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Library Databases: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Database Title Coverage Access
e-Books
MyiLibrary Multi-disciplinary; Most of the individual e-books that the Library has bought for the School of
Humanities and Social Sciences are held in this database.
University Portal
Oxford Scholarship Online
Multi-disciplinary; The Library subscribes to two collections of e-books:
• Business & Management • Economics & Finance
Includes book on the political economy
University Portal
Cambridge Books Online
Multi-disciplinary; Collections
• Film, Media & Mass Communications collection • Sociology
Books published between 2006-2010
University Portal from on campus only
Dawsonera Multi disciplinary; Allows you to identify, preview, rent and recommend e-books not currently
in stock.
University Portal
Journals
Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary full text database; Full text for 3,900 peer-review journal titles; For the Humanities key titles for;
• Political Science, Sociology, History, English language,
Linguistics, Contemporary and American literature.
University Portal
British Periodicals Online
A collection of historic journals, essays, letters and newspaper articles published in Britain between the 1680s and 1930s;
Topics include: • Literature, Drama, Philosophy, History and the Social
Sciences.
University Portal from on campus; Proxy Server from off campus
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
Open access journal collection; For the Humanities key titles for:
• History, Languages and Literature, Political and Social Sciences.
University Portal
Journals Humanities International Complete
Includes full text scholarly and literary articles, essays and reviews; All data from the citation database Humanities International Index; Covers all aspects of the Humanities including:
• Film Studies, Theatre and Performance Arts, History, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Journalism, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology and Social Research, World Languages, Literature and Linguistics.
University Portal
IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)
Citation database that indexes journal articles, books, chapters, and essays; Data going back to 1980; Information for:
• Political science and Sociology resources.
University Portal from on campus; Proxy Server from off campus
JSTOR Digital archive of academic journals, monographs and primary sources across the Humanities;
Archives available for: • History, Language and Literature, Philosophy, Political Science,
and Sociology titles and materials.
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Oxford Journals Access subscribed journals and archives from Oxford; For the Humanities including titles for:
• Film studies, history, philosophy, literature, linguistics, and English language teaching
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Sage Journals Multi-disciplinary scholarly journals; Titles available for the Humanities and Social Science disciplines:
• Media Communication, History, Languages and Linguistics, Philosophy, Politics, Sociological and Cultural Studies.
University Portal
Journals
SciVerse Science Direct
Elsevier Science journal collection; Includes a number of titles for:
• History, Philosophy, Language Acquisition, English for Academic Purposes, Linguistics, Literature and the Social Sciences.
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SpringerLink Springer journal collection; Includes titles for:
• The Performing Arts, History, Languages and Linguistics, Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science.
University Portal
SwetsWise Enables the cross-searching of many of the University’s databases. University Portal
Web of Knowledge Access to Web of Science the citation database for the Humanities and Social Sciences;
• Citations from 1970-present.
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Zetoc The British Library’s electronic table of contents; Journal and conference records for the Humanities and Socials Sciences
including history, language, literature and philosophy journal titles.
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Other Collections
BFI Inview Historical collection of over 2,000 non-fiction film and television titles from the 20th and early 21st century;
Historical media covering many aspects of British society including: • Politics; Government; Law and Order; Industry and Economy;
Health; Education; Immigration and the Environment.
University Portal
British Library Archival Sound Recordings
The British Library’s archive of sound recordings; Includes collections of:
• Oral Histories; Literature; Poetry and Performance.
University Portal
British Newspapers 1600-1900
British Library historic newspaper archive; Encompassing 19th Century British Library Newspapers, 17th and 18th
Century Burney Collection Newspapers. • National and regional British newspapers, news books and
ephemera pertinent for sociological, political and historical research.
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Gale NewsVault A significant tool for sociological, political and historical research. Enables cross-searching of newspaper archives.
• Includes 19th Century British Library Newspapers, 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers.
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LexisLibrary Access to full-text national and regional newspapers (with the exclusion of the Financial Times).
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NewsFilm Online ITN & Reuters News archives. Political, social, and cultural news stories from 1910-2007.
University Portal
Last updated: 01.09.2011