Download the LibKey Nomad browser extension to link to full-text content from the Library from publisher's websites and other web pages. Find out how on this Skills Hub page.
To get links to the University Library's full-text materials (FullText@HWU links) in Google Scholar results, use this link to Google Scholar and follow brief instructions on how to adjust your Google Scholar settings on this Skills Hub page.
Alternative login route: Use https://www.emerald.com/insight/browse/publications then click on Login then Access through your institution
Use to search business and management journals published by the Emerald publishing group.
Access to UK and international newspapers and trade press, with foreign language news sources in over 26 languages including full text access to The Financial Times (with a 30 day embargo). Please note: access to the FT is currently unavailable due to an issue affecting all Universities subscribing to Nexis Uni. Guides to searching Nexis Uni.
Alternative login route: Use https://www.proquest.com/ then click "Log in through your library to access more features" (in centre of screen) and then "Find your library". Then click on change databases to choose PsycINFO.
American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource covering peer-reviewed literature in psychology, behavioral science and mental health.
Alternative login route: Use https://www.scopus.com/home.uri then login via the "Institution" icon on the home page, then "Check access" and then sign in via institutional access.
Scopus is one of the leading databases of peer-reviewed citations and abstracts, covering 21,000 titles from 5,000 publishers in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Scopus recommend uses Chrome or Firefox. Results might not display correctly in Edge.
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.
Use to find academic journal articles and ebooks published by Wiley.
Heriot-Watt does not have access to everything on the Wiley website - use Discovery to check if we have access to a specific journal.