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African Journal Archive
The African Journal Archive is a retrospective digitisation project of full-text journal articles published in Africa, in the Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, providing access to a multi-disciplinary, multi-country digital archive of Africa’s research and cultural heritage contained in its journal literature.
Agcensus
Agcensus gives access to grid square agricultural census data for England, Scotland and Wales. You will need an Athens username and password to access Agcensus both on and off campus.
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BCIS Online
BCIS (Building Costs Information Service) Online gives access to capital cost information on new build, refurbishment and fit out work on over 550 types of building. Used for early cost planning and benchmarking.
Please note that BCIS Online is only available if you are on campus, and if you are unable to access the service it might be due to Internet Explorer's popup blocker which can be disabled from the Tools/Internet Options/Privacy menu. Once you have done this you may need to close then restart your browser.
Bioline International
Bioline International is a non-profit online publishing initiative dedicated to supporting the open dissemination of quality peer-review journals from developing countries. Its goal is to facilitate a truly global exchange of ideas by improving the flow of research knowledge.
The platform hosts over 70 full-text journals from over 15 countries - Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, India, Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda and Venezuela. Subject areas include: crop science, tropical medicine, biodiversity, public health and international development.
Britannica Online Academic Edition
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition is an enriched version of the world-renowned encyclopaedia. It contains thousands of articles, links to websites, images, animations and videos, maps, statistics and more.
- Click here if on campus to access Britannica Online
- Click here if off-campus to access Britannica Online
[Help using Britannica Online]
Business Source Elite
Business Source Elite provides full text coverage for over 1,000 business publications and economics journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed publications. Business Source Elite contains full text from the world's top management and marketing journals including Business Week, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, etc. This database includes full text (PDF) coverage dating back as far as 1985. More than 10,100 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor are also included.
To access Business Source Elite off-campus use this link.
[Help using Business Source Elite]
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CAB Abstracts
Edina CAB Abstracts contains abstracts from 10,000 serial titles, books, monographs, technical reports, proceedings, patents, bibliographies, translated journals and published theses in the fields of:
- Agriculture
- Biotechnology
- Conservation and Management of Natural Resources
- Crop Protection
- Dairy Science and Technology
- Forestry
- Animal and Human Health
- Rural Development
- Veterinary Medicine
CLA (Country, Land and Business Association)
Members access -a username and password is required to access this resource. Details are on the secure intranet page.
N.B. Please note the following statement from the CLA.
"The Royal Agricultural College may photocopy documents and / or provide access to the CLA website via a temporary membership number and password which will be updated each year, for use for students only, for educational purposes only, for use on the courses they are pursuing.
In granting this permission, your attention is drawn to the disclaimer printed at the top of each of our guidance notes"
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Datamonitor 360
Datamonitor 360 incorporates market research data from Datamonitor, Marketline and Access Asia.
- Click here if on campus to access Datamonitor 360
- Click here if off-campus to access Datamonitor 360
Digimap
Digimap - Ordnance Survey offers online maps and spatial data of Great Britain. Logging in is via the UK Federation (type in the name of the College and then enter your Atherns usernamer and password when prompted).
USING DIGIMAP: To log in to Digimap:
- direct your Web browser to this URL http://edina.ac.uk/digimap
- click the login via UK Federation button and, if requested to do so, choose your institution from the drop-down list and click "Select".
- enter your Athens username and password when prompted.
- agree to the terms and conditions
- the first time you access Digimap you will need to register for the service individually. Please be aware that it takes 2-3 days for your registration to be approved.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
DOAJ covers free, full text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals. It aims to cover all subjects and languages. There are now more than 4000 journals in the Directory.
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Emerald Management eJournals
Emerald Management eJournals provides access to more than 85,000 full-text articles from around nearly 200 leading peer-reviewed titles. Subject areas include:
- Accounting, finance and legal
- Economics and social policy
- Environmental management
- General management
- Food and nutrition
- Information and knowledge management
- Innovation and enterprise
- Library management and library studies
- Logistics and supply
- Managing people
- Managing quality
- Marketing
- Operations management
- Organisational development and change management
- Strategy
- Training and development
In addition we have access to Emerald's Learning, Teaching and Research Zones.
