The most frequently-used databases
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Provides guidance on how to cite and reference almost any type of source. Also includes an introduction to referencing for anyone who is unsure or needs a refresher of the principles.
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Take some time out with our new collection of fiction and non-fiction audiobooks and ebooks. Download the Libby App https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby and search for University of Bristol or access via your browser. Sign in via your Library card and login with your university email and password to enjoy!
Digital newsstand featuring 7000+ of the world's most popular newspapers & magazines. Please note: before accessing and using PressReader, please read this guide.
Search the world’s leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Includes: Science Citation Index; Social sciences Citation Index; Arts and Humanities Citation Index; Arts and Humanities Citation Index; Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science; Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Hosting over six million records, sourced from private and public archives, such as The National Archives (UK) and British Library, BOA’s primary source collections cover over 500 years of world history. This database offers insights into global historical events and trends, typically through a British lens. They serve to broaden our understanding of history, and help us to make sense of contemporary social, cultural, economic, and political landscapes.
** Our access to all collections is until June 2026, when decisions will be made on collections to purchase in perpetuity**Broadcast provides business information about the British TV Industry, at home and around the world.
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BSAVA Library pulls together the BSAVA’s huge range of world-renowned veterinary content and includes BSAVA manuals, guides, formulary, journals, CPD webinars, lecture recordings, Companion magazine and more.
Connected Histories is a a database of several hundred recorded interviews – roughly 644 hours of audio and video in total, plus several hundred more transcripts. It’s the gateway to the BBC’s own Oral History Collection, which has until now been restricted to BBC staff and official historians of the Corporation. The Collection features interviews which have been recorded with BBC staff invited to speak frankly at the end of their career. Interviewees are drawn from all corners of the Corporation and from all levels – Directors-General, producers, presenters, journalists, engineers, secretaries, writers.
The CIS platform provides access to key construction standards and technical information for building projects in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The Governmental and Professional Bodies standards support the construction lifecycle from concept and preparation, through design and construction, to operational and ongoing use.
Education Research Index combines ERIC, the leading education research database produced by the U.S. Department of Education, with the new Supplemental Education Index, which was created to expand upon the current scope of ERIC. Together, they offer journal articles, reports, documents, books, all indexed with the ERIC vocabulary for a unified search experience.
Comprising over 90,000 images sourced from The National Archives (UK) and the Working Class Movement Library (UK), this collection examines stories of protest and dissent, activism and unrest, conspiracies and plots, and acts of treason and rebellion against the government and the monarchy.
A key resource on the international film industry.
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SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, focussing on advancing light-based science and technology.
An educational & cultural research resource of primary sources exploring 100 years of youth culture through the scenes, styles, and sounds that forged them. From Rave, Punk, Rockabilly to Grime. From the world’s leading collection of youth culture history.
