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Access to e-resources

You have access to the university library resources which have a large range of eBooks and electronic journal resources (see the list below); use the Education and Childhood studies starting point.

Two useful portal resources are Proquest and EBSCO. You will need to use your Hull username and password to access these.

if you are having problems with access to these via your logins you can use the following logins (click on the link to access the login page).

  • Proquest: username: WWYTQ3L7 password: ZSJTSYP72L
  • EBSCO: username: scitts password: ERCeducation
Canvas VLE You will need to use your Hull username and password to access these.
This website You will find significant resources on this site. Use the site map for more.
Access to Libraries

Access to other libraries via SCONOL you will need your libary access, some local libraries are:

You may not have ATHENS access to journals and so will need to access these via their local university library. See your own sections of the site for details.
Educational Research Repositories
British Education Index: The British Education Index continues to serve its original, 50-year old, purpose as an independent subject and author index to the contents of significant education journals published in the UK. go to site
CEBE: The Coalition for Evidence-based Education (CEBE) is an alliance of researchers, policy makers and practitioners who are interested in improving the way research evidence is accessed, and used, across the sector. go to site
CUREE: Centre for the use of research and evidence in education: CUREE is an internationally acknowledged centre of expertise in evidence-based practice in all sectors of education go to site
Digital Education Resource Archive: The IOE UK Digital Education Repository Archive (DERA) is a digital archive of documents published electronically by government and other relevant bodies in the areas of education, training, children and families. go to site
Education Datalab: Our mission is to be the UK’s centre of excellence for quantitative research in education, providing independent, cutting-edge research to support those leading education policy and practice. go to site
Education Endownment Foundation: A central aim of the EEF is to improve knowledge and extend the the evidence-base on what works to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils in schools in England. go to site
Educational Evidence Portal: This portal helps you find educational evidence from a range of reputable UK sources using a single search. It is designed for both professional and lay people interested in education and children's services. go to site
Education-Line: Browse through the British Education Thesaurus subject terms and then list all papers classified under your chosen subject go to site
EPPI - Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre : The EPPI-Centre is committed to informing policy and professional practice with sound evidence. As such, it is involved in two main areas of work: Systematic reviews and Research Use. go to site

EPPSE - In 1997 Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education (EPPSE) was instigated as the UK’s first major study to focus on the effectiveness of early years education. More than 3,000 children were assessed at the start of pre-school (at approximately three years old) and their development monitored as they entered school until they made their post-16 education, training or employment choices.

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ERIC - Education Reource Information Centre: ERIC indexes a wide variety journal sources. go to site
Evidence for the Frontline - Evidence for the Frontline (E4F) is a support service for schools. Staff submit questions and are given advice by a researcher, matched with evidence resources, or put in touch with another school with relevant experience to help them to answer that question. go to site
IEE - Institute for Effective Education: We conduct rigorous evaluations of education programmes and practices. Our research is mainly focused on literacy, numeracy, and science in the UK and overseas, but also includes early childhood education, parenting, widening participation, and the effective use of technology. go to site
IPTE - International Portal of Teacher Education: The MOFET Institute was established in 1983 in order to serve as an intercollegiate professional meeting-place for teacher educators. go to site
MESH guides: MESH provides a sustainable system using resources already in the education system to generate, quality assure and update evidence-based summaries written for educators. go to site
NFER: National Foundation for Educational Research: We aim to improve education and learning, and hence the lives of learners, by providing independent evidence. go to site
NFER: National Foundation for Educational Research "on the web": The latest issue of On the Web, is now available. This is our monthly current awareness publication which highlights recent reports, publications and useful documents from prominent educational research and children's services-related organisations. go to site
Research Ed: researchED is a grass-roots, teacher-led organisation aimed at improving research literacy in the educational communities, dismantling myths in education, getting the best research where it is needed most, and providing a platform for educators, academics, and all other parties to meet and discuss what does and doesn't work in the great project of raising our children. go to site
Research Rich Schools: In December 2014, the National College for Teaching and Leadership commissioned a group of 15 teaching school alliances from across the country to develop a framework or ‘typology’ of R&D roles and research activities. The collaborative project has involved the active contribution of all participants, coordinated by the RSA Academies Teaching School Alliance. go to site
The Sutton Trust: The Sutton Trust is a do tank. We commission regular research to influence policy and to inform our programmes to improve social mobility through education. Link to our latest news and research from the carousel. go to site
Teaching and Learning Academy: The Research for Teachers contains more than 50 summaries, each appraised, selected and produced for the GTCE's Research for Teachers series by the Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE). go to site

TTRB3: is a web based resource for teacher educators, mentors and their trainees or students. It is also very useful for teachers, the wider school workforce and associated education professionals. It aims to make available the evidence base for teacher education and professional development and this includes research and policy on teaching and learning.

