Our Learning and Teaching Librarian can help you to get the best out of your studies. This could include:
Using search tools effectively to find relevant academic sources for your assignments
Support with referencing and plagiarism
The Academic Achievement Team can assist with:
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.
The BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences programme uses the Harvard Referencing style.
The BSc and MSc Sport Psychology programmes use the American Psychological Association (APA) style for most modules. However, for some non-psychology based modules, Sport Psychology students may be required to use the Harvard style. Please speak with your module convener if you have questions about which style to use.
Full details and examples of both styles can be found on Cite Them Right.
For further help and guidance with referencing, see the Library's Referencing guides.
Below are the specialist databases for sport & exercise science research and clinical evidence, free to access with your Roehampton login. Most provide the full text, but sometimes just brief details (citation and abstract) of the articles. Click the Search4FullText button to see if you can access the article via our eJournals; if not, you can order it free via Interlibrary Loan.
Those most relevant to Sport & Exercise Science are:
Includes full-text access to over 400 sport-related journals.
Sport, physical activity and dance eBooks, also includes a suite of instructional videos, images and audio clips.
An open access database from the University of Sydney, providing an index to randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines.
You also have access to a range of more general life and health science databases, including:
Provides researchers, academics, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in more than 45 scientific disciplines. The articles capture the current understanding of a topic. This includes what is current and controversial, questions remaining, direction of future research and application to society.
Full text coverage of leading nursing and allied health literature. Topics include: nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, and allied health disciplines such as physiotherapy.
A collection of databases providing up-to-date, high-quality, independent evidence (such as systematic reviews) to inform healthcare decision-making.
The Cochrane Library is designed to supply high quality evidence to inform health care decision-making.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier life sciences database.
Check out our Spotlight on Nursing and Healthcare Resources blog post!
Premium nursing and allied health database, ideal for practice, research, or education, with millions of records including full text eBooks and journals.
Index of over 1.5 million journal articles, books, book chapters, technical reports, and dissertations in all aspects of psychology from 1887 to the present.
Index of articles from biomedical and life science journals. Provides abstracts (summaries) rather than full text. You can find our sign in option by clicking Sign In > More Login options > University of Roehampton (OpenAthens).
A free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
Contains over 2500 scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals from the publisher Elsevier.
Database comprising Science, Social Science and Arts & Humanities citation indexes.
A multidisciplinary collection of online resources (including over 1500 journals published by Wiley) covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Further resources you can access online include thousands of newspapers and magazines, and tools to help with planning your research:
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.
Provides help, guidance and tools for designing, writing and reporting research projects.
Based on Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, this video platform has over 230 videos covering head-to-toe physical examination techniques and clinical reasoning content for skills-based assesments.
Other useful web resources:
Based on Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, this video platform has over 230 videos covering head-to-toe physical examination techniques and clinical reasoning content for skills-based assesments.
Cite Them Right is a comprehensive guide to referencing almost any source material you will come across in the course of your studies. For guidance on how to use Cite Them Right and which referencing style you should use, see our Referencing web page.
These databases are most relevant to Sport and Exercise Psychology. For the full range of Psychology related resources available at Roehampton, see the Psychology subject guide.
Contains transcripts of therapy sessions recorded from 2012 onwards , covering contemporary issues and treatments. The collection features a diverse set of clients, a wide range of presenting issues, and multiple therapeutic approaches. The resource adheres to the APA’s Ethics Guidelines for use and anonymity.
Stream current video content in the contemporary fields of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counselling.
A handy guide from Adelphi University.
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.
A database of full-text, peer-reviewed articles published by the American Psychological Association and allied organisations.
Full text of over 2,000 e-books published by the American Psychological Association.
Index of over 1.5 million journal articles, books, book chapters, technical reports, and dissertations in all aspects of psychology from 1887 to the present.
The European Open-Access Publishing Platform for Psychology.
A specialist database containing a mix of full text and abstract records of unpublished tests and measures for use in the fields of psychology, education, psychiatry, business, and social work. Many test instruments are ready-to-use, available for download as a PDF.
