[General] Educational Resources Information Center

ERIC is 'the largest education database in the world and contains more than 1 million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books'. ERIC is supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement and is administered by the National Library of Education (NLE).

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/basic.jsp