Databases for Education

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Education and related fields, including curriculum, educational research, information science, librarianship, management, policy administration, psychology, sociology, teaching and training. Australian.

This is Australian Education Index with selected fulltext added

Fulltext 2000 - present Index 1978 - present

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Academic Research Library partial fulltext icon Image Tips

General reference including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. International.

Dates vary

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Proquest

ACM Digital Library fulltext icon Image Tips

Computing, information technology, networking, artificial intelligence and human-machine interaction. International.

1985 - present

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ACM Portal

AEI-ATSIS Image Tips

Education and training relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Subset of AEI. Australian.

1979 - present

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AEI - Database of Research on International Education Image

 

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AEI's searchable web database of research relevant to international education.

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Australian Education International Website

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This database links to journal articles and other documents about Australian and overseas education research.

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ACER Cunningham Library

Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. APAIS with some fulltext. Australian.

Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present

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Indexes over 300 UK education and training journals which supports educational research.

It presents information which does not yet appear in the subscription services and the content changes regularly. (For subscription service, search catalogue for British Education Index). British

Current

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British Education Index

Cambridge Journals Online Image Image

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Sciences, social sciences, and humanities

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Cambridge journals website

Career and Technical Education Image

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Vocational and technical periodicals covering all aspects of the Vo/Tech curriculum.

1991 - present

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Proquest

CBCA Education Image

 

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Canadian information in the field of education. Teaching, educational research, and educational administration in Canada.

Dates vary, some back to 1970s

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Proquest

Conference Proceedings Citation Index noquota Tips Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities
1991- present
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Thomson Reuters
DELTAA Image Tips

English second language study and teaching. Australian.

1985 - January 2008

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Ed/ITLib Digital Library Image Image

Formerly the AACE Digital Library

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Educational technology and elearning.

Dates vary

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ED/ITLib Digital Library website

EDNA (Education Network Australia)    

Resource collection and collaborative network for the education and training community.

Australian

This is a freely available site but please be aware of the conditions of use

EDNA website

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A freely accessible database of the full text of conference papers, working papers and electronic literature that supports educational research, policy and practice.British

Commenced 1997

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Education-line.

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Education theses

Australian

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ACER Cunningham Library

Emerald Fulltext fulltext icon Image Tips

Management, economics, marketing, logistics, training and education. International

Indexing 1989 fulltext 1994 - present

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Emerald website

ERIC Image Tips

Education. International.

1966 - present

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Ovid

ERIC Image Tips

Education. International.

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Proquest

ERIC - Education Resources Information Service Image

 

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Education. International

1966 to present

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IES

Expanded Academic ASAP partial fulltext icon Image Tips

General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International.

1980 - present

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Gale InfoTrac

Factiva Image Image Tips

Newspaper and company information

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Factiva

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Humanities and Social Sciences Index - Retrospective  

Indexing for key journals in social sciences and humanities.

International

1907-1984

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Wilson web

Informaworld Image Image Tips

Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International.

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Archives of significant scholarly journals published in the arts and humanities, sciences and social sciences, music, business, mathematics and statistics.

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JSTOR

MLA International Bibliography  Tips

Literature, language, linguistics and folklore. International.

1926 - present

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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

Proquest ANZ Newstand partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Newspapers and newswires from Australia and New Zealand covering regional and international topics

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Proquest.

Proquest Central partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International.

Various dates

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Proquest.

 

Proquest Education Journals partial fulltext icon Image

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Leading full-text journals in education and related fields.

1988 - present

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Proquest.

Sage Journals Online    Tips

Virtually all journals published by SAGE. This publisher publishes in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. International

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Note: SAGE Journals Online includes the Nursing and Psychology collections which have been available on the CSA platform. These are still available on the CSA platform as well as on the SAGE platform

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Children's literature by subject. Australian emphasis

Magpies Magazine

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OECD documents with emphasis on country comparison, periodicals, working papers, statistics, International Energy Agency statistics

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Source OECD Website

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Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web

Dates vary for each database

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ISI Web of Knowledge

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Citation indexes, which allow searching by cited references. Science Citation Index, Social Science citation Index 1965 - present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index.

1975 - present

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ISI Web of Knowledge

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AIM Management & Training (AIMMAT) Image Tips

Management, training, human resources, communication and marketing. Australian.

1991 - present

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Informit

Art Abstracts (Wilson Art Abstracts) Image Tips

Art. International.

1984 - present

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Ovid.

Attorney-General's Information Service (AGIS) Plus Text partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Law, including administrative law, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright, criminal law, environmental law, family law. Australian.

Indexing 1975 - present Fulltext 1999 - present

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AUSTLII fulltext icon Image Tips

Law, legislation and case law. Australia. Commonwealth and state jurisdictions plus New Zealand and South Pacific.

Starting dates vary

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AustLII website.

Australian Bureau of Statistics fulltext icon Image Tips

Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions. ABS' full standard product range on-line. Australian.

publications 1988 - present, with older time series

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This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website

ABS website

Australian Criminology Database (CINCH) Image Tips

Criminal law and justice. Australian.

1968 - present

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Informit

Australian Sport Database (AUSPORT) Image Tips

Australian sport including administration, children, coaching, disabled, economics, facilities, history, medicine, nutrition, physiology, psychology. Australian.

1989 - present

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Informit

CINCH-ATSIS Image Tips

Involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the justice system. Subset of Cinch. Australian.

1968 - present

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Informit.

CLIB2001, CLIB96 & CLIB91 Image Tips Statistics from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Stand alone CD ROM ask at Research Help.
Computer Database partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Computer related news and product reviews. International.

Current year to date plus previous three years

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Gale InfoTrac.

Current Contents Connect Image Tips

Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International.

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ISI Web of Knowledge

Drug Database (DRUG) Image Tips

Substance abuse. Australian.

1974 - present

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Family-ATSIS Image Tips

Issues about, or of relevance to families with reference to Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders. Subset of Family Australia.

1980 - present

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Issues about, or of relevance to families. Australia.

Fulltext 2000 - present. Index 1980 - present

This is Family database with selected fulltext added

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Health & Society Database (H&S) Image Tips

Health policy services and issues. Australian. Subset of Family.

1980 - present

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Informit

Indigenous Studies Bibliography (AIATSIS) Image Tips

Australian Indigenous studies

1990 - present

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Informit

Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ ASEAN Database (BERITA) Image Tips

General reference. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, or South-East Asia as a whole and ASEAN.

1990 - present

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ProQuest Science Journals partial fulltext icon Image

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Science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.

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1994 - present

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Proquest.

ProQuest Social Science Journals partial fulltext icon Image

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Periodicals covering the social sciences.

Dates vary

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Proquest

Psycinfo 1806- , 1967- , 1985- Image Tips

Psychology and related disciplines. International.

1806 - present

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Ovid

Sage - Science and geography education Image

 

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Science and more general information. Australian focus

Mid 1980s - present

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Sociological Abstracts Image Tips

Sociology and related disciplines. International.

1952 - present Records after 1974 include abstracts

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CSA.

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Sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness. International.

1800 - present

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