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Main Library

The Main Library holds the majority of books for South Asian Studies. Most of these books are on the 2nd floor or in the HUB Collection on the ground floor.

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Resource Lists

Find your course reading lists via Resource Lists. Type in your course code or keywords from the course title, or your lecturer's name.

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Blogging on library news, resources, services and skills for staff & students in the School of Social and Political Science (SPS).

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Keep up to date with new resources in the Library for SPS, and e-resources trials. Find out about existing resources you may not have known about.

Exam Papers

Exam Papers Online provides access to the collected degree examination papers of the University from 2004 onwards. They may be used by students as a study aid only.

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ASSIA (Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts)
Indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. It contains records from over 500 journals published in 16 different countries, including the UK and US.

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Covers 1987 onwards.
ATLA Religion Database
Covers all aspects of religion. ATLA Serials include full text access to over 80 journals. Citation information will indicate where full text is available.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
This on-line version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains 900,000 records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.

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Through the 1991 printed volume, the BAS included citations to Western-language periodical articles, monographs, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften, etc. Monographs published since 1992, however, have not been added to the database, and users seeking such monographs are urged to consult other general resources and databases such as WorldCat.
Historical Abstracts
Bibliographic reference to the history of the world (excluding United States and Canada) focusing on the 15th century forward. The database covers over 2,600 journals published worldwide, providing an incomparable research tool for students and researchers of world history. The database provides indexing of historical articles in over 40 languages, published from 1955.

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Subjects include: history of education, military history, women's history and world history.
Web of Science Core Collection
Citations and abstracts to millions of journal articles and conference proceedings from all subjects. Impact factors, h-indexes and email alerts available.

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Citation Indexes: Science and Social Sciences (both 1900 onwards), Arts & Humanities (1975 onwards), Conference Proceedings in Science and Social Science & Humanities (both 1990 onwards), Books in Science and Social Sciences & Humanities (both 2005 onwards). KCI-Korean Journal Database (1980 onwards), SciELO Citation Index (1997 onwards).

Chemical Indexes: Current Chemical Reactions (1986 onwards), Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle structure data (1840 onwards), Index Chemicus (1993 onwards).

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Referencing

Cite them right online
Everything you need to know about referencing your resources. Particularly strong on Harvard style but also includes Chicago, APA, MLA, MHRA, OSCOLA and Vancouver.
Endnote Online
Find out about using Endnote Online to manage your references
Read. Write. Cite.
Some useful general guidance from the Student's Association (EUSA).
ZoteroBib
ZoteroBib helps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software.
Cite this for me
A free online tool that automates the building of a bibliography using the Harvard referencing format.

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