Education
Subject Librarian - Geraldine Fitzgerald
Office Location: Second Floor, Ussher Library
Telephone: +353 1 8963322
E-mail: Geraldine.Fitzgerald@tcd.ie
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subject Librarian Recommends...
Most Useful Databases
- All Databases for Education
- Academic Search Complete
- Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
- Australian Education Index
- British Education Index
- Childlink (UK/IRL incl. Education issues)
- ERIC (EBSCO)
- ERIC (ProQuest)
- HCPP (This is a particularly useful resource for Irish Education (1801-1920) when used in conjunction with Irish Education in the British Parliamentary Papers in the Nineteenth Century and After)
- JSTOR
- MyiLibrary (E-book platform)
- OECDiLibrary (e.g. series Education at a Glance, PISA)
- Oxford Journals Online
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: UK & Ireland
- PsycINFO
- RIAN(open resource to Irish university research)
- Sage Journals Online
- Scopus
- SpringerLink
- Taylor and Francis Journals
- Web of Science
- ZETOC (research alerting service)
Official resources – Education (Ireland)
- Education system (Department of Education and Skills)
- Curriculum
- Acts and Bills
- Irish Education (Policy reports)
- Key data on teachers and school leaders in Europe, 2013 (Eurydice)
- Overview of Irish Education (UNESCO) 2011
Library guides
Education
- Finding Education Resources in the Library
- Finding material in the Library: a quick guide (TCD)
- Selection of Education resources
General Library tutorials
- My Library Account
- Finding your book
- Finding your e-book
- Finding your journal article
- Finding a thesis
- EndNote for Trinity College Staff & Students
- Library orientation (video)
- Library HITS presentations
Research Skills
Academic Writing
Current Awareness
- Newsletter ("Education Matters": Ireland)
- Education Arena (Taylor and Francis)
- Review of Research in Education (US)
- Harvard Educational Review blog
- Times Educational Supplement
- Conferences (forthcoming)
- UNESCO conferences listing
- ZETOC alerts (keep up to date with research)
Information Literacy & Research Skills Tutorials
- Information Literacy tutorial (TCD/UCC/UCG Libraries)
- Information literacy (courtesy of DCU Library) - good overview on researching a topic - incl. some DCU specific information. Select non-DCU users on webpage.
- Study skills (courtesy of University of Reading) (Select BY TYPE>Study Skills Guide on webpage)
- Research methods overview (courtesy of University of Manchester)
Systematic Reviews (Social Sciences)
- Campbell Library
- Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre)
- Searching for Studies for Systematic Reviews: a Brief Guide (PDF 1MB) (RCSI)
- Guidance Notes on Planning a Systematic Review (PDF 122KB) (NUI Galway)
Terminology/Abbreviations
- Educational dictionary
- Psychology dictionary
- Sociology dictionary
- Legal Publications Abbreviations
- Library terminology (TCD)
Referencing and EndNote
- EndNote Software
- EndNote Online (official video)
- Endnote online tips (courtesy of AUT University)
- Manual to APA 6th referencing style (Library copies)
- Online tips using APA 6th (courtesy of Concordia Library)
- Online tips using APA 6th (courtesy of Sacramento State)
- APA 6th tips (courtesy of AUT University)
- APA Blog
Free Resources Online (No Passwords Required)
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- ERIC (database)
- Teachers’ TV