[Edlib] Updates to web databases, Cunningham Library + news of two new HE newsletters

[Hughes, Stuart]

Dear subscribers to Ed-Lib

A note to tell you about two new higher education newsletters (see
below), and to let you know the Cunningham Library's databases have been
updated:


Database of Research on International Education (DRIE)
http://aei.dest.gov.au/AEI/PublicationsAndResearch/ResearchDatabase/
138 new records on international education - there are now over 7000
records in DRIE, on all aspects of international/export/transnational
education and international students. This is the last update of this
database for the immediate future.


EdResearch Online
http://cunningham.acer.edu.au/dbtw-wpd/sample/edresearch.htm
39 new records for Australian journal articles - there are now 17439
articles in the database that can be purchased online for $22.00 and
dispatched to your email account. As well as the pay-per-view material,
the database also includes over 5400 articles from freely accessible
Australian education e-journals. There are now over 21,100 articles in
total in EdResearch Online.



Education Research Theses (ERT)
http://www.acer.edu.au/library/theses.html
45 new records for theses. Details of new theses are welcome all year
round, email ert at acer.edu.au with questions and submissions.



Australian Education Index (AEI)
In all, 603 new records were created for the Australian Education Index
(and A+) for November, over 240 of them online documents. These records
have been dispatched to vendors for uploading into the various versions
of the AEI.


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TWO NEW HIGHER EDUCATION e-NEWSLETTERS


1. University World News - "the first high-quality truly international
newspaper and website, dedicated to providing such coverage. Supported
by some of the world's most experienced education journalists, and aimed
at higher education readers worldwide, it is offering a weekly emailed
newspaper plus access to a dedicated news website - free of charge."
This newsletter should have good coverage of Australian higher education
issues - Geoff Maslen is on of its editors. UWN is online at
http://www.universityworldnews.com/


2. ACER's Higher Education Update (ISSN 1835-4912). Published
bi-annually, the Higher Education Update aims to provide an overview of
ACER's contributions to higher education research and development. The
first issue will be on the web shortly, but you can request it and add
your name to the subscriber list now by emailing
highereducation at acer.edu.au.


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ACER wishes all Ed-Lib subscribers a safe and happy new year.


Regards,

Stuart

Stuart Hughes
Cunningham Library
Australian Council for Educational Research
Private Bag 55
Camberwell VIC 3124
Australia

t: 03 9277 5546
f: 03 9277 5500
e: hughes at acer.edu.au
http://www.acer.edu.au/library


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