AERA.NET
The American Educational Research Association is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.
http://www.aera.net/

Chronicle of Higher Education
The online version of the academic world's weekly news source. Some articles, especially
those about information technology, are free to non-subscribers. Also available are Colloquy, an open forum on issues in higher education, and job announcements from the previous issue of The Chronicle.
http://chronicle.com/

Education Information Service (UNESCO)
News, statistics, e-texts, databases, bibliographies, video footage, graphs, and educational materials addressing the state of education worldwide are collected at this site sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15200&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

ERIC
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and documents in the field of education from
1966-present.
http://www.eduref.org/

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
An extensive collection of statistical publications, survey data, projections, studies, and
reports produced by the NCES on the condition and progress of elementary, secondary,
and post-secondary education.
http://nces.ed.gov/

National Public School Locator
Phone numbers, addresses, and a variety of other characteristics are listed for every
public school nationwide.
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/

National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, CRESST conducts research on K-12 educational testing and related topics. Numerous reports are available in PDF format. To view these, it is necessary to install Adobe Acrobat, which may be downloaded free of charge.
http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index2.htm

National Education Data Resource Center (NEDRC)
Provides the full data sets of 16 important studies, including the Common Core of Data and
the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Requests for research
assistance, custom-designed tables, and reports are accepted.
http://nces.ed.gov/partners/nedrc.asp

State Education Departments (Michigan Electronic Library)
Links to each state's official Department of Education home page.
http://mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=1682&pathid=2249

UCLA Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)
The Higher Education Research Institute is based in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. The Institute serves as an interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training in postsecondary education. HERI's research program covers a variety of topics including the outcomes of postsecondary education, leadership development, faculty performance, federal and state policy, and educational equity. Visiting scholars, faculty, and graduate students have made use of HERI facilities and research resources since its affiliation with UCLA in 1973. The Institute's holdings include more than a hundred datasets that are regularly maintained for analysis of postsecondary education.
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/heri.html

U.S. Department of Education
This government agency offers a number of resources for educational research. Many of the documents published by the Department are available in full text through the
Publications & Products link.
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

Wisconsin Center for Education Research
The Wisconsin Center for Education Research is one of the oldest, largest, and most productive education research centers in the world. A part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Education, WCER provides a productive environment where some of the country's leading scholars conduct basic and applied education research. The WCER roster includes research centers and projects that are currently investigating a variety of topics in education.
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/