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Search databases to find journal articles
Try these databases first. You can find the full list of education databases here.
- Proquest Central Partial fulltext (various dates) International: Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. Includes access to ProQuest Education Complete.
- DELTAA (1985-present) Australia: English second language study and teaching.
- A+ Education Partial fulltext (Fulltext 2000- Index 1978) Australian:
This is the Australian Education Index with selected fulltext added - APAFT Fulltext, indexing (1995-) Australian: Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences.
- Academic Onefile Partial fulltext (1980-) International: Information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. Fulltext of many of the references.
- ERIC Partial Fulltext. International. Dates Vary
Information on most topic areas related to education including adult education. - VOCED Australian Abstracts
Technical and vocational education and training. Some international content with a special focus on Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
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| Library databases | |
| University focus | Useful results hidden in a jungle |
| Target journal articles | Everything and anything! |
| Better results in less pages | Results in 1000s of pages |
| Fulltext scholarly articles |
May need to pay for scholarly articles $$$ |
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