Module B Electronic Resources
Besides ebooks and ejournals, libraries subscribe to a wide range of other electronic resources such as databases. These allow you to search for articles inside ejournals and chapters inside ebooks. This is helpful when you want to find literature about a specific topic.
Your university will subscribe to a number of databases which you will be able to access via your university library membership. In addition, there are some good quality electronic resources which are freely available to anyone. You can explore some examples (listed below), to search for books, book chapters, journals and journal articles.
Although every database has its own look and feel, they usually share the same underlying search principles. You will discover how you can use these to make your searches more effective in module C.
Explore the following electronic resources |
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| DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) | A multidisciplinary database containing peer-reviewed journals and research articles. |
| DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) | A multidisciplinary database containing academic books and chapters. |
| JSTOR | JSTOR is database containing academic articles and books. Much of the content is free to anyone. |
| Open Stax | A collection of peer-reviewed, free books across a wide range of subjects. |
| Open Textbook Library | A collection of books covering many subjects and which are free to use and dowload. |
| PLOS (Public Library of Science) | A database providing access to science and medical research articles and related materials. |
| A collection of free books available from University College London Press | |
| A repository of free full text research output including statistics across a wide range of topics. | |