E-Books on the Dawsonera website will be unavailable for up to half an hour between 7:30am and 8:00am on Thursday 25th August 2016 while they undertake essential work on the platform. Dawsonera will be offline during this time and students should ensure they have downloaded and opened any e-books they need access to before this outage occurs. It will also not be possible to read titles which have been downloaded but not opened before the outage period.
JoVE – new titles
We have just renewed our subscription to JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) for the new academic year and have added a few more titles to this subscription. We now have access to the following sections:
Access these e-journals via DiscoverEd.
Amirsys Imaging Reference Center
Amirsys Imaging Reference Center is a new subscription for the academic year 2016-17.
Amirsys Imaging Reference Center offers a comprehensive source of radiology references with a combination of high-quality images, classical diagnoses, and evidence-based clinical content.
Contents include:
- 72,000 x-ray, CT, MR, and ultrasound illustrations and images.
- Expert, evidence-based content – including over 4,000 diagnoses provided by imaging experts.
- Over 40,000 journal references.
Image topics serve a wide range of medical professionals across a comprehensive list of searchable categories, including:
Amirsys Screenshot
• Brain
• Breast
• Cardiovascular
• Chest
• GI & Urology
• Gynecology
• Head & Neck
• Musculoskeletal
• Nuclear Medicine
• Obstetrics
• Pediatrics
• Spine
• Ultrasound
Access this new database via our main A-Z list, Medicine AZ list, Nursing AZ list and DiscoverEd.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases – new e-journal
We now have access to Spinal Cord Series and Cases. This e-journal has been added to our Nature Publishing Group package subscription and is now available in DiscoverEd. Spinal Cord Series and Cases is an international quarterly subscription based journal, publishing original research articles, small case series, case reports and contributions of a more national or local interest that address all aspects of spinal anatomy, physiology and lesions (injury and disease). Spinal Cord Series and Cases is a multi-disciplinary forum for basic science, clinical and applied studies, psychology and epidemiology of spinal disorders, and is committed to rapid publication.
Financial Times – new features
Our subscription to the Financial Times now contains new features –
FT Confidential Research combines the FT’s proprietary survey data and on-the-ground research from China and Southeast Asia, to give you predictive investment insights and indicators for key sectors and trends in the region.
Instant Insight offers timely and authoritative analysis of the breaking news stories of the day. Understand the implications before anyone else through the insight of our award-winning columnists and global network of specialists.
Further Info
Financial Times is listed on our Databases AZ list and DiscoverEd. First time users will be asked to register. This then provides access to a range of additional tools and resources on FT.com including:
- Exclusive FT News and Comment (including Lex)
- Industry-specific insight and analysis Surveys/in-depth reports – industries, countries and business trends
- Power Search tool searching through the 5-year FT archive
- View print edition – exclusive previews from the Financial Times newspaper
- Editors Choice email
- FT.com app
Sage Research Methods Update
We recently took out a subscription to the Datasets component of Sage Research Methods following a successful trial.
The datasets included in SAGE Research Methods Datasets are taken from government sources and academic research and demonstrate both qualitative and quantitative methods. Each dataset is presented with an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to best demonstrate how the method is applied.
Datasets screenshot
These individual datasets have now been added to DiscoverEd following the Sage Research Methods platform change which involved replacing all of our existing records for the books, videos and case studies we already had a subscription to.
The new Sage Research Methods website has been fully redesigned to make it more modern and user friendly. It is also fully responsive to the different kinds of mobile devices that may be used. Sage have also improved the discoverability of content with an improved search and methods map. Browse options have been enhanced to allow browsing by discipline, content type and method topic.
Further Info
Access Sage Research Methods via our Databases AZ list or DiscoverEd.
JSTOR – Arts and Science XV available
We now subscribe to the Arts and Science XV package from JSTOR. Arts & Sciences XV has extensive coverage in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, including literature, film, art, music, religion, classical studies, history, education, economics, political science, and sociology.
