Library Guides: Indigenous Knowledge Resources: Databases &amp; journals

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Databases

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Free databases

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Data Archive
A specialised trusted research data management facility for Australian Indigenous research data.
AIATSIS Mura® Collections Catalogue
Mura® is the online catalogue for AIATSIS’ collection of print, audio, photographic and moving image material.
Analysis & Policy Observatory First Peoples & Public Policy
The First Peoples & Public Policy Collection brings together diverse, policy-relevant resources from the existing APO repository as well as new materials.
Atlas of Living Australia
Open access to Australia's biodiversity data.
Austlang
Austlang provides information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages which has been assembled from a number of referenced sources.
Australasian Legal Information Institute
One of the largest sources of legal materials on the web with 708 databases from all Australasian jurisdictions.
Australian Data Archive
Provides the only comprehensive social science data collection in Australia, with a catalogue of over 5000 datasets.
Australian Parliamentary Library - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs including Australian indigenous affairs.
BlackWords
BlackWords provides access to a vast record of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and their publications.
First Australians on Trove
First Nations Data Centre
Provides access to unpublished and record-level data from First Nations Information Governance Centre's respected survey work, including the First Nations Regional Health Survey and the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey.
Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
Follows the development of around 1,700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families across urban, regional and remote Australia.
Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse
The aim of the Clearinghouse is to promote discussion and disseminate relevant Indigenous justice information to government policy makers and those working in the Indigenous justice field.
Learning Ground - Indigenous Education Research Database
Learning Ground spans early childhood, post school education, adult learning, and encompasses areas such as cultural diversity, parent and community engagement, wellbeing, identity and oral language.
PARADISEC
PARADISEC (the Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures) is a digital archive of records of some of the many small cultures and languages of the world.
Protected Planet
Protected Planet is the most up to date and complete source of data on protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), updated monthly with submissions from governments, non-governmental organizations, landowners and communities.
Remote Australia Online Search
Evidence-based reports and resources about remote Australia.
Research Data Australia
Find, access, and re-use data for research - from over one hundred Australian research organisations, government agencies, and cultural institutions.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography (ATSIhealth), compiled by Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, is produced at Kurongkuri Katitjin the Edith Cowan University Centre for Indigenous Australian Education and Research. ATSIHealth is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts published and unpublished material on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
AIATSIS Indigenous Studies Bibliography
Source documents include journal articles, newspapers, pamphlets, published government reports, published conference papers, book chapters, books, discussion and working papers, and published statistical documents dating back to early 1900s.

Austrom
A compilation of Australian databases covering a wide range of subjects. Subjects include public affairs, the Australian economy, politics, legal studies, policing and criminology, architecture, education and English language teaching, consumer and information sciences, family studies, multicultural affairs, and sport and tourism.

Dimensions
Dimensions makes over 860 million academic citations freely available and delivers one-click access to over nine million Open Access articles.

ProQuest
ProQuest is a single gateway for access to millions of documents from thousands of sources, covering research and subject areas including the Arts, Business, Health & Medicine, History Literature & Language, Science & Technology and Social Sciences.
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. With more than 57 million journal records and 90,000 books Scopus delivers a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Web of Science
By meticulously indexing the most important literature in the world, Web of Science has become the gold standard for research discovery and analytics. Web of Science connects publications and researchers through citations and controlled indexing in curated databases spanning every discipline. Use cited reference search to track prior research and monitor current developments in over 100 year's worth of content that is fully indexed, including 2.6 million records and backfiles dating back to 1898.

Journals

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Aboriginal History Journal
Aboriginal History is an annual journal that contains interdisciplinary historical studies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ interactions with non-Indigenous peoples.
Australian Aboriginal Studies Journal
Biannual multidisciplinary journal that exemplifies the vision where the world’s indigenous knowledge and cultures are recognised, respected and valued.
The Australian journal of indigenous education
Internationally refereed journal which publishes papers and reports on the theory, method, and practice of Indigenous education.
Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education
Focused research on critical discourse, diaspora, indigenous and minority education. Interrelations on political, economic, historical and social contexts.
International Journal of Indigenous Health
Peer-reviewed, online, open-access and shares innovative health research across disciplines, Indigenous communities, and countries
Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues
Twice yearly peer reviewed academic publication.
Ngoonjook: Journal of Australian indigenous issues
Ngoonjook is the biannual publication of the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education in the Northern Territory.