1. ProQuest Education Journals
Database
Search Guide
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2. Overview
 ProQuest Education Journals Database
gives users access to over 900 top
educational publications, including more
than 600 of the titles in full text.
 Subject coverage:
◦ Adult and Vocational Education
◦ Early Childhood Education
◦ Education (General)
◦ Educational Counselling and Guidance
◦ IT in Education
◦ Language Education 2

3. Find the Database
From the Library homepage, click on “Find databases” on
the right corner.
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4. Find the Database
In the “Search for a database Databases”, type in
“ProQuest Education Journals” and click “Search” .
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5. Find the Database
Click on the link “ProQuest Education Journals” to the
database* .
*Note: A new window will pop up and you’ll be asked to enter
your QUT username and password to sign in the database.
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6. Basic Search
Enter the search terms in the Search box and click on
Use quotation marks (“ “) to search for the words as a
phrase
Limit
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searches to View lists of
full text or publications,
peer- details on
reviewed* coverage, and
journals search within
desired titles.
*Note: Peer reviewed publications are journals that require the
articles to be evaluated by a panel of experts before they are
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7. Advanced Search
Enter the search terms and click on “Search”.
Use quotation marks (“ “)
to search for the words as
a phrase
Change
these fields
to broaden
or narrow
your results
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8. Advanced Search
Boolean search operators
AND OR NOT
cats dogs cats dogs cats dogs
cats AND dogs  find a resource with both words in it
cats OR dogs  find resources that have just the word “cat”, just the word “dog”,
and also resources with both words
cats NOT dogs  find resources that have “cats”, but eliminates the resources
with the word “dogs”
cats
 (cats felines
OR felines) AND dogs  the computer will do what is inside the brackets
first (the OR), then sort these results with the AND included
dogs
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9. Advanced Search
Search options:
 Limit to full text or peer-reviewed journals
 Date range
 Source type (e.g. Books, magazines, etc.)
 Document type (e.g. Annual report, article, etc.)
 Document feature (e.g. Illustrations, maps, etc.)
 Language
Display options (result sorting, items per page,
duplicates)
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10. Search Results
You will find that some articles are available in full-text,
while others have only an abstract or citation.
Mark - to save,
print, email, or Hit-term highlighting Preview - to
store item quickly view the
record
Sort by
relevance
/ date
Image/Chart
display
Narrow results
by source type
or more
When a full-text article is
available you may have the
choice of viewing it in HTML
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