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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 Subjects: construction
- BCIS online rates database 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
- Box of Broadcasts instructions
- British Education Index Subjects: education
- British Hospitality Association Subjects: hospitality
- British Library Archival Sound Recordings Subjects: sound archive
- British Periodical Collection 1 and 2 Subjects: 17th-20th century journals in science, fine arts, history, drama, social science
- British Standards Online instructions Subjects: British Standards
- Building Costs Information Service 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
- 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 instructions 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.
- 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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