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The following databases are some of the most useful for journalism and creative and professional writing. Use them to find books and journal articles on a topic. Access is via the university library catalogue, using your university network username and password.
Some databases will provide the full text of journal articles, while others will just provide references and/or abstracts.
Check your references on the library catalogue. Not all the items you find will be in stock, but you can order items through the Interlibrary Loans service via the catalogue. You can also use other university libraries in the Sconul Access scheme.
- Academic Search Complete
A very large, multidisciplinary database, which includes scholarly journals as well as newspapers and popular magazines. Covers arts, creative writing, education, humanities, journalism, literature, performing arts, psychology and many other disciplines.
- Art Full Text
Art Abstracts, comprises the bibliographic contents of 280 leading Art journals, museum bulletins and yearbooks. The database gives references to articles, reviews, exhibition listings and many other types of material. Unusually, reproductions of works of art that appear in the journals are also fully detailed. Coverage is from 1984 as an index, with added abstracts from 1994 to the present. It is updated monthly. Subject coverage spans all aspects of art, from visual to performing arts, and ranges from archaeology to television and video.
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Part of the ISI Web of Knowledge database collection.
A multidisciplinary database indexing books and journal articles in the Arts and Humanities. Coverage from 1981 onwards. Updated weekly. Does not provide full-text material.
- Business Source Complete
Contains full text journals, abstracts and market research data. Subjects covered are accounting, banking, business, economics, finance, management, sales & marketing, logistics & transport.
- Communication and Mass Media Complete (Includes some full text articles)
This database indexes and provides abstracts for articles from over 400 journals in the field of communications and mass media, including radio, television and journalism. Also includes links to full text for many journal articles. Many journals are covered from their first issues to the present.
- Contemporary Women''s Issues
Provides full-text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies are easily accessed through CWI. Information on women in over 190 countries is compiled in a single collection bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education, business administration and political science. Covers over 1500 sources - including more than 150 periodicals - published by more than 200 organizations around the world.
- EBSCO Electronic Journal Service
Provides access to many of the electronic journals which the library subscribes to; enables searching in the title, abstract and full text, and downloading of articles in all the subject areas.
- Humanities International Complete™ (HIC) (Includes some full text articles)
HIC provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. It also includes all data from Humanities International Index, a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities, which provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations. Humanities International Complete is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities.
- IIPA -International Index to the Performing Arts (Includes some full text articles)
IIPA covers nearly all aspects of the world of the Performing Arts, from "the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes". It indexes more than 130 international
performing arts journals. Most articles from 1998 onwards include an abstract, and an increasing number of journals on this service provide full text.
- IngentaConnect
Full-text electronic gateway for Access to a fast-growing range of full text electronic journals from leading publishers in all subject areas. This web-based service allows anyone to search and browse their database of articles free of charge, and to display bibliographic information and abstracts. Downloading of full text articles from journals that the library subscribes to.
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance™ with Full Text (IBTD with Full Text)
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance is a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries. IBTD with Full Text also provides full text for 100 journal titles and more
than 50 books & monographs.
- JSTOR
A full-text digital archive of core scholarly journals starting with the very first issues. Subject covered include African American Studies, Asian Studies, Language and Literature. Back runs only. For the most recent three to five years you will need to use other services. Allows you to search by subject, or browse individual issues.
- Literature Online
A searchable library, providing full-text works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, biographies, bibliographies, key criticism and reference resources. Secondary resources include ABELL, (the MHRA''s Annual bibliography of English Language and Literature) which has links to the full text of over 180 journals.
There are also links to literary resources on the web.
- MLA International Bibliography
Provides references on literature, language, film and theatre from 1963 onwards. Full references are given to articles in over 3000 journals; to books and to book chapters, and to theses. Literary works are only included if they contain critical material. Web-based service.
- The Year''s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
Available in print form in Holloway Road 2nd Floor Quick Reference - (QuickR 2) 820.9/YEA
Available online via the library catalogue.
- The Year''s Work in English Studies
Available in print form in Holloway Road 2nd Floor Quick Reference - (QuickR 2) 820.9/YEA
Available online via the library catalogue.
- NewsFilm Online
NewsFilm Online is a searchable JISC funded service comprising selection of news stories and programme scripts from the ITN/Reuters archives comprising some
3,000 hours of footage; approximately 60,000 stories. Browse by date or search by keyword. Video playback and download are available to staff and students of subscribing universitie.
- Sage Journals Online
Contains full-text articles of the most popular peer-reviewed journals in Communication Studies, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies & Planning. Access is to subscribed journals only, get a list by clicking on “SAGE journals available to me”. Can also read summaries to journal articles we don’t subscribe to or which might be available via other databases.
- TRILT
Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching - listings and archive of broadcast programme information.
- ZETOC
The ZETOC service provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents (ETOC). 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 many subject areas in science, technology, medicine, engineering, business, law, finance, the humanities and social sciences.
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