Emerald Management Xtra - Literature Review Collection
The Emerald Management Xtra database provides a collection of more than 500 literature reviews carefully selected from 198 of the world's top management journals with regular additions to ensure a dynamic and ever growing collection. It is a quick and convenient place for you to find a starting point for your next piece of work or locate gaps in the current literature.
Emerald Management Xtra - Case Study Collection
The Emerald Management Xtra database includes more than 1000 case studies which have been selected for their quality and suitability for teaching and learning. From 2001 to date, these cases are ideal to use as examples of business and management issues and are updated regularly.
Estates Gazette Interactive
Estates Gazette Interactive is an online news, research and information service for the commercial property market. It also contains an archive of Estates Gazette articles from 1986 onwards.
A username and password is required to access this resource. Details are on the secure intranet page.
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Farming On-Line
Online collection of agricultural resources including news, weather, prices, events, articles and classifieds. Our subscription includes access to MLC news and prices.
A username and password is required to access this resource. Details are on the secure intranet page.
FELINE and FELINX
Feline and Felinx contain interesting (and often topical) material, in a "ready to use" form, for learning French, Spanish and German. Please note that this service is no longer updated.
You will need a user name and password to access this resource. These details can be found on the secure intranet.
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GreenFILE
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
To access GreenFILE off-campus use this link.
Global Agricultural Research Archive
CABI's Global Agricultural Research Archive aims to archive agricultural knowledge on behalf of developing countries around the world.This pilot database currently contains over 2,800 full text records from Malawi, Pakistan and the Philippines and from the 2008 IAALD conference on agricultural information and IT. You can search for journal articles, books, and reports on subjects ranging from crop science to fish farming.
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IGD Retail Analysis
IGD Retail Analysis provides intelligence and analysis on retailers, countries, and retail formats gathered directly from the retailers themselves. It includes more than 100 in-depth retailer profiles (Strategies, Country Analysis, SWOT analysis etc.)
Click here if on campus to access IG Retail Analysis
A username and password is required to access this resource if you are off campus.
Details are on the secure intranet page
IngentaConnect
IngentaConnect is a database of articles from over 30,000 publications. Where the library subscribes to the print version you will also get access to full-text online.
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JSTOR
JSTOR is a full-text scholarly archive containing journals from the Arts and Sciences, Business, and Ecology and Botany. JSTOR is not a "current issues" database. The journals in this archive start from volume 1, issue 1, and typically there is a 1-5 year gap between the latest issue in JSTOR and the most recent issue published.
The list of titles in a collection can be viewed at: http://www.jstor.org/action/collectionsAvailable
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Key Note Market Information
Key Note Market Information provides access to more than 140 in-depth reports (full list available here) covering industry sectors such as:
- Business
- Marketing
- Computing and IT
- Education and Training
- Environment
- Financial Services
- Food, Drink and Catering
- Lifestyle
- Retailing
- Travel & Tourism
[Help using Key Note Market Information]
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Land, Life and Leisure
Land, Life and Leisure database contains citations from over 750 journals. It covers the popular trade press, in addition to indexing development reports and relevant articles from peer-reviewed journals. Subjects covered include:
- Current practice and developments in temperate agriculture and all rural topics
- Alternative enterprises
- Conservation
- Equine enterprises
- Estate management
- Forestry
- Horticulture
- Organic husbandry
- Rural planning
- Recreation and tourism
- Environmental issues
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New Crop Opportunities
Offers an online searchable database that provides essential, up-to-date information on how new crops - as well as new uses for existing crops - will fit with farm systems.
Please note that New Crop Opportunities is only available if you are on campus.
NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Botany)
Members Access - you will need a user name and password to access this resource. These details can be found on the secure intranet.
