Academic Achievement Team
Are you:
- New to university life
- Researching your topic area
- Evaluating your research
- Writing up your assignment
- Doing statistical analysis using SPSS or NVivo
- Preparing to take exams or give a presentation
- Unsure about Referencing
- Wanting to improve your Digital Skills
The Academic Achievement Team is committed to helping students realise their academic potential and move towards becoming independent learners.
The team consists of five members of staff including the Team Leader.
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Contact Us
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Contact:
University Library
University of Roehampton
Roehampton Lane
London
SW15 5SZ
University of Roehampton
Roehampton Lane
London
SW15 5SZ
+44 20 8392 3770
Getting Started
Not sure where to start?
Have a look at our How To... page for our three part tutorial on getting started with your research. The Starting Your Research tutorial is tailored to your School/Department.
You will also find guidance on searching Library databases, provided by some of our database providers.
Journal databases - full text
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Academic Search PremierFull text journals and abstracts in a range of academic disciplines.
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Sage PremierOver 500 full text journals covering arts, social sciences (especially media studies), humanities and life sciences.
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Oxford Journals ArchiveContents of 142 Oxford University Press Journals from their first issue to 1995.
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Project MuseJournal articles in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
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JSTORHundreds of full text journals and eBooks in the arts, humanities, social sciences and life sciences.
Journal databases: non-full text
These databases may contain records of articles published elsewhere. You may be able to access these articles by clicking the Full Text Finder button, provided we have a subscription to the journal they are in.
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)A comprehensive social sciences database which provides an index to books and journals dating back to 1951.
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Web Of Science Core CollectionDatabase comprising Science, Social Science and Arts & Humanities citation indexes.
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Lexis LibraryUK and EU legislation and case law, plus legal journals.
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Westlaw UKProvides access to up-to-date full-text UK and EU legal material covering primary and secondary legislation, case law, law reports, UK law journals and includes commentary and selected book titles.
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HeinOnlineSearch over 2,000 law and law related journals.
Click here for off-campus access.
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KANOPYStreams thousands of films, documentaries and training videos across a wide range of subjects. Many films have captions, transcripts or subtitles and are compatible with technologies for visual impairment, such as JAWS. Please note, we do not have access to BBC productions via this service but BBC programmes may be available via Rob Roehampton.
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PressReaderOnline access to a vast range of current newspapers and magazines, with over 7,000 titles, from 120+ countries in 60+ languages. To log in while off campus, sign in via Open Athens (select Library or Group, University of Roehampton and then Open Athens). You can also download the PressReader App.
The following ebook collections are useful for Human Rights.
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Cambridge CoreAccess to thousands of e-books from Cambridge University Press in a range of disciplines including science, medicine, humanities, social sciences, economics, history, law, politics and international relations.
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Oxford Handbooks OnlineThe Oxford Handbooks series brings together the world’s leading scholars to write articles that survey the current state of scholarship in their field. The articles review the key issues, reveal original arguments and concepts, and set the agenda for new research.
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Oxford Reference OnlineThis collection of reference works allows cross searching of over 100 dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press.
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SAGE KnowledgeThe premier social sciences platform for SAGE.
Both Kanopy and Rob Roehampton are streaming services. Just look up the subject area you are interested in to find relevant films, documentaries and TV and radio programes.
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KANOPYStreams thousands of films, documentaries and training videos across a wide range of subjects. Many films have captions, transcripts or subtitles and are compatible with technologies for visual impairment, such as JAWS. Please note, we do not have access to BBC productions via this service but BBC programmes may be available via Rob Roehampton.
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ROB RoehamptonA streaming and recording service that allows students and staff to record Freeview TV and radio programmes, as well as create clips and playlists. Users can access the growing archive of all recorded programmes, plus the BBC Digital and Shakespeare Archives.
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UK Data ServiceData banks from the major statistical publications produced by such as the World Bank, the IMF, OECD and the United Nations.
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EThOSNational thesis service provided by the British Library which aims to maximise the visibility and availability of the UK's doctoral theses.
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Open DissertationsEBSCO Open Dissertations is an online thesis and dissertation database with access to over 800,000 electronic theses and dissertations worldwide.
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Pure (Student Theses)Search for University of Roehampton student theses.
UR Library Search and FAQs
Want to know more? Learn our tips and tricks to get the best results using UR Library Search.
