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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 science and health journal articles
A multi-disciplinary database that indexes a wide variety of journals including film and computing
Computing database
A key resource. The Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library (ACM DL) gives access to the full text of their 50+ peer-reviewed journals along with magazines, conference proceedings and videos.
A key source for the visual arts, other subjects covered include design, architecture, fashion, film and video. Full text coverage from 1997, indexing from 1984. Includes the Art Abstracts database.
The British Journal of Sports Medicine is a twice-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering sports science and sports medicine including sport physiotherapy.
Business database
Business Source Complete as well as holding a comprehensive range of established Business journals also includes rigorous curation of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 850 global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with the standard subject indexing and precise/accurate full-text linking.
Searching Business Source Complete (video)
Find company profiles and SWOT analyses in Business Source Complete (pdf)
Find industry and market reports in Business Source Complete (pdf)
Cite Them Right Online shows you how to reference a wide range of sources (books, journal articles, web sites) using exactly the same Harvard style used at Brookes.
Business database
Emerald is one of the leading providers of management e-journals.
Business database
Fame contains information on both public and private companies across the UK and Ireland.
Find company financial information in Fame (pdf)
Find company financial information in Fame (video)
Use Fame to find share prices (pdf)
Use Fame to find share prices (video)
Create an industry analysis using Fame (pdf)
Create an industry analysis using Fame (video)
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.
Computing and Engineering database
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) publish many of the top journals in the areas of computer science, electronic engineering and telecommunications. You can access full text of IEEE and Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) conference papers, journal articles, and IEEE standards back to 1988.
The IJSM provides a forum for the publication of papers dealing with both basic and applied information that advance the field of sports medicine and exercise science, and offer a better understanding of biomedicine.
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.
The Journal of Sports Sciences has an international reputation for publishing articles of a high standard and is both Medline and Clarivate Analytics-listed. It publishes research on various aspects of the sports and exercise sciences, including anatomy, biochemistry, biomechanics, performance analysis, physiology, psychology, sports medicine and health.
Official journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
LexisLibrary provides access to the most up-to-date UK Legislation and the largest number of case law documents available on any platform.
Business database
Mix of company, industry, country, city and financial data.
Find company information in Marketline (pdf)
Find company information in Marketline (video)
Journal articles in science and medicine
ACSM's flagship monthly peer-reviewed journal, is the leading multidisciplinary original research journal for members. Each issue features original investigations, clinical studies and comprehensive reviews on current topics in sports medicine and exercise science.
Healthcare database
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
Business database
A abstracting and indexing database covering the behavioral and social sciences from the authority in psychology
A essential database of full-text, peer-reviewed articles published by the APA and affiliated journals.
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 sport science and some health journals
Considered by some to be the leading database in the field of Sport, Coaching and Physical Education, SPORTDiscus contains information on sports medicine, exercise physiology, physical fitness, sports science, sports psychology, biomechanics, training, teaching, programming and coaching material.
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 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