Adult Education
Resources for Education
Adult Education definitions, facts, figures and overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
- Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts
Online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooksPrint dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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International encyclopedia of of adult education
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374.003/1
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International encyclopedia of adult education and training
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374/66
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Lifelong education for adults: an international handbook
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374/66
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To find additional reference items
- Search the Library Catalogue
- Select advanced keyword search
- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
adult education AND dictionar**
adult education AND encycloped**
adult education AND handbook**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. educat** will retrieve educate, educates, education, educational  Need help? Ask a question.
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Adult Education books and moreSearch the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs If you know the exact title
- Select title search
- Type in the exact title
- Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection
If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area
- Select advanced keyword search
- Type in keywords from your topic
- Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
e.g. adult education and teaching
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. teach** will retrieve teaches, teacher, teaching Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. adult education AND teaching AND australia
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Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location
- Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
- Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location
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Adult Education journal articlesSearch a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, research reports and newspaper articles. Try these first
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Proquest Education Journals
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Many educational journals indexed and abstracted where most are provided in fulltext. International content
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DELTAA
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Indexes print, non-print and electronic resouces. Includes adult basic education, Adult immigrant education.
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Informit search tips
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A+ Education
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Education and related fields. This is Australian Education Index with selected fulltext added.
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Informit search tips
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APAFT
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Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. Indexing and fulltext, it has Australian coverage
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Informit search tips
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Expanded Academic
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Information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. Fulltext of many of the reference
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Infotrac search tips
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Complete list of Education databases Found a useful reference?Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database. Database search tips:
- Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
- Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
- To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
e.g. adult education AND literacy
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. literacy OR learning
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword. Symbols vary between databases
e.g. learn* retrieves learns, learners, learning.
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
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Adult Education Internet sitesIt is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web. Try the following sites as a starting point. Australian resourcesInternational Resources
- ERIC Database (US)
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Network is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and provides access to a collection of education material.
- National Adult Literacy Database (Canada)
The National Adult Literacy Database Inc. (NALD) is a database of adult literacy programs, resources, services and activities across Canada. It also links with other services and databases in North America and overseas.
- Theory into Practice Database (TIPS)
This database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.
- National Center on Adult Literacy (US)
A collection of literacy materials dealing with specific topics or themes.
- National Organisation for Adult Learning (UK)
This organisation is a leading non-government organisation for adult learning in England and Wales.
- Vocational Education and Training Database (VOCED)
This international database covers the topics of vocational education and training research, policy, practice and published statistics. It includes entries for research reports, periodical/journals articles and more. It is produced by the National Vocational Education and Training Clearinghouse network Government departmentsSearch engines & directoriesSearch engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database. Try these first: Remember to evaluate all information. Directories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines. UOW sitestop of page
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