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Discover new library resources: journals, databases, industry materials, and digital archives, tailored for your research and teaching needs.
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These are new resources that we have recently acquired or currently have on a trial basis. They are a curated combination of databases, journals and eMagazines, eBooks, industry resources and digital archives which have been identified to meet the evolving teaching and research needs at Salford. This forms part of our ongoing commitment to provide our students and researchers with the latest high-quality, digital library content.
Alloy Digest
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Provides easy-to-compare data for industrially important metals and alloys. Each datasheet provides alloy compositions, properties, performance characteristics, applications, and processing details. |
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Recommendations | Recommended by lecturers |
Bloomsbury International Encyclopedia of Surrealism
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The first comprehensive and systematic overview of the 20th century art movement. You can browse the resource by picking specific art forms, themes, or going through their world map. To get started there are introductory articles, a timeline of surrealism and bibliographic guides on a range of themes. |
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Recommendations | Recommended by Ursula Hurley |
Henry Stewart Business Journals Collection
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Has journals on a range of topics such as marketing analytics, risk management, media management, AI, and more. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
Historical Research
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Published since 1923, this is a leading generalist history journal, covering the global history of the early Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. |
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Recommendations | Recommended by Brian Hall |
The International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport
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Aims to present current original research into sports performance. In so doing, the journal contributes to our general knowledge of sports performance making findings available to a wide audience of academics and practitioners. |
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Recommendations | Recommended by Mark Quinn and Steve Atkins |
Journal of Air Transportation
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Devoted to the dissemination of original archival papers describing new developments in air traffic management and aviation operations of all flight vehicles. This includes unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and space vehicles, operating in the global airspace system. The scope of the journal includes theory, applications, technologies, operations, economics, and policy. |
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Recommendations | Recommended by Francis Wolff, Omar Ariff & Viktoriia Myroniuk |
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
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A refereed journal designed to significantly advance thought, theory, and research on applied aspects of sport and exercise psychology. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
Nature Ecology and Evolution
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A monthly journal publishing original peer-reviewed research in all areas of medicine based on its originality, timeliness, interdisciplinary interest and impact on improving human health. Nature Medicine also publishes commissioned content, including News, Reviews and Perspectives, aimed at contextualizing the latest advances in translational and clinical research to reach a wide audience. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
Nature Medicine
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A monthly journal publishing original peer-reviewed research in all areas of medicine based on its originality, timeliness, interdisciplinary interest and impact on improving human health. Nature Medicine also publishes commissioned content, including News, Reviews and Perspectives, aimed at contextualizing the latest advances in translational and clinical research to reach a wide audience. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
Nature Reviews Cancer
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A means for cancer researchers - from those investigating the molecular basis of cancer, to those involved in translational research - to access the information they need to diagnose, treat and ultimately prevent cancer. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
Nature Reviews Disease Primers
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Covers a range of different diseases. Each Primer provides a global overview of the field and outlines key open research questions. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
Nature Reviews Genetics
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Covers the full scientific breadth of modern genetics, capturing its excitement, diversity, and implications. The journal publishes Research Highlights, Comments, Reviews and Perspectives relevant to geneticists and genomicists. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
The Royal Society of Chemistry Journals
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Publishes 56 peer-reviewed journals. These cover the core chemical sciences, including: biology, biophysics, energy and environment, engineering, materials, medicine and physics. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
Taylor and Francis Journals Classic Archive Update
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Journal Backfiles to complete the following existing collections: Psychology, Mental health, Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment, Business Management & Economics Media, Cultural & Communication Studies |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
Bloomsbury Architecture Library
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A collection of resources to support the study of architecture, urbanism, and interior design. Contains interactive visual timeline of global architectural history, studies of in-depth buildings pages, and a library of 135 architecture eBooks. This resource is available via the Bloomsbury Visual Arts Database. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of our collection development and the University's strategic aims. |
Bloomsbury Costume and Dress Library
