Studying and Teaching History

General Information About the History Program at TTU

• Eagle Online schedule for admission, class scheduling, class registration, financial aid, course catalog, grades (official TTU site)
• Requirements for a B.A. or B.S. degree in History at TTU
• History Courses at TTU
• General Education: History 1010-1020: Survey of European Civilization
• General Education: History 2010-2020: American History
• Quality, Affordability, and Access: Americans Speak on Higher Education, June 2003 (ETS)
• The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings
  July 2002, U.S. Census Bureau Special Report
• Education Pays (Employment Policy Foundation)
• Understanding University Success (Center for Educational Policy Research)
• U 101 College Search: Links to Learning Directory of Colleges, Universities, and Online Education in North America
• College Affordability in Jeopardy: A Special Supplement to National Crosstalk
  (National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education)
• Shaping the Future: The Economic Impact of Public Universities (Adobe .pdf format)
  (National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges)
• At What Cost? The Price That Working Students Pay for a College Education
  (The State PIRGs' Higher Education Project)
• Students' Perspectives on Juggling Work, Family, and College, July 2002
  (Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation)
• Office of Career Services, TTU

Study Guides for History Classes

• David Bollier, "Reclaiming the Commons: why we need to protect our public resources from private encroachment," Boston Review 27 (Summer 2002)
• Using Primary Sources on the Web (Reference & User Services Association -- History Section, American Library Association)
• Internet Tutorials (University of Albany Libraries)
• History and the Internet: A Guide by Patrick D. Reagan (McGraw-Hill)
• Historical Event Markup and Linking Project
• Tennessee Tech Bookstore (Barnes & Noble)
• FTX Bookstore
• The Learning Strategies Database (Muskingum College)
• Content-Specific Learning Strategies for History
  (The Learning Strategies Database, Muskingum College)
• TTU Student Handbook
• How to Succeed as a Student (K. Bucknall)
• Counseling Center (Tennessee Technological University)
• Counseling Center Workshops, TTU
• Study Guides and Strategies (University of St. Thomas)
• A Student's Guide to the Study of History (S. Kreis)
• Tips for History Students (Ohio State University)
• Critical Reading (D. Kurland)
• The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing (M. Harvey, Washington College)
• History Department Writing Center (University of Washington)
• Study Guides for History Classes
• Information about H-HISTMAJOR, H-Net list on the Undergraduate History Major
• How to Prepare for and Take Essay Examinations
• Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. (Bartleby.com.)
• Online Student Writing Labs
• Humanities Resource Zone (Learning Technologies Group, Oxford University Computing Services, United Kingdom)
• The Internet for Historians (Virtual Training Suite, JISC, United Kingdom)
• The Internet for History and Philosophy of Science (Virtual Training Suite, JISC, United Kingdom)
• RIO: Research Instruction Online guides (University of Arizona Library)
• Historical Research and Writing (Hanover College)
• Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students (P. Rael, Bowdoin College)
• A Student's Guide to Research with the WWW (C. Branham, St. Louis University)
• Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources (Virginia Tech)
• Tennessee Technological University Archives (TTU Library)
• Using Primary Sources on the Web (Reference and User Services Association, History Section, American Library Association)

Reference Works

• Ask a Librarian: An Online Reference Service from the American Memory, Library of Congress
• WorldCat: 1.3 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide
• Using Primary Sources on the Web (Reference & User Services Association -- History Section, American Library Association)
• Locating Information on the Internet (Library of Congress)
• Ask a Librarian: an online reference service from the Library of Congress
• refdesk.com
• Research-It! The One-Stop Reference Desk
• xRefer: the web's reference engine
• Internet Navigation (RiceInfo, Rice University)
• On-Line Reference Works (Carnegie Mellon University)
• OneLook Dictionaries: The Faster Finder
• Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition
• Oxford English Dictionary
• A Web of On-line Dictionaries (Bucknell University)
• Electronic Reference Sources (University of Oregon)
• Electronic Reference Shelf (University of Waterloo, Canada)
• Martindale's The Reference Desk (U. California, Irvine)
• Reference Shelf (University of Maryland Libraries)
• Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center)
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant (Boise State University)
• Purdue University On-Line Writing Laboratory

