria include quality, content, reliability and currency.

• ERIC
• Journals
• Issues and Topics
• Lesson Plans
• Library Catalogs
• Local Resources
• Associations and Organizations
• Related Fields
• State and Federal Resources
• News
• Subject Guides

ERIC

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is a "bibliographic database of more than 1.2 million citations going back to 1966 including more than 110,000 full-text materials. There is a separate search page. Provided by the National Library of Education. Other ERIC resources include:
• Database of U.S. Department of Education Publications in ERIC
• Education Resource Organizations Directory, with a directory to State Resources

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Journals

Tompkins Cortland Community College Library subscribes to a number of Electronic Databases which provide access to abstracts or full-text articles from journals and newspapers. You can also consult our list of Full Text Electronic Journal Holdings.
• Early Childhood Research & Practice
• Education Policy Analysis Archives - Over 600,000 articles.
• Education Week - With searchable archives.
• Harvard Education Letter - Selected full-text articles from current and past issues.
• Phi Delta Kappan - With selected full-text articles.
• Reading Online - International Reading Association
• Rethinking Schools - Selected full-text articles from current and past issues.

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Issues and Topics

• Center for Talented Youth - Johns Hopkins
• Developing Educational Standards
• Hot Topics in Education - Michigan Electronic Library
• National Academy Press - Full-text of over 3,000 books, categorized by subject, including Education.
• National Center for Fair and Open Testing
• School Survey on Crime and Safety

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Lesson Plans

• Educator's Reference Desk
• Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
• Library in the Sky
• MarcoPolo - Internet Content for the Classroom
• McREL - Lesson Plans
• New York Times Learning Network
• ReadWriteThink
• Solution Site

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Library Catalogs

• Bank Street College
• LibDex
• Libweb
• Lib-Web-Cats
• Teachers College at Columbia University
• Library of Congress Online Catalog
• SUNY Cortland

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Local Resources

• Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES
• Center for the Fourth and Fifth Rs - "Conducts K-12 character education trainings, research, and evaluation." (SUNY Cortland)
• Cortland City School District
• Dryden Central School District
• Groton Central School District
• Homer Central School District
• Ithaca City School District
• Lansing Central Schools
• Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES
• Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES

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Associations and Organizations

• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
• American Federation of Teachers
• American Montessori Society
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Council of the Great City Schools
• International Reading Association
• LD Online
• National Association for Gifted Children
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• National Council of Teachers of English
• National Education Association (NEA)
• National Study of School Evaluation
• New York State United Teachers

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State and Federal Resources

• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Library of Education
• New York State Bilingual/ESL Network (NYSBEN)
• New York State Education Department
• U. S. Department of Education
• U.S. Network for Education Information

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News

• Merrow Report - With archives
• National Public Radio - The site is searchable
• New York Times: Education - Free registration. They also have a Learning Network

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Subject Guides

• Educator's Reference Desk
• Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
• Instructional Technology Connections - University of Colorado at Denver School of Education
• Librarians' Index to the Internet: Education
• Michigan Electronic Library: Education

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Last update: Monday, February 11, 2008