Accessible database list

You can use your Athens username and password to log on to most of our databases. Where a different password is used, we say so beside the database link.

ABGweb see GAAPxtra Access information: Password Subjects: accounting/auditing standards
ABI/Inform see Proquest Central instructions Subjects: business, management, construction management
ACM Digital library see Association of Computing Machinery Access information: On-campus access only. Password not required Subjects: computing
AES E-library see Audio Engineering Society E-library Access information: On-campus access only. Password not required Subjects: audio engineering
AMED instructions Subjects: allied health
American Chemical Society Database Access information: On-campus access only. Password not required. Subjects: chemistry
Analytical Abstracts Access information: On-campus access only. Password not required. Subjects: analytical information (chemistry)
Anatomy.tv Access information: Password for off-campus access Subjects: 3d anatomy models If you don't have broadband, it may load slowly.
Annual Reviews Online Access information: No password required for on-campus access. Athens password required for off-campus access. Subjects: critical science reviews
Arts Bibliographic Modern (Proquest) instructions Access information: Athens Subjects: social sciences
ASSIA (Proquest) instructions Subjects: social sciences
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital library Access information: On-campus access only. Password not required Subjects: computing
Audio Engineering Society E-library Access information: On-campus access only. Password not required Subjects: audio engineering
Australian Education Index Subjects: social sciences

Bankscope Access information: Access on-campus only Subjects: Banking Information
BBC Motion Gallery Access information: Select Glasgow Caledonian University in drop-down list then enter Athens username and password Subjects: archive of moving images
BCIS see Building Costs Information Service Access information: Access on-campus only Subjects: construction
BCIS online rates database Access information: Access on-campus only Subjects: construction
BioMed Central Access information: Open access resource. Password not required Subjects: medical and scientific
Biosis Citation Index (in Web of Knowledge) Subjects: Life science
Biosis Previews (in Web of Knowledge) Subjects: life science
British Education Index Subjects: education
British Hospitality Association Subjects: hospitality
British Library Archival Sound Recordings Subjects: sound archive
British Standards Online instructions Subjects: British Standards
Building Costs Information Service Access information: On-campus access only Subjects: construction
Building Law Reports Access information: Password Subjects: construction, law
Business Insights Verdict Reports instructions Subjects: business
Lexis-Nexis Butterworth's instructions Subjects: law

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA Illumina) (Proquest) instructions Subjects: arts, humanities, business management, environment, social science, engineering, medicine, biomedical science
CSA Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts (Proquest) instructions Subjects: bioengineering
CSA Information Technology Case Studies (Proquest) instructions Subjects: Computing
CSA MicroPatents Materials Patents (Proquest) instructions Subjects: Computing
CSA Technology Research Database (Proquest) instructions Subjects: Computing, Engineering
Census Registration Service (one-stop registration service for others below) Subjects: registration service for census
Census Dissemination Unit see Census Registration Service Subjects: aggregate statistics from 1971/81/91 and 2001 censuses
Census Geography Data Unit (UKBORDERS) see Census Registration Service Subjects: digital boundary data and associated
look-up tables
Census Interaction Data Service see Census Registration Service Subjects: origin-destination statistics for 1981, 1991 and 2001
Census Microdata Unit see Census Registration Service Subjects: samples of anonymised records for 2001 and 1991
Children and Adult Services Parliamentary Monitor Access information: Password Subjects: social work , children, families
Cinahl instructions Subjects: nursing, allied health
CIS see Construction Information Service Subjects: construction - If Athens access unavailable, use Password
Cochrane Library instructions Subjects: nursing, allied health, evidence based medicine
Compendex on Engineering Village instructions Subjects: engineering
Construction Information Service (CIS) instructions Subjects: construction - If Athens access unavailable, use Password