The Inter Library Loan Service gives students and staff the option of requesting books, book chapters and journals articles when we do not have them in the Library collection. The items are borrowed from the British Library and U.K. and Ireland institutions and are supplied for free.
Inter Library Loans are not available for Alumni or our partner institutions.
You can also check the availability for the item in academic libraries near you on Jisc Library Hub Discover; it may be faster to visit another London academic library through the SCONUL scheme.
UR Library Search should be checked as only requests for items not held in our collection will be processed. Before you request a journal article we suggest that you check our A-Z Journal List. If the item is already available in the Library, your request will be cancelled, and you will be notified by email. To comply with copyright requirements, a single article only from any one issue of a journal can be copied for the same user at any time. Similarly, no more than one chapter or 10% of a book can be copied.
Articles will be sent to your Roehampton email with a link and password. Please note once a document has been uploaded, it is available for 30 days or 5 views, whichever comes first.
We aim for a 2 week turn-around time provided the request has all the necessary information, the item is available and your Library account is not currently blocked for any reason.
We cannot guarantee the fulfilment of Inter Library Loans due to restrictions of lending institutions.
Articles will be sent to your Roehampton email with a link and password. Please note once a document has been uploaded, it is available for 30 days or 5 views, whichever comes first.
The Inter Library Loan will be issued to your Library account. It can be collected via the Nest team in the Library Foyer and returned via the Book Returns machine. Inter Library Loans cannot be posted.
Please note that occasionally lending institutions have items that can only be used within our Library premises. These are Reference items that you will be able to borrow for periods of 3 hours. For more information, please see the orange label on the item.
Inter Library Loans requested as books are not renewable. In very exceptional circumstances we will attempt to renew the item once on request. To request a renewal please contact us 3-5 working days before the due date. If you do not return your Inter Library Loan by the due date or request a renewal, your account will be blocked.
Please note that the lending institution may recall the item before the due date, in which case we will contact you with an updated due date.
If an item cannot be supplied, an automated notification will be sent to your Roehampton email account. This could be the case for rare items or items recently published.
We use the British Library service EThOS to provide access to UK theses - you will need to register an account with them to download theses. Contact us on interlib@roehampton.ac.uk if you have a query.
If you are looking for a book which is not currently in our Collection but which you think would be useful to have in our Library, you can recommend it for purchase via the form below.
If it is an item for your own personal research, please use our Inter Library loan service.
SCONUL Access is a scheme which allows many university library users to borrow or use books and journals at other UK academic libraries which belong to the scheme, or just the convenience of studying in a library closer to your home. It's completely free to join, so sign up online today.
The scheme works on a banding system:
Band A access is for academic staff and research students. Almost all member libraries admit band A users.
Band B access is for part-time and distance learning students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and those on placement (eg PGCE in schools). You can borrow books from libraries in this band.
Band C covers full-time taught course postgraduate students, who can borrow books from libraries in this band.
Band R full time undergraduate students can have reference access to some libraries.
Not all member libraries allow access to all bands in the scheme. Always check before you visit a library that they allow access to your band. Each Library in the scheme is listed on the SCONUL Access website. To find out which libraries are part of the scheme check the SCONUL website.
To use the scheme you will need to apply for access through the SCONUL website. The application process is simple and after you submit your application it will be authorised by a member of Library staff. You will receive an email on your University account which you can print off and take with you to visit other libraries. Users must be in ‘good standing’ with the Library i.e. have no large outstanding fines, before they can join the scheme.
When visiting other libraries please note:
The British Library at St Pancras, London is a national research library. It does not lend books nor does it aim to stock multiple copies of basic text books. If your research needs are not fulfilled by other libraries, see the British Library catalogue and Reader Registration. For more information about getting a Reader Pass, please see the British Library website.
There are many specialist libraries in London that may be of use to your studies. General advice for access:
Jisc Library Hub Discover is a national Library catalogue that accesses the catalogues of many of the largest UK and Ireland university libraries.
London Libraries allows searches and provides information on special collections.
ULRLS is the catalogue of the University of London Research Library Services.
eduroam is a free WiFi network that allows students, researchers and staff to securely access the internet when visiting other participating institutions. See here for further details on setting up eduroam access for your visits to other institutions.