Subject and Research Guides: Postgrad Research Support: Faculty of Human Sciences

Subject-specific help

Tailored Subject Guides -- for your research focus

Titles of interest available in the library

Student Guide to Research in the Digital Age by Leslie F. Stebbins
Call Number: ZA3075 .S74 2006
Publication Date: 2005
How to Research by Loraine Blaxter; Christina Hughes; Malcolm Tight
Call Number: Q180.55.M4 B59 2010
ISBN: 9780335238675
Publication Date: 2010
Including chapters on planning and carrying out small-scale research projects, this practical guide takes the reader step-by-step through the research process, from writing proposals to completion of the project. As well as exercises, it also gives advice on writing proposals and making presentations.
Essentials of Research Design and Methodology by Geoffrey R. Marczyk; David DeMatteo; David Festinger
ISBN: 9780471470533
Publication Date: 2005
Essentials of Research Design and Methodology contains practical information on how to design, and conduct scientific research in the behavioral and social sciences. This accessible guide covers basic to advanced concepts in a clear, concrete, and readable style. The text offers students and practitioners important insights into identifying research topics, variables, and methodological approaches.

Key databases for Human Sciences

A+ Education
Includes journal articles, monographs, research reports, theses, conference papers, legislation, parliamentary debates, newspaper articles, tests and web. Articles and reports by Australian authors or about Australian education published in overseas sources are also included. Subjects include curriculum, educational research, information science, librarianship, management, policy administration, psychology, sociology, teaching and training.
Coverage: Indexing extends from 1978, with full text from 2000.

For additional databases for your research focus, check your Subject Guide.

ERIC
Google Scholar @ MQ
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: LLBA
Covering all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
Coverage: Some full text is available through linking to subscribed journals.

MIT CogNet
Online hub for the scientific research of the brain & cognitive science community, covering a range of fields concerned with understanding the nature of the human mind, including neuroscience.
Coverage: Selective Full-text.

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Provides access to books, journals, reference works and conference proceedings

Medline
The Library has access to MEDLINE via four platforms: Ovid, Web of Science, ProQuest and EBSCOhost. Access via Ovid MEDLINE is recommended due to: superior search functionality; quick access to ebooks, multimedia and evidence-based practice tools; links to the full text of many articles are available on other platforms. MEDLINE is the United States National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database. It contains citations and author abstracts for journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. MEDLINE includes literature published from 1966 to present with selected coverage prior to that date.
Psychology and behavioral sciences collection
A searchable database with nearly 550 full text titles, covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. All the full text titles are indexed in PsycINFO. The material in this collection is also accessible by searching the multisubject Academic search premier.
PsycINFO

Sage Research Methods Online (SRMO)
A research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty & students with their research projects. Focusing on methodology rather than disciplines, find material on research methods from a large number of books, dictionaries, encyclopedias & handbooks; from SAGE's entire 'Little Green Book' (quantitative research) & 'Little Blue Book' (qualitative research) series; from a selection of SAGE journals; and from a number of videos produced on the topic.

Scopus
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database. It covers a large number of peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical and social science fields, from an extensive range of international publishers. Also indexed are open access journals, conference proceedings, book series and trade publications, as well as patent records. References go back to 1996, while abstracts go back further. Linking to full-text articles is available.

Find theses & dissertations

Macquarie University ResearchOnline
Institutional digital repository designed to capture, store, index, preserve, provide access to and disseminate the intellectual and research output of Macquarie staff, students and affiliates. Material in the repository includes journal articles, conference papers, books and book chapters, theses, working papers, discussion papers, images, datasets and multimedia
MultiSearch Advanced
Specifically search for hard-copy and electronic theses in Macquarie Library.

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Restrict your search by selecting 'Thesis' in the 'Material Type' drop-down menu.
TROVE
Trove provides a single point of access to Australia resources: theses, books, music scores and sound recordings, videos, DVDs, and includes access to Pictures Australia, full text Australian newspapers 1803-1954, manuscripts, maps and archived websites. Include Thesis in the keyword search box. You can type in keywords from author, title, and/or institution.
ProQuest dissertations & theses global.
Proquest Dissertations and Theses database contains citations for dissertations and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present. The database provides full-text access to most of the dissertations added since 1997, with a substantial proportion of full-text dissertations for the period 1961 to 1996, and selected theses back to 1861.
Electronic Theses & Dissertations Gateway (NDLTD)
Link to search engines & databases for finding open-access electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.

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Provided by The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)

ebook Collections

Ebooks@Macquarie
A guide to accessing ebooks at Macquarie University Library

Below are listed some key ebook collections where you can browse books by title or subject.

Find out more about how to find and use ebooks.

MIT CogNet
Online hub for the scientific research of the brain & cognitive science community, covering a range of fields concerned with understanding the nature of the human mind, including neuroscience.
Coverage: Selective Full-text.

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Provides access to books, journals, reference works and conference proceedings
Springer ebook Collection
Browse by discipline: Engineering.

Books@Ovid full text
Full-text access is available to e-books in various subject areas via the Ovid platform, including a selection of titles from the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) Doody's e-book collections and the Joanna Briggs e-book collection.
Blackwell reference online

Grai Calvey

grai.calvey@mq.edu.au

(02) 9850 7557

(part time) Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Linguistics

Heather Cooper

heather.cooper@mq.edu.au

(02) 9850 7557

(Part time) Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

Linguistics

John Elias

john.elias@mq.edu.au

(02) 9850 1090

Monday - Friday

Education
Institute of Early Childhood
Cognitive Science
Psychology

Jane Van Balen

jane.vanbalen@mq.edu.au

(02) 9850 7537

Monday - Friday

Education
Institute of Early Childhood
Psychology
Linguistics
Australian Institute of Health Innovations (AIHI)

HDR Workshops

HDR Workshops and Courses
The University offers a range of on-campus HDR training workshops and courses including: Research Writing Courses; Writing Retreats; Oral Presentation Training; Research Methods workshops; Grant Writing, Thesis Writing & Publication seminars; and Personal & Professional Development training.