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The first comprehensive online collection for the interdisciplinary study of dress and costume history, design and making. It offers an indispensable scholarly and educational resource to support the study of dress history, costume studies and costume design. It can be accessed by the Fashion Central database. |
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Recommendations | Recommended by Caroline Davenport |
Bloomsbury Popular Music
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Provides unrivalled scholarly coverage of modern popular music worldwide. It covers the mid-20th century to the present day, through the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, an expanding range of scholarly books, and the 33 1/3 series. It supports courses in ethnomusicology, the performing arts, media and communication, cultural studies, anthropology and sociology. Resources from this database are accessible via Library Search. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of our collection development and the University's strategic aims. |
Bloomsbury Video Library: Dance Collection
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Contains performances, documentaries, interviews, and instructional videos covering a range of dance styles. These include ballet, jazz, tap, and hip-hop, and traditional dance from around the world. |
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Recommendations | Recommended by Elisa Macauley |
Cite Them Right
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An online platform designed to advise students on how to reference correctly. To get started you can watch the tutorial videos and go through the basics of referencing. Explore the various categories for all your referencing needs whether you're creating references for journals, ebooks, or webpages. Cite Them Right can elevate your academic writing by making sure you are using the correct references. For full access to the platform click 'login via institution'. |
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Identified by Library Staff as part of our collection development and the University's strategic aims. |
Maternity and Infant Care
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The world’s largest midwifery-specific database, and a key information resource used by maternity health care professionals and student midwives worldwide to support their research, practice, and study requirements. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of our collection development and the University's strategic aims. |
MATFLIX
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An online video resource specially made for midwives, student midwives, and healthcare professionals. It gives students access to more than 1,000 lectures and talks delivered by midwifery and healthcare experts. Additionally, they have put together, expertly curated boxsets on a range of key issues. |
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Recommendations | Recommended by lecturers |
National Theatre Collection 3
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Now available via Drama Online. The third National Theatre collection has launched with ten performances, from Greek tragedy, a medieval morality play, and Shakespeare, to plays about Generation Z. The collection will complete with a further ten performances in February 2024 |
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Recommendations | Recommended by Kelli Zezulka and Tracy Crossley |
Policing Insight
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CoPaCC launched Policing Insight in May 2015 to provide a platform for stakeholders in policing and criminal justice to share knowledge, insight and opinion. The content covers the full width of policing and criminal justice topics. These include:
Includes access to Policing Insight magazine content as well as Media Monitor and Policing TV. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of our collection development and the University's strategic aims. |
ProQuest One Psychology
Description | A curated multi-format collection, specially designed to support the unique needs of psychology and counselling curricula across research, teaching and learning. It offers essential information delivered through a specialty interface designed to support the varied needs of those in the discipline. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of our collection development and the University's strategic aims. |
Sage Business Cases 2018-22
Description | A collection of business case studies on subjects such as entrepreneurship, accounting, healthcare management, leadership, social enterprise, and more. Cases can be used to illustrate work with true stories of business success and setbacks from industries all around the world. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing content. |
Springer Protocols
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The largest database of reproducible laboratory protocols (more than 66,000) in biomedicine and life sciences. Users can find the right protocol for their lab set-up, eliminating the need to compromise or find ‘workarounds.’ |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of our collection development and the University's strategic aims. |
Sustainable Business Development Goals
Description | Multi-media content database eResource that was launched by Taylor & Francis in 2019. It is based on the 17 sustainable goals as identified/recognised by the United Nations and the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) The content comprises approx. 20k relevant book chapters, approx. 2k journal articles and a large selection of teaching and learning material. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of our collection development and the University's strategic aims. |
BJN Inform
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An evidence-based resource, created to give nurses quick access to clinical content in easy, bite-sized format. The content covers clinical conditions and procedures, person-centred care and professional skills. Though it has been created with busy NHS nurses in mind, the content would also be very useful for nursing students looking to develop their practice. We also have CPD functionality to allow users to track and record their reading activity for revalidation. |
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The Business of Fashion
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An industry resource which is recognised around the world for its authoritative, analytical point of view on the $2.5 trillion global fashion industry. Its mission is to build fashion’s global membership community to open, inform and connect the industry. A portion of the content is dedicated to Workplace & Talent which is designed to help students and entry-level employees navigate their future in the industry through advice, qualitative insight and data. Content and newsletters also link directly to BoF Careers, the fashion industry's largest bespoke job board where students can apply for open roles within fashion. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of our collection development and the university's strategic aims. |
