Library: Action on Addiction: Library Guide: Search for more information

The databases listed on this page are there to help you find articles and other resources for your assignments and projects beyond your recommended reading list. Most of the database include link buttons so that you can check if an article is available from the Library catalogue. A few databases also include direct links to some of the articles they list.

The databases will include some items that are not in the Library collection. Anything you find that is not available via the Library, you can request via the Inter-Library Loan service.

General

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Index to journals and conference papers across all subject areas.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Access to the following JSTOR Collections: Arts & Sciences (I-VII, IX, XI-XII) and Life Sciences. JSTOR is a full-text journal archive in the humanities, social sciences and sciences.

Newspaper articles text

Nexis This link opens in a new window
Covers UK and international news including and provides full-text of press articles, including major world newspapers and the trade/advertising press.

News coverage includes the Financial Times from 1982 with a 30 day embargo. Note that the FT is not in the UK newspapers group search (filter) in the Power Search.

Health

PubMed This link opens in a new window
If you have created an NCBI account to log in to PubMed, you now need to switch to a third party option, such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft or ORCID. Please refer to NCBI’s instructions and FAQs.

FREE Index to biomedical literature from US National Library of Medicine.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, including systematic reviews.
SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new window
For Sports Performance and Sports & Social Science students

Social sciences

IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences) This link opens in a new window
Journal articles and books relating to anthropology, economics, political science and sociology - coverage from 1951 onwards.
Social Policy and Practice This link opens in a new window
Index to evidence-based social science research, including grey literature

This database simultaneously searches databases including AgeInfo, ChildData and Social Care Online. Many of its records refer to reports, legislation, local/national government documents, organisations, policies, press coverage and service user knowledge. Its focus is on applied research and practice. HMIC search results include 'links' buttons,

Some of its links take you to the full document but with other results (i..e. the non-academic documents), you may need to then search Google. To discover further organisational literature, refer to SPS/Further Resources: https://library.bath.ac.uk/social-policy-sciences/further-resources
APA PsycNET This link opens in a new window
Psychology, including mental health

Education

Education Source This link opens in a new window
Combination of the databases Education Abstracts, Education Index Retrospective, Education Full Text, and Education Research Complete.
British Education index This link opens in a new window
Indexes selected journals, books and grey literature relevant to UK education.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) This link opens in a new window
Indexes selected journals, books and grey literature relevant to US education.