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E-learning resources
We have created a video on how to use the Oxford Brookes Library Resources for our Global Partnership Institutions.
Includes computing journals
Includes science and health journal articles
A multi-disciplinary database that indexes a wide variety of journals including film and computing
Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) provides online building and construction cost and price data. It is a collaborative venture for the exchange of information so that subscribers involved in architectural design, construction and property can have ready access to the best available data. Also available is the BCIS Online Rates Database which is an online price book data from BCIS for estimating the costs of construction projects, including: building maintenance, alterations & refurbishment, civil engineering, major & minor.
A pioneer of open access publishing, BMC has an evolving portfolio of high quality peer-reviewed journals including broad interest titles such as BMC Biology and BMC Medicine, specialist journals such as Malaria Journal and Microbiome.
Healthcare database
Nursing, health care. The CINAHL Database covers the following allied health fields: Athletic Training, Audiology, Cardiopulmonary Technology, Dental Hygiene, Emergency Services, Health Information Management, Medical Assisting, Medical/Laboratory Technology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Physician's Assistant, Radiologic Technology, Respiratory Therapy, Social Service in Health Care, Speech-Language Pathology, Surgical Technology. Covers material published since 1982. In total, more than 1200 serial publications are regularly reviewed and indexed. Since 1986 abstracts have been included and are now available for 600 journal titles. Full text for selected items is available.
Comprehensive Physiology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Physiological Society.
Business Database
Emerald is one of the leading providers of management e-journals.
HeinOnline is a premier online research platform that provides more than 196 million pages of multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, international resources, case law, and much more.
Biomedical talks and videos
A collection of biomedical talks and videos.
isurv is the definitive way of locating and accessing built environment information. Created by RICS, the online subscription service gives insight from industry practitioners and legal experts.
LexisLibrary provides access to the most up-to-date UK Legislation and the largest number of case law documents available on any platform.
A wide range of ebooks are available from this source
Includes business and computing journals
Includes science and health journal articles and other resources
Explore scientific, technical, and medical research.
Includes business info
Includes science and health journals
This host service provides a single route to many of the key scientific databases subscribed to by Brookes. These are: the Web of Science Core Collection (including the Science Citation Index); MEDLINE; Biosis Citation Index; Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science; and Journal Citation Reports. Databases can be searched individually or together and bibliographic records will link to any full-text content available via Full Text Finder.
Case reports since 1220, many full text; full text legislation; EU cases and legislation from 1952. Some US material. Also includes the Legal Journals Index.
General guides
What is a database? video (2:06 mins .mp4 file) or What is a database? transcript
Truncation and wildcards video (3:17 mins .mp4 file) or Truncation and wildcards transcript
When to use AND and OR video (4:23 mins .mp4 file) or When to use AND and OR transcript
Thesaurus searching video (3:52 mins .mp4 file) or Thesaurus searching transcript
Creating an account video (1:18 mins .mp4 file) or Creating an account transcript
Saving your search video (2:50 mins .mp4 file) or Saving your search transcript
Citation searching using Web of Science video (2:34 mins .mp4 file) or Citation searching using Web of Science transcript
Citation searching using Google Scholar video (2:19 mins .mp4 file) or Citation searching using Google Scholar transcript
Not enough results? video (5:49 mins .mp4 file) or Not enough results? transcript
Too many results? video (4:42 mins .mp4 file) or Too many results? transcript
Prisma flow diagram PDF or Prisma Flow diagram (editable Word document)
Be more critical: a practical guide for Health and Social Care students