Databases

Key databases

A+ Education (via Informit)
Articles from Australian education journals covering all levels and aspects of education.
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EBSCOhost databases
A collection of individual databases such as Academic Search Elite, Business Source Elite, Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO and ERIC providing access to journal articles, trade publications, newspapers and more covering all subject areas with a focus on Education, Health and Psychology.
ERIC plus Education Source (via EBSCOhost)
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.
ProQuest databases
Multidisciplinary database collection that provides mostly fulltext access to journal and newspaper articles, ebooks, conference papers and theses.
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Key databases for classroom resources

Scootle
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.
JacPLUS
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.
Maths300
Maths lessons, software aids, and worksheets for Australian mathematics teachers. Covers year levels 0-12.
Slate
Educational mathematics resource by Origo Education. Includes teacher notes, activities and assessment rubrics.
EBSCOhost databases
Access Primary Search for elementary school resources and MAS Ultra School Edition for high school resources
Encyclopaedia Britannica School
Britannica's complete encyclopedia with a range of additional reference works. Includes World Atlas and Merriam-Webster dictionaries, plus lesson plans and other teacher resources.

Videos for the classroom

Story box library
Videos of stories by Australian authors and illustrators, being read aloud by storytellers.
ARTS:LIVE
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)
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)
Online streaming videos including documentaries, feature films, interviews and other short video series. Covering a large number of topics including Education.
Topics include:
- The Arts (architecture, dance, design, fashion, literature, music, performance art and visual arts)
- Business plus media and communications
- Education
- Health (nursing, diet and nutrition, psychology, social work and human services, sports and fitness)
- Sciences and engineering, information technology and library science
- Law and criminal justice
ClickView
QUT's official service for off-air broadcast videos.
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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.

Databases

Key databases

Key databases for classroom resources

Videos for the classroom

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