• African American Education: a Reference Handbook, 2001. R370.89 J33
• Digest of education statistics, 1999. R370.973 D572
• Educational Research, Methodology & Measurement, 2nd ed., 1997. R370.7 E318
• Encyclopedia of American Education, 2nd ed., 2001. R370 U54
• Encyclopedia of Education. R370.3 E47
• Handbook of Educational Psychology. R370.15 H2
• Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education, 1995. R370.19 H35
• Handbook of Research on Teacher Education, 2nd ed., 1996. R370.71 H274
• Requirements for certification of teachers, counselors, librarians, administrators: 66th ed., 2001-2002. R371.12 K3
• Special education: a reference handbook, 2001, R371.9 S33
• SREB Fact Book On Higher Education, 1999. R370.92 S64
• Teacher certification requirements in all fifty states, 2000-2001: how and where to get a teaching certificate, 18th ed. R371.12 B69
• Tennessee Higher Education Commission. Statistical Abstract of Tennessee higher education, 2000-2001: Status of higher education in Tennessee. R370.9 S74

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Click on the Search button at the top of the page to do narrower subject-specific searches for journals.

GENERAL

• U.S. Department of Education
  Features information selected especially for parents, teachers, students, and administrators; multi-media press releases; Information Centers for financial aid, grants and contracts, policy, programs, and research and statistics.
• Blue Web'n: A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web
• CCBC: Cooperative Children's Book Center
  Resources for librarians, teachers, and students of children's literature from the School of Education at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Child Care & Early Education Research Connection
  Resources indexed and housed on the Research Connections site cover a broad spectrum of research on child care and early education and related policies. The collection brings together original research, syntheses, datasets, and other research-related resources from the wide range of social science disciplines and professional fields that study early care and education.
• Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD)
  The Directory is intended to help you identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.
• The Educator's Reference Desk
  Contains AskERIC's 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
• International Children's Digital Library
  This site offers a growing collection of outstanding historical and contemporary children's books from throughout the world.
• Literature for Children
• PBS TeacherSource
• A Touch of Greatness
  PBS Independent Lens site on the documentary film about Albert Cullum. Site contains video clips, information about Cullum, and links to sites on related teaching methods.

STATISTICS

• ChildStats.gov
  Offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
• The Condition of Education 2000-2005
  Report from NCES summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data
• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• State Education Data Profiles
  Search for statewide information in elementary/secondary education, postsecondary education and selected demographics for all states in the U.S.

LESSON PLANS/RESOURCES

• Awesome Stories
  AwesomeStories.com uniquely uses the Internet to link its story content to hundreds of thousands of the world's best on-line primary sources. Enjoy an interactive learning experience as you see relevant maps, pictures, artifacts, manuscripts and documents, IN CONTEXT, within each story.
  (CBU has a free membership to this site. Use the login provided on the linked page.)
• Discovery School Lesson Plans Library
• FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
  FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies.
• Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
  Browse or search in one place for collections of educational materials available on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
• Teachers' Domain
  Offers classroom-ready multimedia resources for use in lessons or independent study, and Teachers Domain Professional Development courses which utilize the same resources along with videos of exemplary classroom practice. Currently includes collections on Science and Social Studies.

ASSOCIATIONS

• National Education Association
• Tennessee Education Association

ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION

• Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO)
• Challenge and Opportunity: The Impact of Charter Schools on School Districts
• Charter School Highlights and Statistics - the Center for Education Reform
• Home Schooling in the United States: Trends and Characteristics
• Home School World
• US Charter Schools

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• LD [Learning Disabilities] Online
• Learning Disabilities Association of America

LOCAL SCHOOLS

• Memphis City Schools
• Shelby County Schools
• Tennessee Department of Education
• Tennessee Curriculum Standards