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eResource of the month: IEEE Xplore

A post by Science Faculty Librarian Colin Theakston

Here’s one for all you budding Engineers, Physicists and Computer Scientists out there – IEEE Xplore.

If you don’t know already, then let me tell you that the IEEE Xplore Digital Library is a trusted gateway to science-based peer-reviewed—journals, conferences, standards and eBooks.

IEEE Xplore can therefore help you expand your current knowledge base by helping you discover highly focussed scientific resources. It does this by providing you with access to more than 6 million full-text peer reviewed documents. The database is crammed full of easily searchable peer-reviewed materials; and offers users the opportunity to search by title, author, abstract, keyword, affiliation, and even more!

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eResource of the month: UK Parliamentary Papers

The UK Parliamentary Papers collection from Proquest is an interdisciplinary resource that encompasses nearly every aspect of life in the life in the United Kingdom, British Empire, and The Commonwealth from 1695 to the present day. As Proquest state, these Papers ‘constitute a major part of the world’s historical record’ and can be used by researchers in many subjects, in particular law, politics, history, economics, education, health, and science. The content includes Hansard debates (speeches and reports in Parliament) from 1803-2005; all Bills and Acts and Acts of Parliament 1695-2022; and House of Commons papers 1715-2022. You can see the detailed gathering of evidence for Royal Commissions and select committees, command papers (1715-2022), petitions to Parliament, proposals for legislation, the debates in the Commons and the Lords outlining different political, economic and philosophical perspectives on issues, the laws passed, and subsequent amendments. There are biographies of MPs (up to 2005), the public offices they held, and their contributions to debates.

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eResource of the month: Gartner

Gartner is the leading provider of research and analysis on the global IT industry. All Durham staff and Students have access Gartner Campus Access as a resource via the portal which gives access to:

  • Unlimited access to Gartner’s Core Research (approx. 100,000 documents)
  • Approximately 75% of Gartner’s Library
  • Includes insight on technology trends, information technology careers, cool vendors,
  • Technology enabled business strategies and more, all from a global perspective
  • Research and development resource for Students and Staff

    Gartner is often known for it’s Magic Quadrants, which is a series of research projects aimed at providing customers with a quantitative analysis into a particular market and its direction, maturity and participants
    There are also Hype Cycles, which are Graphic representations of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications which help discern technology hype from what’s actually viable.
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eResource of the month: Henry Stewart Talks Business and Management Collection (being trialled during February-March 2024)

Each month we spotlight one of our databases to highlight the range of resources available to our users. This month, Business Faculty Librarian Ben Taylorson turns the spotlight on a database we have on trial.

We are frequently approached by resource providers who are keen to have us trial their databases – obviously they do this as they are hoping we might add their product to our overall portfolio of resources. One such resource that we have on trial currently is the Henry Stewart Talks (HS Talks) Business and Management Collection.

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eResource of the month: the Financial Times

Each month we spotlight one of our databases to highlight the range of resources available to our users. This month, Business Faculty Librarian Ben Taylorson writes about the Financial Times.

I’m always keen to draw the attention of our users to the vast collection of news and newspaper resources that we have. I feel they are something of a hidden or underutilised resource, but one that can prove invaluable to those studying certain subjects.

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eResource of the month: Mass Observation Online


A pioneering social research organisation, Mass Observation was founded in 1937 by anthropologist Tom Harrisson, film-maker Humphrey Jennings and poet Charles Madge. Their aim was to create an ‘anthropology of ourselves’, and by recruiting a team of observers and a panel of volunteer writers they studied the everyday lives of ordinary people in Britain. This resource covers the original Mass Observation project, the bulk of which was carried out from 1937 until the mid-1950s, offering an unparalleled insight into everyday life in Britain during these transformative years.

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eResource of the month: BIOSIS Citation Index

A post by Faculty Librarian Colin Theakston

Some of you may not know this, but the BIOSIS Citation Index is included within Web of Science.

This database includes cited references to primary journal literature on biological research, medical research findings, and discoveries of new organisms. It covers original research reports and reviews in botany, zoology, and microbiology, and related fields such as biomedical, agriculture, pharmacology, and ecology, and interdisciplinary fields such as medicine, biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering, and biotechnology.

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eResource of the month: MarketLine

Business and economic information is not just something that business students need – it affects everyone. Knowing how to find and use business information is a great skill to develop – it shows prospective or current employers that you can do research outside your field of study and demonstrates commitment. It means you can prepare well for interviews and understand and talk knowledgably about the strengths and weaknesses of a company or the challenges faced by a particular sector. In short, it can help you stand out from the crowd by presenting information and facts that others may not have found. 

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