Databases A to Z
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A to Z list of databases
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Databases B Database Guide? Full Details Bankscope Bankscope [78.0 Kb]More BCIS Online (on-campus only) More Bibliography of British and Irish History More Biomed Central More BIOSIS Citation Index More BMJ Learning (registration required) More BNF for Children (registration required) More BOPCRIS (British Official Collaborative Reader Service) More BRAD 
More British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB) More British Education Index (BEI) Proquest databases [129.6 Kb]More British Humanities Index More British Library Archival Sound Recordings More British National Formulary More British Nursing Index Proquest databases [129.6 Kb]More British Periodicals Proquest databases [129.6 Kb]More British Pharmacopoeia (off-campus password) More British Standards Online More British Universities Film and Video Council More C
Databases C Database Guide? Full Details Census.ac.uk More Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Papers (on-campus only) More CINAHL CINAHL Plus with Full Text [125.0 Kb]More The Cochrane Library Cochrane Library [5.4Mb]
Cochrane Library Tutorial VideoMore Communication Abstracts More Computing Reviews (on-campus only) More CIS (Construction Information Service) More Containerisation International More CUMINCAD (Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Architectural Design) (registration required) More D
Databases Index D Database Guide? Full Details DARE (Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness) More Defining Gender 1450-1910 More Digimap (registration required) Digimap Roam [100.3 Kb]Digimap: MasterMap Download [99.9 Kb]More E
Databases E Database Guide? Full Details Early English Books Online (EEBO) More EBSCO Business Source Premier EBSCO Business Source Premier [113.5 Kb]More EconLit EconLit [115.6 Kb]More Economic and Social Data Service (registration required) More Ei Compendex Ei Compendex [36.1 Kb]More Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) - see JISC Historic Books EMBASE Medline, Embase, PsycINFO on Ovid [79.4 Kb]More Emerald Library Emerald Library [107.7 Kb]More Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents (via Lexis®Library) More The English Reports More Envest 2 Estimator (registration required) More ERIC (Educational Resources Information Centre) Proquest databases [129.6 Kb]More European Sources Online European Sources Online [99.3 Kb]More F
Databases F Database Guide? Full Details FAME - Financial Analysis Made Easy FAME on the Web [81.8 Kb]More Family Law Online More G
Databases G Database Guide? Full Details Geology Digimap (registration required) More GMID (Global Market Information Database) - see Passport GreenFILE GreenFILE [87.7 Kb]More H
Databases H Database Guide? Full Details Halsbury's Laws (via Lexis®Library) More Hansard More Health Management Information Centre (HMIC) More HeinOnline HeinOnline [84.5 Kb]More Henry Stewart Talks More Historic Digimap Historic Digimap: Ancient Roam [96.1 Kb]More Historical Abstracts Historical Abstracts [113.0 Kb]More Hollis-PR More House of Commons Parliamentary Papers More I
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Databases J Database Guide? Full Details JISC Historic Books (includes EEBO, ECCO & 19th Century Books) More JISC MediaHub More John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera More JSTOR More K
Databases K Database Guide? Full Details Key Note on the Web Key Note on the web [288.1 Kb]More L
Databases beginning with L Database Guide? Full Details Labordoc More Landmap: satellite image and elevation maps of the British Isles (registration required) More Lawtel Lawtel [113.7 Kb]More Lexis Library Lexis Library [84.9 Kb]More LexisPSL More Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts Proquest databases [129.6 Kb]More LISTA (Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts) More Literature Online Literature Online (LION) [88.0 Kb]More M
Databases beginning with M Database Guide? Full Details Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963 More Marine Digimap (registration required) More Martindale: the complete drug reference More MathSciNet MathSciNet [25.3 Kb]More Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO) More Medieval Sources Online More Medline / PubMed More Medline via Ovid Medline, Embase, PsycINFO on Ovid [79.4 Kb]More Medline In-Process More Mintel Marketing Intelligence Mintel on the Web [87.9 Kb]More MLA International Bibliography Proquest databases [129.6 Kb]More Music Index Online More N
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Databases beginning with O Database Guide? Full Details OpenGrey: System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe More Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present More Osiris More OTDBase OTDBase [29.4 Kb]More Oxford Art Online Oxford Art Online [111.5 Kb]More Oxford Music Online More Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy Collection More Oxford Scholarship Online: Political Science Collection More P
Databases beginning with P Database Guide? Full Details Parliamentary Labour Party papers More Passport (formerly GMID) GMID (Global Market Information Database) [110.8 Kb]More Patrologiae Graecae More Periodicals Archive Online More PILOTS Proquest databases [129.6 Kb]More Practice Manual More Proquest Dissertations & Theses More PsycARTICLES More PsycINFO More PubChem More PubMed More R
Databases beginning with R Database Guide? Full Details RILM (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale) More RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) More S
Databases beginning with S Database Guide? Full Details SAE Digital Library (on-campus only) More SciFinder (registration required) More Scopus More Shaping the Future of the Newspaper More Social Care Online More Social Services Abstracts Proquest databases [129.6 Kb]More Sociological Abstracts Proquest databases [129.6 Kb]More T
Databases beginning with T Database Guide? Full Details Times Digital Archive More Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching (TRILT) More Thomson One Banker (compatible with Internet Explorer only) More TRIP More U
Databases beginning with U Database Guide? Full Details UKBORDERS (registration required) More United Nations Treaty Collection More W
Databases beginning with W Database Guide? Full Details Web of Knowledge Service Video tutorial: How to get the best from Web of Science: 5 top tips
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More Westlaw UK Westlaw UK [96.9 Kb]More World Banking Abstracts More World Shakespeare Bibliography More WorldCat More Z
Databases beginning with Z Database Guide? Full Details Zetoc - The British Library's Electronic Table of Contents Service Zetoc [37.4 Kb]More Networked CD-ROMs
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