Databases and e-resources: Inclusive Design
Online resources include:
Bibliographic databases: chiefly Indexes and Abstracts [e.g. Daai]
Full text databases [e.g. Nexis UK]
E-journals [e.g. Disability and Society]
E-books and electronic reference sources [e.g. Oxford English Dictionary online]
In practice, the boundaries between some of these categories can become blurred.
Separate pages give an overview of the University's Online Resources including an A-Z List.
Summary of the most relevant services for students of Design Research for Disability:
| Design |
- DAAI : Design and Applied Arts Index International index covering all areas of design and craft. Contains over 100,000 references from more than 450 design and craft journals, with 10-15,000 references added annually. Also includes data on over 40,000 designers, studios, workshops, firms etc. Also included are 4 supplementary directories on education, organisations, archives and periodicals.
Access: Internet access with University network username and password.
- Art Full Text
Art Full Text is a database that offers full-text plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of arts publications. Art Full Text offers:
-Full text of articles from some 160 journals as far back as 1997
-Indexing of periodicals back to 1984
-Coverage of fine, decorative and commercial art
-Indexing of art reproductions to help researchers focus on a single artist or find individual works.
Access: Internet access with University network username and password.
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| Medical, Health Services and Life Sciences |
- AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine)
AMED covers complementary medicine, physiotherapy and manual therapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation and other subjects. AMED indexes relevant references to articles from 400 journals, many not indexed by other, more general biomedical sources. The scope of coverage is strongly European with the majority of titles in English.
As well as basic bibliographic information, each record includes controlled index terms using the AMED Thesaurus based on MeSH and an abstract giving clear indications of the coverage of the item.
Access: Internet access with University network username and password. You may need to use Alternative login and follow links to Londonmet.
Maximum of 4 concurrent users.
- British Nursing Index
The BNI database contains full-text articles and print journal references from all the major British nursing and midwifery titles. Coverage is from 1994 onwards.
Access: Internet access with University network username and password.
- Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies. Gives access to full-text articles and podcasts.
Access: Free Internet access available in UK.
- Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences
The Encyclopaedia comprises 3,000 specially commissioned, peer-reviewed and continually updated articles covering the biological sciences.
Access: Internet access with University network username and password.
- Social Care Online [Social Care Institute for Excellence]
Abstracts of social work and social care literature. The database contains over 50,000 abstracts of books, central and local government reports, research papers, and publications of voluntary organisations, and articles from a wide range of journal titles - academic, research, practice and news-orientated. The database covers UK, North American and other English-language resources
Access: currently free internet access available.
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| Humanities and Social Sciences |
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Current data is taken from over 2400 international social science journals and around 7000 books per year. Abstracts are available for up to 5% of the journals covered. Access: Internet access with University network username and password.
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| Science and Technology |
- ISI Web of Knowledge
The Web of Knowledge is a collection of databases, which include the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings. The three citation indexes retrieve bibliographical data, sometimes full text.
Access: Internet access with University network username and password.
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| General News Articles |
- Nexis UK [Full text]
Comprehensive international news, business and company data, including full text of all the major UK newspapers and major overseas daily publications.
Access: Internet access with University network username and password.
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