Archive of featured online resources
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February 2010
- Box of Broadcasts (BoB): record and access TV and radio programmes for academic use. More online film and audio...
- Literature Resource Centre (LRC): databases and indexes covering literature, language and linguistics, including access to full text. LRC incorporates the ReadSpeaker text-to-speech service: click the Listen icon to hear the article read aloud to you. More online subject collections...
December 2009/January 2010
- SCOPUS: 'the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.' More indexing databases...
- LexisNexis: use the Lexis®Library interface for legal sources, and the Nexis®UK interface to search for newspaper articles (UK, European and US broadsheets and tabloids) or business information. More indexing databases...
- Cambridge Companions Online: comprehensive introductions to major authors, artists, philosophers, periods and topics, written by experts and designed for student readers. You can access individual titles through the Library catalogue. More e-books...
November 2009
- E-books: to find individual titles use the Library catalogue; you can restrict your search by choosing E-books from the 'Simple limits' drop-down list. Or visit the E-books page to search or browse collections. More e-books...
- Academic Search Complete: a vast, multi-disciplinary database, offering access to full text, indexing, and abstracts.More indexing databases...
- European Sources Online: information on the European Union, the countries of Europe and issues of concern to their citizens and stakeholders. More online collections...
- House of Commons Parliamentary Papers: full text of UK parliamentary papers from 1688-2004; use a searching tool such as UKOP or a printed index to make the most of this resource. More online collections...
October 2009
- RefWorks: web-based reference management software, ideal for wireless networking, use in study bedrooms, and working off-campus. Refworks is suitable for all students writing essays, assignments and dissertations.
- Google Scholar: indexes academic articles, books, preprints, etc. Not all items indexed are freely available in full text. Use the Google Scholar offsite link for direct access to the services we subscribe to. More indexing databases...
- Web of Science: citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. More indexing databases...
September 2009
- Web of Science: citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. More indexing databases...
- UK Press Online: gateway to over a million pages of the 20th century's biggest-selling newspapers, from 1900 to today. More newspapers...
- Cambridge Collections Online: e-book service that includes access to Cambridge Companions in Literature and Classics. More e-books...
August 2009
- Oxford Scholarship Online: over 1400 current e-books from Oxford University Press. We subscribe to the economics and finance, law, philosophy, political science, and religion modules. More e-books...
- Literature Resource Centre: a collection of databases and indexes covering literature, language and linguistics. More indexing databases...
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: 57,000 lives online. More reference services...