School of Human and Social Sciences subject guide

Academic Search Elite offers information in a broad range of areas including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and many more.

CINAHL Complete is a research tool for nursing and allied health professionals. Users get fast and easy full text access to top journals, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and more. It provides broad content coverage including 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine and more. It includes more than 1,300 full text journals and over 5,400 indexed journals.

Medline (EBSCO) is the most comprehensive and highly-regarded database indexing and abstracting the journal literature in Clinical Medicine and the Biosciences. It covers more than 5,500 journal titles in over 40 languages from 1948 onwards.

PsycARTICLES database contains over 134,000 full text peer-reviewed scholarly articles from the American Psychological Association (APA). Coverage includes clinical, health social and industrial/organisational branches of psychology.

PsycINFO is an expansive abstracting and indexing database with more than three million records devoted to peer-reviewed literature in the behavioural sciences and mental health, making it an ideal discovery and linking tool for scholarly research in a host of disciplines.

Sage Journals provides access to over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects in the health, biomedical and social sciences including business, criminology, education, politics and social work.

Sage Research Methods covers books, podcasts and videos to illustrate research methods along with a range of tools including method maps, project planners, reading lists and which statistics to use.

ScienceDirect gives you access to journals published by Wiley in a range of subjects including life, health and physical sciences, social science and the humanities.

• Please note, UWL does not subscribe to all journals on Science Direct and unsubscribed journals are not available in full text.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database, including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, quality web sources and subject coverage for the following: chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, psychology and economics and biological, agricultural and environmental sciences.

Access Wiley Online Library (journals) in a range of subjects including life, health and physical sciences, social science and the humanities.

Academic Search Elite offers information in a broad range of areas including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and many more.

JSTOR archival journal collections include more than 2,000 journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. JSTOR offers 15 Arts and Sciences collections that span 60 disciplines, and the Life Science Collection comprises more than 160 journals in the field sciences and broad coverage of the health sciences.

Lexis+ UK has full-text legal information in the form of separate ‘sources’ you can search or browse. The sources are grouped as cases, legislation, commentary (such as Halsbury's Laws of England), forms and precedents and journals. There is a cases citator (index of citations) service called CaseSearch, indicating the status of a case and its judicial history, and a Legal Journals Index ‘PLUS’, covering 500 UK and international journals. You can search across all or individual sources, as well as browse (select from a list of contents).

Medline (EBSCO) is the most comprehensive and highly-regarded database indexing and abstracting the journal literature in Clinical Medicine and the Biosciences. It covers more than 5,500 journal titles in over 40 languages from 1948 onwards.

ProQuest is the platform and host to five databases: British Periodicals, Design & Allied Arts Index, Periodicals Archive Online, ProQuest Business Collection and UK Newsstand. The Business Information collection covers seven individual business databases, including ABI/Inform Complete (5,745 journals, 80% in full text), Accounting & Tax Periodicals, Entrepreneurship, Banking Information Source and UK Newsstand.

Sage Journals provides access to over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects in the health, biomedical and social sciences including business, criminology, education, politics and social work.

Sage Research Methods covers books, podcasts and videos to illustrate research methods along with a range of tools including method maps, project planners, reading lists and which statistics to use.

ScienceDirect has access to over 2,000 full-text e-journals covering a range of subjects including medicine, forensic science, chemistry, computer science, biochemistry, immunology and microbiology, pharmacology, toxicology, humanities, psychology and social sciences.

• Please note, UWL does not subscribe to all journals on ScienceDirect and unsubscribed journals are not available in full text.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database, including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, quality web sources and subject coverage for the following: chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, psychology and economics and biological, agricultural and environmental sciences.

Academic Search Elite offers information in a broad range of areas including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and many more.

British Education Index covers all aspects of educational policy and administration, evaluation and assessment, technology and special educational needs. Indexing British education journals, theses and more, this resource is searchable by educational level and age group. Sources in the British Education Index include education and training journals, mostly published in the UK, along with some international literature. Also included is an education thesaurus with over 10,000 terms, over 770 of which are British-specific for education.

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is a database of indexed and full-text educational literature and resources containing more than 1.5 million records and links to hundreds of thousands of full text documents dating back to 1966. It includes records for a variety of source types, including journal articles, books, conference papers, curriculum guides, policy papers and more.

Education Abstracts is a bibliographic database covers key areas of education and related fields. Content areas include educational specialties, administration, funding and more. It is an essential tool for education research and is ideal for education students, professionals and policy makers. It contains indexing and abstracts for more than 1,000 periodicals and yearbooks, with indexing dating back to 1969 and abstracts back to 1997. Books on education published after 1981 are also indexed within the database.

Educational Administration Abstracts is a research database includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from the most important sources within the discipline. The coverage dates back to nearly 50 years.

JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections include more than 2,000 journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. JSTOR offers 15 Arts & Sciences collections that span 60 disciplines, and the Life Science Collection comprises more than 160 journals in the field sciences and broad coverage of the health sciences.

Sage Journals provides access to over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects in the health, biomedical and social sciences including business, criminology, education, politics and social work.

Sage Research Methods covers books, podcasts and videos to illustrate research methods along with a range of tools including method maps, project planners, reading lists and which statistics to use.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database, including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, quality web sources and subject coverage for the following: chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, psychology and economics and biological, agricultural and environmental sciences.

Siren Films Video Library is the UK's leading creator of educational videos for early years professionals. Collections include child development, effective learning, environment and materials, play, teaching and support, theories and approaches. Visit the Siren Films website to view their training video.

Taylor and Francis Education Collection has over 210 education titles that feature subjects such as early years education, education research, educational leadership and management, further and higher education, history of education, science education and sociology of education.

Academic Search Elite offers information in a broad range of areas including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and many more.

Embase is a medical database that emphasises biomedicine, health policy, psychiatry and genetics.

Lexis+ UK has full-text legal information in the form of separate ‘sources’ you can search or browse. The sources are grouped as cases, legislation, commentary (such as Halsbury's Laws of England), forms and precedents and journals. There is a cases citator (index of citations) service called CaseSearch, indicating the status of a case and its judicial history, and a Legal Journals Index ‘PLUS’, covering 500 UK and international journals. You can search across all or individual sources, as well as browse (select from a list of contents).

Medline (EBSCO) is the most comprehensive and highly-regarded database indexing and abstracting the journal literature in Clinical Medicine and the Biosciences. It covers more than 5,500 journal titles in over 40 languages from 1948 onwards.

ProQuest is the platform and host to five databases: British Periodicals, Design & Allied Arts Index, Periodicals Archive Online, ProQuest Business Collection and UK Newsstand. The Business Information collection covers seven individual business databases, including ABI/Inform Complete (5,745 journals, 80% in full text), Accounting & Tax Periodicals, Entrepreneurship, Banking Information Source and UK Newsstand.

Sage Journals provides access to over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects in the health, biomedical and social sciences including business, criminology, education, politics and social work.

Sage Research Methods covers books, podcasts and videos to illustrate research methods along with a range of tools including method maps, project planners, reading lists and which statistics.

ScienceDirect has access to over 2,000 full-text e-journals covering a range of subjects including medicine, forensic science, chemistry, computer science, biochemistry, immunology and microbiology, pharmacology, toxicology, humanities, psychology and social sciences.

• Please note, UWL does not subscribe to all journals on ScienceDirect and unsubscribed journals are not available in full text.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database, including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, quality web sources and subject coverage for the following: chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, psychology and economics and biological, agricultural and environmental sciences.

Westlaw UK full text legal information, grouped as cases, legislation, commentary, the EU and journals. In addition to full text sources there is the Legal Journals Index, which indexes and abstracts over 800 UK and international journals. As well as searching, you can browse (select from a list of contents) and search individual publications.

Academic Search Elite offers information in a broad range of areas including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and many more.

JSTOR archival journal collections include more than 2,000 journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. JSTOR offers 15 Arts and Sciences collections that span 60 disciplines, and the Life Science Collection comprises more than 160 journals in the field sciences and broad coverage of the health sciences.

ProQuest is the platform and host to five databases: British Periodicals, Design & Allied Arts Index, Periodicals Archive Online, ProQuest Business Collection and UK Newsstand. The Business Information collection covers seven individual business databases, including ABI/Inform Complete (5,745 journals, 80% in full text), Accounting & Tax Periodicals, Entrepreneurship, Banking Information Source and UK Newsstand.

Sage Journals provides access to over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects in the health, biomedical and social sciences including business, criminology, education, politics and social work.

Sage Research Methods covers books, podcasts and videos to illustrate research methods along with a range of tools including method maps, project planners, reading lists and which statistics to use.

Science Direct has access to over 2,000 full-text e-journals covering a range of subjects including medicine, forensic science, chemistry, computer science, biochemistry, immunology and microbiology, pharmacology, toxicology, humanities, psychology and social sciences.

• Please note, UWL does not subscribe to all journals on ScienceDirect and unsubscribed journals are not available in full text.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database, including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, quality web sources and subject coverage for the following: chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, psychology and economics and biological, agricultural and environmental sciences.

Open access databases

• Culture Art Society Instagram account - curatorial platform founded by Awa Konaté: Archival research, African/diasporic visual culture, Black radical thought, exhibitions and programmes.
• Feminist Africa Archive
• Free Black University
• African Journals Online
• CRT Collective Zotero Library

Please note, there is a living list of scholarly journals that UWL hopes to purchase that are yet to be available through the library’s physical or online repositories. It is envisaged that this will be of significance and relevance to the formation of a dynamic and imaginative liberatory curriculum for the Global Black Studies program and extensions of the spirit of its strategic intentions, honouring the work and vision of the program’s founder, Professor William Lez Henry and the legacy of ancestors, Professor Herbert Ekwe Ekwe and Dr Marcia Worrell. Importantly, the aim of this list is to work towards ensuring the holdings of UWL’s library reflect the brilliant scholarship of people racialised as black, with particular emphasis on the work of Black women.

