Library guides: Vocational and adult education: Databases and journals

Databases and journals

Key databases

The databases listed here have been selected by library and academic staff to give you a good start on finding the information you need. Each of these database will cover a variety of subject areas with differing levels of authority.

A+ Education (Informit)
Journal articles for education theory and practice.
A+ Education is the full text version of the Australian Education Index (AEI). Like AEI it indexes a wide range of published resources on all aspects of education. NOTE: Coverage - Full text coverage for some journals from 2000 to present : index, 1978 to present.
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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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ERIC (ProQuest)
Includes journals, curriculum and teaching guides, and other publications for education.
An international bibliographic database covering the literature on all aspects of education. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC consists of two files: Resources in Education (RIE), covering the document literature, and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), covering the published journal literature from over 775 periodicals.
MOBILE ACCESS: Optimised for use on mobile devices.
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Psycinfo (Ovid)
A comprehensive database for psychology and behavioural science. Also covers other disciplines including artifical intelligence, business, education, medicine, law, linguistics, neuroscience, nursing, pharmacology, political science, psychology, social work, sociology and sports.
50 simultaneous user limit.
Scopus
Abstracts and indexes journals, books and conference proceedings for all disciplines. Includes tools to track, analyse and visualise research.
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. It provides a Journal Analyzer tool which uses citation information to indicate impact and journal ranking. Subject areas covered are: chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social science, psychology and economics, biological, agricultural and environmental sciences, and general sciences.
MOBILE ACCESS: iPhone and Android apps are available for SciVerse. You need to register on main site to access.
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.

Key journals

Australian Journal of Adult Learning
The 'Australian Journal of Adult Learning' is an official publication of Adult Learning Australia Inc. (ALA). It is concerned with promoting critical thinking and research in the field of adult learning as well as the theory, research and practice of adult and community education.
Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
Addresses vocational education and training-specific questions from different academic disciplines.
Teaching in Higher Education
Publishes research on the effects of teaching policy, practice and funding and societal expectation on higher education teaching and pedagogical outcomes.