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Use this research guide as a starting point for finding books, articles, and Internet sites in education.

Web sites

Web sites that can help get you started researching education and related topics are provided below. If you want full-text articles, search one of SCC's article indexes.

Teacher - ED.gov

From the U.S. Department of Education, this is a great gateway site for teachers. It has research publications, lesson ideas, assessment information, NCLB requirements, and much more. There are also links to subject area web resources such as art, math, science, etc.

The Educator’s Reference Desk

The Educator's Reference Desk has 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses from AskERIC, the Gateway to Educational Materials, and the Virtual Reference Desk.

PBS Teachers

This colorful, well-organized web site contains over 3,000 lesson plans and activities.

Teachable Moment

"Free, timely topical activities and lesson plans for the K-12 classroom offered by the nonprofit Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan Area."

National Center for Education Statistics

Also from the US Department of Education, "NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations."

Blue Web'n: a Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web

"Blue Web'n is an online library of outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). Blue Web'n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites. Sites are hand-picked and are, in our opinion, among the most useful for classroom or instructional use."