Subject Guides: Education: Web Resources

Publishing and Grant Information

Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new window
Allows the user to evaluate and compare the impact of journals in many different fields, including education. Requires login with UMaine account.
PIVOT
Combines a database of funding opportunities with researcher profiles. Requires login with UMaine account.

Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
Websites chosen annually by the American Association of School Librarians as being useful for teaching and learning.
Best Apps for Teaching and Learning
Websites chosen annually by the American Association of School Librarians as being useful for teaching and learning.

National Center for Education Statistics
Contains federal data related to education. Requires login with UMaine account.

PsycTESTS
Contains psychological assessments, primarily unpublished tests developed by researchers that aren't commercially available . Requires login with UMaine account.
Mental Measurement Yearbook with Tests in Print
Provides users with a digital repository of testing instruments from different testing fields, including education. Requires login with UMaine account.

Praxis Test Preparation Materials
ETS, the organization that administers Praxis tests, provides study materials on its website. You can download their Study Companions for each test for free; however, their practice tests are only available through purchase. (Check LearningExpress Library first to see if we have a practice test for the Praxis test you'll be taking!)

LearningExpress Library
Features over 770 practice tests, tutorials, and eBooks related to job search and workplace skills improvement, career certification and licensing exam preparation, college entrance and graduate school admissions exam preparation, GED exam preparation, and basic skills improvement in reading, writing, and math, for all ages. Requires login with UMaine account; students will have to register individually with the site to access and use its resources.

Chronicle of Higher Education
News, articles, and opinion pieces about contemporary issues in higher education. Requires login with UMaine account.
Education Week
News and issues about American schools. This material can be browsed as a journal, and contains full text of articles that may not be provided on the free website. Requires login with UMaine account.
Inside Higher Ed
News articles and opinion pieces about issues in higher education. Also hosts a subset of blogs that specialize in opinion pieces.
Education Week Blogs
Blogs that discuss different areas of education, from policy to technology to special education. Any of these blogs may be subscribed to in an RSS feed. Please note that many of the blogs listed here are opinion blogs and do not claim objectivity in their views.