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Key Journal Databases
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British Education Index Access to research on all aspects of education from preschool to higher education. Strengths include educational policy and administration, evaluation and assessment, technology and special educational needs. Also includes books, reports, series and conference papers. Content dates from 1950.
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Child Development & Adolescent Studies Access to current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. Includes all of the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography from 1927-2001 previously published by the Society for Research in Child Development, plus new coverage on child rights and welfare issues.
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals across all disciplines
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Education Abstracts Covers a wide array of topics in education including adult education, comparative education, government funding, higher education, school administration, teacher evaluation and much more.
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Educational Administration Abstracts Includes research on educational leadership and management.
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Education Source Education Source provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,850 academic periodicals and includes full text for more than 1,800 journals, 550 books and monographs, education-related conference papers. Coverage spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and also includes educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
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ERIC (public version) This version of ERIC provides access to full text of some non-journal documents.
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ERIC (subscription version) Includes journals in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Also indexes ERIC documents, such as curriculum guides, research reports and conference papers.
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) A major international social science database which includes a wide range of social science journals with good coverage of European material.
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ProQuest Education Journals Note: this resource will no longer be accessible after 1st December 2021
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PsycINFO (1806 - present) An abstracting and indexing resource covering psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
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Scopus Access to a wide range of subjects and dates from 1996 to the present, SCOPUS is the source of the citation data which will be used by some of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment panels. It also facilitates citation counts and author h-index.
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Social Science Citation Index Part of the Web of Science, this service indexes a wide range of journals in the social sciences, allows searching by article citation, and provides article abstracts.
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Taylor and Francis Online Journals Search this site for education journals published by T&F
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Zetoc A current awareness service provided by the British Library allowing you to set up alerts for the tables of contents from particular journals, using keywords from article titles and for author's names.
Other Scholarly Resources
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BOB BOB, powered by Learning on Screen, allows users to record programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels; and search our archive of over 2.2 million broadcasts.
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Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR); Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL); Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR); Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE); Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA); NHS Economic Evaluation Database (EED).
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Mass Observation Online Mass Observation Online makes available original manuscript and typescript papers created and collected by the Mass Observation organisation, as well as printed publications, photographs and interactive features. This resource covers the original Mass Observation project, the bulk of which was carried out from 1937 until the mid-1950s, offering an unparalleled insight into everyday life in Britain during these transformative years.