This collection currently has 81 titles, it will have more than 150 titles by 2018. See a list of the available titles here. These have been added to DiscoverEd. As further titles are made available by JSTOR, these will automatically be added to DiscoverEd.
Further info
JSTOR is also listed on the Databases AZ list.
Oxford Reference updates
We are about to reload all of our Oxford Reference Premium package e-book titles in DiscoverEd to take account of edition changes, additions and deletions. A list of the 313 titles currently available in the package can be found here.
Please note we also have access to additional titles on the Oxford Reference website out with the above package, these will remain on DiscoverEd.
Periodicals Archive Online – additional titles available
Thanks to funding from JISC Collections, we have access to 50 archival e-journals in the humanities and social sciences subject areas. These e-journals are available on the ProQuest website and have been added to DiscoverEd:
| Title | Publisher | ISSN | Full Text First |
Full Text Last |
| Agricultural Research | Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture | 0002-161X | 1-Jan-1953 | 1-Sep-2000 |
| American Drama | American Drama Institute | 1061-0057 | 1-Oct-1991 | 1-Jul-2005 |
| Ancient History Resources for Teachers | Division of Humanities, Macquarie University | 1032-3686 | 1-Mar-1971 | 1-Jan-2005 |
| Architecture Plus Design | Media Transasia | 0970-2369 | 1-Nov-1985 | 1-Nov-2000 |
| Australian Journal of French Studies | Monash University. | 0004-9468 | 1-Jan-1964 | 1-Sep-2000 |
| Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin | The Bank | 0005-5166 | 1-Dec-1960 | 1-Nov-2000 |
| The Beethoven Journal | Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies and the American Beethoven Society | 1087-8262 | 1-Apr-1986 | 1-Dec-2000 |
| The Byron Journal | Byron Society Journal, Ltd. | 0301-7257 | 1-Jan-1973 | 1-Jan-2000 |
| Comparative Civilizations Review | 0733-4540 | 1-Jan-1979 | 1-Oct-2000 | |
| Critical Review | Libertarian Review Foundation. | 0891-3811 | 1-Dec-1986 | 1-Oct-2000 |
| Dickens Quarterly | Dickens Society | 0742-5473 | 1-Mar-1970 | 1-Dec-2000 |
| Fifteenth Century Studies | Hans-Dieter Heinz, Akademischer Verlag Stuttgart [etc.] | 0164-0933 | 1-Jan-1978 | 1-Jan-2000 |
| Foundation | Science Fiction Foundation | 0306-4964 | 1-Jan-1973 | 1-Oct-2000 |
| The Gaskell Society Journal | Gaskell Society | 0951-7200 | 1-Jul-1987 | 1-Jan-2005 |
| General Linguistics | Pennsylvania State University Press. | 0016-6553 | 1-Jan-1955 | 1-Jan-2003 |
| Haydn Society Journal | The Society | 1350-1267 | 1-Jul-1979 | 1-Jan-2000 |
| Higher Education Review | Tyrrell Burgess, etc. | 0018-1609 | 1-Oct-1968 | 1-Jul-2000 |
| Humanity and Society | Association for Humanist Sociology | 0160-5976 | 1-Jul-1977 | 1-Nov-2000 |
| International Education | College of Education, University of Tennessee | 0160-5429 | 1-Oct-1972 | 1-Apr-2001 |
| International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice | Dept. of Administration of Justice, Wichita State University | 0192-4036 | 1-Apr-1977 | 1-Oct-2000 |
| Irish Economic and Social History | Economic and Social History Society of Ireland | 0332-4893 | 1-Jan-1974 | 1-Jan-2000 |
| Islamic Quarterly | Islamic Cultural Centre. | 0021-1842 | 1-Apr-1956 | 1-Jan-2000 |
| JPMS : Journal of Political and Military Sociology | Northern Illinois University, Sociology Dept. | 0047-2697 | 1-Apr-1973 | 1-Dec-2000 |