Doing Research Papers for History Classes

• Preparing to Write a Research Paper
• Using Primary Sources on the Web (Reference & User Services Association -- History Section, American Library Association)
• Ask a Librarian: An Online Reference Service from the American Memory, Library of Congress
• WorldCat: 1.3 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide
• TTU Inter Library Loan request form for books
• Learner's Library (Knowledge Ventures, Inc.) [paid subscrition site with database of
• Looksmart Findarticles
• TTU Inter Library Loan request form(s) for article(s)
• RIO: Research Instruction Online guides (University of Arizona Library)
• Using Primary Sources on the Web (Reference and User Services Association, History Section, American Library Association)
• Tennessee Technological University Archives (TTU Library)
• Chicago [Turabian] Style for citing sources in notes and bibliography
  (University of Wisconsin, Madison Writing Center)
• Citation of Electronic Documents

Historical Research

• Eyewitness to History.com: History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It
• The Historian's Sources (Library of Congress)
• What Are Primary Sources? (Library of Congress)
• Using Primary Sources on the Web (Reference and User Services Association, History Section, American Library Association)
• General and National History Day Research (National Archives)
• Historical Event Markup and Linking Project
• Turning Points: Ideas from the National Archives for National History Day 2000
• National Cemetery Administration (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
• Obtaining Military Records & Medals (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
• Access to Military Service and Pension Records (U.S. National Archives)
• Order Forms for Military Service and Family History Records (U.S. National Archives)
• Ask a Librarian: An Online Reference Service from the American Memory, Library of Congress
• Preparing to Write a Research Paper
• Consider the Source: Historical Records in the Classroom
  (New York State Archives and Records Administration)
• State Libraries (LibrarySpot)
• Doing Local History
• Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
  (Tennessee Historical Society and University of Tennessee Press)
• National Cemetery Administration (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
• Obtaining Military Records & Medals (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
• Access to Military Service and Pension Records (U.S. National Archives)
• Order Forms for Military Service and Family History Records (U.S. National Archives)
• U.S. Freedom of Information Act at 35 (National Security Archives)
• User's Guide to the Freedom of Information Act (National Security Archive)
• Ask a Librarian: An Online Reference Service from the American Memory, Library of Congress
• Step-By-Step Guide to Using the Freedom of Information Act (ACLU)
• American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library (Library of Congress)
• American Memory Collections Finder (Library of Congress)
• Smithsonian Photography Initiative (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.)
• Making History on the Web: Creating On-Line Materials for Teaching (University of Virginia)

Doing Oral History

• Selected Oral History Bibliography (Indiana University)
• Using Oral History (Library of Congress)
• Oral History Research Center (Indiana University)
• Historical Speeches Archive (Webcorp) [mostly U.S. History]
• History and Politics: Out Loud
• U.S. History Out Loud (Oyez, Oyez, Oyez at Northwestern University)
• Oral History Association
• An Introductory Bibliography of Oral History Sources
  (Martha Ross Center for Oral History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
• Oral History Techniques and Procedures (S.E. Everett, Center of Military History)
• Tips on Doing Oral History Interviews
• Oral History Internet Resources (Michigan Oral History Association)
• Oral History Links (Utah State University Oral History Program)
• Oral History Program (Utah State University)
• Oral History Sites and Resources
  (Georgia Government Documentation Project, Georgia State University)
• Oral History sites on line (George Mason University)
• Regional History Project (UC, Santa Cruz)
• Regional Oral History Office (UC Berkeley Library)
• Oral History and Folklore of the Miami Valley, Ohio (Miami University)
• What did you do in the war, Grandma? An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II (South Kingston High School)

