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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
The ACM Digital Library contains ACM publications from 1954 to present, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines and newsletters.
American Chemical Society
Alternative login route: Use https://pubs.acs.org/ then "Find my Institution".

Searches journals published by the American Chemical Society

Subject Coverage:
Analytical chemistry
Applied chemistry
Biochemistry
Macromolecular chemistry
Organic chemistry
Inorganic chemistry
Physical chemistry

Sources:
Journal articles (academic), Journal articles (trade and magazine)

Full text availability:
This is a full text resource.
Cambridge Journals Online (CJO)
Journals from Cambridge University Press. Change the search to "Journal Content I Have Access to" to search full text.

Full text availability:
Some full text online.

Subject coverage:
Anthropology
Archaeology
Area Studies
Art
Astronomy
Chemistry
Classical Studies
Computer Science
Drama and Theatre
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Economics
Education
Engineering
English Language Teaching – Resources for Teachers
Film, Media, Mass Communication
General Science
Geography
History
Language and Linguistics
Law
Life Sciences
Literature
Management
Materials Science
Mathematics
Medicine
Music
Nutrition
Philosophy
Physics
Politics and International Relations
Psychiatry
Psychology
Religion
Social Science Research Methods
Sociology
Statistics and Probability
MathSciNet
1800s to date.
Reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for mathematical sciences literature. This database contains information about over 3 million items, and over 100,000 new entries are added each year.

Subject Coverage:
Mathematics.

Sources:
Mathematical sciences literature.

Full text availability:

Some full text online. Use the "Check for Full Text" feature in the database.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
Covers over 4,840 journals.
This database provides access to Open Access scholarly and scientific journals. Currently 1,947 journals are searchable at article level.
This resource is available to the general public and you can continue to use it after you graduate.

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.

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

Oxford Journals (OUP)
Journals published by Oxford University Press.
OSIRIS
Financial information for more than 55,000 publicly listed and major unlisted and de-listed companies worldwide, with several years of data, updated weekly.

Subject Coverage:
Company financials
Restated reports
Ratings
SEC filing via Edgar Online and other regulatory filings
Searchable corporate actions and dividends
Detailed earnings estimates and buy/sell recommendations
Country profiles and outlook from the EIU
Directors and contacts
Images of annual and interim reports plus corporate and social responsibility documents
Detailed stock data
Detailed corporate structures
Market research
Business and company-related news
M&A deals and rumours
Directors section including biographies
Company activities

Full text availability:
Some full text online.
ScienceDirect
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.)

Subject Coverage:
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Life Sciences
Health Sciences
Social Sciences and Humanities

Sources:
Journal articles (academic)

Full text availability:
Some full text online. Use the "Check for Full Text" feature in the database.
Scitation
Database of over one million physics journal articles from the American Institute of Physics and related societies.

Subject Coverage:
Physics
Chemistry
Geoscience
Engineering
Acoustics

Sources:
Conference papers, Books and eBooks, Journal articles (academic), Journal articles (trade and magazine), Patents, Standards

Full text availability:
Some full text online.
Springer Link
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.

Full text availability: Some full text
Web of Science [previously called Web of Knowledge]
Full text availability:
Some full text online. Use the "Check for Full Text" feature in the database.

Key databases for finding good quality academic articles from science journals. 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)

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"
WGSN (Worth Global Style Network)
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.
WGSN Lifestyle & Interiors (formerly Homebuildlife)
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.