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Alternate Name(s) health social sciences computer sciences engineering physics chemistry language linguistics ebsco

EBSCO's Academic Search database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

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Alternate Name(s) Box of Broadcasts

Watch, record, create clips, search for upcoming TV and radio programmes by title or keyword, compile favourite shows into playlists and share them with others. On and off campus: Requires your Single Sign On username and password (the same as for MyDMU and email). Only available in the UK.

Business Source

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Alternate Name(s) business market research companies management economics trade ebsco

EBSCO' Business Source is a key database for business topics, providing access to the full text of nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, with coverage including virtually all subject areas related to business and economics.

Europe PubMed Central (Medline)

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Alternate Name(s) medicine health pharmacy pharmaceuticals biomedicine

A free information resource for biomedical and health researchers. Unrestricted access.

Library Search

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Library Search is your search engine for finding books, e-books, journals, full-text articles and more! Library content, including the Library Catalogue, E-Journals catalogue and our database collections can be searched from one easy to use page, enabling you to access academic quality content more quickly and simply.

Sustainable Development Goals Online (SDGO)

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SDGO is an interdisciplinary collection of digital content themed around the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The resource includes more than 10,000 carefully selected journal articles and over 1,000 eBook chapters in an online library covering the 17 SDGs. The platform also provides teaching and learning materials including presentations, videos, case studies, teaching guides, and lesson plans.

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The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Campaign

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Alternate Name(s) brand republic media week marketing advertising brands

Campaign is one of the world's leading business media brands serving the marketing, advertising and media communities. Campaign is a globally-networked franchise providing real-time news and analysis by expert commentators from around the world.

When accessing this site off campus, you are required to register using your DMU email address. From the publication homepage, click on the Register link and follow the prompts to complete the registration process to access content on the platform. There is guidance on how to register with the Campaign journal site on the library website.

EBSCO Open Dissertations

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Alternate Name(s) research theses thesis

This site is a free database with records for more than 1.2 million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world. The collection now includes the content from American Doctoral Dissertations.

Focus On: Essay Writing (Interactive)

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Alternate Name(s) focus on writing; articulate rise

Higher Education Assignment Toolkit (interactive)

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Alternate Name(s) HEAT, HEAT Toolkit, Understanding the assignment and getting started, Finding and managing information, making reading more manageable, Planning the structure of your assignment, writing your assignment, drafting, editing and proofreading

Higher Education Assignment Toolkit (podcast)

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Alternate Name(s) HEAT, Toolkit, Audio

Kanopy

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Alternate Name(s) film movies documentaries

Kanopy provides access to critically-acclaimed movies, thought-provoking documentaries, award-winning foreign films and lots more.

When off campus, please click on Visit the Montfort Collection and then the Log in to Montfort link. You will then need to enter your DMU Single Sign On account to access the Kanopy site. If you have previously logged in as a DMU registered member then you may not be required to sign in again.

For any titles that are not immediately available to view on the Kanopy site, please complete the Kanopy request form. This will then be reviewed by the relevant subject team to see if a purchase can be approved.

You can watch Kanopy titles on a number of different mobile and TV apps. You can find more information about these different Kanopy apps through the Kanopy support pages.

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