Research Databases
General Education Research
ERIC is the world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice
Search the various Eric databases using the following
engines:
Gateway provides the key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality Internet lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources.
Wiley Interscience Search A great source
for research in education.
High
Beam Research A single search engine for all subjects.
Will search and deliver results by email. Abstract and text for subscribers only.
EDUCATION THINK TANKS
Hudson Institute Comprehensive listing of over 800 articles, opeds, and book reviews (more...)
Rand Research:Hot Topics in RAND Research analyzes education and world issues.
SRI Policy Division:The Education Policy Studies Program staff conduct research and evaluations on the design, implementation, and impact of a variety of educational programs.
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary/secondary education reform
Brookings Institute The first private organization devoted to public policy issues at the national level.
FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
Search hundreds of education resources supported by agencies
across the U.S. Federal government. Subjects include: Arts, Educational technology,
Foreign languages, Health and Safety, Language arts, Mathematics, Physical education,
Science, Social studies, and Vocational education. Federal Resources for Education.
ONLINE JOURNALS
Edinformatics selection of journals for teachers.
Database of free online journals in science, math and education research...
math
and science
education
journal
Science, Medicine, Humanities
PUBMED is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 10 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE and other related databases, For life and physical sciences use medline
Search Medline and other NLM databases
Medline
Research
Medline
Health Information
HIV/AIDS
Information
CancerNet
Chemical Information
Toxicology
Wiley Interscience Search Also a major search engine for science journals.
HUMANITIES,
SOCIAL SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS:
--Project Muse- contains full text of selected humanities, social science
and mathematics journals
ONLINE PUBLIC LIBRARIES
The new Library of Congress Online Catalog is a database of approximately 12 million records representing books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic materials, music, sound recordings, and visual materials in the Library's collections.
Library
of Congress (Home)
National Library of Education
NY Public Library (Home)
Library of Medicine (Home
ONLINE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Most major
universities have excellent e-resources, although a membership may be required
for many journals. Find out if you can get access as an alumni or by paying a
yearly fee. Here are some examples. Note that some journals allow free access.
Music and Art Journals Columbia University
e-journals
MIT
UCLA Humanities
e-Journals
Science, Health and Technology --NYU