Welcome
On this page you find the most important sources of information in the field of Pedagogy and Educational Sciences.
Reference works
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International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciencesEncyclopedia about behavioral and social sciences
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Gale Virtual Reference LibraryE-book versions of reference works in various fields
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Sage eReferencePortal to subject-specific reference works in the social & behavioral sciences
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Annual reviewsReview articles of the literature on specific topics, with extensive bibliographies
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WikipediaOnline free-content encyclopedia
News
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Nexis UniDutch and foreign newspapers and other sources for news and journalism
Electronic theses BSS
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Student Theses Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences (from academic year 2021-22)These online theses are publicly accessible.
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Student Theses Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences (until academic year 2020-21)Note that these online theses are only accessible through Faculty computers at BSS.
Selected article databases
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ERIC
Bibliographic database for the field of education -
PsycINFO
Bibliographic database for the field of psychology
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Medline
Bibliographic databse for the fields of medicine, the health care system and much more. The MEDLINE database contains the same records as PUBMED.
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SocINDEX
Bibliographic database for the field of sociology
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Web of Science
Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals, as well as international proceedings. With cited reference searching. -
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
Selected journals for Pedagogy and Educational Sciences
The selection of journals below is limited to general journals. For a more complete, alphabetical list, see this list,
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American educational research journalOriginal empirical and theoretical studies and analyses in education
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Child & family social workOriginal and distinguished contributions on matters of research, theory, policy and practice in the field of social work with children and their families
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Children and youth services reviewInternational, multidisciplinary journal that focuses on disadvantaged or otherwise vulnerable children, young people, families and the systems designed to support them.
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Educational research and evaluationFully refereed international journal publishing original academic articles on all aspects of education
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Harvard educational reviewA scholarly journal of opinion and research in education
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School effectiveness and school improvementPresents information on educational effectiveness, practice and policy-making across primary and secondary education.
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PedagogiekWetenschappelijk forum voor opvoeding, onderwijs en vorming
Smartcat
E-books
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Ebook centralEbook Central's 180.000+ e-books from various academic publishers
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SAGE Research Methods Online (SRMO)Research methods database and tool
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Springer eBooksAll English e-books published this year and in the past two years.
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