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Amirsys Imaging Reference Center
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- Database is not included in the main library search
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Description
A comprehensive source of radiology references for all
healthcare professionals who work with imaging tests. It offers a
combination of high-quality images, classical diagnoses, and
evidence-based clinical content.
The resource includes 72,000 x-ray, CT, MR, and ultrasound
illustrations and images, plus expert, evidence-based content -
including over 4,000 diagnoses - provided by imaging experts.
Publisher
Amirsys Imaging Reference Center
AnatomyTV
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- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Anatomy.tv is an interactive 3D anatomy resource. It has views of the hand and forearm, shoulder, hip, knee, and foot and ankle. It has been created as a collaborative effort between leading Universities (including Cambridge University and University College, London) and provides anatomical structures from raw medical scan data.
Each anatomical structure is presented in fine detail, and includes surface anatomy, cutaneous distribution, and nerves and arteries. Also included are common pathologies, radiological content, interactive quizzes and multiple choice questions.
Guides
Publisher
Primal Pictures
BioMed Central *
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- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
BioMed Central is an independent publisher committed to providing open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. This is a collection of 186 full-text journals in biology and medicine.
Publisher
BioMed Central
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
Cochrane Library
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- More than 60% of the currently published content in this database are included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
The Cochrane Library is considered to be the best single source
of reliable evidence on the effects of health care. It includes the
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) which is the leading
resource for systematic reviews in health care.
Guides
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Credo Reference *
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- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Online reference library. Includes encyclopaedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations, atlases
Publisher
Credo
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
EBSCO eBook Collection
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- Database is not included in the main library search
- Staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot use their UWE Bristol login to access this database
Description
This is a package of e-books on a wide range of subjects, which you can borrow or browse. Titles which the library has purchased are also accessible via the library search but there are also a large number of free titles on the service which are not listed on the library search.
Publisher
EBSCO
EMBASE
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
Embase includes 24 million indexed records in the field of biomedicine, and covers more than 7,500 current, mostly peer-reviewed, journals, of which 2,000 are not included in Medline. Its specialist areas include psychiatry and pharmacology. Embase also includes conference abstracts from more than 7000 biomedical, drug and medical device conferences dating back to 2009.
Coverage
1974 onwards.
Guides
Publisher
Ovid Technologies
ENDS Report *
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- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
The ENDS Report gives you access to environmental intelligence for professionals; delivering news, analysis, and reference across the carbon, environmental, and sustainability agenda.
Guides
Publisher
Haymarket
Environmental Management
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- Database is not included in the main library search
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Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
UK legislation and guidance documents from over 100 issuing bodies.
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Publisher
IHS Technical Indexes
EThOS
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- Database is not included in the main library search
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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
FreeMedicalJournals.com
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- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone can access this database
Description
The Free Medical Journals website is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet. Links to over 400 titles are included.
Publisher
Flying Publisher
IEEE Xplore *
Access restrictions
- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
IEL includes full-text access for:
- IEEE journals and conference proceedings
- IEE journals and conference proceedings
- IEEE standards
- over 400 Wiley-IEEE e-books
Coverage
Archive to 1988, selected journals and conferences back to 1950.
Guides
Publisher
IEEE
Index to Theses
Index to Theses has changed its name to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: UK & Ireland
Institute of Physics 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
Full-text archive of all of the journals published by the Institute of Physics. Journal articles of high-quality science from key authors and some of the most significant journals in the physical sciences. Restrictions apply to articles published in the last 10 years.
Coverage
Full text of all journals published since 1874. References and abstracts (summaries) only are available for some journals published in the last 10 years.
