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ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts)
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- This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text. You can find out if the full text is available by using the library search or by clicking the ‘check for full text’ links in the database
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
ASSIA contains worldwide English language coverage of journal
articles, conference papers and book reviews in the fields of
applied social sciences and health.
Coverage
Coverage from 1987 onwards, with records from over 500 journals published in 16 different countries.
Guides
Publisher
ProQuest
Blackstone’s Police Manuals
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- Database is not included in the main library search
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Description
NOTE: UWE only provides access to the Blackstone’s Police Manuals and not to Blackstone’s Police Investigators’ Manuals or Workbooks.
Blackstone’s Police Manuals Online provides access to the complete Blackstone’s texts for policing students. It is the only study guide endorsed by the College of Policing and offers in depth, cross-referenced information on all subject areas required for police examinations. Topics covered include Crime, Evidence and Procedure, and Road Policing, as well as consolidated tables of cases and statutes. Six PACE code of practice chapters are also included, presenting legislation alongside helpful keynotes.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
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- Video playback is currently not supported in Internet Explorer. So, if you are using Internet Explorer, please switch to another browser, such as Chrome or Firefox.
- Due to copyright restrictions, you need to be physically located in the United Kingdom to use Box of Broadcasts.
- Database is not included in the main library search
- Students and staff at international partner institutions cannot use their UWE Bristol login to access this database
Description
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an off-air recording and media archive service. BoB is available to staff and students of member institutions of the British Universities Film & Video Council that hold an ERA+ license. This TV scheduling service allows you to record TV and radio programmes that are scheduled to be broadcast over the next seven days as well as retrieving programmes from the last seven days from a selected list of recorded channels.
Publisher
BUFVC - British Universties Film Video Council.
Brill Journal Archive *
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- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Provides access to over 50,000 articles to more than 80 journals published by Brill before 2000.
Note: Help available within the site
Coverage
Covers biology, humanities, human rights, international law, science and the social sciences.
Publisher
Brill publishing
British Humanities Index
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Access restrictions
- This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text. You can find out if the full text is available by using the library search or by clicking the ‘check for full text’ links in the database
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities and arts. The British Humanities Index indexes over 370 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines, as well as quality newspapers published in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other English-speaking countries.
Coverage
Coverage from 1962 onwards.
Publisher
ProQuest
Business Source Complete *
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Access restrictions
- More than 90% of the currently published journals in this database are included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Covers UK and international business, management and economics issues across a range of sectors including construction, IT, education, and health. Provides full-text journal articles; market, company & industry sector reports; and country intelligence.
Coverage
Please note that UWE Bristol holds an extended license for Harvard Business Review and the 'Harvard Business Review Notice of Use Restrictions' that appears at the bottom of Harvard Business Review articles in Business Sources Complete does not apply.
Guides
- EBSCOhost research databases tutorial
- EBSCOhost playlist on EBSCO Support Tutorials YouTube channel, including additional videos tutorials on advanced searching, journal alerts, search history, my EBSCOhost folder, and creating a search alert.
Publisher
EBSCO
Cambridge Journals Online *
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- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Cambridge Journals Digital Archive contains the full text from 170 journals, from volume 1, issue 1 to 1996. Please note, we only subscribe to the latest issues of some of the journals. Subjects covered include: science and technology, animal science, agriculture, ecology and conservation, history, law, language, linguistics and literature, mathematics and computer science, medicine, music and drama, philosophy and religion, physical sciences, and politics and economics.
Publisher
Cambridge via JISC
Crime and Deviance Channel
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- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone can access this database
Description
The Crime and Deviance Channel includes texts, PowerPoints, audio and video aimed at criminology and sociology students researching the theories and methods surrounding crime and deviance and subjects such as power and control, social distribution and globalisation.
Publisher
ShortCutstv Ltd.
Data Archive
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- Database is not included in the main library search
- Students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot use their UWE Bristol login to access this database
Description
Provides access to over 5,000 computer-readable datasets for research and teaching purposes for many different disciplines in the UK. Registration is required to access the raw data.
Guides
Publisher
UK Data Archive
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) *
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- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone can access this database
Description
The Directory of Open Access Journals is a list of freely-available, full-text, quality-controlled, scientific and scholarly journals. All subject areas and languages are covered. There are over 3,400 journals in the directory.
Publisher
Lund University Libraries
EThOS
Access restrictions
- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
British Library database of full-text UK Higher education research theses.
Note: Individuals must register to download or print.
Coverage
Content being developed.
Guides
Publisher
British Library
IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)
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Access restrictions
- This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text. You can find out if the full text is available by using the library search or by clicking the ‘check for full text’ links in the database.
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences focuses mainly on politics, sociology, economics and anthropology and is one of the world's largest social-science databases.
Coverage
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences indexes over 2,800 journals from 1951 onwards and adds over 7,000 books annually.
Publisher
ProQuest
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books Full Text *
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Access restrictions
- More than 50% of the currently published journals in this database are included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
A bibliographic database that cites articles from legal periodicals and indexes law books published or edited in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is also included.
Note: Select Legal Periodicals Full Text in the Database Selection area before you enter any search terms.
