Databases for educational research

• Australian Education International (AEI)
  AEI is part of the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). AEI uniquely integrates the development of international government relations with support for the commercial activities of Australia’s education community. To do this, AEI liaises with all sectors of the education and training industry and all levels of government. Australian Education International (AEI) offers the following products and services in this section:
• Education Virtual Library
  Comprehensive index of educational resources on the Web maintained by Charles Sturt University, Australia.
• The Educator’s Reference Desk
  You can find resources previously found on the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology (ERIC/IT) and the AskERIC Service website at this website.
• The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
  You can find resources previously found on the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology (ERIC/IT) and the AskERIC Service websites at this website.
• Geohive
• International Archive of Education Data (IAED)
  The International Archive of Education Data (IAED) is a project sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other nations. Data files, documentation, and reports are downloadable from the website in public-use format.
• International Bureau of Education (IBE) – UNESCO
  The IBE, which is an international centre for the content of education, was founded in Geneva in 1925 as a private institution. In 1929, it extended its membership to governments thus became the first intergovernmental organization in the field of education. In 1969, the IBE joined UNESCO as an integral, yet autonomous, The IBE databanks include the following six databases.
  • RelatED - Good practices in learning to live together
  • Global Curriculum Bank HIV/AIDS Preventive Education
• Nationmaster
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries, NGOs and civil society, it has a global reach. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation.
• Oxfam
  Oxfam is a development, relief, and campaigning organization that works with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world. See Oxfam resources, reports and publications.
• Socialwatch
• World Data on Education
  Promoting education is central to the Bank’s mission of poverty reduction. The World Bank has been helping advance education in developing countries since 1963 and remains today the world’s single largest provider of external funding for education.
• World Bank Research and Data

Updated February 2008