What are databases?
Databases contain information about things like journal articles and conference proceedings
Use databases if you want to search for current research on a topic
Some databases contain full articles
For others you have to search for the journal title in our library catalogue
CrossSearch
e-journals
The library has many ejournals you can browse online. Click here to find some relevant titles.
TIP: Select 'Title equals' from the first drop down menu and search by keywords eg indigenous, aboriginal
Search Google Scholar
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Key databases
Start your search for journal articles by selecting one of these databases
- Indigenous resources on Informit
Search across all Indigenous databases in RMIT Publishing's Informit service for Australasian scholarly research. - Anthropological index online
- AUSCHRON (Chronology of Australian historic and current events) Includes references. All topics, but an emphasis on current happenings in Australia.
- Australian Family and Society Plus
- Sociological Abstracts The major source for international information about journal articles, books and book chapters, conference papers and reviews in theoretical and applied sociology, social science and policy science.1963+
Other recommended databases
- ANZ Reference Centre Online Australian Newspapers
- JSTOR
- ProQuest
- Scopus Large database indexing over 13 000 titles.
- Web of Science Index of 7000 high impact journals in all subject areas. Articles indexed since 1991 have links to articles cited by and citing that article.
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Anne Shepherd (Hbt) 6226 2306
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Help!
Need help with searching in journal databases? Try our Library eTutor searching databases tutorial
Or watch a short video on finding journal articles online
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