Education and Childhood databases

Australian Education Index

  • Australia's largest source of education information and indexes journal articles, books, conference papers, reports, and theses in the fields of educational research, policy and practice.
  • Relevant to a wide range of people interested in education.
  • Provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

  • Off-air recording and media archive service.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

British Education Index

  • Covers research, policy, and practice in education and training in the UK, with particular strengths in evaluation and assessment, technology, and SEN.
  • Sources include journal articles, books, reports, series, and conference papers.
  • This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

British Humanities Index

  • An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities and arts.
  • This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.

Business Source Complete

  • UK and international business, management and economics issues across a range of sectors including construction, IT, education, and health.
  • Included in the main library search.

Cambridge Journals Online

  • Cambridge Journals Digital Archive contains the full text from 170 journals, from volume 1, issue 1 to 1996.
  • Included in the main library search.

Child Development and Adolescent Studies

  • Indexes current and historical literature related to the growth and development of children up to the age of 21.

DERA (Digital Education Resource Archive)

  • The Institute of Education UK Digital Education Repository Archive is a digital archive of all documents published electronically by government and related bodies in the area of education.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Education Abstracts

  • Subject areas include adult education, government funding, higher education, teacher evaluation and more.

Education Document Summary Service

  • Key research, policy and influential developments in the world of education.
  • Includes publications from DfE, Ofsted, Ofqual, UCAS, NfER, EPI and more
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Education Research Complete

  • Covers all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education, as well as policy, administration, funding, and related social issues.
  • More than 85% of journals are included in the main library search.

Educational Administration Abstracts

  • Bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including leadership, management, and research.

Educational Research eBooks Online 2018

  • Covers topics from Language Education to Education Policy & Politics.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), via EBSCO

  • The world's largest education database, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), via ProQuest

  • This database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature.

JSTOR

  • UWE Bristol subscribes to the JSTOR multidisciplinary Arts and Sciences Collections I,II,III,V,VII, VIII and XIV.
  • A scholarly archive of over 1,000 full-text electronic journals.

Kanopy

  • Access to over 18,000 films, including major blockbusters, documentaries and the Criterion collection.
  • Included in the main library search.

LearnTechLib

  • Journal articles and conference papers on the latest research, developments, and applications.
  • Related to all educational technology and e-learning.
  • Included in the main library search.

Nexis

  • Full text database including UK national and regional newspapers, and worldwide newspapers and magazines.
  • Also includes full-text information covering companies, industries, market surveys, countries, and people.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

ProQuest Education Journals

  • Top educational publications, including literature on primary, secondary, higher education and home schooling.
  • Many titles are indexed in the ERIC database
  • Included in the main library search.

PsycInfo (APA PsycInfo)

  • Comprehensive international bibliographic database of psychology.
  • Material from more than 2,450 periodicals from more than 49 countries.
  • Includes nursing, psychology, medicine, sociology, pharmacology, physiology and linguistics.

Research into Higher Education Abstracts

  • This database indexes more than 250 research journals in the field of higher education.
  • It is international in focus, with an emphasis on British and Commonwealth countries.

SAGE Early Years Masterclass 2019

  • A video Masterclass on "Doing Your Early Years Research Project", hosted by Kathy Brodie in conversation with 14 experts in early years research.
  • The site contains the entire Masterclass along with links to free book chapters for each author.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

SAGE Research Methods

  • A web-based research methods tool created to help researchers, staff and students with their research projects.
  • SRM focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, so can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences and more.
  • Included in the main library search.

Scopus

  • The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
  • Fields of research include science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
  • Included in the main library search.

Siren Films

  • Educational child development videos and training resources for early years professionals and academics.
  • The video clips focus on providing up to date theoretical information about how children learn and develop.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Social Policy and Practice

  • Social Policy and Practice brings together data from five databases covering Behavioural & Social Sciences, Social Work and Public Health.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Sociological Abstracts

  • Indexes journal articles and conference proceedings from over 1,500 journals in the field of sociology and related disciplines.

Teachers TV

  • Acclaimed website created by the UK Department of Education providing instructional videos using actual classroom footage.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

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