Education

Support for Education

• Liaison Librarian: Catriona Alexander
• Email (preferred): catriona.alexander@uws.ac.uk
• Tel: +44 (0)1292 886 266 (based at Ayr Campus)

Contact us if you would like advice on:

• finding information for your assignments
• choosing keywords and setting limits
• choosing resources to search
• assessing credibility of sources
• compiling a search strategy for a literature review
• reference management

Resources

Education Source: large collection of full-text journals covering all levels of education from early childhood to higher education

SocINDEX: full-text social sciences resources

Taylor & Francis Journals: full-text access to a wide number of journals and e-books in education, the social sciences and humanities

Web of Science: journal article and e-book citation indexing service that also provides full text links to other databases Support Resources

Autism Data: free database from the National Autistic Society

Blended Online Learning and Distance Education (BOLDE) Research Bank: details of books, articles, reports and conference papers - from the Australian Council for Educational Research

ClickView: online library of television and radio broadcasts that can be downloaded and edited.

Digital Education Repository Archive: archive of official documents relating to education, training, children and families

Drama Online: Full-text of classic and contemporary playtexts plus live performances, audio plays, theory and practice

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center): details of US journal articles and documents (not full text)

GALE InfoTrac Newsstand - full-text newspaper resource that provides access to more than 2,300 major world newspapers, and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts. 

Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection: full text of psychology, psychiatry and counselling journals

SAGE Journals Online: full-text journal articles in health sciences, social sciences, material sciences & engineering, and life and biomedical sciences

ScienceDirect: full-text journals and e-books on a range of subjects (free registration may be required)

SCRAN: searchable archive of Scotland's history and culture

Social Care Online: UK’s largest database of information and research on all aspects of social care and social work

Times Educational Supplement: Educational materials, jobs, news and courses from and for the world’s best community of teachers and school leaders

Wiley Online Library: full-text articles covering accounting, business, economics, finance and law

Zetoc: Tables of contents for research journals (not full-text)