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Politics, Philosophy and Religion: Using
library resources for dissertation research
LORNA PIMPERTON, SUBJECT LIBRARIAN
OneSearch
Structure of OneSearch
• Books and more – Library catalogue
- Materials in the physical library – print
and e books, DVDs, print and
electronic journal titles, databases
• Articles and more
- Contents of many (but not all)
electronic journal titles/databases;
other electronic materials
Books
• Use OneSearch – Books and More
to find books and media materials
on your dissertation topic
• Remember to use synonyms and
related terms
Synonyms
Synonyms
Books
Check for other works by key author
Remember to follow up footnotes and references
Subject heading searching
Judiciary – 56 results
Subject heading searching
Journal articles
• Use OneSearch – Articles and
More/Everything
or
• Individual databases, which offer
- Material not indexed on
OneSearch
- More detailed search facility
Journal articles
• Author and title
search
• Powell, LR, 2013. ‘The
constitutionality of
France’s ban on the
burqa." Wisconsin
International Law
Journal 31, no. 1:
118-146
Journal articles
• Powell, LR,
2013. ‘The
constitutionality
of France’s ban
on the burqa."
Wisconsin
International
Law Journal 31,
no. 1: 118-146
Databases
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Newspapers
• British and some international newspapers
• Electronic newspapers
British - Nexis, Times Digital Archive; British
newspapers 1600-1900; Daily Mirror Archive 1900-;
Observer and Guardian Historical Archive; Financial
Times Historical Archive
US – Nexis, Westlaw
World – Nexis, Westlaw
• Use the libguide to find links to newspaper
databases too
Newspapers
Newspapers
Other media
• BBC Monitoring
• Material in English from range of worldwide sources
• Find via Sources tab
BBC Monitoring
BBC Monitoring
BBC Monitoring
Government publications
• Parliamentary publications –
sessional papers
• House of Commons and
Lords papers and bills
• Command papers
• Hansard – parliamentary
debates
Government publications
• Sessional papers and Hansard now
available on line from 18th century to
2003/4 – House of Commons
Parliamentary Papers database; some 17th
century material
• 2006/7 onwards – Public Information
Online
Materials from other libraries
• Your topic should largely be supported by
the material here
• You can visit other libraries – Sconul
access scheme – see Using other libraries
in the Library web pages
Materials from other libraries
• Borrow material through other libraries –
Interlending and Document Supply
• Contact your subject librarian to discuss
access
• Place requests via OneSearch
Managing your references
• Bibliographic software
• EndNote Online – reference manager
and writing solution
EndNote Online
EndNote Online
EndNote Online
• Download Word link (CWYW) - tab in Word
• Insert citations into your dissertation and
watch your bibliography be generated
automatically
EndNote Online
Further help
• If you have any problems finding
resources, please get in touch:
• [email protected]
• telephone 01524 592539
• ask at the Information Point