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Key Databases

Design

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library
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Citations and full-text articles in the area of computing and information technologies from journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the ACM.
Business Source Complete
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Covers scholarly journals for business topics such as marketing, management, human resources, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics
Education Research Complete
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Covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education. Provides indexing for over 1,800 journals, as well as full-text for over 900 journals, 81 books, and numerous education-related conference papers.
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LearnTechLib
Contains over thirty years worth of peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and conference papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning.
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APA PsycInfo (EBSCO)
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Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Includes more than 3.7 million records. View a tutorial on this database here.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text
Provides a comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. Contains new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. View a tutorial on this database here.
ScienceDirect
Access (searching and browsing) journals and eBooks published by Elsevier and its partners. Covers most disciplines, including science, medicine, economics and the social sciences.
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Social Sciences Citation Index
Indexes more than 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Covers from 1900 to the present. Part of Web of Science.
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Design and Culture
Reflects the state of scholarship in the field of design and nutures new or overlooked lines of inquiry that redefine our understanding of design.
from 2009 to present
Design Issues
Articles about the criticism, history and theory as they relate to the professions of design.
from 2000 to present
Design Journal
It aims to publish thought-provoking work which will have a direct impact on design knowledge and which challenges assumptions and methods, while being open-minded about the evolving role of design
from 1997 to present
Design Management Review
Devoted to articles and case studies exploring how design—in products, communication, and environments—is an essential resource, a component of every organization that can be effectively managed to make important contributions to the bottom line and to long-term success.
from 2004 to present
Design Studies
Focused on developing understanding of design processes. It studies design activity across all domains of application, including engineering and product design, architectural and urban design, computer artefacts and systems design.
from 1995 to present
International Journal of Designs for Learning
This multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal is dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments and experiences created to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field.
from 2010 to present
International Journal of Technology and Design Education
The journal features critical, review, and comparative studies. In addition, readers will find contributions that draw upon other fields such as historical, philosophical, sociological, or psychological studies that address issues of concern to technology and design education.
from 1990 to present
Strategic Design Research Journal
Welcomes qualified intellectual production on emerging design problems.
from 2010 to present

Action Learning: Research and Practice
Publishes articles which advance knowledge and assist the development of practice through the processes of action learning.
from 04/01/2004 to present
Computers & Education**
Aims to increase knowledge and understanding of ways in which digital technology can enhance education, through the publication of high-quality research, which extends theory and practice.
From 1976 to present
Educational Researcher
Publishes scholarly articles that are of general significance to the education research community and that come from a wide range of areas of education research and related disciplines.
from 01/01/1972 to present
Educational Technology & Society
Explorers issues affecting educators & developers of educational systems, including artificial intelligence researchers
from 2005 to present
Interactive Learning Environments
Publishes articles on all aspects of the design and use of interactive learning environments in the broadest sense, encompassing environments that support individual learners through to environments that support collaboration amongst groups of learners or co-worker
from 1998 to present
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Disseminates original research, theory, and best practice in open and distributed learning worldwide.
from 2000 to present
Journal of the Learning Sciences (JLS)
Provides a multidisciplinary forum for research on education and learning that informs theories of how people learn and the design of learning environments.
from 1997 to present
Technology, Pedagogy and Education
Disseminating research findings regarding the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to improve teaching and learning. (formerly Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education)
from 1997 to present