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Open J-Gate
Open J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global journal literature in the open access domain. Open J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles available online. Open J-Gate is also a database of journal literature, indexed from 4000+ open access journals, with links to full text at Publisher sites. It includes both peer-reviewed journals and professional/industry journals. Categories are:
- Agricultural and biological sciences
- Arts and humanities
- Basic sciences
- Biomedical sciences
- Engineering and technology
- Library and information sciences
- Social and management sciences
Oxford Journals Archive
The Oxford Journals Archive provides full text access to all Oxford journals from volume 1, issue 1 up until the end of 1995.
For off-campus access use the following link: Oxford Journals Archive via Athens
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.
It contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, providing extensive access to a comprehensive information resource.
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Planex
Planex is a database of bibliographic abstracts and full text covering the economic, physical, social and environmental aspects of urban and rural development with a particular focus on:
- Town and country planning
- Economic development
- Housing
You will need an Athens username and password to access Planex both on and off campus
Planning Law Service Online (LexisNexis Butterworths)
Butterworths Planning Law Service covers recent developments in all aspects of planning law; from development control to the Planning Inspectorate, public enquiries to compensation, and listed buildings to urban regeneration. Our subscription to the Planning Law Service also includes a wide range of sources including the New Law Journal, All England Law Reports (Planning), Planning Law Bulletin etc. etc. You can search for particular cases or perform a keyword search across one or a whole range of subscribed sources.
To access this resource click on the link above. If you are on campus, do not log in with a username or password - simply click on the link that says 'register now' or 'register later', then view and accept the terms and conditions. You will then be able to access the database. If you are off-campus choose the Academic sign-in and enter your Athens username and password.
PubMed
PubMed includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. It should be particularly useful for anyone studying or researching animal science, veterinary science, equine science etc.
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RICS isurv - Including the Red Book
RICS isurv is the online database of best practice guidance for surveyors that includes:
- Contributions from over 150 experts
- A case law database with expert commentary
- Model letters, forms, agreements and precedents
- All relevant RICS Guidance Notes, Information Papers and Practice Statements
- Indexed links to surveying information on other websites
- Further information and guidance on surveying issues.
isurv is split into seven sections:
- Building Surveying
- Commercial Property
- Construction
- Disputes
- Environment
- Planning
- Valuation and The Red Book
A username and password is required if you are accessing this resource off campus. Details are on the secure intranet page.
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ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is one of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical and medical literature. You are able to access the full text of 300 journal titles within the 3 subject collections in ScienceDirect to which we subscribe, plus the abstracts of all others:
- Agricultural and biological sciences
- Environmental sciences
- Business, management and accounting
SwetsWise
SwetsWise is a database that lists many, but not all, of the journals available to you. These are mostly individual print or electronic journals that we have subscribed to. It includes full text, table of contents and abstracts. To see only those journals for which we have full-text select the full-text option in the drop down menu.
When you log in to SwetsWise, all journals will be listed in alphabetical order should you want to browse by title. It is also possible to search across a range of titles using keywords - to do this select content / article search.
To login when on campus, click on IP Login. If you are off campus, click on Athens Login.
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Taylor & Francis Geography, Planning, Urban and Environment Online Archive
Free access to over 20,000 articles from 28 journals from the first imprint until 1996 in the subject areas of environment studies, geography, planning studies, and urban studies. Titles include European Planning Studies, the Journal of Architecture, and the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.
A title list for this archive, together with coverage, is available on the Taylor & Francis web site. A promotional leaflet is also available, detailing the hightlights of this archive.
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UK PubMed Central
UK PubMed Central is an online digital archive of full-text, peer-reviewed research publications in the biomedical field. It is particularly useful for anyone researching in the areas of animal science, equine science or veterinary science.
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Web of Knowledge
Web of Knowledge is an online service that gives you access to a variety of databases contained in the Web of Science and ISI Proceedings.
The Web of Science contains current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world.
ISI Proceedings contains bibliographic information and author abstracts from papers delivered at prestigious international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops and conventions.
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ZETOC
ZETOC provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents for journals and conference proceedings. It covers approximately 20,000 current journals, and 16,000 conference proceedings. All areas of academic study are covered.