Research Support Guide: Databases

The Library subscribes to a wide range of online databases - they can be accessed in alphabetical order of title from here:

Library Databases -  A-Z List

Alternatively, select a database by subject from the respective subject guide:

All Subject Guides

At the start of the research project, research students will find it useful to look at completed theses to: to help define or narrow down a topic; to look at the structure and layout of a thesis; to review methodologies used by other researchers etc.

Theses can be accessed through the following tools:

• CDU theses:
  • Library Search and
  • CDU Research Webportal
• Australian theses: Trove
• International theses: Proquest Dissertations and Theses database

See also Theses guide

Publish strategically! The following tools will help you discover the ranking of journals in different fields. They will help researchers - Higher Degree Research Students and Early Career Researchers in particular - discover which journals to publish in.

• ERA 2018 Journal List
• Scimago Journal & Country Rank
• Web of Science (Tool for finding the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of journals

See also: Measuring Research Impact guide

Citation tools can help you find the number of times an article has been cited, or the number of citations for an article or author. They can also help you discover an author's H-Index.  Discover more by consulting the following citation tools:

• Scopus
• Web of Science
• Publish or Perish
• Google Scholar

See also: Measuring Research Impact guide

Access the Australian Bureau of Statistics from:

http://www.abs.gov.au/

ABS CURF Microdata

• Access to the Australian Bureau of Statistics's (ABS) CURF (Confidentialised Unit Record File) data is available to CDU researchers. See: MicrodataDownload and DataLab

• Please register first, then login by following the prompts. Once you request data, ORI (Office of Research and Innovation) will be alerted and will approve the request.

• For more information contact ORI on x 6548 or email:research.scholarships@cdu.edu.au

ABS Table Builder

• Go to ABS home at www.abs.gov.au
• From the four tabs at the top of the page, select "Census"
• On the Census page you'll see the title "Data by products"; under this, click the one for TableBuilder
• On the right-hand side of the TableBuilder page, there is a Login button, and just below it a "Register" text link—click this to go to the registration page.
• Access is free to CDU researchers as cost is covered by the Universities Australia agreement.