A New Research Database

Learning Resources has recently acquired a new database SCOPUS.

SCOPUS is the largest database for abstracts and citations of peer-reviewed literature on the market with records of 19,500 peer-reviewed publications from around the world.

It covers all subject areas and links to the full text of articles (where the University has a subscription).

The really great thing about SCOPUS is that it provides links to all the references used by an author to write their piece of research so you can find out more about the available research in a particular area. 

It also tells you which other articles have cited a particular source and provides links to these articles, helping you to discover which are the most popular journals when researching a topic. (This will of course, make it easier for you to find the quality material for your topic and help with critical analysis).

You can watch a video about accessing SCOPUS here.

Upcoming Workshops

I am currently putting together a programme of drop-in workshops for social science undergraduate dissertations and honours projects. All workshops are optional - come along if you're interested.

• 9th July 11.00 - 12.00 Doing Your Dissertation / Honours Project. P1.39, Polhill Campus. Choosing & focusing your dissertation topic, beginning your research & evaluating your results.
• 10th July 11.00 - 12.00 Dissertation Clinic, Tr2 Polhill Campus Library. Drop-in for a chat & ask any questions you might have about researching your dissertation / honours project.
• 16th July 11.00 - 12.00 Researching Your Dissertation / Honours Project with DISCOVER. P1.39, Polhill Campus. Using DISCOVER to find research material, using the limiting features, saving your results & setting up alerts.
• 17th July 11.00 - 12.00 Beyond DISCOVER for Social Science Students, Tr2 Polhill Campus Library. Finding research material on the web. 
• 23rd July 11.00 - 12.00 Referencing with RefWorks, Tr1 Polhill Campus Library. How to set up & use RefWorks, the reference management software to store useful references & automatically generate lists of references, in Harvard UoB format.
• 24th July 11.00 -12.00 Referencing with RefWorks, Tr2, Polhill Campus Library. How to set up & use RefWorks, the reference management software to store useful references & automatically generate lists of references in Harvard UoB format. Repeat/refresher of session on 23rd.