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Top Databases for Education

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The Australian Education Index provides access to documents relating to educational trends, research, policy and practice. Covers the period 1977 to present.
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British Education Index This link opens in a new window
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The British Education Index provides information on research, policy and practice in education and training in the UK. It covers education from pre-school to university level and includes a thesaurus using UK-specific educational terminology. Most of the journals included in British Education Index are published in the UK, although some international literature is included. This database can be cross-searched with ERIC.
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Education Database This link opens in a new window
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Education database provides full text access to a wide range of journal articles in the field of education covering: adult, primary, secondary, higher, special needs and teacher education. As well as journal articles this database indexes dissertations, reports and working papers. Most of the content is from 1980 to present.
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ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from from 1966 to present. It can be cross-searched with the British Education Index.
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Related Databases for Education

Child Development & Adolescent Studies This link opens in a new window
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This database is a source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. This 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. Book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed in this database. More than 383,000 records are included, with over 10,000 new records added each year.
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Education Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Education Abstracts provides indexing and abstracts for more than 680 periodicals, books and yearbooks covering the period 1983 to present.
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APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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APA PsycInfo contains references to journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertations in the field of psychology and behavioural sciences. It covers the period from 1600 to present. Almost all the materials included in APA PsycInfo are peer-reviewed. As well as psychology it includes references to the psychological aspects of: health, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, business and law.
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Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioural sciences. This includes coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers and working papers. Cited references are included for many journal articles.
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Web of Science - Core Collection This link opens in a new window
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The Web of Science Core Collection comprises a set of databases covering scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examines proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.
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Issues Online This link opens in a new window
Issues Online provides a series of electronic books covering contemporary social issues. Each book contains articles, key facts and statistics as well as contact details for lobby groups. A current list of titles is available from their web site.
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Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Educational Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 190,000 records and covers the period 1966 to present.
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Social Science Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
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Social Science Premium Collection provides access to databases covering the international literature in the social sciences.
It provides abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, including deep indexing and full text from over 1000 important social science journals. (Featured databases include IBSS, PAIS and Sociological Abstracts.)
Dates of coverage: 1871 - current.
Subject coverage includes: politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education.
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Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
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Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for more than 220 peer -reviewed journals.
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Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window
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SAGE Research Methods contains more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences. It supports research at all levels and across all subjects by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. Also includes cases, datasets, data analysis and materials on data visualization, qualitative and quantitative research methods, statistical methods and statistical packages such as Python, R and SPSS among others.
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SCOPUS This link opens in a new window
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Scopus is a comprehensive scientific, medical, technical and social science database containing all relevant literature.
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Tes Magazine This link opens in a new window
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Access to TES (Times Education Supplement) Magazine. This magazine contains articles relating to education topics. To see Scottish news and features, select the Scotland link from the magazine's homepage.
Access to this resource requires users to register and log in using an individual account. Registration instructions can be found here. You must register using your University of Strathclyde email address. For security reasons, please do not reuse your University password when registering your account. Links to Tes's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are available on the login/registration page.

It is not currently possible to search or browse for articles on the Tes Magazine resource. Tes are working on introducing this feature, but are currently unable to provide a timescale for when this will be implemented. Articles from 1999-2021 can be accessed using Nexis, Factiva and ProQuest databases via The Times Educational Supplement SUPrimo journal record.

Useful shelf numbers - Education

Library books are arranged by the Dewey Decimal classification scheme whereby each subject is represented by a number. You will find books on the same subject will have the same number. The shelfmark is preceded by the letter D and will be followed by 3 letters, which are usually the first 3 letters of the author's name.

Useful education related subjects shelfmarks:

D 370 General education

D 371.1024 Classroom management

D 371.9 Special education

D 372 Primary education

D 373 Secondary education

D 378 Higher education

New books

Scottish Education by T. G. K. Bryce editor.; Walter M. Humes editor.; Donald Gillies editor.; Aileen Kennedy editor.; Janis Davidson editor.; Tom Hamilton editor.; Ian Smith editor.
Publication Date: 2018
Ebook version of this popular textbook
100 ideas for secondary teachers : supporting students with numeracy difficulties by Babtie, Patricia author. Dillon, Sue, author.
Publication Date: 2019
100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Interventions by Laura O'Leary
ISBN: 9781472963260
Publication Date: 2019
Feel free to smile : the behaviour management survival guide for new teachers by Cunningham-Smith, Nikki
Publication Date: 2021
Equitable Education by Sameena Choudry
Publication Date: 2021
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism by Colin Baker; Wayne E. Wright
Publication Date: 2021
Action Research for Student Teachers by Colin Forster; Rachel Eperjesi
Publication Date: 2021
The Palgrave handbook of positive education by Kern, Margaret L.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.
Publication Date: 2021
Behaving together in the classroom : a teacher's guide to nurturing behaviour
Publication Date: 2021
Outdoor learning and play : pedagogical practices and children's cultural formation by Grindheim, Liv Torunn, editor.; Sørensen, Hanne Værum, editor.; Rekers, Angela
Publication Date: 2021
Inclusion : a principled guide for school leaders by Nicola Crossley; Des Hewitt
Publication Date: 2021
Play in the Early Years by Kay Owen (Editor)
Publication Date: 2021

New books about study skills and essay writing

Brilliant essays by Ursula Hackett
ISBN: 9781352011388
Publication Date: 2021
Succeeding with your university essay : a step-by-step handbook by John Biggam
ISBN: 9780335248506
Publication Date: 2020
Academic Writing and Dyslexia by Adrian J. Wallbank
Call Number: D 820-4(09) WAL
ISBN: 1138291498
Publication Date: 2018
The Quick Fix Guide to Academic Writing by Phillip C. Shon
Call Number: D 820-4(09) SHO
ISBN: 9781526405890
Publication Date: 2018
The Study Skills Handbook by Stella Cottrell
ISBN: 9781137610874
Publication Date: 2019
Academic Success by Jean Brick; Nick Wilson; Deanna Wong; Maria Herke
ISBN: 9781352002621
Publication Date: 2018
How to Write Better Essays by Bryan Greetham
ISBN: 1352001144
Publication Date: 2018
Academic Writing Skills for International Students by Siew Hean Read
ISBN: 9781352003758
Publication Date: 2018

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