The best way to find journal articles is to try keyword searching in LibrarySearch, using the Everything tab. However, you may also want to try searching directly in some of the databases that contribute to LibrarySearch. Here's a list of the best ones for the subject area.
Over 40,000 premium & online news and business sources – expertly curated in one database.
Please note when searching that you may need to update the date filter from 'Previous 2 years' to 'All available dates' to find older material.
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Comprises full-text business periodicals and news sources from ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry.
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Key reference books
This guide highlights some of the materials available in the the Reference Collection at Merchiston Campus Library and elsewhere. Search for the items in LibrarySearch to find the shelf location.
It also provides links to reference tools available via the Internet.
Dictionaries
Directories & yearbooks
Bibliographies
Encyclopaedias
Box of Broadcasts - a fantastic database of video material for teaching and learning - and you get to add to it if you want!
BoB (Box of Broadcasts) National is an innovative shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for UK higher and further education institutions. It contains over a million items, including an archive of all BBC TV and radio content dating from 2007.
BoB enables all staff and students in subscribing institutions to choose and record any scheduled broadcast programme from 60+ TV and radio channels. You can also edit programmes into clips, create playlists, embed clips into Moodle, share items via social media and generate reference citations.
Please note that our BoB licence is for educational purposes only, and only for use within the UK.
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You can find more information about using BoB on our TV for learning webpage.
The definitive guide to Britain's film and TV history.
Please note that BFI Screenonline is only for educational purposes and for use within the UK.
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BoB (Box of Broadcasts) National is an innovative shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for UK higher and further education institutions. It contains over a million items, including an archive of all BBC TV and radio content dating from 2007.
BoB enables all staff and students in subscribing institutions to choose and record any scheduled broadcast programme from 60+ TV and radio channels. You can also edit programmes into clips, create playlists, embed clips into Moodle, share items via social media and generate reference citations.
Please note that our BoB licence is for educational purposes only, and only for use within the UK.
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Our Libguide on News Sources and our webpage on Finding Newspapers give advice on how to find specific newspaper articles.
The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for 19th – 20th century history. Complete pages of every issue from 1785 until 2008 are included.
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• Journalist's Toolbox - a resource presented by the Society of Professional Journalists
• Journalism.co.uk - Journalism.co.uk is aimed at print journalists writing for UK magazines or based in the UK, although broadcasters may find the news and other resources useful. Journalism UK is not exhaustive - only links to the most useful and up to date sites are included.
• Wikipedia - lists of newspapers links to thousands of newspapers, news services and campus newspapers worldwide, organised by country. Includes lists of UK national and regional papers.
• British media online- a wide ranging listing of online sources including New Scientist and Private Eye as well local and national newspapers.
• Media.info the British media information website. A media information website to help organise the world’s media outlets and industry news
• The New Media Association - "the voice of Britain's local media".
• Ofcom - Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
• WeMedia "We tell stories, host events, consult, create and explore how to be human in a world drowning in digital everything. We’re also an agency and consultancy"
• The Publishers Association
• Publishing Scotland
• Publishers' catalogues - a directory of 16,500+ publishers listed by topic, location, & type of material
• Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
• Society of Authors
• SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing)