Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Education:
Federal, State, and University Education Databases
The government agencies at both the Federal and State levels have created many resources useful
for educators. The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) has existed since 1966, with
clearinghouses devoted to gathering, indexing, and making available information on subjects
needed by educators.
This vital service has been transformed by the present Administration to a content management
database with full text of documents and links to journal articles. Clearinghouses have been
adopted by universities and other institutions; the URLs for the new locations are included on
this page.
Look at the following
link to get an overview
of the ERIC system, trace the legislation and action taken on this service, as well as finding
out how you can be active in the maintenance of the ERIC system . The presentations of new
education information management systems, "What Works", and "Evidence Based Education" are
included as links on this site.
RU Libraries = Available at the specified Rutgers University Library
RU Libraries-Specific = Available to Rutgers students, faculty, and staff.
WWW = World Wide Web resource, available to all. URLs are included for convenience.
WWW
Federal: United States Department of Education
Federal: Department of Education
The research, statistics, and government initiatives that are essential information for the
educator are linked here. The database is divided into areas for Teachers, Administrators,
Students, and Parents. The No Child Left Behind Act is highlighted in the information presented
on many of the resources.
Educational Resources Information Center [ERIC]
Is an integrated system of education storage and retrieval. The various ERIC Clearinghouses have
been adopted by other locations since December 19, 2003.
University & Other: Education Databases
ERIC Clearinghouse web sites have been preserved in a variety of ways. This listing provides you
with the latest information on the relocations of information.
Educator's Reference Desk
Formerly AskERIC, this site can be used to search many education topics.
Counseling, Educational Levels, Educational Management, Educational Technology, Evaluation,
Family Life, General Education, Librarianship, Reference, Specific Populations,
Subjects and Teaching are the top menu topics; further subtopics are grouped under these.
Center on Education and Training for Employment, Ohio State University
is now the home for the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education.
The publications and collections of links are now archived at host organizations, the
Texas Center for Adult Literacy and Learning at Texas A&M University and the
California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project.
Practical Assessment Research and Evaluation (PARE)
now houses the materials from the Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation.
The Test Locator
has been replaced with
Buros Mental Measurements Institute Test Reviews Online (citations free, test review for a fee) and
ETS Test Collection database.
"The collection is the largest in the world. It was established to make information on
standardized tests and research instruments available to researchers, graduate students, and
teachers. The tests contained in this collection were acquired from a variety of U.S. publishers
and individual test authors. Foreign tests are also included in the collection, including some
from Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. In order to search the Test Collection Database, you
will need Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or higher or Netscape version 6.0 or higher
with the exception of Netscape version 7.0."[from ETS database).
Other resources from the Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation are available:
The UCLA Community College Studies<.a>
web site houses some of the Clearinghouse on Community Colleges resources.
Counseling Outfitters
continues the ERIC/CASS tradition of services and products of the
Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services.
The web site for the Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
is available, however, numerous links are broken.
Still intact are links to ERIC Digests on topics of interest.
The topics are pertinent to persons of all ages who have disabilities or are gifted.
The National Center for Gifted education has downloadable resources for research,
professional development, and parent-teacher conferences.
Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management (CEPM), at the University of Oregon
houses the former Clearinghouse on Educational Management.
CEPM provides access to the resources once provided by the ERIC Clearinghouses,
and adds new materials, such as Research Roundups.
The Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative (ECAP)
houses the
resources once held by The Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education located at
the University of Illinois. The site provides information on education of children from birth
through early adolescence.
The Clearinghouse on Higher Education is closed. The ASHE-ERIC Report Series will continue to be
sold by
Jossey-Bass Publishers, without "ERIC" in the series title.
The Clearinghouse on Information and Technology is now under reconstruction and renamed the
Ericit.org Clearinghouse.
The new site will provide new full text
documents in the field of library and information science, resources for
kids and teens and online newsletters.
The Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics is now the
Center for Applied Linguistics, with
many of the resources that were in the closed
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics
The National Parent Information Network Information
has been transferred to the
Family Learning Association.
Lessons plans, Ask-an-Expert, Parent's
links are provided free, as is an online(fee) bookstore.
Social Studies Development Center Indiana
holds some of the resources from the closed Social Studies/Social Science Education.
The site has: SSDC Digests, Links to Other Internet Social Studies Resources
the Social Studies Resource Organizations Directory, FAQs for Teachers
and numerous Social Studies Standards and Curriculum Frameworks.
