Category Archives: databases

Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities – have your say!

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

In 1978, Cabell Publishing, Inc. was founded to help professors, graduate students, and researchers publish their manuscripts in academic journals. This information includes addresses, phones, e-mails and web sites for our listed journals making Cabell’s Directories an easy point of … Continue reading →

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What is the RMIT Research Repository?

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

RMIT Research Repository provides free, searchable access to RMIT University research publications. Its aim is to increase the exposure and impact of the research output of RMIT University staff by gathering it together, and making it available to the world. … Continue reading →

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Feature database – Teacher Reference Centre

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

To access Teacher Reference Centre, Click on Ebsco Host Web, which is located in the list of key databases. Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in the database are peer-reviewed. … Continue reading →

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ERIC – Feature database for Education

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

ERIC  provides unlimited access to more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials, with hundreds of new records added multiple times per week. If available, links to full text are included. Within the ERIC Collection, … Continue reading →

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AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource

Posted on September 23, 2009 by

The latest AustLit newsletter came out recently and I thought it a good opportunity to promote this resource. AustLit contains information on writing by and about Australian authors and includes a subset specifically on children’s literature. We have links from … Continue reading →

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Scopus expands arts and humanities coverage

Posted on June 19, 2009 by

Scopus is one of the key citation databases used to analyse citation information. It has been selected as a citation data supplier for the ERA. Scopus now announces the launch of expanded Arts & Humanities (A&H) coverage as per mid-June. … Continue reading →

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JSTOR Arts and Sciences Collections V and VI

Posted on May 19, 2009 by

Two new groups of journals are now available through the Library. JSTOR Arts and Sciences Collection V adds important literary reviews and state historical journals to the Library’s collection, broadening it in areas such as philosophy, history, classics, religion, art … Continue reading →

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The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education

Posted on May 6, 2009 by

We recently renewed OBHE. As they say on the website: The Observatory’s primary purpose is to provide strategic information to enable institutional leaders and policy makers to make informed decisions relevant to their existing and/or future transnational higher education initiatives. … Continue reading →

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New online resources

Posted on May 1, 2009 by

New online resources are announced via our What’s new page. Some recent additions include: McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology now online Find authoritative and comprehensive content online. This highly regarded twenty volume reference work is now available electronically, enabling … Continue reading →

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Updates to Informit

Posted on March 27, 2009 by

Informit is one of the providers/platforms for quite a few of our Australian databases, including the premier database for Australian education, A+Education. Their latest bulletin includes some updates and enhancements. It is now possible to set up alerts based on search … Continue reading →

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