Maps and Audiovisual Materials

• Geography (The Mining Company)
• Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World (Library of Congress)
• World Flag Database (MultiMedia Corporation)
• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin)
• Map-Related Web Sites (University of Texas at Austin)
• Historical Maps (University of Texas at Austin)
• Other Historical Map Web Sites (University of Texas at Austin)
• Historical Maps of the United States of America (*.gif)
• OSSHE Historical and Cultural Atlas Resource (University of Oregon)
• Panoramic Maps Collection (Geography and Map Div., Library of Congress)
• Color Landform Atlas of the United States (1895 state maps) (Johns Hopkins University)
• Cultural Maps (University of Virginia)
• Rare Map Collection of the Hargrett Library (University of Georgia Libraries)
• National Geographic Society
• Map Machine (National Geographic Society)
• Map History (Institute for Historical Research, London, England)
• The British Library Map Collections
• World Lecture Hall: Course Syllabi by Subject (University of Texas)
• Five Points Multimedia Experience in Social History (CUNY)

Public Opinion Polling and Research

• The Pew Research Center for The People and The Press
• National Council on Public Polls
• Gallup Opinion Polls on line
• Gallup Research Center (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
• Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc.
• Middle Tennessee Poll
  (Office of Communication Research, Middle Tennessee State University)
• National Opinion Research Center
• PollingReport.com
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (University of Connecticut)
• Zogby International

Career Planning Resources

• Office of Career Services, TTU
• Career Onestop
• Career Overview: Career Information and Job Description Guide
• At What Cost? The Price That Working Students Pay for a College Education
  (The State PIRGs' Higher Education Project)
• Education Pays (Employment Policy Foundation)
• State Education Reforms (Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• Works on Personal Finance
• Academic Advising Resources on the Internet (University of Texas)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook, latest edition (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Career Guide to Industries, latest edition (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Occupational Employment Statistics (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators
• Government Guide: Government Services Made Easy
• Careers.org: Career Resource Center
• History Career Page (St. Bonaventure University)
• Job Sniper
• The Liberal Arts and the Arts and Humanities Jobs (National Employment Bulletin)

Preparing Professional Portfolios for K-12 Teaching Jobs

• "School: The Story of American Public Education" (PBS, 2001)
• Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Education Reforms (Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• MetLife Survey of the American Teacher
• National Commission on the High School Senior Year
• The Next Generation of Teachers
• Society for the Study of Curriculum History
• Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (University of Washington)
• Interpret With Caution: The First State Title II Reports on the Quality of Teacher Preparation, June 2002 [Adobe Acrobat .pdf format] (The Education Trust)
• All Talk, No Action: Putting an End to Out-of-Field Teaching, August 2002 (The Education Trust)
• The Condition of Education (National Center for Education Statistics)
• StateStandards.com: State Educational Standards Coupled to Lesson Plans and Resources
• State Education Reforms (Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• Tennessee Department of Education
• Office of Teacher Licensing (Tennessee Department of Education)
• Earning a Tennessee Teacher License (Tennessee Department of Education)
• The PRAXIS Series: Assessments for Beginning Teachers (ETSnet)
• Tennessee Teacher Employment Resource (Tennessee Department of Education
• Job Link (Tennessee School Boards Association)
• Private School Review: Profiles of Private Elementary Day Schools and High Schools
• Public School Review: Public Elementary, Middle, and High Schools: Free Profiles of Public Schools in the USA (
• Job Listing (National School Boards Association)
• K-12 Teaching Positions (Troops to Teachers)
• Web Pages for Tennessee Schools (TN Department of Education)
• Developing a Professional Portfolio (University of Wisconsin, River Falls)
• Professional Employment Portfolio (Career Services, Ball State University)

