Type of material - think about the resources you need to read to inform your project.
Include a number of peer-reviewed articles from academic or professional journals, as well as a range of books. You can also use other resources such as:
Some sources for peer-reviewed articles are listed below. You can find more on our Databases A-Z page.
Full-text database containing journal articles and book chapters from thousands of journals and e-books. The majority of content is published by Elsevier.
Subjects covered include science, technology, business, management, accounting, health sciences, engineering and social sciences. Full-text access is to subscribed content only.
Multidisciplinary database providing access to full text articles, reports, conference proceedings and books.
Multidisciplinary resource which enables simultaneous cross-searching of a range of citation indexes and databases. It provides access to research tools like cited reference searching and the Journal Citation Reports.
Toggle off Smart Search for Fielded Search, Cited Reference Search and Advanced Search functionalities such as Query Builder.
Covers all aspects of the law providing access to cases, legislation, journal articles and abstracts, full text practitioner books and commentary. Also contains the Legal Journals Index of UK legal periodicals back to 1986.
UK cases, legislation and law reports.
Law database which includes primary law, secondary sources, and practical guidance.
It incorporates and replaces both the previous Lexis Library (cases, legislation, articles, Halsbury’s Laws of England, Blackstone’s Criminal Practice, All England Law Reports and more) and Lexis Practical Guidance (practitioner database with practice notes and practical legal research sources). Includes access to Lexis' Smart Forms.
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Provides access to British standards and international and European standards that have been adopted as British standards in the subjects of civil engineering, fluid mechanics, energy, and more.
It also includes ASTM standards and ISO standards that haven't been adopted as British standards. BSOL also holds BSI Publicly Available Specifications, as well as BSI books.The Eurocodes are a new set of European structural design codes for building and civil engineering works. They will be used for European public works and are set to become the de-facto standard for the private sector - both in Europe and worldwide.Please follow the link on the BSI homepage and click on BSOL subscribers in the yellow box on the right hand side of the page to access documents from the BSI construction module
Provides access to all active standards from the American Society for Testing and Materials, as well as historical and withdrawn standards with comparisons.
Also includes ASTM Journals, peer-reviewed articles, selected Technical Papers (STPs) in e-book format and digital videos of test methods.
Create and download maps and data of any location in Great Britain, including Ordnance Survey, historical, geological, LiDAR and marine maps and spatial data.
Online registration is required before using this resource.
Users will need to renew their individual user agreement for each of the services they want to use.
Full-text coverage of national, regional and international news from a range of sources including newswires. Updated daily and with many titles having a 20 year archive, useful for current affairs and seeing how topics have been reported.
Articles generally have no formatting or images.
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Offers full text from a range of sources including international newspapers, trade publications and magazines. Many titles have a 20 year archive and content is updated daily, making it useful for business, industry news and reports.
Please note that articles generally have no formatting or images.
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Provides digital access to thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the world. You can browse entire editions making it useful for studying page layout etc.
PressReader provides access to the last year of most publications. App available: Setting up the PressReader App
View, record, create clips and share broadcast programmes from over 75 TV and radio channels. Only available to view in the UK. For educational use only.
Limitation: Full service available only to users located in the UK. BBC Parliament is temporarily available to users located anywhere in the world.
Profit and loss, balance sheet, ratios and trends, stock prices, credit score and rating information for major public and private British companies. Lists of companies can be created using any combination of 300 search items.
Limitation: Please note that Moody's resources may be used for educational research only, and may not be used for institutional business purposes.
A comprehensive financial database with access to detailed company, industry, country, index, ESG, and economic data.
Key features include global financials, ratio analysis, SEC filings, sustainability scores, macroeconomic trends, and exportable reports.
Eikon has been replaced by LSEG Workspace.