LibGuides: Communication: Research Support

Researcher tools and databases

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.
Web of science
Indexes high impact journals through ISI's citation indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded - 1956+; Social Sciences Citation Index - 1956+; Arts and Humanities Citation Index - 1975+.
Google scholar
Access scholarly literature from publishers, societies, repositories, universities, etc. Use this link to access articles in our subscribed journals after proxy authentication.
Off campus instructions

Dimensions
Free searchable citation database which providing links to subscribed library content and open access publications
Research Impact and Analysis Guide
More information can be found on the Research Impact and Citation Analysis guide

SAGE research methods online
Research methods tool to help researchers gather full-text resources, design research projects, understand a particular method and write up their research.

Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation
Central point of education evidence within the NSW Department of Education, and a dedicated hub of case studies, education data and evaluation.

Emerald eCase Collection
Contains business case studies and teaching notes, creating opportunities for students to understand and apply business theory, analyse complex situations, and formulate solutions.
Emerald eCase Collection provides limited access to teaching notes. Emerald licence conditions permit access only to UON academics for teaching purposes within UON. UON Academic staff will need to email Collection Management Services to request an access token.

Research Methods Guide
More information about research methods can be found on this guide

Ulrichsweb
Information about more than 300,000 journals, includes peer-reviewed (refereed) status indicator.
Journal Citation Reports
Summarises citations from science and social science journals and proceedings in the Web of Science database, delivering detailed reports of their citation performance, their citation network, and the count and type of materials published.

ERA Journals List 2018
ERA 2018 Submitted Journal List, download the excel spreadsheet from this page
Journal Finder
Uses smart search technology and field-of-research specific vocabularies to match your research area to journals.
JournalGuide
46,000 journals across a range of publishers. Includes user submitted information on speed of publication
SCImago Subject Rankings
Includes limit by subject area, then su-category within each area. Includes metrics for SJR score, journal H-Index, total documents and references.
SHERPA/RoMEO
Publisher copyright policies and self-archiving
Strategic Publishing Guide
More information on assessing journals can be found on the Strategic Publishing guide

Trove (Australian Digital Theses)
Advanced Search for Research & Reports, select thesis from the format drop-down
EThOS - UK Online Theses
British Library, harvests e-theses from UK Institutions and their repositories.

Dissertations & Theses A&I (PQDT A&I)
Nearly 3 million searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1743 to the present day together with over 1 million full-text dissertations downloadable in PDF format.
EBSCO Open Dissertations
Free research database which provides details of theses and dissertations accepted by American universities from 1902 to the present. Where available, the citation will include a link to access the full text, via the Institutional Repository where the thesis or dissertation is housed

Australian Education Research Theses Database
Australian education theses 1919+, many full-text. Some overseas theses on Australian topics.
History Online
UK Institute of Historical Research collection of information about history theses 1930+
Theses and Dissertations Guide
More information about finding theses can be found on this guide

State Library of NSW
Free registration for NSW residents. Provides access to Journal and Newspaper Databases.
National Library of Australia
Free registration for Australian residents. Provides access to Journals and Newspaper Databases.
TROVE catalogue search
Searches book and journal holdings in the catalogues of Australian academic libraries
The European Library
Offers access to the collections of the 48 National Libraries of Europe, including the British Library, and leading European Research Libraries.
WorldCat
Searches the book and journal holdings of library catalogues around the world

Endnote Guide
More information can be found on the Endnote guide

HDR Research Support Classes
Calendar including research support classes for HDR students in the CABLE disciplines (Honours students may join these too)
CABLE = Creativity Arts Business Law & Education
(those from the Faculty of Education & Arts and the Faculty of Business & Law)
Sessions may be running in the: Auchmuty Library, Huxley Library, NewSpace or Ourimbah

UON Research Guides

Literature Reviews

This guide is an introduction to the Literature Review process - including its purpose and strategies, guidelines and resources to help you get started

Systematic Reviews

A guide to systematic review searching for University of Newcastle researchers

Annotated Bibliography Guide

This guide is designed to help students create an annotated bibliography

Alerting Services

This Guide covers Saved Search Alerts, Journal Alerts, RSS Feeds and Citation Alerts and RSS Feeds for selected databases available to UON researchers