Using the British education index to survey the field of educational studies

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 165-183

  Sheffield, Philip ^a   Saunders, Sam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b British Education Index   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bibliographic databases; Bibliographic records; British Education Index; Educational research; Educational trends; Information utilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036003090     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.t01-2-00196     Document Type: Review

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