Databases

Key Databases

A+ Education (via Informit) This link opens in a new window
Articles from Australian education journals covering all levels and aspects of education.
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AustLIt: The resource for Australian literature This link opens in a new window
Creative literature, poems, plays, novels and short stories as well as criticisms and reviews of Australian literature, literary aspects of stage, film and sound productions and awards.
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Australian Public Affairs Fulltext (APAFT) (via Informit) This link opens in a new window
Editorials, opinion pieces, essays and other articles from Australian magazines and professional journals covering political, economic, legal, social and cultural affairs.
EBSCOhost databases This link opens in a new window
Useful databases include Academic Search Elite (multidisciplinary), Education Source, ERIC, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
ERIC plus Education Source (via EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Key databases for education literature including journals, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers and books and ERIC Digests. These are one to two page records, written specifically for teachers, administrators, and other practitioners, which provide an overview of information on a given topic. This search also includes the full Education Source database.
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Project MUSE Humanities collection This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed journals and books in the humanities discipline including history, literature, philosophy, religion, theatre, music, film and more.
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ProQuest databases This link opens in a new window
Useful databases include Education Database, Research Library (multidisciplinary)

Key Databases for Classroom Resources

Scootle This link opens in a new window
Digital resources aligned to the Australian Curriculum including interactive, multimedia resources as well as audio, photo and video resources. It includes work samples, collections of curriculum resources, teacher ideas and tools to create learning resources. Register (free) to access content.
Hint: the Advanced Search allows you to limit by Year level (F to 12), Learning area (e.g. Arts), Resource type (e.g. Interactive)
EBSCOhost databases This link opens in a new window
Access Primary Search for elementary school resources and MAS Ultra: School Edition for high school resources
JacPLUS This link opens in a new window
Educational resources for secondary school in all key learning areas aligned to the Australian Curriculum including lesson plans, e-textbooks, assessment tools, educational games and a range of applications.
Many of the current textbooks used in Queensland are available in the eBookPLUS format. These provide additional resource overview document and a resource summary, which is available through the Prelims chapter of most eBookPLUS titles.
The Source (by Magpies) This link opens in a new window
Information about children's literature from around the world with a focus on Australian and New Zealand books. Provides publication details and summaries of each book.
OER Commons This link opens in a new window
Freely available open educational resources for teaching and learning.
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Videos for the classroom

Story box library This link opens in a new window
Videos of stories by Australian authors and illustrators, being read aloud by storytellers.
ARTS:LIVE This link opens in a new window
Visual and performing arts videos and associated teaching materials aligned to the National Curriculum. For primary and secondary students.
Education in Video (via Alexander Street) This link opens in a new window
Contains videos of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.
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Kanopy videos (documentaries, films and interviews) This link opens in a new window
Online streaming videos including documentaries, feature films, interviews and other short video series. Covering a large number of topics including Education.
ClickView This link opens in a new window
By accessing ClickView you also agree to the ClickView Online Terms of Use
QUT's official service for off-air broadcast videos.
Staff can embed ClickView videos to Canvas, access off-air recordings and a wealth of films, documentaries and more for teaching purposes; including the creation of Interactive Videos to use in lectures and tutorials.
Students can view videos selected by teaching staff in the Libraries section, upload videos to their 1GB of personal Workspace for editing into clips or creating Interactive Videos to share with other QUT students or staff.
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Databases

Key Databases

Key Databases for Classroom Resources

Videos for the classroom

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