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Library Databases: School of Humanities and Social Sciences

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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.

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Oxford Scholarship Online

Multi-disciplinary; The Library subscribes to two collections of e-books:

• Business & Management • Economics & Finance

Includes book on the political economy

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Cambridge Books Online

Multi-disciplinary; Collections

• Film, Media & Mass Communications collection • Sociology

Books published between 2006-2010

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Dawsonera Multi disciplinary; Allows you to identify, preview, rent and recommend e-books not currently

in stock.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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British Library Archival Sound Recordings

The British Library’s archive of sound recordings; Includes collections of:

• Oral Histories; Literature; Poetry and Performance.

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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.

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Last updated: 01.09.2011