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Subject Resource Guide for Education

Finding Information

A useful place to start your research is to use dictionaries and encyclopaedias to provide definitions, and help you to understand the terminology. Check the Reference Collection in your Library.
Dictionary of education
370.3 LAWT
Encyclopedia of education
RQ370.3 ENCY 2003

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Research Tools

Call number shelf location:
Education 370

Subject searching in NEWCAT examples:
child development
educational psychology
learning
literacy
schools

Keyword searching in NEWCAT examples:
bullying and school
assessment and instruction
literacy and education
technology and teaching
"learning difficulties"
"learning outcomes"

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Finding Journal Articles

A number of the online databases to which the Library subscribes include full text articles. For articles not found in those databases, you must search the Library catalogue to find if the Library has these journal titles.
Finding Journal Articles

Online Databases

AEI Australian Education Index
Education Journals (Proquest)
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
Australasian Digital Theses Program (ADT)

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Contact

Ruth Talbot-Stokes

Faculty Librarian - Education & Arts
Auchmuty Library
Ph: 02 492 18881 ; Fax: 02 492 15833
Email:Ruth.Talbot-Stokes@newcastle.edu.au

Jenny Marriott
Client Services Librarian
Ourimbah Library
Ph: 02 4349 4478; Fax: 02 4348 4215
Email: Jenny.Marriott@newcastle.edu.au

Internet Resources

NSW Board of Studies
NSW Department of Education and Training

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