Politics and International Relations
Databases
Databases include books, journal and magazine articles, and conference proceedings. As well as general databases there are also subject specific databases helping to ensure your search is more relevant. You may also consider looking at particular collections of journals. These databases are indexes -where we subscribe to the full text a link will be available but please note these tools search outside of our full text collections and not every hit will be full text.
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Databases for Research
- House of Commons Parliamentary Papers This link opens in a new window
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Includes sessional papers with supplementary material back to 1688. - Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly, majority full-text business database. The majority of hits will be full text and others can be checked for full text via Primo using the SFX button. - Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
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Research database covering environment related disciplines. Many hits will be full text and the SFX button will check other hits for full text via Primo. - Emerald This link opens in a new window
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Journals with a strong focus on business strategy; leadership; marketing and human resource management.
Historical Databases
- British History Online This link opens in a new window
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Primary and secondary sources for the history of the British Isles. Some material on this resource is freely available but you will need to sign in to get access to the entire range. - British Union of Fascists: newspapers and secret files This link opens in a new windowIn addition to the three principal organs of BUF, Action (1936-1940), Blackshirt (1933-1939) and Fascist week (1933-1934), the present collection reproduces, from the National Archives at Kew, a wealth of information gathered by the Home Office, the Police, MI5 and the Cabinet Office on Mosley and also his second wife, Lady Diana Mosley.
- Communist Party of Great Britain archive This link opens in a new window Includes the minutes of the central committees and departments, correspondence, local districts papers, party statements, E.C commissions, national congresses and conferences, speakers notes, subject files, personal files, miscellaneous individuals, youth organisations, Communist International (C.I.) central circular, The People's Press Printing Society (PPPS) (Daily Worker / Morning Star), Young Communist League, non party organisations, material relating to the history of the CPGB, and microfilmed records of CPGB material held in Russia.
Social Science Databases
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Provides full-text, peer-reviewed sociology journals covering many subjects including gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, racial studies, religion and social work. It also covers elements of international relations and world politics. - PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new windowOffers full-text articles for journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association and Hogrefe & Huber
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
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The key index to international literature in psychology and related disciplines, covering 1967 to the present day.
International Databases
- Empire Online This link opens in a new windowOver 70,000 images of original documents relating to Empire Studies.
- India, Raj & Empire This link opens in a new windowOriginal manuscript material from 1617 t0 1947, comprising diaries and journals, official and private papers, letters, sketches, paintings and original Indian documents.
- European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 This link opens in a new windowA guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe between 1493 to 1750 (EBSCO). Please note there is no full text within the resource.
- Nixon Years, 1969 - 1974 This link opens in a new windowComplete Foreign and Commonwealth Office files from 1969-1974 providing a British, European and Commonwealth perspective on Nixons presidency.
Gender Databases
- Defining Gender This link opens in a new windowManuscripts, printed works and illustrations from both masculine and feminine perspectives.
- Gender, Feminism and the British Left, 1944-1991 This link opens in a new windowCollection contains records compiled by the Communist Party of Great Britain's (CPGB) Women's Department during the period 1944-1991. These records include minutes, agendas, and promotional materials from various women's campaigns, events, and conferences. They also include copies of Link, the party's women's magazine, and Red Rag, a controversial journal published by the party's more militant feminist members. Together, these items provide a unique insight into the relationship between Western communism and the women's liberation movement during the post-war era
- Women in the National Archives This link opens in a new window
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This resource comprises two distinct elements: A Finding Aid to Women's Studies Resources in The National Archives at Kew and Original Documents on the Suffrage Question in Britain, the Empire and Colonial Territories.
Legal Databases
- Lexis Library This link opens in a new window
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Covers UK legislation and a wealth of case law, news, company, market research and directory sources. - Westlaw This link opens in a new window
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Covers UK legislation and a wealth of case law, news, and textbook sources. - i-law.com This link opens in a new window
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Maritime law resource. Access to i-law requires registration with a University of Plymouth email address.
Multidisciplinary Databases
- Scopus This link opens in a new window
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Covers international research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities - Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Major research database of the worlds top Science & Technology journals and conference proceedings with some additional Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities coverage.
What is a Database?
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