Guide to Education
Websites:
Recommended Web Sites | El Centro Faculty Quick LinksProfessional News, Magazines, & Ezines | Associations
Books:
Suggested Subjects Headings | Recommended Reference Books
Databases
- ERIC (from EBSCOhost - includes full text)
- For more articles from outside publications, click the link for CHOOSE DATABASES. Add Professional Development Collection, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection and/or Academic Search Complete.
- Education Index Full-Text (Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition) (Tutorial)
- ERIC (from .gov - includes some full text)
- Academic Search Complete (Tutorial or Tutorial)
- Encyclopedia of Education (ebook)
- American History Online (Tutorial)
- Includes information about the history of education and relevant education acts passed by Congress.
- eLibrary Curriculum
(Tutorial)
- Click the TOPIC tab and then type in "educator". Links include some seasonal ideas, lesson plans, teaching tips, career development...
- InfoTrac Newspapers
- Chronicle of Higher Education
Check the Periodicals Guide to insure that the Library subscribes to the print journal you need. Request journals at the Circulation Counter.
eBooks
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Course Specific Links
Professional News, Magazines, & Ezines
- Education News
- Education Week on the Web
- Inventio: Creative Thinking about Learning and Teaching
- National Teaching & Learning Forum
- New York Times Learning Network: Education in the News
- Perspectives on Urban Education
The Library subscribes to the following publications. The most recent issue is on display and back issues are available at the Circulation Counter. Bound issues are shelved in the upper level of the Library. Check the Periodicals Guide for information on the previous years shelved or bound.
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Campus Technology
- Community College Journal
Associations, Organizations, & Agencies
- DISD
- TEA: Texas Education Agency
- National Board of Professional Teaching Standards
- TSTA: Texas State Teacher's Association
- TCTA: Texas Classroom Teachers Association
- Texas Federation of Teachers
- ATPE: Association of Texas Professional Educators
- NEA : National Education Association
- UFT: United Federation of Teachers
- National PTA (Parent Teacher Association)
- Texas PTA
- International Reading Association
- U. S. Department of Education
Recommended Web Sites
- Best Information on the Net - Education (St. Ambrose)
- Education Oasis
- A to Z of education links: lesson plans, assessment, beginning teacher tips and sites, bulletin boards, certification information by state, classroom management, learning styles, home schooling, printable worksheets, specific topic sites, and more!
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Search & Subjects
- Professional Teacher (certification information for all 50 states)
- Search Edu
- U.S. Department of Education -- Topics A-Z
- Texas School Accountability Ratings
- Texas Center for Educational Technology
- Links to Texas school districts, educational service centers, curriculum resources, educational organisations, educational technology journals...
- New Teacher's Home Page
- Columbia University K-12 Education Center
- Lesson plans, activities, and links to additional websites that are useful to teachers.
- Educator's Reference Desk
- Includes access to over 2,000 lesson plans, 3,000 links to online education information, and over 200 question archive. Information for K-12 and for higher education. Provides search engine to ERIC documents, FAQ, lesson plans, and research guides for each search.
- Education World
Suggested Subject Headings
Do a SUBJECT or KEYWORD search in the Online catalog for your topic. After doing your search, you can limit the results to books at El Centro by selecting the Limit Your Search button.
| reading student activities teaching education, bilingual |
special education learning, psychology of parent-teacher relationships early childhood education education, elementary |
Recommended Reference Books
in-library use only
American Educators Encyclopedia
REF LB 15 D37
Encycloepdia of American Education
REF LB 17 U54
Encyclopedia of Educational Research
REF LB 15 E48
Requirements for Certification
REF LB 1771 W6
Texas School Directory
REF L 903 T4 A32
Handbook of Research on Teaching
REF LB 1028 H315
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
The El Centro College Library does not guarantee the currency or accuracy of these websites. Links to these sites do not represent an endorsement of the site or of information contained within the site.
Reference/Information Desk: 214-860-2174 Circulation:
214-860-2175
West Campus: Reference/Information Desk: 972-391-1433 Circulation: 972-391-1427
BJP: (Room 2300) 214-860-5780
Comments or suggestions are welcome.
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Dallas, TX
Last Updated:
June 7, 2010