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This guide is to assist students studying in the areas of Adult and Vocational Education. Each element of this guide has been designed to assist you in finding materials to enhance your research and understanding of the topics.
If you are new to conducting library research in an academic setting, or new to academic writing and referencing, there are self-paced online tutorials available to help you on the Library Study pages.
Key resources
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Career and Technical Education Database (ProQuest)
Covers careers and vocations, trade and industry, and job search. Technical topics include computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design and photography.
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Education Database
Covers primary, secondary, and higher education; also includes special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
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Gale Research Complete
Includes access to journal articles, newspapers, reference material, audio content and ebooks across multiple disciplines. It also includes access to Gale Primary Sources.
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VOCEDplus
Covers vocational education and training (VET), higher education, adult and community education, informal learning, and VET in Schools. It is international in scope and has extensive coverage of Australian material.
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Macquarie Dictionary OnlineThe Macquarie Dictionary & Thesaurus Online features easy, comprehensive and interactive searching of over 121,000 headwords and phrases and over 210,000 definitions, with the ability to search either the dictionary, thesaurus or both.
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Oxford ReferenceOxford Reference is the home of Oxford’s quality reference publishing, bringing together over 2 million entries, many of which are illustrated, into a single cross-searchable resource. Newly relaunched with a brand new look and feel, and specifically designed to meet the needs and expectations of reference users, Oxford Reference provides quality, up-to-date reference content at the click of a button. Made up of two main collections, both fully integrated and cross-searchable, Oxford Reference couples Oxford’s trusted A-Z reference material with an intuitive design to deliver a discoverable, up-to-date, and expanding reference resource.
Researching, writing and referencing help
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Study and assignment skillsDevelop your study and digital skills and improve your researching, writing and editing.
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ReferencingSelf-help resources, including examples of how to reference in various styles.
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Academic integrity mattersIntroduces you to academic integrity and provides resources to support your commitment to academic integrity.
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Systematic-style reviewThis web page will be of interest to anyone conducting or intending to conduct a systematic-style review (e.g., systematic, scoping, integrative, rapid, systematic quantitative literature review, etc.)
