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Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources, covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Designed for academic institutions, this database is the leading resource for scholarly research with more full-text journals and more peer-reviewed journals than any other database available. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing journals, periodicals, reports, books, and more.
Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window Contains over 9000 open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window Contains over 100,000 full-text authoritative ebooks on a wide range of subjects.
Education Database This link opens in a new window Supports research on the theory and practice of education.
ERIC This link opens in a new window A comprehensive index of education literature and resources, ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
Fuente Académica This link opens in a new window Fuente Académica provides researchers with a collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain, designed to make academic research readily available in PDF format.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete This link opens in a new window This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator—from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete seeks to provide full text for titles in the ERIC database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty—such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. It also provides insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window Contains over 9,000 full-text magazines, newspapers and scholarly journals

National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
Online Learning Consortium The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is the leading professional organization devoted to advancing quality online learning by providing professional development, instruction, best practice publications and guidance to educators, online learning professionals and organizations around the world.
National Education Association The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA's 3 million members work at every level of education—from pre-school to university graduate programs.
U.S. Department of Education Contains a wide range of information including data, reports, laws, etc. on education.
Higher Education Research Institute This site offers many reports and publications. Under "Publications" check out the "Free Publications" section or go to the "Publications Archive" where you can run a handy Title-Keyword search. Note that some of these publications must be purchased for download, but most are free.
State Educational Departments and Boards Handy gateway to state education departments.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The UNESCO website provides a wide array of data and reports on education by country and globally.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) This database provides access to institution-level data on fall enrollment, completions, salaries and benefits, and finance for post-secondary institutions. The enrollment data is available by race and ethnicity. The College Navigator segment of the database allows you to search for college information by location, program, or degree offerings either alone or in combination. Results include data on enrollment, costs, degrees awarded, and financial aid.
American Educational Research Association The American Educational Research Association (AERA), a national research society, strives to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good.
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) For 40 years The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) have been at the forefront of efforts to improve the quality of education and learning in America
The Condition of Education This website has the key indicators of the condition of education in the United States. These indicators summarize important developments and trends using the latest statistics and are updated as data become available.
History of American Education Web Project Created by undergraduate education students, this page includes information on people, publications and movements that have had an influence on education in America. It includes European influences and periods such as "Colonial Period," "Common School Period" and others.
National Association for the Education of Young Children Web site of the early childhood education organization. Users can preview the tables of contents of Young Children. The Public Policy Issues section of the site has much useful material including policy statements, links to the full text of legislation affecting ECE, online resources for violence prevention, and links to other valuable sources of information.
Pew Research Center: Education View Education reports and articles at the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank that conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.
American Institutes for Research An independent think tank focusing on education policy issues. Based in Washington, D.C.
Inside Higher Ed Online news in higher education.

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