Psychology resources

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Biological Science Collection - ProQuest
Interdisciplinary database including the biological, genetic and neurosciences.

Cambridge Core
Cambridge University Press publishes a wide range of high-quality academic content across Cambridge Core, including leading journals, research monographs, reference works and textbooks.

Cogprints
Electronic open access, self-archive of papers and conference proceedings in psychology, neuroscience and linguistics. Please bear in mind that some of this content is unpublished.

EBSCO Psychology & Sociology databases
Searches PsycINFO, Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary), AgeLine (social gerontology), CINAHL Plus (nursing and allied health) and MEDLINE (medicine) at the same time.

JSTOR
Digital archive of over 1,000 academic journals covering the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

Oxford Academic Journals
A collection of more than 300 electronic journal titles from Oxford University Press with full-text access from 1996 to the latest issue for all titles.

Oxford Clinical Psychology
A collection of titles by world-class authors and editors in the field of clinical psychology. For access, please select 'Sign in through your institution' and search for 'Keele University'. Log in with your Keele username and password. Oxford Clinical Psychology help video

Policing Insight
A magazine website from CoPaCC focussing on the governance, management and politics of policing.

PsycARTICLES
This is the APA (American Psychological Association) e-journal collection.

PsycINFO
The American Psychological Association’s renowned database of peer-reviewed literature in behavioural science and mental health.

Sage Journals
A collection of over 600 full-text international peer-reviewed journals titles, dating back to 1999 for most titles.

ScienceDirect
Leading scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters.

Social Science Premium Collection - ProQuest
Cross-search a variety of databases including Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA), Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress (PILOTS), Social Services Abstracts and Sociological Abstracts.

Taylor & Francis Online
Over 1,500 journals covering a range of disciplines.

Web of Science - Clarivate
Search a variety of databases including Web of Science Citation Index (multi-disciplinary scientific), Biosis Citation Index (includes neuroscience) and Medline. For access, if you're not automatically logged in select 'Institutional sign in', search for 'UK Federation' and 'Go to institution'. Search for 'Keele University' and log in with your Keele username and password. Registration for a Web of Science profile may be required the first time you access this resource - please only register using your Keele email address as accounts registered with personal email addresses will be removed. Web of Science support page 

Wiley Online Library
Access the full text of over 1,400 journals covering a range of disciplines.

VLeBooks
One of our core ebook collections with many titles relevant for Psychology and related subjects.

EBSCO eBook collection
Access a selection of ebooks and search for titles containing psychology or related subjects.

ProQuest Ebook Central
This ebook platform is another of our core ebook collections.

Wiley Psychology Collection
The Wiley Psychology Collection includes 100 online ebook titles and provides a comprehensive collection of top psychology titles.

European Newsstream - ProQuest
Provides the searchable full-text of articles published in around 30 UK newspapers including The Times, Telegraph, Guardian and The Independent.

Nexis
A news and business service which includes around 12,000 publications, including worldwide, national and local newspapers.

The Times Digital Archive
Search the complete digital edition of The Times from 1785-2011. The entire newspaper is captured with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.

Dissertations on Library Search
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Keele Research Repository
The Keele Research Repository is intended to be an open access (OA) showcase for the published research output of the university. Whenever possible, refereed documents accepted for publication, or finished artistic compositions presented in public, will be made available here in full digital format.

Keele Data Repository
Keele Data Repository is a digital archive of research datasets produced by Keele University staff.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
Comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Each year hundreds of thousands of works are added. Full-text coverage spans from 1997 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1606. For access, please login with your Keele username and password. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global help page. ProQuest status page.

EBSCO Open Dissertations
Databases with records for more than 800,000 electronic theses and dissertations from around the world. For access please login with your Keele username and password.

EThOS (Electronic Theses Online Service)
(Due to a cyber attack on the British Library, EThOS (Electronic Theses Online Service) is currently unavailable. They are working to restore the service). The British Library ETHOS project provides electronic access to research theses from many UK universities.

NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations)
Details of theses and dissertations from universities worldwide.

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) National is a TV and radio recording service and is freely available to all staff and students at Keele. Record and catch-up on programmes from 60+ TV and radio channels that have been broadcast in the last 30 days. You will need your Keele username and password to sign-in.

Google Scholar
The most famous web search engine can search for academic journals and literature too. In Google Scholar’s settings you can also customise your results to quickly see which of them you have full-text access to through Keele Library. To get this working, before you perform your search click on Settings and type 'keele' into the Library Links search box. Tick the Keele University – view online @Keele box, click on Save Preferences and you're ready to go. When you've typed in your search, any results with ‘view-online@Keele' link next to the title provide a direct link through to the article.

Kanopy
An on-demand streaming video platform for public and academic libraries that offers films, TV shows and documentaries. Also the new home for Psychotherapy.net psychology training videos. For access, log in with your Keele username and password. Kanopy help page. Kanopy's Psychology Collection

Library Hub Discover
Library Hub Discover replaces Copac and SUNCAT. This catalogue gives you access to details of materials held in many UK national, academic and specialist libraries.

Reference Management Tools (RefWorks and Cite Them Right)
Access quality reference management tools provided by the Library. RefWorks allows you to save and manage all the references you use for your assignments, whether these are from books, journals, web pages or other sources, and create bibliographies. Cite Them Right helps you to reference correctly in a variety of styles, not just for standard resources such as books and journal articles, but also for resources such as statutes, patents and social networking sites. Visit our Reference management page for useful guides and help using these resources.

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The Liaison Librarian for Psychology is Scott Chesworth. If you’d like more in-depth help on using resources, want advice on how to search effectively, or want to further develop your information or digital literacy skills, you can contact Scott and ask for an appointment: s.chesworth@keele.ac.uk.

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