Design and Applied Arts Index (Proquest) instructions Subjects: design, arts
Digimap (For registered users) First time users register here. It takes 2 days. instructions Access information: Select Glasgow Caledonian University in drop-down list and then enter Athens username and password Subjects: Geography
DORIS database of research in stroke Access information: password not needed Subjects: physiotherapy, stroke, rehabilitation

e-Anatomy database Access information: On-campus access only. Password not required. Subjects: Anatomy
E4data Electronics Subjects: electronics industry
EBSCO general database provider
Education Image Gallery Subjects: general
Education Media Online (including Culverhouse Classical Music Collection) see Film and Sound Online Subjects: Media studies
Emerald instructions Subjects: engineering, information management, property
Engineering Village (includes Compendex) instructions Subjects: engineering
Environmental sciences and pollution management Subjects: environment, pollution
ERIC (on Datastar) Subjects: education
ERIC (on Proquest) Subjects: education
Estates Gazette Interactive Subjects: construction
EThOS (Electronic Theses Online Service) Access information: Register or login only if downloading thesis Subjects: covers over 250,000 UK theses
Euromonitor see Global Market Information Database
Fame (financial analysis made easy) instructions Subjects: company financial analysis
Film and Sound Online previously Education Media Online downloadable film, video and audio for UK Higher education. Subjects: Covers medicine, life sciences, mass media, music and the social sciences
FIREINF Access information: Password Subjects: fire safety
Fire Protection Association Supplements - see OHSIS Subjects: fire safety

GAAPxtra Access information: Password Subjects: accounting/auditing standards
Global Insight Access information: Password Subjects: market information
Global Market Information Database instructions Subjects: market research

HealthScotland (previously HEBSweb) Access information: Password not required. Subjects: health education in Scotland
HeinOnline instructions Subjects: law
HeinOnline Scottish Legal History Library Subjects: law
Hoover's Company Records instructions Subjects: Company information
House Of Commons Parliamentary Papers (19th Century and 20th Century) Subjects: politics, history, economics

ICE Virtual Library on-campus Subjects: civil engineering
Iconda instructions Subjects: building and construction
IEEExplore instructions Subjects: Engineering
IHS Global Insight Password Subjects: market information
IHS Technical Indexes Access information: Athens If Athens access unavailable, use CIS Password
Images MD see SpringerImages Medical and Life Sciences instructions Access information: On-campus only. Password not required. Subjects: medical images
Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings instructions Subjects: scientific conference proceedings
Index to theses Subjects: U.K. theses
InfoTrac Custom Journals instructions Subjects: European business and management
IngentaConnect Subjects: general
Insight see NHS Confederation Access information: Password Subjects: Nursing, health
Institute of Civil Engineers Virtual Library Archive (ICE) Access information: Password not required. Subjects: civil engineering
Institute of Hospitality Access information: Password Subjects: tourism, hospitality
Institute of Physics Journals instructions Subjects: applied physics, physics in engineering, micromechanics and optics
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (Proquest) instructions Subjects: social sciences
Intermid Before login make sure cookies and Javascript are enabled on your browser. Here's how To login select prompt for Athens user Subjects: Midwifery Use this one for British Journal of Midwifery
Internurse Before login make sure cookies and Javascript are enabled on your browser. Here's how To login select prompt for Athens user Subjects: Nursing
Isurv (includes The Red Book) Access information: Password Subjects: building, valuation

The John Johnson Collection Subjects: 65,000 colour images from the Bodleian Library's John Johnson Collection of 18th 19th and early 20th century Printed Ephemera.
JORUM Available to university staff only Subjects: Repository providing access to learning and teaching materials, for teaching staff at UK FE and HE institutions.
Journal Citation Reports (citation and impact factor data) instructions Subjects: citation reports
JSTOR instructions Subjects: economics, history, sociology, maths, political science

Keesing's Access information: Password Subjects: digest of world events
Key Note instructions Subjects: market research reports, company information

Labour Research Department Password Subjects: industrial relations
Lancet (1823 to present) Subjects: medicine, history
Landmark Spatial Discovery Datasets (inc Cities Revealed,Landmark Derived, Chest/Infoterra and Bluesky datasets) Subjects: environment
Learning Exchange Subjects: social work
LexisLibrary Includes Lexis Nexis Professional instructions Subjects: tax cases, consumer law, local government, trading standards
LGCnet Password Subjects: local government
Local Government Direct see Lexis-Nexis Butterworth's Subjects: local government