K-12 Education and Teacher Preparation Information

• "School: The Story of American Public Education" (PBS, 2001)
• Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (Teacher's College, Columbia University
• The Next Generation of Teachers
• National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse
• Interpret With Caution: The First State Title II Reports on the Quality of Teacher Preparation, June 2002 [Adobe Acrobat .pdf format] (The Education Trust)
• The Condition of Education (National Center for Education Statistics)
• State Education Reforms (Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (University of Washington)
• Teacher Quality: A Report on Teacher Preparation and Qualification of Public School Teachers, January 28, 1999 (National Center for Education Statistics)
• To Touch the Future: Transforming the Way Teachers Are Taught (American Council on Education)
• NCATE 2000 Unit Standards (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education [Adobe Acrobat .pdf format]
• Who Should Teach? Quality Counts 2000 (Education Week)
• School District Demographics (National Center for Education Statistics)
• International Archive of Education Data (National Center for Education Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education)
• Electronic Catalog for National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education)
• Digest of Education Statistics, 1999 (National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• Internet Resources for Educators (Library of Congress)
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• The Gateway to Educational Materials
• National Teaching & Learning Forum
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators
• Private School Review: Profiles of Private Elementary Day Schools and High Schools
• Public School Review: Public Elementary, Middle, and High Schools: Free Profiles of Public Schools in the USA (
• Teaching at an Independent School, C. Todd Stephenson, Ph.D.
• National Assessment of Educational Progress [NAEP]
  (National Center for Education Statistics)
• The National Assessment Governing Board
• The Condition of Education (National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Education)
• International Archive of Education Data (National Center for Education Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education)
• State Education Reforms (Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• Electronic Catalog for National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education)
• Digest of Education Statistics, 1999 (National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)

K-!2 Teaching Jobs Information

• Tennessee Teacher Employment Resource (Tennessee Department of Education
• Boarding School Review: College-Preparatory and Junior Boarding Schools
• Local School Directory.com
• Private Schook Review: Private Elementary Day Schools and High Schools
• Public School Review: Public Elementary, Middle and High Schools

Becoming a Teacher

• Tennessee Higher Education and State Government Sites
• Tennessee Department of Education
• Office of Teacher Licensing (Tennessee Department of Education)
• Earning a Tennessee Teacher License (Tennessee Department of Education)
• The PRAXIS Series: Assessments for Beginning Teachers (ETSnet)
• Tennessee Teacher Employment Resource (Tennessee Department of Education
• Teacher Recruitment Week at TTU (February)
• Net Day Compass: Your Guide to the World of Ed[ucational] Technology
• Developing a Professional Portfolio (University of Wisconsin, River Falls)
• Professional Employment Portfolio (Career Services, Ball State University)
• Assembling and Presenting Your Professional Portfolio (University of Northern Iowa)
• Designing Portfolios for Change (overview of book)
• Job Link (Tennessee School Boards Association)
• Job Listing (National School Boards Association)
• School District Demographics (National Center for Education Statistics)
• K-12 Teaching Positions (Troops to Teachers)
• Web Pages for Tennessee Schools (TN Department of Education)
• [Tennessee, USA] International WWW Schools Registry (Web 66)
• American School Directory: The Internet Guide to All 106,000 K-12 Schools
• Private School Review: Profiles of Private Elementary Day Schools and High Schools
• Public School Review: Public Elementary, Middle, and High Schools: Free Profiles of Public Schools in the USA (
• Web Pages for Tennessee Schools (TN Department of Education)

