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About resource types
The VOCEDplus database now has a very large dataset and continues to grow by around 3000 items annually. The VOCEDplus Team has updated the VOCEDplus Resource types with the aim of making it easier to identify different types of content. For example, you are now able to distinguish entries for individual conference papers from conference proceedings, identify government publications and filter research-based reports, papers and authored books from more general descriptive publications.
The new Resource type Framework
| Resource type | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Article | All individual articles, peer and non-peer reviewed from journals and magazines |
| Book chapter | Authored chapters from an edited volume |
| Conference |
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| Conference paper | Individual conference papers from VET/tertiary conferences or presented by prominent VET/tertiary authors at other conferences |
| Country information | Documents that profile or provide an overview of the education and training system, or an aspect of it, for a single country or group of countries/region |
| Edited book | The entry for a book, either in hard copy or electronic, edited with individually authored chapters |
| General publication | Non-research-based documents, including the annual reports of non-government organisations |
| Government information | Non-research-based documents produced by a government department or agency:
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| Government report or paper | Research-based documents produced or commissioned by a government department or agency:
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| Guide | Non-teaching and training materials that provide instructions or guidelines such as handbooks, manuals etc. Teaching and training guides can be found under Teaching and training material |
| Industry information | Environmental scans and other specific industry related documents that profile or provide an overview of an industry, particularly in relation to skills and employment projections, rather than undertake research on issues or an aspect of an industry, e.g., gender in mining |
| Journal | Information about a journal, magazine or newsletter, including details of issues held in the NCVER Library and a link to all articles from that journal available in VOCEDplus |
| Journal issue | A whole journal issue, magazine or newsletter |
| Report, paper or authored book | Documents that are based on primary or secondary research and do not fit one of the definitive resource types, e.g. Article, Conference paper or Edited book:
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| Statistical series | Regular/recurring statistical collections or surveys, including their guidelines and related documentation |
| Teaching and training material | Anything that relates to the practical implementation of teaching and learning. The physical format of some of these items will include podcasts, webinars, kits, audio recordings, etc. but the content will be teaching and training material. |
| Thesis | Any thesis/dissertation/document prepared fully for or as part of the requirements for the award for any degree, e.g., PhD, Masters |
| Webinar or podcast | Online presentations of this kind where research/research findings associated with an individual project or a current trend in the sector are being presented and/or discussed. |
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