Coverage
Coverage dates: Indexing 1981+, Abstracting 1990+, 'select' Full text 1995+
Guide
- EBSCOhost research databases tutorial
- EBSCOhost playlist on EBSCO Support Tutorials YouTube channel, including additional videos tutorials on advanced searching, basic search, introductions, journal alerts, search history, my EBSCOhost folder, reading an article, and creating a search alert.
Publisher
EBSCO
Index to Theses
Index to Theses has changed its name to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: UK & Ireland
Journals@OVID *
Access restrictions
- More than 95% of the database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Your Journals@Ovid is a collection of full-text health journals including over 200 titles published by Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies
JSTOR *
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- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
UWE Bristol subscribes to the JSTOR multidisciplinary Arts and Sciences Collections I,II,III,V,VII, VIII and XIV. This incorporates access to a scholarly archive of over 1,000 full-text electronic journals in the following fields: history, economics, archaeology, classics, sociology, Asian, African, Latin American, Middle Eastern and Slavic studies, political science, music, film studies, performing arts, mathematics, ecology, psychology, business, art, architecture, language, literature, law, religion and public policy. These existing collections are complemented by the Ireland Collection which incorporates manuscripts, monographs and journals on Irish arts, humanities and sciences with materials that span from the 1780s to the present.
Coverage
Various coverage 1861-2007.
Guides
Publisher
JSTOR
Legal Journals Index (LJI), via Westlaw
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- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Contains abstracts of every substantive legal journal article published in the UK since 1986.
Note: If only an abstract of a journal article is provided, check whether the journal is available in the library by searching for the journal title in the library search.
Coverage
Back-dating of full-text coverage can vary between publications.
Publisher
Sweet and Maxwell
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
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Access restrictions
- This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text. You can find out if the full text is available by using the library search or by clicking the ‘check for full text’ links in the database
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
The NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database is published by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice's National Criminal Justice Reference Service, an information clearinghouse for people around the U.S. and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice, and drug control.
Publisher
ProQuest
Nexis
Access restrictions
- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Full text database including UK national and regional newspapers and trade press plus many newspapers and magazines published worldwide.
Also includes full-text information covering companies, industries, market surveys, countries, and people.
Coverage
A range of European language titles are covered; other worldwide sources are English language.
Please note the latest month of The Financial Times is not available on Nexis. Please use the Library's print copy instead.
Guides
- Nexis News Quick Start Guide
- Nexis Advanced Search Guide
- Nexis UK Product Tutorials
- Alerts Migration Guide
Publisher
Lexis Nexis Butterworths
ProQuest Criminal Justice *
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Access restrictions
- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
ProQuest Criminal Justice is a comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including abstracts and indexing for 250 titles, more than 100 of which are available in full text.
Coverage
- Criminology
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Justice
- Law enforcement
- Family Law
- Industrial Security
- Rehabilitation
Publisher
ProQuest
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: A&I
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- This database provides thesis citations and abstracts, not full text. Full text might be available through the British Library Ethos service, or via inter-library loan
- Students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot use their UWE Bristol logins to access this database
Description
This database was formerly known as Index to Theses, it is the most comprehensive available record of doctoral theses from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The collection offers the most comprehensive available listing of theses, with abstracts, accepted for higher degrees by universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, since 1716.
Coverage
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: A&I: Business
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: A&I: Health & Medicine
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: A&I: History
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: A&I: Literature & Language
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: A&I: Science & Technology
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: A&I: Social Sciences
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: A&I: The Arts
Publisher
ProQuest
ProQuest Sociology *
Accessibility statement
Access restrictions
- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
ProQuest Sociology is a database covering the international literature of sociology and social work. Coverage from around 480 journal titles and over 500 recent full-text doctoral dissertations on sociology.
Coverage
- Social work
- Social services
- Community and mental health
- Crisis intervention
Publisher
ProQuest
PsycBooks * (APA PsycBooks)
Accessibility statement
Access restrictions
- More than 60% of the currently published books in this database are included in the main library search
- Staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot use their UWE Bristol login to access this database
Description
APA PsycBooks® is a full-text database that provides access to APA’s 3,733 scholarly titles (55,598 chapters) within psychology and its sub-fields. It includes recently published APA content along with an expansive backfile that includes classic works dating back to the 17thcentury. Its relevance to the present day along with a comprehensive view of the past makes PsycBooks a crucial research tool for the behavioural sciences.
Coverage
Over 3,900 books dating back to the 17th century. Updated monthly.
Guides
Publisher
EBSCO / American Psychological Association
PsycInfo (APA PsycInfo)
Accessibility statement
Access restrictions
- This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text. You can find out if the full text is available by using the library search or by clicking the ‘check for full text’ links in the database.
- Staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot use their UWE Bristol login to access this database
Description
The American Psychological Association's PsycInfo® database is
the comprehensive international bibliographic database of
psychology. It contains citations and summaries of peer-reviewed
journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and
technical reports, all in the field of psychology and the
psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine,
psychiatry, nursing, etc. Journal coverage, spanning 1806 to
present, includes international material selected from more than
2,450 periodicals from more than 49 countries. Over 80,000 records
are added annually through weekly updates. More than 36 million
references in over 870,000 journal articles, books, and book
chapters; retrospective to 2001 and earlier, where available; more
than 3.2 million references from 1920 to 2000.
