Websites
Resources from the Web
Check out these lists of websites associated with Education and English.
Always be cautious when using sites from the open internet, and be sure to read websites critically.
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Education Websites
These are educational websites for teachers.
- EDSITEment!
EDSITEment offers free resources for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality K–12 humanities education materials in the subject areas of history and social studies, literature and language arts, foreign languages, arts, and culture.
- Educator Resources
From the National Archives, education resources from and about primary sources.
- Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center
Stanford University maintains one of the most in-depth pages on copyright and fair use available on the internet.
- U.S. Department of Education
ED’s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
- USAgov: Education
Find government information on education, including primary, secondary, and higher education.
English Websites
- Arts and Humanities Commons
Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, this dynamic research tool includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
- Digital Public Library of America
A growing collection of digitized and born-digital resources from many library collections. Includes sources such as photographs, manuscripts, articles, and eBooks.
- HathiTrust Digital Library
Founded in , HathiTrust is a not-for-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries preserving 17+ million digitized items.
- The Poetry Foundation
Filled with resources, including interviews, articles, news, reading guides, audio recordings, and current information about books of poetry and poets.
Read Websites Critically
Anyone can publish anything on the internet.
Use the Spider Method to ensure that your internet sources are appropriate for your research.
- Source
Who wrote the information? Is he qualified? If you can’t find an author, you shouldn’t trust the information until you verify it elsewhere.
- Purpose
Why does this website exist? Is it intended to sell a product or convince readers of something? Can you detect any bias?
- Information
Is the information current? Check for a publication date. If there isn’t one, you need to verify currency with another source.
- Domain
Be aware of the host site. Is the domain .edu or .gov? These domains sometimes have more authoritative or reliable information.
- Educational
Who is the intended audience? Is there adequate depth to the information? Are you sure it’s not a hoax site or satire?
- Reliability
Is the same information available on other websites? Triangulate with other sources to improve the chance of getting complete or accurate information.