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Education - Suggested Databases

The following databases are suggested as good starting points for finding Education materials. This list is not exhaustive, and you may find other databases more suited to your needs.

  • British Education Index
    the leading UK source for conference papers and other high quality documents on educational policy and practice
  • EBSCO
    this covers lots of subjects but is often a good starting point for your search
  • ERIC
    the world’s leading source of articles on Education
  • Emerald
    the leading source of articles on training and management. Click on Journal of the Week for free weekly access to two of Emerald's journals.
  • IBSS
    a key social science database which is useful for many areas in Education
  • JSTOR
    a journal archive containing thousands of articles on education, family, youth and childhood topics
  • SocINDEX
    a key source for tracking down articles across the social sciences, so this is particularly useful for childhood and youth studies degree students

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Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

anne.worden@port.ac.uk

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Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk

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Subject Locations

Most books for subjects taught in Education are kept on the First Floor in the University Library. Useful classmarks to look out for include:

  • Assessment 371.26
  • Child psychology & development 155.4…
  • Childhood studies 305.23
  • Curriculum 375…
  • E-learning 371.334...
  • Early years 372.21…
  • Education policy 379.15…
  • Educational management 371.2
  • Higher Education 378
  • Management (general) 658
  • Primary education 372
  • Research methods in education 370.78
  • Secondary education 373
  • Special needs 371.9
  • Teaching 371…
  • Theories of learning 370.152, 153.15

Beware! Books about the study and teaching of a specific subject are shelved with that subject e.g. language teaching is 418.0071... with the language books on the Second Floor

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