Web & software resources
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Scientific Databases and Search Engines
- Pedagogy subject portal (FIS search engine) (opens in a new window)
- ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center (opens in a new window)
- WISO: Economics and Social Sciences (registration via Shibboleth required top right) (opens in a new window)
- PSYINDEXplus tests (via WISO; allows you to search for existing scales and test procedures) (opens in a new window)
- Web of Science / Social Sciences Citation Index (opens in a new window)
- LDBB - Vocational training literature database (opens in a new window)
- ProQuest - Dissertation and theses database (opens in a new window)
- Google Scholar - for general literature research of scientific documents (opens in a new window)
- Compilation of social science items and scales (ZIS) (opens in a new window)
- Open Test Archive (repository for open access tests: questionnaires) (opens in a new window)
- PubMed (opens in a new window)
Additional Research Resources
Thesauri and Glossaries
Thesauri and glossaries provide structured access to technical terms and their meanings. They help identify relevant terms in a specific field, discover related and synonymous terms, and use consistent descriptions for searching and describing scientific literature and research data.
In particular, they can facilitate literature searches, the exploration of research topics, and the development and refinement of search terms.
- Standard Thesaurus: Economics (opens in a new window)
- JEL Classification System / EconLit Subject Descriptors (Economics) (opens in a new window)
- TheSoz - Thesaurus of the Social Sciences (opens in a new window)
- ELSST - European Language Social Science Thesaurus (Social Sciences) (opens in a new window)
- DDI Controlled Vocabularies (Social Sciences & Research Data) (opens in a new window)
- ZPID Vocabularies (Psychology) (opens in a new window)
- BARTOC - Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies, and Classifications (interdisciplinary) (opens in a new window)
- Qualidata Network (Qualitative Social, Behavioral, Educational, and Economic Research) (opens in a new window)
- IQB Vocabularies (Educational Sciences & Educational Research) (opens in a new window)
- Index of Keywords for the Education Portal (Educational Science & Educational Research) (opens in a new window)
- CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) Glossary (General and Vocational Education and Training) (opens in a new window)
Scientific Research
- Information portal on empirical research methods at the PH Freiburg (sorted and viewed Open Educational Resources) (opens in a new window)
- Methods portal of the University of Leipzig (opens in a new window)
- Decision tree of statistical test procedures (opens in a new window)
- Academic Phrasebank (phrasing suggestions for academic writing) (opens in a new window)
Software
- LimeSurvey - possibility to create and conduct online-based surveys (free of charge for university members) (opens in a new window)
- RStudio and R - statistical software package (open source, freely available, de facto standard in the social and behavioral sciences) (opens in a new window)
- JAMOVI - statistics package (open source, freely available, based on R) (opens in a new window)
- MAXQDA - software package for the analysis of qualitative data material, e.g. interviews (a campus license is available for university members and can therefore be used free of charge) (opens in a new window)
- Zotero - literature management tool (open source, freely available) (opens in a new window)
- OpenRefine - tool for data processing, e.g. for unorganized data material (open source, freely available) (opens in a new window)
- EQ-Web-Sort - survey tool for Q-studies (open source, freely available) (opens in a new window)