[Edlib] FW: Update: The New Zealand Educational Theses Database

[Hughes, Stuart]

From: Edlib at yahoogroups.com [mailto:Edlib at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Beverley Thomson
Sent: Friday, 4 December 2009 1:09 PM
Subject: [Edlib] Update: The New Zealand Educational Theses Database http://www.nzcer.org.nz/edtheses.php

 






This database has been developed by the library of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, as part of the Ministry of Education’s Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis (BES) programme.  http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/goto/BES <http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/goto/BES> 

We’ve hit over 9000 theses, dating back to 1970.

Reference and Liaison Librarians, check it out, it’s amazingly helpful because education and training are relevant across so many subject areas.  Strengths include topics like teacher professional development, Educational leadership, Maori and Pasifika education. 

 

Using the database

The database is hosted on the NZCER website, at www.nzcer.org.nz/edtheses.php

Information is on three levels and is constantly being updated.  

1. Bibliographic details

2. Abstract and contents page

3. Link to full text.  The database contains 883 full texts so far.

 

You can browse and combine the controlled indexing vocabularies in the advanced search screen to build highly specific searches from these fields:

• Subject descriptors based on the ATED Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors http://www.acer.edu.au/library/ated/index.html

 and Added descriptors adapted for New Zealand terminology.

• Six education level descriptors: adult, early childhood education, primary, secondary, tertiary and training.

• Age group descriptors.

• More than 100 country descriptors: for example many overseas students write about education in their home countries, overseas students may include New Zealand in comparisons.


Now we need your help…

Tell us how you use it for searches
Tell us if we’ve missed any theses.
Give us your ideas about where the database might head in the future.

 

Try it on http://www.nzcer.org.nz/edtheses.php

 

PLEASE TRY IT OUT AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK
on how useful you find it for searches.  If you need help with searches let us know
at nzet at nzcer.org.nz

 

 

 

 

 

Beverley Thomson, Manager, Information Services,
New Zealand Council for Educational  Research (NZCER)
PO Box 3237
WELLINGTON 6140
New Zealand. 

10th Floor, Education House,
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Tel: +64(0)4 802 1446  Fax: +64 (0)4 384 7933
Email: beverley.thomson at nzcer.org.nz   
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