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

Conditions of use

Informit

Academic Research Library  

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

Dates vary

Conditions of use

Proquest

ACM Digital Library  

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

1985 - present

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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

Conditions of use

Informit

AEI - Database of Research on International Education

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

Australian Education International Website

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

ACER Cunningham Library

Australian Education Index

RC 016.3705/1 1959-1979

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

Conditions of use

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British Education Index

R+RC 016.3705/5 Print 1954+

British Education Index

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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

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Cambridge journals website

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

1991 - present

Conditions of use

Proquest

CBCA Education

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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

Conditions of use

Proquest

DELTAA

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English second language study and teaching. Australian.

1985 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Ed/ITLib Digital Library  

Formerly the AACE Digital Library

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Educational technology and elearning.

Dates vary

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ED/ITLib Digital Library website

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

Educat ion-line

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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.

Education Research Theses (ERT) Database

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

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Emerald website

ERIC

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Education. International.

1966 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid

ERIC

Education. International.

Dates vary

Conditions of use

Proquest

ERIC - Education Resources Information Service

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

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac

Factiva  

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Newspaper and company information

Factiva

Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh).

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

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JSTOR  

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

Literature, language, linguistics and folklore. International.

1926 - present

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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

Proquest Education Journals  

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Leading full-text journals in education and related fields.

1988 - present

Conditions of use

Proquest.

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

The Source

Children's literature by subject. Australian emphasis

Magpies Magazine

SourceOECD

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

Conditions of use

Source OECD Website

Tertiary teaching and learning. Information regarding practice, issues, resources and research into tertiary teaching.

Australian

UltiBASE, RMIT

Web of Knowledge

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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

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

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ISI Web of Knowledge

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AIM Management & Training (AIMMAT)

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

1991 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Art Abstracts (Wilson Art Abstracts)

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Art. International.

1984 - present

Conditions of use

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

Conditions of use

Informit

AUSTGUIDE

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General and educational. Australian focus.

1986 - present

Conditions of use

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

Conditions of use

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

Conditions of use

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

Conditions of use

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

Conditions of use

Informit.

CLIB2001, CLIB96 & CLIB91

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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

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac.

Consumer Sciences Index (CSI)

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Consumer economics. Australian.

1988 - 2001

Conditions of use

Informit

Current Contents Connect

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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)

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Substance abuse. Australian.

1974 - present

Conditions of use

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

Conditions of use

Informit

Family and Society Plus  

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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

Conditions of use

Informit

Health & Society Database (H&S)

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

1980 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Indigenous Studies Bibliography (AIATSIS)

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Australian Indigenous studies

1990 - present

Conditions of use

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

Conditions of use

Informit

Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS)

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Immigration, emigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, racism, multicultural education, migrant health, refugees and aboriginal studies. Australian.

1988 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

OMN Training Resources Database (OMN) Distributors

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Distributors of training resources available in Australia. Australian.

1966 - 2000

Conditions of use

Informit

ProQuest Science Journals  

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

1994 - present

Conditions of use

Proquest.

ProQuest Social Science Journals  

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Periodicals covering the social sciences.

Dates vary

Conditions of use

Proquest

Psycinfo 1806- , 1967- , 1985-

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Psychology and related disciplines. International.

1806 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid

Sage - Science and geography education

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Science and more general information. Australian focus

Mid 1980s - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Sociological Abstracts

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Sociology and related disciplines. International.

1952 - present Records after 1974 include abstracts

Conditions of use

CSA.

SportsDiscus

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

1800 - present

EbscoHOST

Australian Education Index

C 016.3705/1 1959-1979

British Education Index

C 016.3705/5 1954 - 2005

Book Review Digest

C 016.028105/3 1905 - 2000

Educational Administration Abstracts

C 016.3712/1 1981-1993

Language Teaching

C 016.407/4 1982 - 2002

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)

C 016.305/2 1915 - 2001

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature

C 016.0505/3 1900-1998