Education Databases 
The Armacost Library Catalog
ERIC Database - FirstSearch
ERIC Database - public access
Education Abstracts
JSTOR
Project Muse
Social Sciences Abstracts
PSYCInfo_1887
Women's Contemporary Issues
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Data Resources 
for Research Projects
California Department
of Education/Assessment 
and Accountability
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ac/
This site links to resources on
the API, High School Exit
Exam, GED, STAR-2000, 
low-performing schools& more.
DataQuest
http://data1.cde.ca.gov/
dataquest/dataquest.asp- 
California Department
of Education database 
of facts about California 
schools and districts.
Ed-Data
Fiscal, Demographic,
and Performance 
Data on California's K-12
Schools. http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us 
Data at the state, county,
district and individual school site
level on students, staffing,
finances, and performance. 
Enrollments, pupil-teacher ratios, 
and per pupil expenditures data. 
NCES            
National Center for
Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov
The primary 'federal entity'
for collecting and analyzing
data related to education
in the United States 
and other nations.
Recommended Web Sites
Blue Web'n: a library of Blue Ribbon 
Learning Sites on the Web
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
A database of 1000+ outstanding Internet
learning sites categorized by subject area,
audience, and type (lessons, activities,
projects, resources, references, & tools). 

Education Index - Annotated guide to educational
-related sites on the web offered by Hobsons,
an international college and career publisher.

Education World: The Educator's 
Complete Guide to the Internet
Where teachers can share ideas about Internet 
use in the classroom.

Child & Family Web Guide from 
Tufts University
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/
This site describes and evaluates web 
sites that contain research-based 
information about child development
by faculty in Eliot Person Department 
of Child Development.

Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Iinto Practice The Theory Into Practice (TIP) database contains descriptions of 50 theories relevant to human learning and instruction.

Girls' Development, Education and Resources Lesson plans and educational resources related to education issues for diverse girls maintained by the University of Wisconsin System Office of the Women's Studies Librarian.

The Media literacy online project
From the University of Oregon,
this site provides links to the world 
media literacy community.

National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards in California 
http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/nbpts.html
Devoted to helping California teachers
and school, district, county, and 
university support providers access
information about programs that support
teachers' National Board candidacy.
Teaching Resources & Tips/ 
Teaching & Learning Center/
University of Nebraska
http://www.unl.edu/teaching/Teachtips.html
The Council for Opportunity 
in Education/TRIO Clearinghouse.
Resources in support of 
advancing and defending
the ideal of equal educational
opportunity in higher education.
U.S.Department of Education:
topics from A to Z - An alphabetized 
subject directory of key topics in 
education
Voice of the Shuttle: Minority 
Studies Page
Links to web sites in support of
minority studies research developed 
by Dr. Alan Liu in the English 
Department, UC Santa Barbara.
Curriculum & Instruction-
Standards, Frameworks, 
Lesson Plans, & More.
AskERIC 
http://www.askeric.org
Links to experts across topics 
who will answer questions. The ERIC
lesson plan collection is also here.
California Department 
of Education, Curriculum 
Frameworks and 
Instructional Resources 
http://www.cde.ca.gov/cfir/
California content standards, 
curriculum frameworks & resources
from the Curriculum Development
and Supplemental Materials 
Commission. 
SCORE-Schools of
California Online
Resources for 
Education
http://score.k12.ca.us   
Language Arts, Social Sciences,
Math, and Science areas include
state standards, lesson plans 
for standards, instructional  ideas.
Sponsored by the CDE.
Counseling
American School 
Counselor Association
http://www.schoolcounselor.org/
National organization for school
counseling. Resources for 
enhancing school counseling 
programs, for professional
development, & research 
of effective practices.  
California Association of 
School Counselors (CASC)
http://www.ca-schoolcounselor.org/
Resources to promote improved 
school counseling programs.
California Department of Education

Counseling and Student
Support Services 
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/ssp/index.htm 
National standards for counseling programs,
guidelines for developing programs, 
State Board policy on counseling, and links 
to related resources.
Bilingual Education,
English Language 
Learning, & Culture Resources
English Learners: Language 
and Culture in Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/el/ 

Resources for working with
English Language Learners.
National Clearinghouse on 
Bilingual Education
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/index.htm          
Collects, analyzes, and
disseminates information 
on the education of
linguistically and culturally 
diverse learners in the U.S.
OBEMLA, The Office of
Bilingual Education and 
Minority Language Affairs.
U.S. Depart of Ed.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA/
National resources and information
about bilingual education. 

Special Education Division/ California Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/

Information related to special education laws, regulations, and policies in California.

ERIC web site http://www.eric.ed.gov
ERIC Database - FirstSearch
ERIC Database - public access

ERIC Clearinghouses
Adult, Career, and Vocational Education
http://ericacve.org

Assessment and Evaluation
http://ericae.net


Community Colleges
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/
ERIC/eric.html


Counseling and Student Services
http://ericcass.uncg.edu

Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://ericec.org


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Educational Management
http://eric.uoregon.edu


Elementary and Early
Childhood Education
http://ericeece.org


Higher Education
http://www.eriche.org

Information & Technology

http://www.ericit.org

Languages & Linguistics http://www.cal.org/ericcll

Reading, English,
and Communication
http://eric.indiana.edu

Rural Education and
Small Schools
http://www.ael.org/eric

Science, Math, and Env.
Education
http://www.ericse.org


Social Studies/
Social Sciences
http://www.indiana.edu
/~ssdc/eric_chess.htm


Teacher/Teacher Ed
http://www.ericsp.org


Urban Education
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu