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Early Childhood Studies: Dissertations and research

Resources for Early Years students

Repositories

DERA
The IOE UK Digital Education Repository Archive (DERA) is a digital archive of documents published electronically by government and other relevant bodies in the areas of education, training, children and families.
CORE
CORE provides access to the world’s largest collection of open access research papers, collecting and indexing research from repositories and journals.

Research theses

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EThOS is the UK's national thesis service which aims to maximise the visibility and availability of the UK's doctoral research theses. Users are required to register with EThOS to download or order theses.

Dissertation database

UoG Dissertations

Past copies of UoG undergraduate and taught postgraduate dissertations can be found in the dissertation database

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A database of past University of Gloucestershire undergraduate and taught postgraduate dissertations or final year projects.
Only selected dissertations of the approved standard (60%+) have been uploaded. Dissertations can be viewed but download options have been disabled.
Dissertations can be browsed by subject, school and level using the Search facility.

Searching for past UoG dissertations

UoG Research repository

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The UoG Research Repository is a storage and distribution service for the University’s research and publishing outputs whether articles, conference papers, book contributions, artefacts or video.

Referencing dissertations and theses

Referencing theses and dissertations - UoG Harvard

Research methods books

Research Methods in Early Childhood 4th edn. by Penny Mukherji; Deborah Albon
Call Number: 305.23072 MUK
ISBN: 9781529732955
Publication Date: 2023
Doing your research project: a guide for first time researchers. 7th edn. by Judith Bell; Stephen Waters
Call Number: 300.72 BEL
ISBN: 9780335243389
Publication Date: 2018
Doing a literature review in health and social care : a practical guide. 5th edn. by Helen Aveyard
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780335251940
Publication Date: 2023

Special Collections and Archives

There are a number of University special collections available for research use

University Archives
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Library
Local Heritage Initiative Archive
Gloucestershire Poets, Writers and Artists Collection,
ITN Image Archive
Artists' Books Collection.

Search the Special Collections and Archives catalogue.