The databases listed below can be used to find journal articles and other research sources related to different aspects of Social Science Education. You will often need to look in more than one database. The full list of databases can be accessed here.
If you are looking for journal articles but you are not sure using which database to start your research, try Find@HKUL. It can search the major library databases at once.
Follow the steps below to find journal articles in Find@HKUL.
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Go to Find@HKUL and type in keywords or the article title e.g. Curriculum Inquiry
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Select the search scope “Articles+”
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On the right panel of the page, refine results to “Peer-reviewed Journals”. You may also refine results by publication year range in the box “Year”
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Click “Download PDF” which gives a direct PDF download to the article (This option is only displayed given that a direct path to PDF is available)
Click “Full text available” to view the full text of the article
Click “View Issue Contents” which links to the table of contents of the issue where the article was published.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search results from Google Scholar do not always come with full-text but you can change the setting in your Google Scholar to link the search results to the Library’s subscribed databases. If the resources are available within the Library's subscriptions, the icon "View It@HKUL" will allow you to access the full text from the databases.
Follow the steps below to configure your Google Scholar settings:
► Step 1. Go to http://scholar.google.com and click on “Settings”
► Step 2. Click on "Library Links" on the left
► Step 3. Enter "HKU" in search box
► Step 4. Select "The University of Hong Kong - View It@HKUL"
► Step 5. “Save” the settings
When you retrieve articles directly from the publishers’ websites, you may be asked to pay for access as they do not recognize that you are affiliated with HKU Libraries.
Two handy tools HKUL Search Assistant plugin (browser extension) and Reload via HKUL (bookmarklet) help you to reload the publishers’ websites and retrieve resources via Libraries’ subscription. Check the below criteria to add the tools on your browsers:
| HKU Library Search Assistant | Reload via HKUL | |
| Get access to e-resources from non-HKUL websites | Yes | Yes |
| Perform Searching | Yes | No |
| Supporting Devices | Computer | Computer iPhone, iPad (iOS devices) |
| Supporting Browsers (Click to check the installation guides) |
Chrome Firefox Microsoft Edge |
Safari (Computer) Safari on iPad Safari on iPhone Chrome on iPad Chrome on iPhone |
►An online collection of videos available for the study of teaching methods and education theory
►You will find teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms
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British Journal of Sociology of Education It publishes high quality original, theoretically informed analyses of the relationship between education and society, and has an outstanding record of addressing major global debates about the social significance and impact of educational policy, provision, processes and practice in many countries. |
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Chinese Education & Society It identifies important studies and reflects the state of empirical research on education policies and practices within China's changing society. |
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International Sociology It is a peer-reviewed journal publishes contributions from diverse areas of sociology, with a focus on international and comparative approaches. |
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International Studies in Sociology of Education It publishes original papers of international significance which present creative, rigorous research and critical perspectives in the sociology of education. |
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Journal of Applied Social Science It publishes research articles, essays, research reports, teaching notes, and book reviews on a wide range of topics of interest to the social science practitioner. |
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Journal of Social Science Education It is an international peer-reviewed academic open access journal in the area of research on teaching and learning in the field of social science education. |
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Pedagogy, Culture & Society It is a fully-refereed international journal that seeks to provide an international forum for pedagogy discussion and debate. |
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Social Education It is a peer-reviewed, flagship journal that contains a balance of theoretical content and practical teaching ideas. |
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Social Science Research It publishes articles that illustrate the use of quantitative methods to empirically test social science theory. |
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Sociology of Education It publishes research that examines how social institutions and individuals' experiences within these institutions affect educational processes and social development. |
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Teaching Sociology It publishes articles range from experimental studies of teaching and learning to broad, synthetic essays on pedagogically important issues. |
Follow the steps below to search for a known journal title in Find@HKUL.
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Go to Find@HKUL and type in the journal title e.g. Action in Teacher Education. Select the search scope “Books+”.
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Click “Online access” to view the full-text at the database.
Click “View Journal Contents” which shows the table of contents of the current issue of the journal.