| Jamaican Historical Review | Jamaica Historical Society | 1010-6367 | 1-Jun-1945 | 1-Jan-2001 |
| Journal for the Study of Religion | Association for the Study of Religion (Southern Africa) | 1011-7601 | 1-Jan-1980 | 1-Jan-2000 |
| Journal of Housing Research | Washington, D.C. :Office of Housing Policy Research, Fannie Mae, c1990- | 1052-7001 | 1-Jan-1990 | 1-Jan-2003 |
| Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology | Guilford Press | 0736-7236 | 1-Jan-1983 | 1-Dec-2000 |
| Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | Published under the auspices of the Pakistan American Foundation | 0149-1784 | 1-Sep-1977 | 1-Dec-2000 |
| Journal of Sport Behavior | United States Sports Academy. | 0162-7341 | 1-Feb-1980 | 1-Dec-2000 |
| The Journal of Transport History | University College of Leicester | 0022-5266 | 1-May-1953 | 1-Sep-1999 |
| Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly | Association for Education in Journalism, etc. | 1077-6990 | 1-Jan-1924 | 1-Jan-2000 |
| Judaism | American Jewish Congress | 0022-5762 | 1-Jan-1952 | 1-Oct-2000 |
| Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England | AMS Press | 0731-3403 | 1-Jan-1984 | 1-Jan-1999 |
| New Society | New Science Publications. | 0028-6729 | 4-Oct-1962 | 27-May-1988 |
| Nineteenth Century Theatre | J. Donohue. | 0893-3766 | 1-Apr-1973 | 1-Dec-2000 |
| Queen’s Quarterly | Quarterly Committee of Queen’s University. | 0033-6041 | 1893 | 1-Dec-2005 |
| Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theatre Research | Loyola University of Chicago | 0034-5822 | 1-May-1962 | 1-Dec-1995 |
| Romani Studies | Gypsy Lore Society | 1528-0748 | 1888 | 1-Aug-1995 |
| Scottish Studies Review | Association for Scottish Literary Studies. | 0305-0785 | 1-May-1980 | 1-Apr-2000 |
| Signal | Thimble Press | 0037-4954 | 1-Sep-1970 | 1-Jan-2003 |
| The Southern Journal of Philosophy | Dept. of Philosophy, Memphis State University | 0038-4283 | 1-Apr-1964 | 1-Dec-2000 |
| Studies in the Humanities | Indiana University of Pennsylvania. | 0039-3800 | 1-Mar-1969 | 1-Dec-2000 |
| Tennyson Research Bulletin | Tennyson Society. | 0082-2841 | 1-Oct-1967 | 1-Nov-2001 |
| TheatreForum | Theatre Dept. at the University of California | 1060-5320 | 1-Oct-1992 | 1-Jul-2005 |
| Transafrican Journal of History | East African Publishing House | 0251-0391 | 1-Jan-1971 | 1-Jan-1996 |
| TriQuarterly | The University | 0041-3097 | 1-Jan-1964 | 1-Jan-2005 |
| Welsh History Review = Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru | University of Wales Press. | 0043-2431 | 1-Jan-1960 | 1-Dec-2001 |
| Western European Stages | CASTA | 1050-1991 | 1-Oct-1989 | 1-Oct-2000 |
| Western Humanities Review | University of Utah Press, etc. | 0043-3845 | 1-Jan-1947 | 1-Dec-1995 |
| Women’s Studies Journal | Women’s Studies Association New Zealand | 0112-4099 | 1-Aug-1984 | 1-Apr-2000 |
University Press Scholarship Online – new e-books added
University Press Scholarship Online provides access to over 15,000 key titles across over 25 subject areas in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law. Delivering academic monograph content from leading university presses, UPSO offers an unparalleled research tool, making disparately published scholarship easily accessible, highly discoverable, and fully cross-searchable via a single, online platform.
We have just added the June 2016 update titles into DiscoverEd. See the list of titles added so far this year here.