Studying and Teaching History in K-12 Schools

• MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom (WorldCom.com)
• Using Primary Sources on the Web (Reference & User Services Association -- History Section, American Library Association)
• Lesson Plans for History
• National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA
• American Textbook Council (focus on K-12 history texts)
• Internet Resources for Educators (Library of Congress)
• Social Studies (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)
• American Studies in the Secondary Schools
  (Crossroads/American Studies Association Secondary Schools Committee)
• The History of Education (University of Nijmegen, Netherlands)
• U.S. History (Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site)
• The Concord Review
• National Council for History Education
• National Council for Social Studies
• Social Studies (TeacherSource, PBS)
• TeacherServe: An Interactive Curriculum Enrichment Service for High School Teachers
  (National Humanities Center)
• K-12 History on the Internet Resource Guide (S. Patterson and L. Swanson)
• Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers (California State University, Northridge)
• National History Day
• Resources for Elementary and Secondary History Teachers
• National Standards for [U.S. and World] History in the Schools
  (National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA)
• The Constitution Community (lesson plans from the National Archives)
• Debate Over National Standards for U.S. History (Grades 5-12)
• National Standards for World History: Exploring Paths to the Present
• World History Standards available on line
• Debate Over National Standards for World History (Grades 5-12)
• Sources for Debate Over National Standards for World History
• Revised Voluntary History Standards Press Release
• State Education Reforms (Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• World History Archives
• New England Regional World History Association
• Back to School '97 (ZD Net)
• History (Education World)
• Social Sciences (Education World)
• History/Social Studies Web for K-12 Teachers
• Teaching History with Technology
• History Online (J. Perry)
• H-High-S and INCLASS Lists for high school history teachers
• H-HIGH-S Web Site (Michigan State University)
• Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. History (The College Board)
• The History Net (National Historical Society)
• America's Story from America's Library (Library of Congress)
• Teach with Movies (D. Elliott and J.A. Frieden)
• Journal of Research on Technology in Education
• National Commission on the High School Senior Year

K-12 Teaching

• Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• The Condition of Education (National Center for Education Statistics)
• State Education Reforms (Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• Interpret With Caution: The First State Title II Reports on the Quality of Teacher Preparation, June 2002 [Adobe Acrobat .pdf format] (The Education Trust)
• All Talk, No Action: Putting an End to Out-of-Field Teaching, August 2002 (The Education Trust)
• National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse
• Education Week on the WEB
• Job Listings (Education Week on the WEB)
• Tennessee Teacher Employment Resource (Tennessee Department of Education
• Council on International Educational Exchange
• History of Education (University of Nijmgeen, Netherlands)
• Helping Your Child Learn History (Ages 4-11)
• American Textbook Council (focus on K-12 history texts)
• National Service Learning Clearinghouse
• Educational Resources Information Center [ERIC] (Syracuse University)
• AskERIC: Education Information with the Personal Touch (Syracuse University)
• K-12 Lesson Plan Help (ERIC and AskERIC, Syracuse University)
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
• Learning Network (New York Times)
• Daily Lesson Plan (New York Times)
• The Constitution Community (lesson plans from the National Archives)
• Collaborative Lesson Archive (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
• MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom (WorldCom.com)
• Netsurfer Education
• Study WEB (American Computer Resources, Inc.)
• ICONnect: Connecting Learners to Information (American Association of School Librarians)
• Connections + (K-12 resources)
• Consortium for School Networking
• NASA K-12 NREN Gopher
• K-12 WWW Server (NASA Ames Research Center)
• EdWeb--K-12 Resource Guide (Corp. for Public Broadcasting)
• Web66: A K12 World Wide Web Project (University of Minnesota)
• Education World (American Fidelity Educational Services)
• ABCentral
• The African-American Teachers' Lounge
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (Ohio State University)
• U.S. Department of Education
• National Education Association
• Tennessee Education Association
• National Council for Social Studies
• ETS Net: Educational Testing Service [SAT Information]
• College Board Online

Living History and Historical Reenacting

• My History is America's History (National Endowment for the Humanities)
• National Cemetery Administration (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
• Obtaining Military Records & Medals (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
• Access to Military Service and Pension Records (U.S. National Archives)
• Order Forms for Military Service and Family History Records (U.S. National Archives)
• Jobs for Living History Specialists
  Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM)
• History Channel Traveler
• Reenactor.net
• Living History Association
• Living History Associates
• Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM)
• Links to WWW homepages of Living History, Agricultural, and Open-Air Museums
  Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM)
• Mining Co. Guide to Historical Reenactment
• Society for Creative Anachronism
• National Civil War Association
• The Costumer's Manifesto (historical costumes)

