Getting Started
Welcome to your Subject Guide, where you'll find tailored guidance and advice on key library resources.
Journal databases
Many journal databases generally provide the pdf for articles in your results list. However some databases may 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.
- Sage Premier This link opens in a new window
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Over 500 full text journals covering arts, social sciences (especially media studies), humanities and life sciences.
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Contains over 2500 scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals from the publisher Elsevier.
- Springer Journals Compact Collection This link opens in a new window
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A collection of over 2,500 journals; full text coverage dates back to 1997.
Problems logging in off campus? See our tutorial. - PEP-Web This link opens in a new window
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A digital archive of many of the major works of psychoanalysis, including the complete works of Sigmund Freud and complete versions of other classic texts. Spotlight on PEP-Web blog post.
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Covers all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education, plus multilingual education, health education and testing
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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A multi-disciplinary database, offering information in most areas of academic study.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Hundreds of full text journals and eBooks in the arts, humanities, social sciences and life sciences.
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Provides access to journal articles, eBooks and reviews in the humanities and social sciences. Spotlight on Project Muse blog post.
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.
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive social sciences database which provides an index to books, journals, newspapers and dissertations dating back to 1951.
- Web Of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
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Database comprising Science, Social Science and Arts & Humanities citation indexes.
The following ebook collections are useful for Sociology. Use Oxford Reference to look up definitions or provide an overview of a topic.
- Bloomsbury Collections This link opens in a new window
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A collection of arts and humanities eBooks, with a strong focus on Philosophy.
- Sage Catalyst This link opens in a new window
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Unlimited access to over 700 premium social science eTextbooks, including nearly 100 titles on research methods and study skills.
- Sage Knowledge This link opens in a new window
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The premier social sciences platform for SAGE.
- Sage Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
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Provides help, guidance and tools for designing, writing and reporting research projects.
- Social Theory This link opens in a new window
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Covers writing from the eighteenth century to the present and includes key works by Durkheim, Weber, Habermas, Gilman, Foucault and Baudrillard.
- PsycBooks This link opens in a new window
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Full text of over 4,600 eBooks and 69,000 book chapters published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
- Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
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The 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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This collection of reference works allows cross searching of over 100 dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press.
- Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window
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Ebooks and journals in a range of disciplines including science, medicine, humanities, social sciences, economics, history, law, politics and international relations.
Current newspapers and magazines
- Nexis UK This link opens in a new window
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Worldwide news and business database. This content is unavailable in UR Library Search and can only be found here on the Nexis platform.
- PressReader This link opens in a new window
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Access thousands of current, international newspapers and magazines. You can also download the PressReader App. Note: To log in, click sign in at the top of the screen, select Library or Group, then find University of Roehampton and Sign In via Open Athens. Spotlight on PressReader blog post.
Newspapers and magazines archives
Streaming services
Just look up the subject area you are interested in to find relevant feature films, documentaries and TV and radio programmes.
- BFI Player for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
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The British Film Institute's curated streaming service for higher education, with a focus on British and European independent films. Note: after logging in with your Roehampton email address, you need to create a personal user account for access. You may watch content on personal devices or in class, but BFI Player is not licenced for public screenings.
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Streams thousands of films, documentaries and training videos across a wide range of subjects. Note: Click 'Log in to Roehampton' on the left side of the screen to gain access. Please note: BBC programmes may be available via Roehampton Online Broadcasts (ROB).
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Record and stream freeview TV and radio programmes for educational use, create clips and playlists, and access the archive of recorded programmes including BBC and Shakespeare Archives. ROB is managed by AVR, for assistance contact: avr@roehampton.ac.uk.
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- Global Social TheoryExcellent introductions to core concepts, thinkers, and topics in Global Social Theory from academics at Sussex, Leicester, Sheffield and Birkbeck.