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| A + 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
Informit |
| Academic Research Library |
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General reference including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. International. Dates vary
Proquest |
| ACM Digital Library |
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Computing, information technology, networking, artificial intelligence and human-machine interaction. International. 1985 - present
ACM Portal |
| AEI-ATSIS |
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Education and training relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Subset of AEI. Australian. 1979 - present
Informit |
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AEI - Database of Research on International Education
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AEI's searchable web database of research relevant to international education.
Australian Education International Website |
| AustEdOnline |
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This database links to journal articles and other documents about Australian and overseas education research.
ACER Cunningham Library |
| Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT |
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Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. APAIS with some fulltext. Australian. Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present
Informit |
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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
British Education Index |
| Cambridge Journals Online |
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Sciences, social sciences, and humanities
Cambridge journals website |
| Career and Technical Education |
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Vocational and technical periodicals covering all aspects of the Vo/Tech curriculum. 1991 - present
Proquest |
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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
Proquest |
| Conference Proceedings Citation Index |
Tips | Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities 1991- present Conditions of use Thomson Reuters |
| DELTAA |
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English second language study and teaching. Australian. 1985 - January 2008
Informit |
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Formerly the AACE Digital Library |
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Educational technology and elearning. Dates vary
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
Education-line. |
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Education Research Theses (ERT) Database
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Education theses Australian
ACER Cunningham Library |
| Emerald Fulltext |
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Management, economics, marketing, logistics, training and education. International Indexing 1989 fulltext 1994 - present
Emerald website |
| ERIC |
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Education. International. 1966 - present
Ovid |
| ERIC |
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Education. International. Dates vary
Proquest |
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ERIC - Education Resources Information Service
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Education. International 1966 to present
IES |
| Expanded Academic ASAP |
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General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International. 1980 - present
Gale InfoTrac |
| Factiva |
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Newspaper and company information
Factiva Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh). The site uses secure http. The certificate on the Library's EZproxy server can cause an error. If you are warned about a security error and recommended not to proceed it is OK to do so in this instance. It is possible with IE browsers to turn off the warning about certificate mismatches but it can be a valid warning, so take this option with care. |
| Humanities and Social Sciences Index - Retrospective |
Indexing for key journals in social sciences and humanities.
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| Informaworld |
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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.
JSTOR |
| MLA International Bibliography | Tips |
Literature, language, linguistics and folklore. International. 1926 - present
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
| Proquest ANZ Newstand |
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Newspapers and newswires from Australia and New Zealand covering regional and international topics
Proquest. |
| Proquest Central |
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Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International. Various dates
Proquest.
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| Proquest Education Journals |
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Leading full-text journals in education and related fields. 1988 - present
Proquest. |
| Sage Journals Online |
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Virtually all journals published by SAGE. This publisher publishes in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. International SAGE 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
Source OECD Website |
| Web of Knowledge |
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Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web Dates vary for each database
ISI Web of Knowledge |
| Web of Science |
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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
ISI Web of Knowledge |
| Other relevant databases | ||
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| AIM Management & Training (AIMMAT) |
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Management, training, human resources, communication and marketing. Australian. 1991 - present
Informit |
| Art Abstracts (Wilson Art Abstracts) |
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Art. International. 1984 - present
Ovid. |
| Attorney-General's Information Service (AGIS) Plus Text |
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Law, including administrative law, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright, criminal law, environmental law, family law. Australian. Indexing 1975 - present Fulltext 1999 - present
Informit |
| AUSTLII |
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Law, legislation and case law. Australia. Commonwealth and state jurisdictions plus New Zealand and South Pacific. Starting dates vary
AustLII website. |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics |
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Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions. ABS' full standard product range on-line. Australian. publications 1988 - present, with older time series
This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website ABS website |
| Australian Criminology Database (CINCH) |
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Criminal law and justice. Australian. 1968 - present
Informit |
| Australian Sport Database (AUSPORT) |
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Australian sport including administration, children, coaching, disabled, economics, facilities, history, medicine, nutrition, physiology, psychology. Australian. 1989 - present
Informit |
| CINCH-ATSIS |
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Involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the justice system. Subset of Cinch. Australian. 1968 - present
Informit. |
| CLIB2001, CLIB96 & CLIB91 |
Tips | Statistics from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Stand alone CD ROM ask at Research Help. |
| Computer Database |
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Computer related news and product reviews. International. Current year to date plus previous three years
Gale InfoTrac. |
| Current Contents Connect |
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Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International.
ISI Web of Knowledge |
| Drug Database (DRUG) |
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Substance abuse. Australian. 1974 - present
Informit |
| Family-ATSIS |
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Issues about, or of relevance to families with reference to Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders. Subset of Family Australia. 1980 - present
Informit |
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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
Informit |
| Health & Society Database (H&S) |
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Health policy services and issues. Australian. Subset of Family. 1980 - present
Informit |
| Indigenous Studies Bibliography (AIATSIS) |
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Australian Indigenous studies 1990 - present
Informit |
| Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ ASEAN Database (BERITA) |
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General reference. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, or South-East Asia as a whole and ASEAN. 1990 - present
Informit |
| ProQuest Science Journals |
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Science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.
1994 - present Proquest. |
| ProQuest Social Science Journals |
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Periodicals covering the social sciences. Dates vary
Proquest |
| Psycinfo 1806- , 1967- , 1985- |
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Psychology and related disciplines. International. 1806 - present
Ovid |
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Sage - Science and geography education
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Science and more general information. Australian focus Mid 1980s - present
Informit |
| Sociological Abstracts |
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Sociology and related disciplines. International. 1952 - present Records after 1974 include abstracts
CSA. |
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Sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness. International. 1800 - present
EbscoHOST |
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