Publication details of
Conference Papers, Abstracts and Symposia

Compiled by Peter L. Jeffery.

Refereeing

AARE conference committees review all papers for admission to the conference but full paper refereeing is optional.

The papers that go through full paper refereeing are marked with ®"R in a circle" [Word has this symbol for Registered but we have adopted it for AARE purposes to mean refereed]. The refereeing system is "blind peer " under control of AARE office so the academic committee does not influence the selection of peers and the results are reported directly to the authors and recorded by AARE. AARE Office maintains a confidential list of academic potential referees. This procedure fits DEST requirements." "On our website the Conference Papers Collections are a mixture of fully refereed and reviewed on abstract only. The fully refereed papers are marked by ® "R in a circle" next to the papercode for the paper in the ABSTRACTS LISTING because AARE controls that web page and no one can add ® "R in a circle" on that web page except us. Some authors place the ® "R in a circle" on the PDF files they submit but AARE has no way to control or edit the author's pdf files. The AARE Abstract listing on our website is the authority.

AARE also publishes a fixed electronic format [CD] of the AARE Papers Collection for each given year so that full scientific publishing rigour is maintained. The data once published on the CD cannot be changed.

Copyright Information

All the Abstracts and Conference Papers in this collection are copyright © under Australian law and international conventions. Each Abstract or Conference Paper is copyright © by the individual author or authors and may not be reproduced without permission of the author or authors. If necessary AARE will assist those wishing to reproduce the works to locate authors.

Notes on ISSN Numbers etc.
Internet Collection CD version ISSN 1324-9320 -- WWW version ISSN 1324-9339

Searching the collection

The AARE has a large collection of conference papers. They can be considered as being in two sections, prior to 1989 and 1989 onwards.

Prior to 1989

There was no electronic publication of AARE conference papers prior to the 1989 conference.

To find a particular paper prior to 1989 contact the Library of the Australian Council for Educational Research [ACER] or AARE Office [AARE] for assistance. Both of these organisations have hardcopy Abstract Books to consult for details of papers. AARE can say whether a particular paper was submitted for publication on disk.

1989 onwards

All the AARE conferences from 1989 onwards have had their papers published electronically (where the authors submitted their paper for electronic publication). For each year there is an alphabetical index of the paper codes. If you know the paper code this index is probably the quickest way get to the paper you seek. Paper codes are given in the Abstract Book for each conference

We have a search engine which is accessed via the header bar above. This engine has indexed all content of all pages, and all pages of every paper on this site.

For 1993 to 2002 (inclusive) each year's collection has an Abstracts file with all the abstracts submitted (whether or not there is a paper) and it is searchable using your web browser for any text, including authors, title or any phrase. If the relevant paper was submitted for publication the abstract links to it.

For 1993 onwards we recommend the following procedure.

The abstracts for each year are in one (very) large HTML file.

1. Load the abstracts file. (If you do not know the conference year you may have to repeat this procedure for each year.)
2. Wait until the abstracts file has loaded. This may take some minutes.
3. Use your browser's search facility to search for a word, phrase or author in which you are interested. Your browser's search facility is usually found in its EDIT menu. Alternatively tap [Ctrl]+[f] and enter the text for which you want to search. (If you don't wait until the abstracts file has loaded your search will only cover the portion of the abstracts that has loaded.)
4. If your browser finds the sought text it will display the first occurrence it finds. If this is not what you want select "Find Again" (or a similar command).
5. If the paper exists the abstract is linked to it with a link "Paper" following the paper's code number. If there is no such link the paper does not exist in electronic form on this site (it was not submitted by the author). We remove abstracts for which no paper was presented (for electronic publication) at the time of publishing the papers.