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Library Resources

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Education Source This link opens in a new window
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window

KIDS COUNT Data Center
Child welfare data compiled by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window Register for a CHE account to access The Chronicle’s daily news articles, data, and special reports. With one login, users can search and read premium content anywhere, anytime. See the CHE Account Registration Instructions for help.
Educational Administration Quarterly This link opens in a new window
NASSP Bulletin This link opens in a new window
1999-2023
Phi Delta Kappan This link opens in a new window
Sage Open This link opens in a new window SAGE Open is a peer-reviewed, "Gold" open access journal from SAGE that publishes original research and review articles in an interactive, open access format. Articles may span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities.
TEACHING Exceptional Children This link opens in a new window

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Journal Collections

SpringerLink Journals This link opens in a new window The Springer eJournal collection includes more than 2,400 peer-reviewed journals in science, technology, business, engineering, medicine, and the social sciences. Coverage for most journals is from the first issue to the current issue. Full-text available.

Ebook Collections

Credo Reference and Ebooks This link opens in a new window Credo Reference cover 11,000+ reference topics from all major academic subject areas and is a great starting point for research. Entries include images, quotations, audio files, videos, ebooks and full text articles on a variety of topics. In addition to reference topics, Credo includes over 700 academic reference books.
Classroom Management Topic (Credo) This link opens in a new window
eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
EBSCO Ebook Collection This link opens in a new window Search and view the library's full text ebook collection from EBSCO. The collection of 280,000+ titles covers all subject areas from general studies to allied health and medicine.

Ebooks

Education in America This link opens in a new window
Engaging Ideas This link opens in a new window
Handbook of Research on Effective Communication in Culturally Diverse Classrooms This link opens in a new window
Handbook of Research on Teacher Education and Professional Development This link opens in a new window
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Classroom Management This link opens in a new window
The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment This link opens in a new window
The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Policy This link opens in a new window
This book draws critical attention to policy in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), its relationship to service provision, and its impact on the lives of children and families.
The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Policy This link opens in a new window
This book draws critical attention to policy in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), its relationship to service provision, and its impact on the lives of children and families.
SAGE Handbook of Learning This link opens in a new window
Combining traditional views of learning and learning theory with sociocultural and historical perspectives, this Handbook brings together original contributions from respected researchers who are leading figures in the field.
SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment This link opens in a new window
The handbook emphasizes theory, conceptual frameworks, and all varieties of research to provide an in-depth understanding of the knowledge base in each area of classroom assessment and how to conduct inquiry in the area.
The SAGE Handbook of Research on Teacher Education This link opens in a new window
This book offers an ambitious and international overview of the current landscape of teacher education research, as well as the imagined futures.
The Universe as It Really Is: Earth, Space, Matter, and Time This link opens in a new window

Digital Resources for K-12 Learning at Home
A guide for free distance education resources and lesson planning materials assembled by Vanderbilt University Libraries.

EDU Videos from AVON

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
AVON provides thousands of videos across all disciplines including Education topics. Includes content from PBS.
Best Kept Secret This link opens in a new window
A Dyslexic Family Diary This link opens in a new window
Take Omri, For Example This link opens in a new window
Trouble With Reading This link opens in a new window
A Class Divided This link opens in a new window

Free Web Resources

Academic Standards for Tennessee
ISTE Standards
National Board Standards
NCTE / IRA Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing
NCTE / IRA Standards for the English Language Arts
Standards for Professional Learning Leaning Forward, The Professional Learning Association
Standards for Teacher Educators Association of Teacher Educators
Standards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals 2017
Teacher Leader Model Standards

Brain Connection
ChildFun - Activities & Crafts for Kids
First-School Preschool themes, activities, crafts, lesson plans, and games.
KIDiddles Children's songs with lyrics, song sheets, music sheets, and activity sheets.
Learning A-Z
Maths Chase Solve math puzzles to win the race!
Nick Jr. Games Fun and educational children's games from Nick Jr.
Reading A-Z

Activities from Education Place
Core Knowledge: Teacher-Created Lesson Plans
Discovery Education - Resources for Teachers
HotChalk’s Lesson Plans Page HotChalk’s Lesson Plans Page (LPP) was created with one goal in mind — making life easier for teachers. You’ll find over 4,000 relevant lesson plans here, created by teachers, proven in the classroom, and absolutely, positively, completely… free! Choose from a wide range of subject-specific plans, available for all grade levels.
Kidzone Worksheets for Preschool and Kindergarten
NYT: The Learning Network Activities for students, plus 5 free lessons plans per month for educators from the New York Times.
PBS LearningMedia PBS LearningMedia provides PreK-12 educators with access to free digital content and professional development opportunities designed to improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement.
PBS TeacherLine - PreK and Early Elementary
Scholastic: Lessons and Ideas
Scholastic: Teacher Resources
TLSBooks - Free Educational Worksheets for Preschool - 6th Grade
School Express 19,000+ worksheets, create worksheets, funtime games, online math, and more.

Tennessee Department of Education Resources

Tennessee Department of Education
Academic Standards
Educator Licensure
National Board Certification
Resources for Educators
Student Assessment
TEAM: Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model The Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM) is about principals and teachers working together to ensure the best possible instruction every day. Through frequent observation, constructive feedback, student data, and professional development, TEAM is designed to support all educators in doing their best work to help every student learn and grow.

Knox County

Other Tennessee Resources

TELL Tennessee Survey Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Survey results administered to Tennessee educators statewide.

Education Podcasts

The Cult of Pedagogy
Teaching strategies, classroom management, education reform, educational technology -- if it has something to do with teaching, we're talking about it. Jennifer Gonzalez interviews educators, students, administrators and parents about the psychological and social dynamics of school, trade secrets.
The Harvard Edcast
The Harvard EdCast is a weekly podcast about the ideas that shape education, from early learning through college and career. We talk to teachers, researchers, policymakers, and leaders of schools and systems in the US and around the world — looking for positive approaches to the challenges and inequties in education.
TED talks education
TED Talks explore the latest thinking — from teachers, parents, kids — on how to build a better school.

Mathematics teacher educator podcast
Discussions of current trends in math education

Lab out Loud
Science for the classroom and beyond
The STEM Read
The STEM Read podcast explores the connections between STEM and storytelling. Join hosts Gillian King-Cargile and Dr. Kristin Brynteson as they dive into a hot topic in K-12 education with an educator or STEM expert. After that, they talk with an author whose books can ignite enthusiasm for reading and learning. Get great reading recommendations, spark stemtastic ideas for your classroom or library, and geek out with Gillian and Kristin about science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math.
Teaching science in 3D
An on-the-go professional development podcast for busy science teachers. Get a grip on the new science standards and discover ready-to-use strategies
60 second science
Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of science.

Voice of Literacy
Interviews with literacy researchers as they discuss the implications of their research. Teachers, parents, principals, and policymakers are invited to listen and discuss ways to improve literacy instruction.

Career Resources

Associations

Library Orientation

Education Orientation This link opens in a new window

This orientation module is focused on School of Education resources. For a general library orientation, please choose one of the location-based orientations on the library's Orientations page.