Academic Search Elite offers information in a broad range of areas including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and many more.

CINAHL Complete is a research tool for nursing and allied health professionals. Users get fast and easy full text access to top journals, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and more. It provides broad content coverage including 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine and more. It includes more than 1,300 full text journals and over 5,400 indexed journals.

Medline (EBSCO) is the most comprehensive and highly-regarded database indexing and abstracting the journal literature in Clinical Medicine and the Biosciences. It covers more than 5,500 journal titles in over 40 languages from 1948 onwards.

Natural Medicines provides unbiased, evidence-based information and ratings on over 90,000 dietary supplements, natural medicines and integrative therapies.

Nutritional Science Collection is a database that will help you find reliable, relevant scientific information and keep up-to-date with the latest research. It is the key resource for students, researchers and academics seeking information in the sciences of food and health.

PsycARTICLES database contains over 134,000 full text peer-reviewed scholarly articles from the American Psychological Association (APA). Coverage includes clinical, health social and industrial/organisational branches of psychology.

PsycINFO is an expansive abstracting and indexing database with more than three million records devoted to peer-reviewed literature in the behavioural sciences and mental health, making it an ideal discovery and linking tool for scholarly research in a host of disciplines.

Sage Journals provides access to over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects in the health, biomedical and social sciences including business, criminology, education, politics and social work.

Sage Research Methods covers books, podcasts and videos to illustrate research methods along with a range of tools including method maps, project planners, reading lists and which statistics to use.

ScienceDirect gives you access to journals published by Wiley in a range of subjects including life, health and physical sciences, social science and the humanities.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database, including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, quality web sources and subject coverage for the following: chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, psychology and economics and biological, agricultural and environmental sciences.

Access Wiley Online Library (journals) in a range of subjects including life, health and physical sciences, social science and the humanities.

Academic Search Elite offers information in a broad range of areas including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and many more.

JSTOR archival journal collections include more than 2,000 journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. JSTOR offers 15 Arts and Sciences collections that span 60 disciplines, and the Life Science Collection comprises more than 160 journals in the field sciences and broad coverage of the health sciences.

ProQuest is the platform and host to five databases: British Periodicals, Design & Allied Arts Index, Periodicals Archive Online, ProQuest Business Collection and UK Newsstand. The Business Information collection covers seven individual business databases, including ABI/Inform Complete (5,745 journals, 80% in full text), Accounting & Tax Periodicals, Entrepreneurship, Banking Information Source and UK Newsstand.

Sage Journals provides access to over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects in the health, biomedical and social sciences including business, criminology, education, politics and social work.

Sage Research Methods covers books, podcasts and videos to illustrate research methods along with a range of tools including method maps, project planners, reading lists and which statistics to use.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database, including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, quality web sources and subject coverage for the following: chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, psychology and economics and biological, agricultural and environmental sciences.

Academic Search Elite offers information in a broad range of areas including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and many more.

CINAHL Complete is a research tool for nursing and allied health professionals. Users get fast and easy full text access to top journals, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and more. It provides broad content coverage including 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine and more. It includes more than 1,300 full text journals and over 5,400 indexed journals.

European Newsstream - read the full text of newspapers including UK national and Sunday papers. Choose 'publications' to see a list of newspapers covered. Please note that current access to The Times and The Sunday Times is no longer available.

Medline (EBSCO) is the most comprehensive and highly-regarded database indexing and abstracting the journal literature in Clinical Medicine and the Biosciences. It covers more than 5,500 journal titles in over 40 languages from 1948 onwards.

PsycARTICLES database contains over 134,000 full text peer-reviewed scholarly articles from the American Psychological Association (APA). Coverage includes clinical, health social and industrial/organisational branches of psychology.

PsycINFO is an expansive abstracting and indexing database with more than three million records devoted to peer-reviewed literature in the behavioural sciences and mental health, making it an ideal discovery and linking tool for scholarly research in a host of disciplines.

Sage Journals provides access to over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects in the health, biomedical and social sciences including business, criminology, education, politics and social work.

Sage Research Methods covers books, podcasts and videos to illustrate research methods along with a range of tools including method maps, project planners, reading lists and which statistics to use.

ScienceDirect gives you access to journals published by Wiley in a range of subjects including life, health and physical sciences, social science and the humanities.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database, including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, quality web sources and subject coverage for the following: chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, psychology and economics and biological, agricultural and environmental sciences.

Access Wiley Online Library (journals) in a range of subjects including life, health and physical sciences, social science and the humanities.