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Usable Knowledge: Usable Knowledge is an online resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that aims to make education research and best practices accessible to educators and policymakers at all levels. go to site
What Works Clearinghouse: The goal of the WWC is to be a resource for informed education decision making. To reach this goal, the WWC identifies studies that provide credible and reliable evidence of the effectiveness of a given practice, program, or policy (referred to as “interventions”), and disseminates summary information and reports on the WWC website. go to site
Subject Specific journals
Each subject or area will have its own research journals you need to be aware of these and to use these as core sources for your work. You might start by contacting your subject associations many of these have various levels of journal access from peer-review academic journals to more subject focussed. Some of the core educational journals for each subject are:

Drama

English

Geography

History

Languages

Mathematics

Physical Education

Religious Education

Science

Technology

Early Years

Primary
A few general educational Research Journals
British Educational Research Journal

The journal is interdisciplinary in approach, and includes reports of case studies, experiments and surveys, discussions of conceptual and methodological issues and of underlying assumptions in educational research, accounts of research in progress, and book reviews. For further information on the association please visit the British Educational Research Association web site.
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British Journal of Educational Studies

The journal is one of the UK's foremost international education journals. It publishes scholarly, research-based articles on education which draw particularly upon historical, philosophical and sociological analysis and sources. There is a special, but by no means exclusive, focus upon policy developments in Britain. The greatest number of submissions are about schools and schooling but the journal also encourages writing that deliberates policy for further, adult, continuing and higher education. The journal also has a comprehensive book review section.
Link to Journal Website
Curriculum

The Curriculum Journal is written for those professionals in the education services wishing to influence future directions in education for the better. It provides a much-needed forum for debate, publishing research into curriculum structure, organization and development in primary and secondary schools and further education.

The journal is written for teachers and head teachers, advisors, managers and academics. It features articles on the whole curriculum, cross-curricular issues, assessment requirements and new approaches to teaching and learning.
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Cambridge Journal of Education

This journal is an international English language journal, publishes original refereed articles on all aspects of education with a particular emphasis on work that contributes to shared understanding among academic researchers, theorists, practising teachers, policy-makers and educational administrators. Its readers include members of each of these groups - evidence of its success in bringing together those who determine the content, organisation, and practice of education.
Link to Journal Website
Educational Research

Educational Research, the journal of the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), was established in 1958. Drawing upon research projects in universities and research centres worldwide, it is the leading international forum for informed thinking on issues of contemporary concern in education.

The journal is of interest to academics, researchers and those people concerned with mediating research findings to policy makers and practitioners.
Link to Journal Website
Educational Review

The journal is a leading journal for generic educational research and scholarship. For over half a century it has offered authoritative reviews of current national and international issues in schooling and education. It publishes peer-reviewed papers from international contributors which report research across a range of education fields including curriculum, inclusive and special education, educational psychology, policy, management and international and comparative education.
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Education Studies

The journal aims to provide a forum for original investigations and theoretical studies in education. The journal publishes fully refereed papers which cover applied and theoretical approaches to the study of education and its closely related disciplines. Papers should constitute original research, and should be methodologically sound, theoretically informed and of relevance to an international audience. The journal is particularly interested in research that aims to inform educational practice(s) within and/or across sectors.
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Journal of Education for Teaching

Journal of Education for Teaching (JET) publishes original contributions on the subject of teacher education. The journal interprets ’teacher education’ in the widest sense, to include academic staff involved with, and responsible for, initial teacher education, continued professional development and the broad field of research into higher education’s contribution to education.
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Oxford Review of Education

The journal is a well established journal with an extensive international readership. It is committed to deploying the resources of a wide range of academic disciplines in the service of educational scholarship, and the Editors welcome articles reporting significant new research as well as contributions of a more analytic or reflective nature.
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Teaching and Teacher Education

Teaching and Teacher Education is an international journal concerned primarily with teachers, teaching, or teacher education situated in an international perspective or in an international context. Teaching and Teacher Education is a multidisciplinary journal, committed to no single approach, discipline, methodology or paradigm. It is concerned with teaching and teacher education in general and devoted to all concerned with teaching.
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