Education

This is UCLan's Education library page.

For more help and guidance please contact your Faculty Librarian: Louise Smith

Books

Use the Library Search to find print and electronic books.

Ebook Central | Dawsonera | all multi subject.
Emerald Social Sciences Ebook Collection subjects include language, linguistics, education and sociology.
Routledge Handbooks Online - subjects include education, provides overview of classic and current research.

Finding the full-text of journal articles

Use the Journal Finder if you have a reference for a specific journal article, or browse through our subscriptions.

If you still cannot locate the full text, you can order the article you need from our Inter-Library Loans Service.

Education Database provides access to over 800 education journals in full text. You can also cross search with the Australian Education Index.
British Education Index covers aspects of educational policy and administration, evaluation and assessment, technology and special educational needs.
Child Development & Adolescent Studies covers literature on the growth and development of children through to the age of 21.
Education Abstracts features adult education, comparative education, government funding, higher education, school administration and teacher evaluation.
Educational Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) provides access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making and research.
Film & Television Literature Index The definitive online tool for film and television research. It is a comprehensive and bibliographic database covering the entire spectrum of television and film.

Academic Search Complete full text database of over 6000 journals
Taylor and Francis Online Library includes British Journal of Educational Studies, Early Years, Comparative Education and The Journal of Education Policy.
Science Direct 1500 scientific, technical and medical full text journals.
Emerald Management Premier includes History of Education Review, Interactive Technology and Smart Education and Studies in Educational Ethnography.
Social Policy and Practice database of social policy materials from 1890-present, including information on public health, social care, children, and families.
Project Muse subject areas include: literature, history, cultural studies, education, politics, gender studies, economics and more.
SocINDEX with Full Text sociology research database encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study
PsycINFO journal articles, reports, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines.

Other databases that may be of use can be found on the multi subject database page

Nexis - sources include The Times Educational Supplement, The Times Higher Education Supplement, to find out if a particular title is included within the Nexis database, use the Sources tab on the search page.

Zetoc - provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents of current journals and conference proceedings.

P-E-P Archive is a digital archive of many of the major works of psychoanalysis, includes the complete works of Sigmund Freud, classic texts such as John Bowlby’s Attachment and Loss.

Our Electronic Resources section provides details of all our online resources and includes an E-Databases A-Z list.

Education in Video - online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers, contains teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries of students and teachers in actual classrooms.