Medline instructions Subjects: medicine
Medline (via Proquest) instructions Subjects: medicine
MIDIRS instructions Subjects: midwifery, nursing
Mintel instructions Subjects: market research
Mintel Country Reports Subjects: market research
Mintel Retail Interactive Subjects: market research

National Children's Bureau Subjects: social work
National Readership Survey Subjects: journalism, media, statistics
National Research Register Access information: Password not required. Subjects: general research
NCEplus Access information: Password Subjects: construction management
NewsFilm Online Access information: Password not required. Login via UK Federation prompt Subjects: archive of television news and cinema newsreels
Newspapers see Proquest Newsstand instructions Subjects: news
NHS Confederation Access information: Free self-registration Subjects: health

Observatory on borderless higher education Access information: Password Subjects: higher education
Occupational Health and Safety Information Service (OHSIS) Subjects: occupational health and safety If Athens access unavailable, use password
O'Keefe: Law of weights and measures see Lexis-Nexis Butterworth's Subjects: trading standards
OldMedline 1950 to 1965 Subjects: Medicine

Periodicals Archive Online Subjects: arts, humanities, social sciences
Planex instructions Access information: Select Glasgow Caledonian University in drop-down list and then enter Athens username and password Subjects: public policy and practice, economic development, planning, housing, community health, social work
Premedline see Medline Extra Subjects: medicine
Proquest Central new platform instructions old version Subjects: business, management, accounting, tax and banking
Proquest Health and Medical Complete instructions Subjects: allied health and medicine
Public Administration Abstracts Subjects: Public administration
PsycInfo (Proquest) instructions Subjects: psychology
PsycArticles (Proquest) instructions Subjects: psychology
PubMed Access information: Password not required Subjects: medicine
Race Relations Abstracts Subjects: race relations, ethnic studies
Radio at BUFVC Subjects: independent local radio
Red Book - RICS Appraisal and Valuation Standards Access information: Password
Refworks instructions New users click here to register RefWorks will not work if you have a Popup blocker on the PC. Turn it off using the Tools menu on your browser. It also does not work well with Google Chrome. Subjects: reference management software
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Subjects: chemistry

Science Citation Index (Web of Knowledge) instructions
Science Direct All registered Athens users must activate their Athens account for first time use
Scottish Legal History Library
Scran Subjects: Scotland; culture, history
Screenonline Access information: Password not required.
Shine Access information: Password
Snapshot Series (Proquest) instructions Subjects: Business
Social Care Online instructions Free resource, no restrictions
Social Science Citation Index (Web of Knowledge)
Social Science Plus (Proquest) instructions
Social Services Abstracts (Proquest) instructions
Social Services Parliamentary Monitor Access information: Password
Sociological abstracts (Proquest) instructions
Spoken Word Access information: Registration required for first time use. Subjects: repository of digital audio resources
SpringerImages Medical and Life Sciences Access information: On-campus only. Password not required
Statistical Account for Scotland Online 1791-1799, and 1845 Access information: statistical accounts
Swetswise Access information: Athens off-campus only.

Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching (TRILT)
TicTocs (register for first time use) Access information: No password needed This service will close down in May 2012, use the JournalTOCs service instead.
TOXLINE (Proquest)
Trading Standards see Lexis-Nexis Butterworth's
TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) Access information: No password needed

Urban Studies Abstracts Subjects: Urban Studies, Social Science

VADS see Visual Arts Data Service Access information: Password not required
Verdict Reports instructions Subjects: Business
Visual Arts Data Service Access information: Password not required
Web of Knowledge (including Web of Science) Subjects: science
Westlaw UK Subjects: law - case law, legislation, journal articles, legal commentary
WGSN (Worth Global Style Network) Access information: On campus access only - click the login link for full access Subjects: Fashion
World Markets Research Centre now Global Insight Subjects: market research

XpertHR Access information: Password Subjects: employment law

ZETOC Access information: Athens off campus and for access to Alert service. Select 'Glasgow Caledonian University' in drop-down list and then enter Athens username and password. Subjects: tables of contents, conference proceedings

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