Getting Started
Welcome to your Subject Guide, where you'll find tailored guidance and advice on key library resources.
Academic sources
Search these specialist databases to find journal articles, book chapters and other academic research papers in your subject. If the full text of the articles is not provided, click the Full Text Finder button to see if you can access it via our ejournals; if not, you can order it free via Interlibrary Loan (scroll down this page for details).
- BITRA: Bibliography of Interpreting & Translation (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
Comprising over 94,000 entries (over 11,000 books, 32,000 book chapters, 45,000 journal articles, 3,000 Ph.D. theses, 200 journals), with more than 55,000 abstracts (over 59% of the entries), more than 120,000 citations collected in the Impact field, and more than 5,000 tables of contents.
- Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
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Index of journal articles on theoretical and applied linguistics; coverage starts from 1973.
Newspapers and magazines
You can also access the past archives of several titles - find them via our A-Z Database list.
- 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.
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Provides articles, in-depth 'Special Reports', facsimile of the newspaper from 2005 onwards, and company and financial information.
Note: you will have to create a personal account on FT after first sign in to access the resource. - Guardian and Observer (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
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Local, regional and national UK news archive from 1791 - 2003. Note: to access current issues, see Pressreader.
- Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
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A cross-searchable platform of eight databases containing digital reproductions of newspapers, periodicals, books and ephemera from the 17th to 20th centuries, including archives of the Illustrated London News, the Listener, Times & Times Literary Supplement (TLS).
E-book collections
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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.
- Oxford English Dictionary Online This link opens in a new window
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A fully searchable online version of the Second print edition of the OED.
- 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.
These resources are free to access with your Roehampton login.
- British Library Sounds (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
Access thousands of the British Library's global recordings, including music, drama and literature, oral history, languages and dialects, wildlife, and birdsong.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window
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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).
- ROB (Roehampton Online Broadcasts) This link opens in a new window
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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.
- European Society for Translation StudiesAn international network of translation and interpreting scholars.
- FIT: International Federation of TranslatorsAn international grouping of associations of translators, interpreters and terminologists.
- Games StorytellingA snapshot of artistic and cultural game making across the UK, from the British Council.
Open access journals
- Interpretation and Translation CommonsOpen access academic articles.
- inTRAlineaOpen access, online translation journal.
- JoSTrans: Journal of Specialised TranslationOpen access forum for translators and researchers in specialised translation.
- Journal of Audiovisual Translation (JAT)The first open access, international journal on audiovisual translation studies. Published by European Association for Studies in Screen Translation.
Inter Library Loans
The Inter Library Loan (ILL) 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.
Inter Library Loan FAQs
How to I request an Inter Library Loan?
Where to collect my Inter Library Loan?
Returning an Inter Library Loan
How to renew Inter Library Loans?
Using other Libraries
SCONUL
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, find how more information here:
What is SCONUL and how can I apply?
The British Library
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.
Specialist libraries
There are many specialist libraries in London that may be of use to your studies. General advice for access:
- Telephone or email first as you may have to make an appointment to see the collection.
- Tell the librarian what you have already found and be specific about what you still need.
- Record all the bibliographic details of any material you use as you may not be able to recheck them.
Other Catalogues
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Jisc Library Hub Discover is a national Library catalogue that accesses the catalogues of many of the largest UK and Ireland university libraries.
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London Libraries allows searches and provides information on special collections.
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ULRLS is the catalogue of the University of London Research Library Services.
eduroam WiFi network
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.