Coverage
Includes nursing, psychology, medicine, sociology, pharmacology, physiology and linguistics.
Guides
Publisher
EBSCO
RefWorks
Access restrictions
- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
A resource for collecting and managing references that allows you to create your own searchable database of references, accessible from any computer connected to the internet. You can import references from databases, format your bibliography, and incorporate your citations into your documents.
Publisher
RefWorks
SAGE Journals Online *
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Access restrictions
- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Provides full-text access to the journals published by Sage to which UWE Bristol subscribes.
Coverage
Full text of all RSC articles published since 1841 to the present.
Publisher
SAGE Publications
SAGE Research Methods *
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Access
- Database is included in the main library search
- The publisher does allow UWE students based at UK and international partner institutions (and the staff that support them) to access this database
Description
SRM (Sage Research Methods) is a web-based research methods tool created to help researchers, staff and students with their research projects. SRM links over 100,000 pages of SAGE’s book, journal and reference content with advanced search and discovery tools. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help design research projects, understand a particular method or identify a new method. SRM focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, so can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences and more.
Publisher
Sage
Scopus *
Accessibility statement
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- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-review literature, including books, conference proceedings and journals, covering the following fields of research: science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Coverage
Over 66 million records
Guides
Publisher
Elsevier
Social Policy and Practice
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- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Social Policy and Practice brings together data from 5
databases. The majority of the material originates from the UK but
there is also European and US material. Some 50% of the references
are to grey literature, including semi-published reports, working
papers, local and central government reports, and material from the
voluntary sector and charities. Databases included: Planex from
IDOX; Acompline from the Greater London Authority; Social Care
Online from the Social Care Institute for Excellence; AgeInfo -
from the Centre for Policy on Ageing; ChildData from the National
Children’s Bureau. It contains over 300,000 bibliographic records
dating back to 1981, with approximately 24,000 added per annum.
Subjects covered include: Behavioral & Social Sciences; Social
Work; Public Health.
Guides
Publisher
Ovid
Social Services Abstracts
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Accessibility statement
Access restrictions
- This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text. You can find out if the full text is available by using the library search or by clicking the ‘check for full text’ links in the database
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of
current research focused on social work, human services, and
related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and
community development. The database abstracts and indexes over
1,300+ serials publications and includes abstracts of journal
articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. Coverage
dates back to 1979 and it includes over 147,000 records as of
December 2010.
Coverage
1979 to present
Guides
Publisher
ProQuest
Sociological Abstracts
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Accessibility statement
Access restrictions
- This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text. You can find out if the full text is available by using the library search or by clicking the ‘check for full text’ links in the database
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Indexes journal articles and conference proceedings from over 1,500 journals in the field of sociology and related disciplines.
Coverage
1974 to present
Publisher
ProQuest
SpringerLink *
Access restrictions
- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Large collection of full-text journals. Subject areas include biological sciences, computing, engineering, environment, humanities, mathematics and statistics, medicine and health, physical sciences and chemistry.
This database also includes a number of e-books on business, law, and computer science, as well as Lecture Notes in Computer Science for the last three years.
Publisher
Springer
Taylor and Francis *
Accessibility statement
Access restrictions
- Database is included in the main library search
- Students and staff at international partner institutions cannot use their UWE Bristol login to access this database
Description
Provides access to over 2500 full-text journals published by Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Psychology Press and Informa Healthcare.
Coverage
1997 onwards.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Westlaw UK
Accessibility statement
Access restrictions
- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Full-text access to current and historic UK, European Union and worldwide case reports and legislation. Also gives access to the Legal Journals Index, some full text law journals, and many law electronic books.
Certification
The Westlaw UK Certification Training allows users to gain a nationally recognised online certificate.
The Westlaw Student representative at UWE Bristol is currently vacant.
The representative can advise on certification and runs drop-in sessions for students and staff on the use of Westlaw products.
Coverage
Subject areas: UK, EU, and International Cases; UK, EU, and International Legislation. Includes full text of various practitioner texts including: Chitty on Contracts; Clerk and Lindsell on Torts; Civil Procedure (White Book).
Guides
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell
Wiley Online Library *
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Accessibility statement
Access restrictions
- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Provides access to over 200 full text electronic journals
published by Wiley covering a wide range of topic areas such as
business, engineering medicine, science and psychology.
Guides
Publisher
Wiley InterScience
Zetoc
Accessibility statement
Access restrictions
- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
The database contains details of approximately 20,000 current journals and 16,000 conference proceedings published per year. With almost 15 million article and conference records, the database covers every imaginable subject in science, technology, medicine, engineering, business, law, finance.
Coverage
Updated daily. An index that contains references only, not full text. Information provided is minimal and abstracts are not included. To check whether an item is available (in either printed or electronic format) search the library catalogue. Coverage: From 1993. Subject areas: Multidisciplinary.
Guides
- FAQs and help available from within the site.
Publisher
Mimas at the University of Manchester on behalf of the British Library.