American Educational Research Association
http://www.aera.net/index.html

A full range of services and features are available, including a powerful search engine to Net resources.

American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/

Contains links to many author sites and book awards, some of which are listed in other sections of this article, as well as to other resources of interest to literacy professionals.

Children's Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org/

Links for teachers, parents, librarians, and authors at the site of the professional association of children's book publishers.

Children's Literature and Reading
http://www.csulb.edu/org/childrens-lit/

This useful site is operated by a Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association. It offers information about projects, houses an online journal called The Dragon Lode, and presents information on notable children's books and awards.

College Reading Association
http://explorers.tsuniv.edu/cra

The CRA is an organization devoted to many aspects of literacy education. Its four divisions include Adult Learning, Clinical Issues, College Reading, and Teacher Education. Its members publish a leading journal, Reading Research and Instruction, a yearbook, and various monographs.

International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org

A 90,000-member association of classroom teachers, reading specialists, administrators, college faculty, and others involved with literacy education. The website provides information on the Association's many activities (which include publication of this journal). From the “Our Councils and Affiliates” page you can find links to the IRA local, state, regional, and national groups in your area.

National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/

Contains information on NAEYC's membership, conferences, professional development, and the journal Young Children.

National Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org/

Contains ideas for teaching English, literacy, and language arts from preschool through university. Opportunities to participate in online discussion are plentiful. Also contains information on NCTE, its publication program, and other activities and news.

National Reading Conference
http://www.oakland.edu/~mceneane/nrc/nrcindex.html

Information about the organization (whose members are mainly reading researchers), its annual meeting, and listserv. Also offers an excellent section on “Literacy Links.”

TESOL Online
http://www.tesol.org/

The site of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, with a wealth of information on the organization's activities and resources.