Subject databases provide the best way of finding journal articles, published worldwide, on different aspects of the sciences - and are highly recommended.
This host service provides a single route to many of the key scientific databases subscribed to by Brookes. These are: the Web of Science Core Collection (including the Science Citation Index); MEDLINE; Biosis Citation Index; Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science; and Journal Citation Reports. Databases can be searched individually or together and bibliographic records will link to any full-text content available via Full Text Finder.
This is a general database which covers all subject areas including health. If you aren't sure whether your topic might stray from healthcare into education, politics or even tourism, then search this database and see what journals come up.
Extensive medical database. Searched automatically as part of a PubMed search, so you don't need to search both databases, but if you're struggling with a PubMed search then try this instead. It's 99% peer reviewed and is easy to use as it's hosted by the same people as CINAHL so looks the same.
A large international medical, biomedical and healthcare database which also includes veterinary, animal health and other life science journal titles.
Contains around 2500 full text journals published by Elsevier, mainly in science, technology and medicine. Full text coverage for most journals in the collection is available from 2002 to present.
A collection of animated, seminar style talks by leading world experts on all aspects of biomedical and life sciences. The talks can be searched as a whole but are arranged into series such as Apoptosis, Cancer, Epidemiology, Human Genetics, Obesity, Retroviruses, Stem Cells etc for focussed browsing. There are around 3000 talks, which vary in length from about 20 minutes to an hour. The collection will be regularly expanded and updated as new series and talks are added.
Life sciences and biomedical research - includes agriculture, animal studies, bio-engineering, bio-physics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, zoology and experimental clinical medicine. Over 18 million records. 1969 to present.
Statista offers access to statistics and studies on 80,000 topics and 170 industries. It contains statistics, infographics, market surveys, consumer surveys, industry and country reports. Sources include government institutions, such as statistical offices and ministries, international organisations, market research institutes, and trade journals. Data on the gross advertising market (Nielsen) and buying and consumption behaviour/brands(VuMa) and other paid sources such as Mintel, YouGov, eMarketer, Kantar and PwC are also included.
Overton is a policy and grey literature database, it includes Overton Index and Overton Engage.
Researchers can use the database to track the impact of their own work on policy, and to nurture potential partnerships.
A catalogue of more than 1100 sites covering a wide range of biomedical topics from Alzheimer disease to zebrafish anatomy. Some of the databases contain experimental data; others provide synopses of published information. Most of the databases are freely accessible and should be of interest to researchers, teachers and students.
An online archive giving you access to thousands of recorded radio and TV programmes including films. It allows users to record programmes which will then be stored on the database. Log in when prompted with your Brookes username and password.
Endnote is a tool for storing and organising your references, and it will also work with Word or Pages to create a fully formatted bibliography from the references in your Endnote library.
It is available as a desktop version and an online version.
The desktop application is Endnote 21, and this can be streamed via Apps Anywhere.
Further information can be found on the web page: Endnote
Endnote Import Filters: A list of Endnote Import Filters corresponding to each library database for the Life Sciences. Select the appropriate one, if required, when transferring references from library databases into Endnote – mostly though you won’t need to use them.
You can get access to libraries other than our own, including the Oxford University Bodleian Libraries and British Library. Our access to other libraries guide provides further details, including joining information.
For contect t the Bodleian Libraries you can use SOLO - the catalogue of the major collections of the University of Oxford to find out what is available.
A copy of every Oxford Brookes PhD and MPhil thesis is deposited with the Library in print format (also known as a 'hardcopy'), online format (also known as 'electronic' theses or eTheses), or in both print and online formats. Oxford Brookes theses submitted from 2021 onwards are only available from the Library in online (or 'electronic') format.
To find print and online Oxford Brookes theses you can search LibrarySearch by author, title, keyword, while for only the online theses you can browse or search our repository RADAR.
Grey literature: literature with limited distribution, where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body.
It is literature produced by non-commercial publishers such as public institutions, civil society, research institutes and universities. It contains a lot of useful content but is often hard to find as it is scattered across different locations.
It includes: reports, government documents, policy documents, working papers, conference proceedings, theses, clinical trials, preprint articles. Although not classed as grey literature news sources and social media can be good sources.
Grey literature:
Pre-prints: A preprint is a full draft research paper that is shared publicly before it has been peer reviewed. These reports are shared publicly through preprint servers, enabling researchers to share their results quickly and freely. Do be aware that credibility concerns have been raised about some papers as they haven’t been peer reviewed. Examples of preprint services are listed below.
Open Access Databases
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Details of books available from the Library, links to useful web resources and other support on various study topics:
