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E-Resources for Graduate Access

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The list was last updated on 6 February 2023.

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive business research database with coverage of thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, and trade publications.
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Dates covered: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database that comprehensively covers the environmental sciences and environmental management. Subjects include air quality, environmental biotechnology, waste management, and more.
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Dates covered: 1967 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) This link opens in a new window
A database for researchers investigating contemporary and modern artists, art movements, art history and theory, design, photography, and crafts. Contains full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, exhibition reviews and more.
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Dates covered: 1960s - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Citation information only
Banking Information Database This link opens in a new window
A financial services research tool containing combining articles from industry journals and other online sources. Coverage of the the financial services industry, banking and industry trends.
Dates covered:: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Business Market Research Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch, US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports, and Snapshots.
Dates covered: 1986 - current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
China, America and the Pacific This link opens in a new window
A database containing an extensive range of archival material connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Includes manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects and maps.
Dates covered: 18th century - early 20th century
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes
China: Culture and Society (1750 - 1929) This link opens in a new window
A database of rare pamphlets, mostly in English, from one of the most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese in the Western world. These digitised full-text pamphlets from the Wason Collection on East Asia housed in Cornell Unviersity represent a broad variety of writings on the people and cultures of China and foreign involvement there.
Dates covered:: 1750 - 1929
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full text: Yes
China: Trade, Politics & Culture (1793 - 1980) This link opens in a new window
This resource provides access to a variety of source materials in English relating to China and its interactions with the West.

In addition, this database offers over 400 colour paintings, maps and drawings by English and Chinese artists, as well as many photographs, sketches and ephemeral items, depicting Chinese people, places, customs and events.
Dates covered:: 1793 - 1980
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full text: Yes
Church Missionary Society Archive This link opens in a new window
This is a repository of source materials on the work of the Church Missionary Society, founded in 1799 as an Anglican evangelical movement and still active today. It includes the central records of the society and the papers of key individuals associated with it.
Dates covered: 1619 - 1981
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes
Church Missionary Society Periodicals This link opens in a new window
This database features electronic reproductions of publications from the Church Missionary Society, the South American Missionary Society, and the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS).
Dates covered: 1804 - 2009
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes
Consumer Health Database ( formerly Family Health Database) This link opens in a new window
Provides journals and magazines covering a wide range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.
Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
EconLit This link opens in a new window
This database is published by the American Economic Association, and covers virtually every area related to economics, including both theory and application.
Dates covered: 1969 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Encyclopedia Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
Articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica are written by notable experts, providing balanced, global perspectives and unique insights. Also includes Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Full-text: Yes
European Business Database This link opens in a new window
Provides European business and financial information. Resources like The Economist, Fortune, and the European Business Journal are included.
Dates covered: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Foreign Office Files for China (1919 - 1980) This link opens in a new window
Primary source database covering all British Foreign Office files produced between 1919 and 1980 dealing with China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Includes reports, letters, newspaper cuttings, maps, and diverse other materials.
Dates covered: 1919 - 1980
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew / UK National Archives
Full text: Yes
Humanities Index This link opens in a new window
A research tool for humanities scholars, BHI indexes over 400 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries.
Dates covered:: 1962 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Human Kinetics Journals This link opens in a new window
Human Kinetics' mission is to increase the knowledge, enhance the performance, and improve the health and fitness of all people around the globe by developing and delivering authoritative information about physical activity and sport. Their collection of peer-reviewed scholarly journals providing cutting-edge information for use by professors, teachers, researchers, practitioners, health care professionals, coaches, fitness enthusiasts, and many others.
Dates covered: 1974 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Human Kinetics
Full text: Yes
International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Provides the most recent news content from outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. Covers more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
An abstract and index database of linguistic literature. Covers the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
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Dates covered: 1970s - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Citation information only
Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Indexes periodicals covering all aspects of music, including music education, instruments, various musical genres, music therapy, ethnomusicology, and more.
Dates covered: 1874 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
A huge online collection focused on classical music - over 2.3 million tracks. Along with classical music, jazz, world, and pop/rock are also represented.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 7
Provider: Naxos Digital Services
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Chronicles the world's public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more.
Dates covered: 1972 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Some
Pharmaceutical News Index This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic information and indexing for 22 key U.S. and international pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, medical device, and cosmetic industry newsletters
Dates covered: 1974 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive bibliographic database covering worldwide research in all areas of philosophy. Key areas of coverage include metaphysics, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of language, and political philosophy.
Dates covered: 1940 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Project MUSE - Humanities Collection This link opens in a new window
A collection of academic journals in digital humanities and social sciences.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Full text: Some
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post (Historical Archive, 1903-2001) This link opens in a new window
This historical archive of Hong Kong's most well-known English-language newspaper provides researchers with online, easily-searchable coverage of politics, society and events in the territory.
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Dates covered: 1903 - 2000
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Yes
PTSDpubs This link opens in a new window
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, this database aims to provide citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Dates covered: 1871 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Some
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
Designed to cover 150 key academic subject areas, this database includes over 5,000 scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. Many are available in full text.
Dates covered: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes current research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
Dates covered: 1979 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioural sciences. Major subject areas include culture and social structure, family and social welfare, radical sociology, social development, and women's studies.
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Dates covered: 1952 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
The Company of Biologists This link opens in a new window
The Company of Biologists is a not-for-profit publishing organisation dedicated to supporting and inspiring the biological community. This cross search platform cover five of their publications: Biology Open, Development, Disease Models & Mechanisms, Journal of Cell Science, and Journal of Experimental Biology.
US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Access to recent U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
Dates covered: 1980 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
雅昌藝術圖書數據庫 (Artron) This link opens in a new window
雅昌藝術圖書數據庫收錄了中國和世界各大藝術類出版社、拍賣行、博物館、美術館等藝術機構，及藝術家出版的中文圖書資源，以及雅昌自主出版的藝術視頻和藝術年表等3大類資源，內容涵蓋藝術理論、繪畫、書法篆刻、雕塑、攝影等13個類別。
Artron is a Chinese database which includes art books from art publishers, museums, galleries, auction firms as well as individual artists from China and beyond in 13 categories.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Artron Art Group
Full-text: Yes

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