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Recommended Databases
Databases on the EBSCOHost platform:
- CINAHL CompleteCINAHL Complete is a comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL.
- Medline CompleteMEDLINE Complete is the largest full-text companion to the MEDLINE index, containing full text for journals.
- APA PsycInfoPsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), covers all psychology and related disciplines and contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations,dating as far back as the 1800s.
Education Focus:
- ERIC (Ebsco)ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) contains abstracts and indexes of education literature and resources.
- Education SourceEducation Source provides indexing and abstracts for academic periodicals and includes full text for journals, books and monographs, education-related conference papers, citations for articles including book reviews and controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests.
Databases on other platforms:
- EmbaseThe Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE) on the Elsevier platform, is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database indexing international journals in the health fields. EMBASE is considered an essential database for inclusion in systematic reviews.
For Australian material:
- Health Collection (Informit)The INFORMIT Health Collection is a useful resource for Australian content, it includes research articles, reports and case studies of practical support. Subject areas included ageing and age care, child health and breastfeeding, indigenous health issues, mental health and rehabilitation.
Citation index databases:
- ScopusScopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and web sources, covering Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences. This database allows the researcher to "snowball search" for linked citations.
- Web of ScienceThe Web of Science interface includes Web of Science Core Collections including the Arts & humanities citation index, Conference Proceedings Citation Indexes, Current Chemical Reactions and Book Citation Indexes. This database allows the researcher to "snowball search" for linked citations.
Licensing information: Please read what you can and can't do with each resource in the A-Z Databases under 'License Information'. Queries can be sent to the Publisher Licensing Consultant.
Recommended journals
- British Journal of Play TherapyThe British Journal of Play Therapy is published annually by the British Association of Play Therapists (BAPT).
- International Journal of PlayThe International Journal of Play is an inter-disciplinary publication focusing on all facets of play. It aims to provide an international forum for mono- and multi-disciplinary papers and scholarly debate on all aspects of play theory, policy and practice from across the globe and across the lifespan.
- International Journal of Play TherapyThe International Journal of Play Therapy is dedicated to publishing and disseminating reports of original research, theoretical articles, and substantive reviews of topics germane to play therapy on behalf of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, school counselors, marriage and family therapists, and other mental health professionals.
- The Arts in PsychotherapyThe Arts in Psychotherapy is a dynamic, contemporary journal publishing evidence-based research, expert opinion, theoretical positions, and case material on a wide range of topics intersecting the fields of mental health and creative arts therapies. It is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing 5 issues annually.