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Educational Studies: electronic resources

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Contact the Education and School Practice Librarian: Mark Preston
For Mark's list of education-related web sites, see: http://del.icio.us/markpgold

Electronic resources, including journals and indexes

Your Goldsmiths username and password will allow you to access most databases from off-campus. Please ask your subject librarian or Library enquiry desk staff if you have any queries about e-resources.

To find out whether the Library subscribes to a full-text e-journal, please check the Library catalogue. Select the search field, e.g. periodical title, or search for a keyword and 'perej' (a code for e-journals) e.g. education perej.

Education journal indexes including the British Education Index and the US database ERIC. Use the following link for off-campus login.
Box of Broadcasts Freeview TV and radio programmes for the past 5 years.
Bridgeman Art Library and Art Resource Digital collections of art images. From CSA.
Credo Reference Access to 100 reference books covering a range of subjects.
Geoactive online Online secondary geography journal. Username and password required, available from enquiry desk.
Geofile online Online secondary geography journal. Username and password required, available from enquiry desk.
Ingenta For e-journals, currently in college only.
ISI Web of Knowledge Arts and Humanities Citations Index, Social Science Citations Index, Science Citations Index; 1970-present.
JSTOR archive The Library subscribes to the Arts and Sciences I and III journal collections.
Literature Online (LION) Includes around 35000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose. 228 full text literature journals and other key criticism, and reference resources.
Newspapers are available via the Proquest database, from the mid 1990s to the present.
PsycINFO Index for psychology journals.
SDOL (Science Direct Online) for social sciences, psychology and computing journals published by Elsevier, including former Academic Press titles. Some go back to 1997, with full-text access indicated by a green icon.
Sociological Abstracts Index for sociology, including access to Proquest Full Text.

Subject indexes of Internet resources

Online catalogues & other information e.g. M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries and NISS Information Gateway
Subject searching - indexes and individual subjects & resources e.g. BUBL and Intute.

Government and other organisations

BECTA British Educational Communications and Technology Agency.
Department for Education
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Including higher education.
Digital Education Resource Archive (DERA) Institute of Education digital archive of government online publications.
Directgov Official UK government web site.
General Teaching Council for England The professional body for teachers.
Higher Education Academy
National Curriculum Complete revised national curriculum for 5 to 16 year olds.
NFER National Foundation for Educational Research.
OFSTED The Office for Standards in Education, includes the Ofsted reports database.
QCDA Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency.
The Standards Site Includes DCSF publications.
Teachernet
Training and Development Agency for Schools

Internet resources for Education

This is a selection of educational, research and teaching resource web sites. A fuller list of these sites, including publishers and authors, can be found on the web page http://del.icio.us/markpgold

ACHUKA An independent children's book site, including book reviews, author interviews, and links to Amazon.
ARKive education A free multi-media resource bank for teachers.
Art history resources on the web Easy-to-navigate lists of links covering a wide range of regions, periods and styles.
Awesome Library Collection of teaching resources arranged by subject area.
BBC Learning Searchable site, including selected web sites organised into subject categories.
BookTrusted Information on books and book organisations for children and young people, with good lists of links.
British Educational Research Association Includes full text publications, e.g. 'Good practice on educational research writing' (2000).
Carnegie and Greenaway Medal website Awarded annually by CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. Includes Reading Resources packs and Living Archive of previous winners.
CERUK Database of current and ongoing education research, including PhD theses, ranging from early years to adults.
Christian Aid : Learn Resources web site for teachers.
Digital Education Resource Archive (DERA) Institute of Education digital archive of government online publications.
Explore Parliament UK Parliament's education web site.
Futurelab Includes educational research publications online.
Geographical Association
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Non-profit organization which represents an international network of people committed to bringing books and children together.
Intute Education Subject hub for internet resources.
Learn.co.uk Educational web site from the Guardian.
Learning at the British Library Workshops, activities and resources for teachers and learners of all ages.
NESTA National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. Includes educational research reports online.
Reading Matters NGfL approved site with book reviews for children and teenagers.
SchoolHistory.co.uk NGfL approved site with links to history teaching resources on the web.
Seven Stories Web site of the Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle.
Teacher Training Resource Bank Collection of teaching resources. Part of a 3 year project supported by the TDA to increase access to initial teacher education (ITE) resources.
US Higher Education Index of universities and community colleges.
World Wide Art Resources General art site with extensive search facilities for artists, museums, exhibitions, publications, and art history.

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