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.
Full Text Databases generally provide the pdf for articles in your results list. However these databases also 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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PsycARTICLESContains full text articles from 38 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organisations, from 1987 to the present.
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PsycBOOKSFull text of over 2,000 e-books published by the American Psychological Association.
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PsycINFOIndex of over 1.5 million journal articles, books, book chapters, technical reports, and dissertations in all aspects of psychology from 1887 to the present.
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PsycTESTSContains ready-to-use tests and measures from the American Psychological Association. Most of the actual test instruments in the field of psychology, education, psychiatry, business and social work are full text and available for immediate download.
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PEP-WebA digital archive of many of the major works of psychoanalysis, including the complete works of Sigmund Freud and complete versions of other classic texts.
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PubMed CentralThis is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
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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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Sage Research Methods OnlineProvides help, guidance and tools for designing, writing and reporting research projects.
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ScienceDirectContains over 2500 scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals from the publisher Elsevier.
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Springer Journals Compact CollectionA collection of over 2,500 journals; full text coverage dates back to 1997.
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Taylor & Francis OnlineA collection of journals covering the sciences, social sciences and humanities published by the Taylor & Francis Group.
Other Useful Databases
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Academic Search PremierFull text journals and abstracts in a range of academic disciplines.
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Annual Reviews OnlineFull text biomedical, physical and social sciences journals.
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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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CINAHL with Full TextCINAHL with Full Text provides full text for the top nursing and allied health literature available and covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
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Cochrane LibraryA collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups.
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ERIC (Education Research Information Center)Journal articles, theses and conferences on education, mostly published in the USA but with good UK and international coverage
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Naxos Music LibraryContains 400,000 tracks of music including classical, jazz, blues, world music, Chinese music, ballet, film music, and opera.
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Ovid EmcarePremium nursing and allied health database ideal for practice, research, or education. Includes access to nearly 5 million records.
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Oxford Handbooks OnlineOxford Handbooks Online: Psychology https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/page/psychology
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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.
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Project MuseJournal articles in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
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SAGE KnowledgeThe premier social sciences platform for SAGE.
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Wiley Online LibraryA multidisciplinary collection of online resources (including over 1500 journals published by Wiley) covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Click here for off-campus access.
Full Text Databases generally provide the pdf for articles in your results list. However these databases also 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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Academic Search PremierFull text journals and abstracts in a range of academic disciplines.
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Counseling and Therapy in VideoVideo resources in the fields of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling, videos can be streamed online direct to your computer.
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CINAHL with Full TextCINAHL with Full Text provides full text for the top nursing and allied health literature available and covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
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Ovid EmcarePremium nursing and allied health database ideal for practice, research, or education. Includes access to nearly 5 million records.
Click here for off-campus access. -
PEP-WebA digital archive of many of the major works of psychoanalysis, including the complete works of Sigmund Freud and complete versions of other classic texts.
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PsycARTICLESContains full text articles from 38 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organisations, from 1987 to the present.
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PsycBOOKSFull text of over 2,000 e-books published by the American Psychological Association.
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Sage PremierOver 500 full text journals covering arts, social sciences (especially media studies), humanities and life sciences.
Full Text Databases generally provide the pdf for articles in your results list. However these databases also 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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PsycINFOIndex of over 1.5 million journal articles, books, book chapters, technical reports, and dissertations in all aspects of psychology from 1887 to the present.
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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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ScienceDirectContains over 2500 scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals from the publisher Elsevier.
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Counseling and Therapy in VideoVideo resources in the fields of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling, videos can be streamed online direct to your computer.
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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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