Guides
Publisher
Institute of Physics (IOP)
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
MEDLINE, via EBSCO
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
MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's® (NLM)
premier bibliographic database and contains over 18 million
references to journal articles in life sciences with a
concentration on biomedicine. Time coverage: generally 1947 to the
present, with some older material. Source: Currently, citations
from approximately 5,400 worldwide journals in 39 languages; 60
languages for older journals. Broad subject coverage: The subject
scope of MEDLINE is biomedicine and health, broadly defined to
encompass those areas of the life sciences, behavioral sciences,
chemical sciences, and bioengineering needed by health
professionals and others engaged in basic research and clinical
care, public health, health policy development, or related
educational activities.
Coverage
1966 onwards.
Guides
Publisher
EBSCO
MEDLINE, via OVID
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
MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's® (NLM) premier bibliographic database and contains over 18 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. The subject scope of MEDLINE is biomedicine and health, broadly defined to encompass those areas of the life sciences, behavioural sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering needed by health professionals and others engaged in basic research and clinical care, public health, health policy development, or related educational activities.
Coverage
1947 onwards.
Guides
Publisher
Ovid Technologies
National Statistics
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- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone can access this database
Description
The official gateway to UK National Statistics. Provides access to the latest statistics from government departments in the UK and is the central website for hosting all first releases of National Statistics. Material can be downloaded into a variety of formats.
Publisher
Office for National Statistics
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
PubMed *
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- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone can access this database
Description
PubMed is a service of the US National Library of Medicine and provides access to over 16 million references for articles on clinical science and biomedicine. It is a freely available version of Medline.
Coverage
1950s onwards.
Publisher
United States National Library of Medicine (NLM)
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.
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Publisher
RefWorks
Royal Society of Chemistry Journals *
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- 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
Full-text access to the journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Publishing
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.
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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
ScienceDirect *
Access restrictions
- Database is included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Access provided to over 1,000 electronic journals with abstracts from several hundred further titles.
Coverage
As well as the sciences, coverage includes business, economics and social sciences. Full text available from 1996 onwards.
Guides
Publisher
Reed Elsevier
Scopus *
Access restrictions
- 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
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Publisher
Elsevier
SportDiscus
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
SPORTDiscus™ is a comprehensive, bibliographic database covering
sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science,
physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport law
& legislation, college & university sport, disabled
persons, facility design & management, doping, biomechanics,
movement science, injury prevention rehabilitation, physical
therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport & exercise
psychology and more. With full bibliographic coverage, this
database includes well over 1,660,000 records with journal and
monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 22,000 dissertations
and theses and reference to articles in 60 different
languages.
Guides
Publisher
EBSCO
SpringerLink *
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- 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
SpringerProtocols *
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- Database is included in the main library search
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Description
Used primarily in the life sciences, protocols provide individual sets of instructions to allow scientists to recreate experiments in their own laboratories. These documents provide written procedural methods in the design and implementation of experiments that describe the safety, bias, procedures, equipment, statistical methods, reporting, and troubleshooting standards to be used in order to successfully conduct the experiment. SpringerProtocols contains more than 2,000 protocols, most of which come from the classic book series Methods in Molecular Biology.
Coverage
1980-2012.
View spreadsheet list of all available protocols
Publisher
Springer
Taylor and Francis *
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- 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
UK Data Service
Access restrictions
- 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
This service provides access and support for an extensive range of key economic and social data, spanning many disciplines and themes. Included are a wide range of quantitative, qualitative, multi-media and non-digital data, and census data from 1971 to 2011. The majority of the data is fully anonymised.
The service also offers advice on managing research data.
Users are required to register for permission to download and use datasets from UK Data Service.
Guides
Publisher
ESRC
Visible Body
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- Database is not included in the main library search
- Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this database
Description
Visible Body is a suite of online programs that cover anatomy, physiology, muscles, the skeleton, and the circulatory system through interactive 3D models, animations, quizzes and more. Peel away structures and layers from head to toe, rotate anatomical models, and dive deep into both systemic and regional anatomy. The programs complement textbook and classroom-based learning with interactive resources.
Publisher
Argosy Publishing
Wiley Online Library *
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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 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
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.