Study Abroad

• NAFSA: National Association of International Educators
• Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World (Library of Congress)
• Study Abroad Programs Directory (studyabroad.com)
• Council on International Educational Exchange
• American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS)
• Study in Europe (Academic Cooperation Association)
• IIE Passport: Living and Learning Abroad (Institute of International Education)
• National Registration Center for Study Abroad (NRCSA)
• Education International Worldwide
• Center for Global Education (University of Southern California)
• Travel and Study Abroad (University of Arkansas)
• The Rough [Travel] Guide (HotWired)
• HostelTrail.com: Latin America Hostel Network
• Hi Potentials, International careers made in Germany

Seasonal and Summer Jobs

• At What Cost? The Price That Working Students Pay for a College Education
  (The State PIRGs' Higher Education Project)
• Upper Cumberland Career Center: Where People and Jobs Connect
• Cool Works
• Jobweb
• Kids' Camps
• Net Temps
• Student Search System, Inc. (focus on engineering, business, computer and technical jobs)
• The Summer Opportunities Channel (Petersons.com)
• Summer Jobs (Job Search by keyword or by location)

Seasonal and Summer Jobs

• Upper Cumberland Career Center: Where People and Jobs Connect
• Cool Works
• Jobweb
• Kids' Camps
• Student Search System, Inc. (focus on engineering, business, computer and technical jobs)
• The Summer Opportunities Channel (Petersons.com)
• Summer Jobs (Job Search by keyword or by location)

Using the Internet for Job Hunting

• Career Onestop
• Career Overview: Career Information and Job Description Guide
• What Color is Your Parachute: Job Hunting Online (D. Bolles)
• Rebecca Smith's eRésumés & Resources
• The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
• Job Listings (The Riley Guide)
• Job Search and Employment Opportunities: Best Bets from the Net (University of Michigan)
• Top 100 Electronic Recruiters
• What Am I Worth? (The Riley Guide)
• My References.com

Conducting a Job Search

• Office of Career Services, TTU
• Guidebooks for Job Searches
• Cando Career Coaching and Resume Writing (C. Davies)
• Career Resource Homepage (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
• Catapult
• Monster.com
• Jobweb--National Association of Colleges and Employers
• Careermag.com
• Headhunter.net
• Jobs, Internship and Other Helpful Links (Muhlenberg College)

Looking for Specific Jobs

• Career Onestop
• U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
• Careerjournal (Wall Street Journal)
• Employment Search Engines (Beaucoup!)
• Yahoo Employment search
• Internet Employment Resources
• 1st Steps in the Hunt: A Web Guide to the Job Search

Job Search Sites

• America's Job Bank
• American Preferred Jobs
• career.com (computer-related jobs)
• CareerBuilder
• CareerMosaic
• Career Onestop
• Careers (CollegeClub.com)
• Classifieds2000: The Internet Classifieds (check under Employment)
• College Grad Job Hunter Web Site (Quantum Leap Publishing)
• dice.com: High tech jobs online
• ExecSearches.com
• Excite Careers Network Job Listings
• 4Work
• headhunter.net
• hotjobs.com
• Interactive Employment Network (E-Span)
• JobNet (West Georgia College)
• JobNext
• Job Sniper
• Jobs.net
• Job/Internship Vacancies Via the Internet Listings (University of Buffalo, SUNY)
• Jobtrak: The Nation's Leading Job Listing Service
• The Liberal Arts and the Arts and Humanities Jobs (National Employment Bulletin)
• The Monster Board job search site
• NationJob Network
• Net Temps
• Recruiting-links.com (SkillSearch Corporation)
• Tripod's Resume Builder
• StudentJobs.gov
• Virtual Job Fair (computer oriented jobs)

Job Opportunities in Tennessee

• Tennessee State Budget: Information, Issues, Problems, and Solutions
• Upper Cumberland Career Center: Where People and Jobs Connect
• Tennessee Anytime.com (Official Tennessee site)
• Working in Tennessee (Official State of Tennessee site)
• Tennessee Teacher Employment Resource (Tennessee Department of Education
• Tennessee Schools (Local School Directory.com)
• Tennessee Division of Budget (official state site)
• Tennessee Department of Employment Security
• Occupational Employment and Wages Data
  (Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development)
• Tennessee Job Search: Resources for Job Seekers and Employers
• Job Source (OnNashville)
• USjob.network (focus on Southeast region of the U.S.)

