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Use this box to search the Library catalogue NewCat+ which gathers material from several journal databases. Enter the author and words from the title to find a specific article, or keywords to find articles on a topic.

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If you can't find what you want in NewCat+ try searching a journal database. Here are links and descriptions for the most useful multi-disciplinary databases containing material relevant to research in Education

EBSCO megafile premier
Contains more than 50 databases featuring full-text journals (many peer reviewed). Databases include: Academic Search Complete, MasterFILE Premier, Education Research Complete, Humanities International Complete, Historical Abstracts Full-Text and SocINDEX Full-Text.
ProQuest databases
Contains several journal databases of abstracted and full-text articles including: ABI/INFORM, Academic Research Library, Nursing and Allied Health Source, Proquest Education Journals and Proquest Social Science Journals.
Informit database collection
Provides access to over 70 databases across a wide range of subjects.
ScienceDirect journals
Access full-text journal articles from the life, medical, science and social sciences (including education). Includes more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals.
Scopus
More than 20,000 peer-reviewed journals, including 2,800 gold open access journals. Over 365 trade publications, Articles-in-press (i.e., articles that have been accepted for publication) from more than 3,750 journals and publishers. 6.5 million conference papers from over 17,000 worldwide events. Plus Patents.

Top Databases

Databases may contain full-text journals (many peer-reviewed), reference works and primary sources

A+ Education (1978+)
Informit database containing some full-text. Covers education and related fields: curriculum, educational research, management, policy administration, teaching, training etc...
Education journals (Proquest) (1988+)
Proquest database containing a collection of journals, conference papers and dissertations on education related topics. Covers adult, primary, secondary, tertiary, and special needs education.
Education research complete
EBSCO database of journal articles focusing on education related topics. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.
Emerald plus
A collection of online journals that focus on the subject areas of management, information science, education, sociology and engineering.
ERIC (Proquest)
Proquest database indexing US educational resources including conferences, meetings, government documents, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs. Some full-text
SPORTDiscus with full text
EBSCO database containing articles on sports, health, fitness and well-being. Some full-text
Teacher reference center
EBSCO database indexing teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

Other Databases

Other useful databases

Full list of journal databases

Databases by subject

Cambridge journals online
Full text access to over over 300 peer-reviewed academic journals in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
JSTOR
Archival access to scholarly journals published in the Arts and Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences, music, business, mathematics and statistics.
PsycINFO
Behavioral sciences and mental health. Includes related disciplines such as medicine, law, social work, neuroscience, business, nursing, forensics and engineering.
SAGE journals online
Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Technology and Medicine
SpringerLink journals
Springer/Verlag and Birkhauser publications in a variety of subject areas including: biology/biomedicine, chemistry, geosciences, computer sciences, mathematics, medicine, physics, engineering, ecology, and the social sciences
Taylor and Francis
Full text journal articles from the publishers of Taylor and Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press. Subject areas including science and technology, social sciences and humanities.
Web of science
Indexes high impact journals through ISI's citation indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded - 1956 to present; Social Sciences Citation Index - 1956 to present; Arts and Humanities Citation Index - 1975 to present.
Wiley Online library
Journals, books, reference works, laboratory manuals and the Cochrane Library. Content covers a wide range of subjects including: Medicine, science, engineering and the social sciences.

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Use quotation marks to make your search more specific. Example: "Journal of academic ethics"

If the library has the journal, the catalogue record for the journal will be in the results list. It will include details of years that are available, and for journals which are available online there will be a link to the journal database.

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For more details go to our Borrowing from other libraries webpage.

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Journal databases provide search hints and tips in the help menu - start there if you aren't familiar with the database

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Education: Find Journal Articles

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