Online databases
Some of these services require usernames and passwords, which are available at the library desk. Please email enquirydesk@glyndwr.ac.uk for details.
- ACM Digital Library - A vast collection from ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) journals.
- AJ Plus - AJ Plus from the Architects' Journal includes comprehensive building studies and in-depth technical features. Login required.
- AJ Specification - AJ Specification provides access to detailed information on over 500 buildings and to the thousands of products that have been specified.
- BCIS - (Building Cost Information Service), permission for a single login.
- CINAHL (EBSCOhost) -
Over 961,000 records from over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back from 1982. - Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) (CSA Illumina) -
Contains over 110,000 references from more than 490 design and craft periodicals published 1973-2001. - Directory of Open Access Journal Free, full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
- Emerald -
Links to management, engineering, applied science, technology and library information science journals. - ERIC - (Education Resources Information Center) - database of journal and non-journal education literature. Contains over 1.1 million references dating back to 1996, including more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004).
- ESO European Sources Online - Information about the European Union, the countries of Europe and the issues that affect citizens, researchers and stakeholders in Europe.
- Film and Sound Online -
A collection of film, video and sound material. Several hours of high quality material are available for download, either in full or as segments and can be used freely in learning, teaching and research. - FindArticles.com - A vast archive of published articles that you can search for free. It contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
- Glyndwr University Research Online - Online repository of research papers published by memebers of staff at Glyndwr University.
- Health Information Resources - A digital library for NHS staff, patients and the public.
- IHS Technical Indexes -
Supplier of standards, regulatory, product and supplier information for industries worldwide including construction and engineering. Also includes the Occupational Health and Safety Information Service - a portal to Health and Safety legislation, reports, HSE documents, Approved Codes of Practice etc. - Index to Theses - Accepted for higher degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland. Password required from outside Glyndŵr, p lease ask at the library desk or email enquirydesk@glyndwr.ac.uk
- IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences) (EBSCOhost) -
Links to the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS). One of the largest and most comprehensive social science databases in the world. - Isurv - Best practice guidance for surveyors. Login for one user only. Access to Valuation and Red Book Channels only.
- JSTOR -
Back runs of core scholarly journals, some dating back as far as the 1600s. - NewsBank -
Contains thousands of full-text articles from more than 20 Welsh and over 350 UK daily and weekly newspapers. Available in English and Welsh. - OCLC FirstSearch -
Use FirstSearch to find books, journal articles, films, computer software and other other types of material on the subject you need. Use OCLC for BNI (British Nursing Index) and ERIC (Education). - Oxford Art Online -
The Grove Dictionary of Art: Contains over 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day. - PsycINFO -
From the American Psychological Association (APA); this is largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. Access via EBSCOHost via Athens. - Refworks-
Web-based bibliographic management service. - REGARD - A searchable bibliographic database containing in-depth information on UK social science research.
- SAGE Journals Online -
Over 400 full-text journals covering a wide variety of subjects. - ScienceDirect -
The world's largest electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. - Swetswise at Glyndŵr -
Swetswise offers a single point of access to a large and growing range of full-text titles as well as tables of contents and abstracts. - Web of Knowledge -
ISI Citation Indexes for Science, Social Science and Arts and Humanities and Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings (ISTP), which provides coverage of conference papers from 1990 onwards. - Xpert HR -
The ultimate information source for Human Resources materials. An indispensible guide to legislation, advice, case studies and surveys. - zetoc - Access to the British Library Electronic Table of Contents of current journals and conference proceedings (Athens password is required for some services).
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