Federal Job Opportunities (U.S. Government)

• StudentJobs.gov
• Career Onestop
• Government Guide: Government Services Made Easy
• Federal Job Information in Tennessee
• [Federal Government] Agency Jobs (govexec.com)
• USA Jobs: Current Job Openings [federal job opportunities] (U.S. Office of Personnel Management)
• Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service
• Avue Central
• Federal Jobs Central
• Federal Jobs Digest
• Federal Job Search
• Jobs, Labor, and Management (FedWorld)
• Government Vacancy Listings (University of Buffalo, SUNY)
• WINGS [Web Interactive Network of Government Services] (U.S. Postal Service)
• Government Information Xchange
• Recruitment for U.S. State Department

Jobs Outside the United States

• NAFSA: Association of International Educators
• A Plus Jobs (United Kingdom)
• Jobs in Research, Science, Academic and Related Professions (United Kingdom)
• Education Jobs (United Kingdom)
• Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World (Library of Congress)

Preparing Professional Portfolios for K-12 Teaching Jobs

• "School: The Story of American Public Education" (PBS, 2001)
• Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Education Reforms (Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• MetLife Survey of the American Teacher
• National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (Teacher's College, Columbia University
• The Next Generation of Teachers
• National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse
• The Condition of Education (National Center for Education Statistics)
• Teacher Quality: A Report on Teacher Preparation and Qualification of Public School Teachers, January 28, 1999 (National Center for Education Statistics)
• To Touch the Future: Transforming the Way Teachers Are Taught (American Council on Education)
• Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (University of Washington)
• All Talk, No Action: Putting an End to Out-of-Field Teaching, August 2002 (The Education Trust)
• Interpret With Caution: The First State Title II Reports on the Quality of Teacher Preparation, June 2002 [Adobe Acrobat .pdf format] (The Education Trust)
• Society for the Study of Curriculum History
• NCATE 2000 Unit Standards (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education [Adobe Acrobat .pdf format]
• Who Should Teach? Quality Counts 2000 (Education Week)
• The Condition of Education (National Center for Education Statistics)
• International Archive of Education Data (National Center for Education Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education)
• State Education Reforms (Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• Electronic Catalog for National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education)
• Digest of Education Statistics, 1999 (National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• State Highlights Reports from Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adfulthood
  (Education Week with support from Pew Center on the States)
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• School District Demographics (National Center for Education Statistics)
• StateStandards.com: State Educational Standards Coupled to Lesson Plans and Resources
• Education in Tennessee (Official State of Tennessee site)
• Tennessee Department of Education
• Office of Teacher Licensing (Tennessee Department of Education)
• Earning a Tennessee Teacher License (Tennessee Department of Education)
• The PRAXIS Series: Assessments for Beginning Teachers (ETSnet)
• Tennessee Teacher Employment Resource (Tennessee Department of Education
• Teacher Recruitment Week at TTU (February)
• Web Pages for Tennessee Schools (TN Department of Education)
• [Tennessee, USA] International WWW Schools Registry (Web 66)
• Putnam County Education Association
• American School Directory: The Internet Guide to All 106,000 K-12 Schools
• Private School Review: Profiles of Private Elementary Day Schools and High Schools
• Public School Review: Public Elementary, Middle, and High Schools: Free Profiles of Public Schools in the USA (
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators
• U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity Personnel Center
  (teaching on military bases and overseas)
• K-12 Teaching Positions (Troops to Teachers)
• The Educational Vacancies Website [education jobs in the United Kingdom] (Alexander Advertising International, United Kingdom)
• Developing a Professional Portfolio (University of Wisconsin, River Falls)
• Professional Employment Portfolio (Career Services, Ball State University)
• Assembling and Presenting Your Professional Portfolio (University of Northern Iowa)
• Private School Review: Profiles of Private Elementary Day Schools and High Schools
• Public School Review: Public Elementary, Middle, and High Schools: Free Profiles of Public Schools in the USA (
• International WWW Schools Registry (Web 66)
• [Tennessee, USA] International WWW Schools Registry (Web 66)
• Education Week on the WEB
• The History of Education (University of Nijmegen, Netherlands)
• State Education Reforms (Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education)
• MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom (WorldCom.com)
• Lesson Plans for History
• Net Day Compass: Your Guide to the World of Ed[ucational] Technology
• Teach with Movies (D. Elliott and J.A. Frieden)
• Journal of Research on Technology in Education
• National Commission on the High School Senior Year

