Search across encyclopaedias, dictionaries and other reference works providing definitions of concepts and theories in the social sciences and beyond.
Search for journal articles (and other academic literature)
Search library databases to discover articles, working papers, conference documents and books. You can also search the Library Catalogue for books and other literature.
International development and business. Note the peer-reviewed search option.
On EBSCO's platform it is possible to search a number of education indexes in combination with Business Source Complete, for example, British Education Index, ERIC and Education Source.
Collections of archived journals covering the social sciences and other disciplines. We provide these collections: Arts & Sciences (I-VII, IX, XI-XII) and Life Sciences.
The University of Bath Library gives you access to these databases on the Web of Science platform:
- Web of Science Core Collection
- Biosis Citation Index
- Current Contents Index
- Data Citation Index
- Derwent Innovations Index
- Grants Index
- Inspec
- KCI - Korean Journal Database
- Medline
- Preprint Citation Index
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Citation Index
- SciELO Citation Index
- Zoological Record
Legislation, case law and quantum law in the UK and EU: legal documents and journal articles. For broader international coverage, click the 'Westlaw International' database link in the right hand column.
International politics and related fields: journal articles, working papers, policy briefs, current analysis and commentary, e-books, course packs and videos.
Teaching materials include original case studies written by leading experts and course packs which can be used in political science classes.
Global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, recycling and renewable energy: indexes academic, government and general-interest titles.
Index to evidence-based social science research, including grey literature.
This database simultaneously searches AgeInfo, ChildData and other databases. 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. It also indexes the Social Care Online database which is no longer updated.
Some of its links take you to the full document but with 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
Records of articles, books, theses, datasets, working papers and other research outputs created by University of Bath researchers. Many records include full-text documents.
Search library databases to discover articles, working papers, conference documents and books. You can also search the Library Catalogue for books and other literature.
