Caspard, P. (1995). International guide for research in the history of education (2nd ed.) Paris: Institut National de Recherche Pedagogique; Berne: Peter Lang.

A database of updated information is supposed to be forthcoming according to the Web site:

<http://www.inrp.fr/she/waccueil_bienvenue.htm>

History of Education and Childhood Web site contains numerous links to primary sources, collection descriptions and other research information.

<http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/>

History of education museums and collections international directory (1993/1994). Dekalb, Illinois: Blackwell History of Education Research Collection, Northern Illinois University. Additional information about the publisher may be found at the following Web site: <http://www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/>

Directory of historical curriculum collections (1988). Compiled by the Ad hoc Subcommittee on Historical Curriculum Collections, Education and Behavioral Sciences Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association. Chicago, Illinois: The Association. Also available as ERIC Document No. ED 313045.

Center for Research Libraries

The CRL Web site on education resources provides a summary description of its 23,000 courses of study from American schools and agencies, and 70,000 American schoolbooks. Both collections have mostly 20th century materials, although older materials are included in both. None of the materials are cataloged. <http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/info/handbook/hb15educ.html >

Harvard University

A Web site describing Harvard University's historical schoolbooks, school reports and other special collections can be found at:

<http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~library/*SC/SC-textbooks.html>

Miami University of Ohio

A brief description of the William Holmes McGuffey schoolbooks collection of 336 items and a searchable database may be found at:

<http://www.lib.muohio.edu/libinfo/depts/spec/>

Information about the McGuffey papers and museum may be found at:

<http://www.lib.muohio.edu/mcguffey/>

Teacher's College, Columbia University

A brief summary of special collections at Teachers College, Columbia University is located at:

<http://lweb.tc.columbia.edu/information/collserv.html#sc>

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A brief summary of the Curriculum Collection at UIUC may be found at the Web site below. Although it does not indicate the dates of coverage, materials from 1800 to the present are included in this collection of 56,000 volumes. Only 26,000 of these items are cataloged.

< http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/currcoll.htm>

University of Pittsburgh

The WWW site for the University of Pittsburgh's Nietz schoolbook collection, containing actual digitized items, is located at:

<http://digital.library.pitt.edu/nietz/>

Museum of Education, University of South Carolina - Columbia

Information about educational life in South Carolina as well as national trends in curriculum (primarily in a Progressive tradition) may be found at the Museum and its Web site:

<http://www.ed.sc.edu/MusofEd/index.htm>

Other sources:

National Education Network. This outreach organization affiliated with the National Library of Education hosts a site that provides for the exchange of education materials, similar to ebay.

<http://www.nen.org/registry_sample/registry.htm>