Fashion Snoops
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A consumer insight and trend forecasting company dedicated to empowering users with on-trend forecasts and strategic guidance. Some of their clients include Estée Lauder, Vans, Timberland, and Victoria's Secret. Get the inspiration you need as Fashion Snoops connects the dots from cultural influence to product innovation. Quickly build concept boards, and colour pallettes with their workable tools. When accessing the personalised features you will be prompted to create an account using your University of Salford email address. |
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Recommended by Bashir Aswat |
Archives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940, part 1
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Includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, and other documents related to gay rights and health. This includes the worldwide impact of AIDS, and materials tracing LGBTQ activism in Britain from 1950 through 1980. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of collection development to support the University's strategic aims. |
Expert Briefings Archive
Description | Offers impartial and actionable analysis of emerging trends and developments in the global political economy in an online resource. The archive spans 2015-2021 and contains over 26,000 articles. It is powered by Oxford Analytica, giving researchers and students access to the same actionable, impartial analysis used by governments and multinational organisations worldwide. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of collection development to support the University's strategic aims. |
ProQuest Primary Sources
Description | Museums, specialty archives and other content providers around the world offer unparalleled primary source collections that engage, inspire and inform researchers at every level. Some resources are available digitally only. You can access around 50 of ProQuest's primary source collections via Library Search. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of collection development to support the University's strategic aims. |
The Subculture Archive
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An educational and cultural research resource of primary sources exploring 100 years of youth culture through the scenes, styles, and sounds that forged them. From Rave, Punk, Rockabilly to Grime. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of collection development to support the University's strategic aims. |
Wiley Digital Archives: Royal Geographical Society
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Covers:
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of collection development to support the University's strategic aims. |
Wiley Digital Archives: Environmental Science and History
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Covers:
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of collection development to support the University's strategic aims. |
Business Expert Press eBook collection
Description | Publishes cost-effective annual collections of e-books on topics covered in MBA courses. The books are written by industry experts and academics and are concise and applied. They are curriculum-orientated and are written to help students quickly improve their understanding of business topics. Now updated to include 2021 and 2022. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
Cambridge Companions 2019-21
Description | A series of authoritative guides, written by leading experts, offering lively, accessible introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics, and periods. Now updated to include 2019-2021. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing collection. |
Emerald Insight eBook Select
Description | Selection of eBooks across disciplines of HR, Learning & Organisation Studies, Business Management & Strategy, Sociology, Public Policy & Environmental Management, Education, Marketing, Tourism and Transport. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of collection development to support the University's strategic aims. |
IEEE Xplore Cybersecurity eBook collection
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Cyberattacks have become a persistent threat and concern for universities, government agencies, and businesses alike. During the next decade, cybersecurity budgets are projected to balloon into the hundreds of billions, and the job market in this sector is projected to grow by over 30%. To help meet this growing need, IEEE has partnered with Wiley to introduce the Wiley Data and Cybersecurity eBooks Library. This new eBook collection provides essential information on data privacy, cybersecurity, and related fields with content applicable for students, researchers, engineers, and technical professionals. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff as part of collection development to support the University's strategic aims. |
Packt Publishing eBook Collection
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Provides specific IT learning on emerging technologies and key skills in more established tools. This is an ideal collection of eBooks for anyone looking to get into IT. Four packages are offered in Data & Machine Learning, Cloud & Security, Programming and Web Development. |
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing content. |
ProQuest DDA
Description | A demand-driven acquisition (DDA) model with ProQuest. This aims to ensure that users have access to thousands of books from a number of subject areas suitable for all of our schools. The aim is to contribute to enhancing and improving the student experience, especially under the current restrictions. It is essential that we have more e-resources available to our students; ensuring they have access to content they need, and the on-demand access they expect. |
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Taylor & Francis Building & Construction eBook Collection
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Includes cutting-edge research and practical guidance, with content from the Routledge Pocket Book series. Topics covered include:
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing content. |
Taylor & Francis Gender Studies eBook Collection
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A collection of eBooks on the subject of Gender Studies. This includes:
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Recommendations | Identified by Library Staff to update existing content. |