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Introduction

The resources below are available to tutors at Accredited Learning Partners (ALPs) only for the purpose of teaching Heriot-Watt University students.

Other Heriot-Watt resources might not be licensed for use by ALP tutors. Please contact your Subject Librarian for advice if you would like to use a resource that is not listed below.

Resources

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The ACM Digital Library contains full text journals, conference proceedings, magazines and newsletters from the Association for Computing Machinery.
American Chemical Society This link opens in a new window
Alternative login route: Use https://pubs.acs.org/ then "Find my Institution".

Searches journals published by the American Chemical Society
Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) This link opens in a new window
Journals from Cambridge University Press. Change the search to "Journal Content I Have Access to" to search full text.
MathSciNet This link opens in a new window
Reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for mathematical sciences literature.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) This link opens in a new window
Covers over 17,689 peer-reviewed open access scholarly journals (with over 7 million article records)

Subject Coverage:
Agriculture and food, Architecture and arts, Biology and life sciences, Business and economics, Chemistry, Earth and environmental sciences, Health sciences, History and archaeology, Languages and literature, Law and political science, Mathematics and statistics, Philosophy and religion, Physics and astronomy, Social sciences, Technology and engineering

Sources:
Journal articles (academic)

Full text availability:
This is a full text resource. This resource is available to the general public and you can continue to use it after you graduate.

Nature
1997 to date
Nature Photonics
Vol 1, no 4 (2007) to date

Oxford Journals (OUP) This link opens in a new window
Journals published by Oxford University Press.
OSIRIS This link opens in a new window
Osiris has been replaced with Orbis. Please see Orbis entry above.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Alternative login route: Use https://www.sciencedirect.com/ then click on "Sign in" on home page and then "Sign in via your institution".

Use ScienceDirect to find academic journal articles. All the journals on ScienceDirect are published by Elsevier. (ScienceDirect covers biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, and other sciences, along with non-science subjects.)
American Institute of Physics This link opens in a new window
Database of over one million physics journal articles from the American Institute of Physics and related societies.
Springer Link This link opens in a new window
Alternative login route: Use https://link.springer.com/ then login via the "Institution" icon on the home page, then "Check access" and then sign in via institutional access.

Searches contents in journals published by Springer.
Web of Science [previously called Web of Knowledge] This link opens in a new window
Alternative login route: Use https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/web-of-science/ then "Go to product" and then select "UK Federation" regardless of location and then "Go to institution"

Reference and citation data for thousands of indexed journals and conference papers. Use to for 'cited by' and reference list searching. Use "check for full text" on results to check Discovery for full-text.

Web of Science includes:
Science Citation Index Expanded (1970 to date)
Social Sciences Citation Index (1970 to date)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975 to date)
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (1990 to date)
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (1990 to date)
Medline (1950 to date)
Biosis Citation Index (1969 to date)
Journal Citation Reports
Index Chemicus (1993 to date)
WGSN Fashion (Worth Global Style Network) This link opens in a new window
WGSN is the world's leading trend forecasting and analysis service, equipping style-driven businesses around the world with future intelligence and creative inspiration on what's new and what's next through digital subscription and bespoke research services.

Login issues can often be resolved by clearing your cache from the browser you are using.
WGSN Lifestyle & Interiors (formerly Homebuildlife) This link opens in a new window
Online trend forecasting and product design tool created exclusively for the interiors, home and consumer products markets. The service combines seasonal forecasts up to two years ahead of season, as well as daily updates on new design directions and influences.

Login issues can often be resolved by clearing your cache from the browser you are using.