LibGuides: Education and Autism: Education journal databases

Why you should use journal articles

In academic writing, it is essential to support your discussions and arguments with reliable, published sources. Personal opinions such as 'I believe...' are not sufficient on their own: you must back up your claims with credible evidence from academic literature.

This evidence is usually published as an academic journal article. These sources are typically found in academic databases and, in some cases, through platforms like Google Scholar. Using these resources ensures you access high-quality, relevant information. The Library provides these databases in collaboration with your lecturers and academic staff, helping you find the most appropriate materials for your subject area.

So it is important that you understand why you need to use these sources, develop your skills and knowledge of how research is published, and which resources are most applicable to your subject areas.

Professional practice journals

You can use professional practice or trade publications to keep up to date with news and events.

Some useful publications are:

Key journal databases for Education

A database is an online resource that contains information that can be searched.

Databases vary in content for example they can cover multiple subjects or be subject-specific. The databases we have in the Library collection cover academic subjects and include advanced search options.

In most cases you will have direct access to the full text of articles. If the full text is not available you can request access through our Document Supply Service.

British Education Index
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Information on research, policy and practice in education and training in the UK. Particular strengths include aspects of educational policy and administration, evaluation and assessment, technology and special educational needs.
Content is included from over 250 English language periodicals published in the British Isles and in certain internationally published periodicals. Subject coverage includes : Cognitive development,Computer assisted learning, Curriculum, Educational policy,Educational psychology,Educational technology, Language acquisition, Training,Management in education, Multicultural education, Physical education, Science education, Special educational needs, Teacher education, Vocational education.

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Education databases from ProQuest
Thus is a collection of five databases from ProQuest. You can search them together or separately.

To use Advanced search select individual databases. Contents:
* ERIC
* Australian Education Index
* Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
* Sports Medicine & Education Index
* Education Database

Research into Higher Education Abstracts
UK and international coverage of Higher Education. Produced by the Society for Research into Higher Education

IDP Database of Research on International Education
Australian Education International's searchable web database of research relevant to international education.
The database is updated monthly and currently contains details of 4,794 books, articles, conference papers and reports. It will help users to keep up to date with emerging trends and quickly locate research relevant to their needs. The database encompasses Australian and international research and, where possible, includes links to the full text of catalogued research. It also includes links to over forty relevant websites, other useful databases and a range of international education journals and publishers.
Education Abstracts
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Education Abstracts indexes journals dating back to 1983 and books from 1995 on a wide range of education topics
Teacher Reference Center
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The Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals to assist professional educators.
Cross search available with all EBSCO databases, select Choose Databases and tick those you wish to add to your search.
SCOPUS
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstracting database for over 18,000 peer reviewed periodicals. Scopus is particularly useful for exploring citations, and analysing search results to see which authors are most cited and where results are published.

A database is an online resource that contains information that can be searched.

You can find material on teaching curriculum subjects in general databases and in specialist subject databases in other subject guides. The databases below are specialist databases with strong coverage on learning and teaching.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
An index of articles from over 2,000 international journal publications.
The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical, and geographical linguistics.

Linguistics Database
Linguistics Database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

Sports Medicine and Education Index
Index of peer review journals, conference proceedings, articles from the popular press and many other publications. Coverage includes, health, coaching, dance, sport sociology and sport medicine.
The material is updated monthly and the coverage is from 1970.

A database is an online resource that contains information that can be searched.

You can find material on leadership in general databases and in specialist subject databases in other subject guides. The databases below are specialist databases with content related to leadership.

Emerald Insight
Emerald Insight has wide coverage of management and organisation topics including many resources on management and development in education.
Educational Administration Abstracts
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Educational Administration Abstracts indexes over 190000 records Topics include educational leadership, research and management.
Educational Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 190,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline, such as: Educational Administration Quarterly, Review of Higher Education, Journal of Educational Administration, etc. EBSCO has digitized the full archive of this index, bringing coverage back to 1966

A database is an online resource that contains information that can be searched.

You can find material on leadership in general databases and in specialist subject databases in other subject guides. The databases below are specialist databases with content related to childhood and policy.

Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
Index and abstracts for health, social services, psychology, criminology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Currently contains over 312,000 records from 650 journals in 16 different countries, including the UK and US. Coverage is from 1987 onwards. Updated monthly, with more than 1500 records added per update.
Child Development & Adolescent Studies
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Abstracting database covering the development of children and young people up to age 21, Child Development & Adolescent Studies includes journals, technical reports books and theses from biomedical and social sciences.
APA PsycInfo
This database is published by the American Psychological Associations and provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature from the 1800s to the present.

Browse key journals

BrowZine
Browzine allows you to look through key journals in your specialism. Click through to a journal's contents page to access the articles.

It is important to scan key journals in your subject area to keep up to date. The Articles in Press feature displays the most current articles before they have been officially given a volume and issue number. When you have selected a journal, Articles in Press appears on the left, just below the journal cover image.

What to do if the Library doesn't stock an article

In the course of searching these specialist resources, you may find articles that we do not have access to in our Library collection. If this happens, we can get the articles for you through our Document Supply Service.

This link is the information about how to use the Document Supply Service at Sheffield Hallam.

Document Supply Service

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