There are tools researchers can use to help with their research and evaluation projects.
Google Scholar search
Google Scholar is a search engine for scholarly research presenting results from:
- journal articles
- academic reports
- theses
- studies
- other literature.
Google Scholar also includes the number of citations a document has, and can be sorted by time.
Education journals
Australian-based education journals provide academic or subject-specific education and child development research and information.
- Australasian Journal of Gifted Education
- Australian Educational Leader - Official journal for the Australian Council of Educational Leaders
- Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education
- Australian Journal of Education
- Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
- Australian and International Journal of Rural Education
Leading and Managing is another international, peer-reviewed academic journal focussed on educational leadership and management.
Fee-based databases and libraries
Fee-based databases and libraries provide access to a wide range of academic journal articles, abstracts, citations and peer-reviewed literature.
- A+ Education via Informit is an Australian site offering a full-subscription database that provides access to scanned journal articles from published material in all areas of education. It was created in partnership with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). A free trial is available.
- The Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC) is a major international education database hosting journal and document content sourced by the Educational Resources Information Centre in the US.
Cunningham Library
Cunningham Library provides access to a comprehensive range of up-to-date Australian and international educational research resources and a range of education directories.
The catalogue provides free public access to a range of new and existing articles.
Online access to the collection of electronic journals and requests to borrow books and other resources requires library membership.
Our Research and Evaluation unit can provide a 12 month membership to the library. If you require access to the Cunningham Library, please contact the Research and Evaluation unit.
Other electronic sources
- AEI-ATSIS: Australian Education Index – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander subset
- APAIS-Health
- British Education Index
- British Library
- Campbell Collaboration
- EBSCO host research databases
- Educational Research Abstracts Online
- Embase Biomedical database
- Family: Australian Family & Society Abstracts Database
- Humanities & Social Sciences Collection
- IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
- IDP: Database of Research on International Education
- Ingentaconnect.com
- PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
- PsycINFO
- ProQuest Education Journals
- ProQuest Dissertation & Theses Global
- Sage Journals Online
- School Leadership
- Scopus
- SSCI: Social Sciences Citation Index
- Social Services Abstracts
- Sociological Abstracts
- Trove National Library of Australia
- Web of Science Search
Education and child development websites
Many education and child development websites provide news, events, data, reports, and other information for policy makers and practitioners.
- ADCET: Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training has information and resources about inclusive teaching, learning and assessment strategies, a support services to support disability practitioners, teachers and learning support staff.
- Australian Policy Online is a free service providing full-text research reports and papers, statistics and other resources needed for creating and launching public policy in Australia and New Zealand.
- ARACY: Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth website has information about programs and strategies to improve the wellbeing of children.
- Curriculum Leadership Journal provides comprehensive coverage of issues about school education leaders (for example, curriculum, leadership and management, technology, pedagogy, assessment) in Australia and New Zealand, including schooling trends.
- NCVER: National Centre for Educational Research website has data, reports and publications to inform policy and practice.
- VOCEDplus is a tertiary education research database. It's free and includes content about vocational education and training (VET), higher education and other forms of community education.
- What Works Clearing House reviews the research on multiple aspects of education. The site aims to answer the question ‘What works in education?’ by using information from high-quality research. Their goal is to give educators with the information needed to make evidence-based decisions.
Contact
Research and Evaluation
Phone: 8226 1609
Email: education.researchunit [at] sa.gov.au