Social and Behavioural Sciences
Most databases require an Athens username and password
Use SFX links when full text not available.
General databases including Online journal collections and historical documentation
Social Sciences
Arts & Humanities Citation Index On ISI Web of Knowledge.
ASSIA Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts. Off campus - click on Athens login.
BEOS off-campus link Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Sociology Online.
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities On ISI Web of Knowledge.
Ebsco Select databases
Index to Theses Search for theses in UK and Ireland. On campus only.
ScienceDirect Large collection of full text journals. Science Direct may require you to register the first time you use it. This process is quick and free of charge.
SCRAN Searchable archive of Scotland's history and culture.
Social Care Online Range of information and research on all aspects of social care. No password required.
Social Sciences Citation Index Largest social science database. On ISI Web of Knowledge.
SocINDEX Full text social sciences database. On Ebsco.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) No password required.
Taylor & Francis Social Sciences and Humanities Collection
UK Network of Sex Work Projects (UKNSWP): UWS special collection of Sex Worker support materials (collection based at Paisley Campus).
Westlaw UK Primary/secondary law and current awareness service for UK legal, regulatory and academic markets.
Zetoc Table of contents of over 20,000 research journals.
Behavioural Sciences
Cinahl Largest Nursing database. On Ebsco.
Cochrane Library Systematic reviews of clinical interventions.
IngentaConnect Full text journals.
Medline Largest medical database. On ISI Web of Science. Use SFX for full text.
PsycBOOKS Full text of 20,000 chapters in psychology and psychiatry. On Ebsco.
Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection Full text. On Ebsco.
PsycINFO Largest psychiatry and psychology database. On Ebsco.
QUICK LINKS
Guides and online help for Social Sciences
Find an electronic journal (A-Z list of e-journal titles)
Library Catalogue (for eBooks and stock on the shelves)
UWS Government Publications blog
Statistics (links to sources)
Useful Internet sites: Social and Behavioural Sciences
EThOS Theses from the British Library
ELECTRONIC BOOKS
Use the library catalogue to search all collections at once. Limit the Collection pull-down to "Electronic books".