First Nations in Education

The database covers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research on topics including the stolen generation, arts issues, intellectual property issues, land rights, sociological issues & attitudes and many more. It provides global, national, state and local coverage. It covers the period from 1968 to Dec. 2002.

Australian content The Informit Indigenous Collection (IIC) offers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Readily available, the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary framework encompasses anthropology, community development, cultural studies, economics,

AustLit provides a current record of Australian literature and criticism for works of fiction, poetry, writing for theatre, writing for film and television, as well as criticism.

Australian content Indigenous Studies Bibliography covers published and unpublished material on Australian Indigenous studies and is produced by Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Library. It covers the period 1990 to present.

A strong Australian education research focus including educational policy, administration, curriculum, educational psychology. Sources include published and unpublished material, theses, book chapters, conference papers, journal articles. Indexing spans 1978 to current and full-text coverage started in 2000.

This collection combines significant Australian databases with bibliographic records relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A range of subjects such as land rights, Native Title, the stolen generations, deaths in custody, culture, environmental issues, Indigenous language and more across twelve databases are covered.

ERIC stands for Education Resources Information Center. It is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (research part of the US department of education). The database includes education research literature in journal articles, conference papers, reports, theses, book chapters and class programs (lesson plans and models).

This easy-to-navigate comprehensive education database covers primary-, secondary-, and higher education. It also covers special- and adult education. It includes more than 1000 top educational publications (800 in full text). About 75% of the publications covered are scholarly journals.

This Australian database, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Artists Database (NATSIVAD) is an index for Australian Indigenous visual artists.

This database contains over 20,000 videos from the world’s best filmmakers. A wide range of educational disciplines are included such as teacher educational development, education documentaries, historical perspectives, Australian Studies, Indigenous studies, performing arts and many more.

Academic Search Complete is a large multi-disciplinary database with full text for more than 7300 peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Subjects includes adult education, arts education, child & adolescent psychology, child development, cognitive sciences, education policy, educational administration, educational psychology, educational technology, music education and much more.

ProQuest Central includes 47 complete databases in the Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Science & Technology, Interdisciplinary and other fields. This resource features a highly-respected, diverse mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos.

CINAHL is an authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. It has broad content coverage including 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine. This database provides indexing for thousands of journals with selected titles available in full text. Coverage commences with 1937.

Google Scholar is a popular way to search for literature across a very broad range of publisher and subject content. You need to set up your Google Scholar preferences to search effectively and to allow unpaid University of Melbourne access.

This is a core global multidisciplinary database that indexes high quality peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and book series. All disciplines are covered (science, medicine, social sciences and arts & humanities). Citation indexes help with locating cited references e.g. for a journal article or book chapter.

An important interdisciplinary resource with 12,000 leading journals in science and social sciences (incl. Education research). Journal articles, conference proceedings and book series are included.