Eresources
Eresources provide you with access to large collections of academic content, click on the titles to discover their subject coverage and scope. To discover which are the most relevant for your course, the best approach is to check your Library Subject Page.
Check out this padlet for a more visual overview of the eresources available for you.
The subject abbreviations in brackets after each eresource may also help you to identify relevant collections for your research, click the 'key to subject abbreviations' link below.
Key to subject abbreviationsThe following subject abbreviations provide a general reference guide to the subject coverage contained in the eresource collections. Please note that most ersources are not limited to the subjects below and provide interdisciplinary value.
- (A) Arts: especially useful for arts related subjects, including: art, english & creative writing, film & media, games & animation, graphic design and performing arts.
- (B) Business: especially useful for business related subjects, including: leadership & coaching, management, marketing, project management and more.
- (E) Education: especially useful for education related subjects, including: education studies, primary and secondary teaching, SEN and teaching and learning.
- (H) Health: especially useful for all health related subjects, including: medical imaging, mental health, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedics, physiotherapy, public health, sport & physical activity and ultrasound.
- (L) Law: especially useful for all law related areas.
- (M) Multidisciplinary: useful across ALL subject disciplines.
- (S) Science: especially useful for science related subjects, including: biology, biomedical sciences, chemistry, conservation, engineering, forensic science, forestry, geography, outdoor studies and zoology.
- (SO) Social Science: especially useful for social science related subjects, including: child & family,criminology, policing, psychology, social science and social work.
Eresources A to Z
- ABI-INFORM Collection (B)
- Academic Search Complete (M)
- Academic Video Online (M)
- ACS Legacy Archive (S)
- Anatomy.TV (H)
- AN Resources (A)
- Archives Hub (M)
- Artfilms (A)
- Axis - directory of current practising artists in the UK (A)
- BASE : Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (M)
- BBC Landmark Video Collection (S)
- BBC Shakespeare Archive (A)
- BFI Player (A)
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (S)
- Bioline International (S)
- BioMed Central (H & S)
- BioOne Complete (S)
- BIOSIS Previews (S)
- British Library Sounds (A)
- British Periodicals Online (M)
- British Standards Online - BSOL (B & S)
- Business Source Complete (M & B)
- Cambridge Journals Online (M)
- Campbell Collaboration (E & SO)
- Carl Giles British Cartoon Archive (A)
- Chambers Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Biographical Dictionary (M)
- CHARM Centre for the history and analysis of recorded music (A)
- Child Development & Adolescent Studies (SO & E)
- CINAHL (H)
- Cite them right (M)
- Cochrane Library (H)
- Cogprints - archive of papers on cognition (S & SO)
- Community Care Inform (H & SO)
- CORE : search Open Access articles (M)
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with full-text (SO & L & S)
- Current Controlled Trials - a register of controlled trials in health and medicine (H)
- Dance in Video (A)
- Dawsonera Ebook Collection (M)
- Digimap Collection (S & M)
- Digital Theatre Plus (A)
- Directory of Open Access Journals (M)
- Drama Online Core Collection (A)
- Early European Books (A)
- Ebook Central (M)
- Ebsco Ebook Collection (M)
- Education Source (E)
- Emerald Insight (B)
- Encyclopaedia of Forensic Sciences (S)
- Environment & Sustainability (S)
- Environment Complete (S)
- ERIC Digests (E)
- Espresso Education (E)
- Ethical Consumer (B)
- Europe PubMed Central (formerly UK PubMed Central) (H & S)
- First World War Poetry Digital Archive (A)
- FORENSICnetBASE (S)
- Gartner : IT industry analysts (S)
- Geographical Association (S)
- Google Scholar (M)
- GreenFILE (S)
- Greenleaf Online Library via Taylor & Francis (B & S)
- Hathi Trust Digital Library (M)
- Hospitality and Tourism Complete (B & S)
- House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (B & S)
- Insight: the University of Cumbria Research Repository (M)
- Instant Anatomy (H)
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (A)
- International Children's Digital Library (E)
- IREFER (iRefer) (H)
- Issues Online (SO)
- Jisc geospatial data service (S)
- John Johnson Collection (A)
- Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) - Biology (S)
- Journals@Ovid (M)
- JournalTOCs (M)
- JSTOR (M)
- LA84 (H & E)
- Landmap (S)
- Learning on Screen (A)
- Lexis Library (L & B)
- Linkedin Learning (M)
- LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts) (E)
- MEDLINE with Full Text (via Ebsco) (H & S)
- Mintel (B)
- Mintel Market Sizes (B)
- Nature Journal (S)
- Open Access Resources (M)
- Oxford Journals (M)
- PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) (H)
- Periodicals Archive Online (M)
- Policinginsight (SO)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (S)
- Proquest ABI-INFORM (B)
- ProQuest Arts Premium (A)
- Proquest Asian & European Business (B)
- ProQuest Biology Journals (S)
- ProQuest Central Journals Collection (M)
- ProQuest Computing Database (S & B)
- ProQuest Criminal Justice (SO & L & S)
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (M)
- ProQuest Education Journals (E)
- ProQuest Family Health (H)
- ProQuest Health & Medical collection (H)
- ProQuest Health Management (H)
- ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source (H)
- ProQuest Political Science (B & SO)
- ProQuest Psychology collection (SO)
- ProQuest Public Health collection (H)
- ProQuest Religion collection (SO)
- ProQuest Science Journals (S)
- ProQuest Social Science Journals (SO)
- ProQuest Sociology (SO)
- PsycARTICLES American Psychological Association Collection (SO)
- Pubmed (H & S)
- PubMed Central (H & S)
- RefWorks - Referencing Management System
- Regional Business News (B)
- Royal College of Nursing Journals (H)
- Royal Society Of Chemistry Gold (S)
- SAGE Catalyst
- SAGE Premier & SAGE Journals (M)
- Sage Research Methods Core (M)
- ScienceDirect (M)
- ScienceDirect ebooks (M)
- Science Journal (S)
- SciTech Premium Collection (S)
- Screenonline (A)
- Social Care Online (SO & H)
- SocINDEX with Full Text (SO)
- SPORTDiscus (H)
- Statista (M)
- Taylor & Francis Arts ebooks (A)
- Taylor and Francis Journals Online (M)
- Taylor & Francis Research Methods ebooks (M)
- Teacher Reference Center (E)
- TeachMePhysio (H)
- Theatre Performance and Design Collection (A)
- TRILT - Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching
- TRIP - evidence based medicine (H)
- UK Borders (S)
- Vogue Archive (A)
- Web of Science (M)
- Westlaw (L)
- Wildpro - wildlife encyclopedia (S)
- Wiley Online Library (M)
- Zetoc - current awareness service from British Library (M)