Social Work: General databases

This guide contains all the resources and services available from the library to support Social Work courses within the College of Education and Social Work.

General databases will suggest academic papers and research from across a range of subject areas, but most offer good coverage of education and social science.

Usually you can conduct either a basic or advanced search - an advanced search enables you to combine key words more effectively and to search within specific fields, such as author or title.

Sometimes you may find a journal article which is not available to BCU online, but you can always consider requesting it through an Inter-Library Loan request.

Box of Broadcasts (BoB) This link opens in a new window
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Learning on Screen's on demand TV and radio service for education.
Please see our How do I register for access to Box of Broadcasts (BoB)? FAQ for help with registration.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
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Stream over 20,000 films and documentaries to watch.
Please see our How do I sign in to Kanopy? FAQ for help with access.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
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ScienceDirect includes access to over 3,000 full-text journals from Elsevier covering a wide range of subjects including computer science, engineering, health sciences, life sciences and social sciences and humanities.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Search Web of Science for abstracts and citations of journals, books and conference proceedings from science, social sciences and arts & humanities subjects.