Education: Abstracts and indexes

Abstracts and indexes
CBCA Education [Canadian Business & Current Affairs – Education] (Formerly The Canadian Education Index)
Indexes Canadian Education magazines.

Education Index
From H. W .Wilson. Electronic version. Electronic Full Text covers English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Full text from 1996, indexing from 1983.

ERIC http://www.eric.ed.gov/
ERIC is the world’s largest source of educational information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.

Canadian associations
Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) http://www.accc.ca/xp/index.php/en/members/memberinstitutions
Contains a list of members listed by province.

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada http://www.aucc.ca/
The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada is the voice of Canada’s universities. It represents over 90 Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities and university-degree level colleges. Click on “Canadian Universities” link to access AUCC’s Directory of Canadian Universities, a searchable database containing information about facilities, services and academic programs offered by AUCC member universities.

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada http://www.cmec.ca/en/
In Canada, education is the responsibility of each province and territory. CMEC is the national voice for education in Canada. It is the mechanism through which ministers consult and act on matters of mutual interest, and the instrument through which they consult and cooperate with national education organizations and the federal government. CMEC also represents the education interests of the provinces and territories internationally. Site contains information on education in Canada at all levels plus links to other related organizations.

Canadian Education Association http://www.cea-ace.ca/
The Canadian Education Association is a network for educators in Canada. The CEA is their source of information about the latest trends in education. It’s the only bilingual organization dedicated to improving education. Publishes School Calendar: Opening and Closing Dates http://www.cea-ace.ca/research-publications/other?field_publications_author_nid=All&tid=254 Summarizes all the opening and closing dates (Western Canada and Eastern Canada) for primary and secondary schools in every province and territory.

Encyclopaedias/dictionaries Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Educational Philosophy and Theory http://eepat.net/doku.php

Glossarist: Education Glossaries and Education Dictionaries http://web.archive.org/web/20120512065628/http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/education/

Internet sources
Blue Web’n http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/tips/scrap_instructions.html
Blue Web’n is an online library of 1800+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). You can search by grade level (Refined Search), broad subject area (Content Areas), or specific subcategories (Subject Area).

Canada’s SchoolNet http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/
Schoolnet is a Canadian education site developed through funding by a variety of agencies (government, industry and educational establishments). Features a large selection of educational sites for students and teachers.

Canadian Education on the Web http://web.archive.org/web/20080109054933/http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/canedweb/

The purpose of Canadian Education on the Web was to bring together everything relating to Canada and education that had a presence on the World Wide Web. The page was developed and maintained by Marian Press in the Education Commons of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.

Canadian Information by Subject: 37 Education https://web.archive.org/web/20120305193407/http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/ep037.htm
National Library of Canada site arranged in subject order according to DDC.

Canadian Information Center for International Credentials. http://www.cicic.ca/
Information on foreign credential evaluations, postsecondary education in Canada, specific professions and trades, Learning English (ESL) or French (FSL) as a second language, postsecondary education abroad, exchange and financial aid programs, international mobility in higher education.

education@canada http://cmec.ca/en/
Provides access, for both the international education community and international students, to Canadian education resources on the Internet. An information resource of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), the secretariat for the provincial and territorial ministries/departments responsible for education.

Education Virtual Library http://www.csu.edu.au/division/library/home

The Gateway to Educational Materials http://thegateway.org/
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. Access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet!

Manitoba Education Citizenship and Youth. Instructional Resources Library. http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/mel/index.html
Home page with links to publications, etc.

McGill University Library. Education Library. Resources by Subject. http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-findinfo/subjects/education/curriculum/
Includes links to sites for teachers and students in art, drama, ESL, history, math, science, social studies, and sports.

SchoolFinder.com http://www.schoolfinder.com/
Find information on more than 1,400 universities, colleges and career colleges in Canada, including admission requirements, costs, programs, and contact details. View interactive virtual campus e-ToursTM. Search by keyword for programs, schools, careers, and scholarships.

Study in Canada http://www.studyincanada.com/english/index.asp
Includes a searchable database of schools of all types in Canada.

Teacher Librarian Toolkit http://web.archive.org/web/20041011221407/http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tltoolkit/tl_toolkit.html
From Teacher Librarian magazine. Portal to a variety of materials from the pages of TL and the Internet beyond, plus essential professional resources for teacher librarians.

University of Winnipeg Library, Education http://libguides.uwinnipeg.ca/education

The World of Education: Manitoba Perspective http://web.archive.org/web/20040706211737/http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/education/educwww.html