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Washington, DC
hosts some of the materials of the closed
Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education
The Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Columbia University,
now holds many of the resources held in the closed Clearinghouse on Urban Education.
Included in the new site are Supplementary Education or After School Programs in
Manhattan.
The Adjunct Clearinghouse on Child Care
will continue at the site of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families.
National Child Care Information Center,
243 Church Street, NW, 2nd FloorVienna, VA 22180. Toll Free: (800) 616-2242,
TTY/TDD: (800) 516-2242, Fax: (800) 716-2242,
E-mail: info@nccic.org
Adjunct Clearinghouse on Child Care
will continue at the site of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. National Child Care Information
Center, 243 Church Street, NW, 2nd FloorVienna, VA 22180. Toll Free: (800) 616-2242, TTY/TDD:
(800) 516-2242, Fax: (800) 716-2242, E-mail: info@nccic.org http://nccic.org
Adjunct Clearinghouse on Clinical School is now closed.
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
incorporates some web resources of the Clearinghouse into its website of the host organization .
AACTE will also house some of the free Clearinghouse materials in the short term and continue to
sell the books produced by the Clearinghouse while still in print.
Adjunct Clearinghouse on Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
Will continue
most activities under the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) contract
with the Office of Special Education Programs, ED. Contact: NECTAC, Campus Box 8040, Chapel
Hill, NC 27599-8040, Phone: 919-962-2001, TDD: 919-843-3269, Email: nectac@unc.edu
Adjunct Clearinghouse on Educational Opportunity
Continuing as before.
Funding is not from ERIC and therefore will continue,
although without the ERIC connections. The purpose of the National TRIO Clearinghouse is to
collect and disseminate information on low-income, first generation college students and
students with disabilities. The Clearinghouse serves a resource to inform practice in TRIO and
other educational opportunity programs, and provides information for the research community.
Adjunct Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education
All present and upcoming resources and
publications will continue to be made available free to the public on the
CELCEE website.
Adjunct Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education resources
will be
maintained as the National Center for ESL Literacy Education(NCLE) at host
organization
(Center for Applied Linguistics)
as long as they are relevant.
Adjunct Clearinghouse on Homeless Education
is also called the
National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) and will continue to provide
materials through their extensive database.
The Adjunct Clearinghouse on Rural Mathematics Education
will continue as the website of the ACCLAIM Research Initiative (funded through an NSF grant as the
Appalachian Collaborative Center for Leaning, Assessment and Instruction in Mathematics
Education).
Adjunct Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies
is now called the
National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies and currently funded
by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
Funding
for NCEF is included in the FY2004 Department of Education Appropriations Bill. This bill is
part of a larger omnibus bill that is yet to be voted upon by Congress, but it is expected to
pass on or around January 21st when Congress recovenes. This funding would cover continuation of
the website, user services, and publication program.
Information on these sites has been adapted from
Kate Corby's site
NEW ERIC Clearinghouse
A new ERIC site can be found at the
Chinese Educational Resources Information Centre,
a free electronic database of educational studies in Chinese communities.
Citations and abstracts of journal articles and educational documents in English
are included in both Chinese and English.
State: New State: New Jersey
The site contains the Core Curriculum Standards, Administrative Codes ---
Education, School Law NCLB School, District, and State Reports,
Gateways to many departments within the State Department such as
Early Childhood Education,
New Jersey Education Statistics,
Abbott Implementation, and more...
Use the
School Report Card
feature in the N. J. DOE site. Select by county and municipality for data on enrollment,
expenses, and characteristics of achievement of pupils.
Schools can be compared to schools in other states, data can be searched,
data maps can be downloaded, and software is available for downloading.
Local Education Information (N. J.)
The home page of the Department of Education site has County and
Regional information available by clicking on the map on the front page of the site.
Other States' Departments of Education
To find the Education Departments, use the Education Resources Organization Directory [EROD].
Use the State Map and States/Territories List on the site.
The page lists many educational organizations, non-profit, local, state,
and university sites.
RU Libraries
Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors
The Thesaurus is available from
ERIC [U.S. government database], select "Thesaurus"
Print editions are located at:
ALEXANDER STACKS AI3.C82 1982- .
Latest edition is in REF.
RU Databases
ERIC Database [OVID] [Rutgers Restricted]
Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors: listed under TOOLS. Press Tools, then find the Thesaurus at the top of the listing.
The Department of Education ERIC site -
Has begun to add content: 100 journals and full text to documents with an issue date
beginning with 1993. (Documents published between 1988-1992 may have been issued from
ERIC in 1993 or later.)