Law School

• Princeton Review online
• Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Guide
• Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Information
• Lawlinks
• Law Library of Congress
• lawuni.com [focus on international law)

Graduate School Study in History

• International Committee of Historical Sciences
• The American Historical Profession in the 21st Century: An Exchange,"
  Historically Speaking: The Bulletin of the Historical Society, 6 (September/October 2004)
• AHA Data on the Historical Profession (American Historical Association)
• Career Network Bookshelf (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Career Tools (HigherEdJobs.com)
• History Career Page (St. Bonaventure University)
• Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation
• 2000 National Doctoral Program Survey
  (National Association of Graduate and Professional Students)
• Re-envisioning the Ph.D. project
• Preparing Future Faculty (American Association of Colleges and Universities)
• Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities (1998)
  (The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University)
• Reinventing Undergraduate Education: Three Years After the Boyer Report
  (The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University)
• Princeton Review online
• Ph.D. Career Resources (Re-Envisioning the Ph.D.)
• Getting In: An Applicant's Guide to Graduate School Admissions (D. Burrell, H-Net)
• Resources for Graduate Study in History
• H-Grad Web Site (Michigan State University)
• Grad-Link (H-Grad)
• Graduate Employees & Students Organization (GESO)
• National Research Council Graduate Program Rankings
• Rankings of Graduate Programs in the United States (U.S. News and World Report)
• 1998 Rankings of History Graduate Programs in the United States
  (U.S. News and World Report)
• Peterson's Education Center
• ETS Net: Educational Testing Service [GRE Information]
• Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) OnLine
• Educational Testing Service gopher (GRE Information)
• Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation (Truman Scholar Grant Program)
• Newsgroups with Information about Graduate School
• History Graduate Student Association (Indiana University)
• History Graduate Student Association (University of Maryland)
• National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
• The Association for Support of Graduate Students
• Graduate Employees & Students Organization (GESO)
• How to Be a Good Graduate Student (M. desJardins, Indiana University)
• Handbook for Teaching Assistants (History, University of California, Santa Barbara)
• soc.college.grad newsgroup
• soc.college.gradinfo newsgroup
• soc.college.teaching-asst newsgroup
• Beyond Academe

College Teaching

• Career Network: Bookshelf (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• ArtsJournal.com: The Daily Digest of Arts, Culture & Ideas
• Arts & Letters Daily: an updated report of news and views
• Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities (1998)
  (The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University)
• Reinventing Undergraduate Education: Three Years After the Boyer Report
  (The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University)
• American Association of Community Colleges
• Teaching in the Community Colleges List (TCC-L)
• Mailing list information for adjunct faculty
• Teaching American history mailing list
• National Teaching & Learning Forum
• Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (Miami University)
• Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
• H-TEACH Web Site (Michigan State University)
• H-SURVEY Web Site (Michigan State University)
• Syllabus Finder (Center for History and New Media, George Mason University)
• Ask a Librarian: An Online Reference Service from the American Memory, Library of Congress
• Historical Event Markup and Linking Project

Last updated on July 29, 2008

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