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Education Studies Subject Guide
Databases
| Main databases for Education research |
| ERIC (Education resources) 1966+ |
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Subject specific, scholarly content and the main resource for researchers of education. Indexes the contents of over 750 journals and ERIC Documents from 1966 onwards. For the full text of ERIC documents, see the link below. |
| ERIC for ERIC documents full text 1990+ |
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Eric Documents are indexed in the ERIC database but are not linked to their full text. The above link takes you to the ERIC web site, Advanced Search, where researchers can access the full text of 80% of ERIC Documents from 1990 onwards without charge. |
| ISI Web of Science 1956+ |
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Very important database. ISI indexes the top ranking journal in every field. It also offers citation searching. On entry, de-select the Science category. |
| Education Complete full text (Proquest) |
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Education Complete is part of the nest of Proquest databases (see below PQD 5000) |
| Expanded Academic full text |
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Multidisciplinary with a limit to Peer reviewed. Although not a subject specific database, EA has a significant amount of full text education resources. |
| Wilson Omnifile full text |
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Multidisciplinary with scholarly and general content. Can be searched specifically for education resources as follows: enter the Wilson database. See Subject Area window (bottom right), scroll down and select Education (EDU) and then search. |
| Annual Reviews full text |
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AR is an ejournal. AR publishes articles that identify significant topics of academic interest and describes the major issues and contributors. The results of a search 'giftedness' include : 'GIFTEDNESS: An Exceptionality Examined' by Ann Robinson, Pamela R. Clinkenbeard and 'CREATIVITY' by Mark A. Runco.
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| Psychology databases |
| Psycinfo |
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Scholarly content and the main resource for psychological research. |
| Psycbooks full text |
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Electronic books via Ovid includes books and chapters on learning and education. |
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Australian databases
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Replaces Australian Education Index. A+ indexes journal contents et al, from 1978 onward and offers full text from 2000 onward. A+ can be linked to other databases as per the information following APAIS database.
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| AEI-ATSIS - Australian Education Index-Aboriginal and Torres |
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For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues |
| APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service) full text |
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A multidisciplinary database. Any Informit Australian database i.e. A+ and APAIS can be linked and searched together via the Database button, top right hand button of the Informit search screen. The following Australian databases can be searched seperately or linked in this fashion.
DELTAA - Database on English Language Teaching for Adults in Australasia. Index from 1985+
MAIS (Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies) - index from 1988+
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| Factiva full text |
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Multidisciplinary database. News and business information from more than 8000 international sources, including Australian newspapers such as the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian and the Australian Financial Review. |
Multidisciplinary databases
| Multidisciplinary full text databases: general and scholarly content |
| Multidisciplinary full text databases: scholarly content |
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N.B. These databases also search across diverse subjects but return only results from peer reviewed or scholarly journals.
JSTOR full text, 1800+ Now opens to Advanced Search. Scroll down and nominate your subject areas before searching.
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| Additional scholarly databases |
| Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts 1973+ |
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Main resource for language and linguistics research: research in linguistics (the nature and structure of human speech) ; research in language. |
| MLA International Bibliography (Modern Languages) |
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Main resource for language studies but includes extensive materials on learning and teaching. |
| Scopus |
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Scopus is an abstract and citation database of research literature including peer-reviewed titles, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, patent records, scientific web pages, and seamless links to full text articles and other library resources. It is updated daily.
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| ISI Web of Science 1956+ |
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Very important database. ISI indexes the top ranking journals in every field. It also offers citation searching. On entry de-select the Science category.
Also provides citation indexing, which is searching to find out who has cited a particular book or journal article.
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| ASSIA : Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts 1987+ |
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Indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, economics, politics, race relations and education. |
| Sociological Abstracts 1974+ |
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Main resource for sociology. Provides international coverage of sociology and sociological issues. |
| IBSS International Bibliography of the Social Sciences 1951+ via OVID |
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Indexes the information contained in over 2,600 social sciences journals and 6,000 books each year. |
| British Humanities Index 1962+ |
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Indexes over 320 humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries. |
| PAIS International 1972+ |
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Important index to political, economic, and social issues in current debate. Note PAIS Archive back to 1915+ from the Select database link on database search page.
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| These databases may also be useful for special interests: |
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philosophy women's studies world history from 1450
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| Oxford Scholarship Online full text |
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Electronic books database. Not a huge amount on education but a Subject search "education" retrieves 9 books, 66 chapters including The Demands of Liberal Education Levinson, Meira. 2002. |
Theses databases
| Sirius theses page |
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This is a link to the Sirius Thesis page which lists all the main UNSW Library resources for theses including Writing and presenting your thesis or dissertation. This can be generated independently by entering Sirius and clicking Find Resources, click Locate, using the Type dropdown menu select Theses. |
| Proquest Dissertations and Theses |
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With more than 2 million entries, PQD&T is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and masters theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Masters theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. |
| Index to Theses |
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Contains records of theses accepted for higher degrees by the universities of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| Australian Digital Theses Program full text |
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Provides full text access to recent Australian PhD and Masters by research theses. Theses available to download in PDF format. |
Libraries Australia (Kinetica) and Board of Studies and Grants and more
| Libraries Australia (Kinetica) The National Bibliographic Database |
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Libraries Australia enables you to search the holdings of 850 libraries in Australia, including all the major university libraries. Postgraduates and Academic/General Staff can request the loan of items or material not held in UNSW Library via the Interlibrary Loans request form |
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| Papers Invited |
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PapersInvited was conceived and developed to assist researchers at all levels - scientists, professors, post-docs and students who are seeking publishing opportunities for their research papers. PapersInvited presents an extensive list of Calls for Papers issued by professional bodies, journal editors and other conference organizers in all disciplines
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