For more details on these, including how and where you can use them, please see Calderdale libraries own page here.
Ancestry helps you trace your family history through a range of sources.
Contains the full text of the Weekly Law Reports (from 1953) and the Times Law reports (from 1990).
Contains back articles from a range of newspapers. This resource is also available online for registered Calderdale Public library users - please see here for details.
This includes the full text of 50,000 biographies as available in the print version of this classic, but updated, reference work.
This resource is also available online for registered Calderdale Public library users - please see here for details.
An important, authoritative classic English Dictionary. This resource is also available online for registered Calderdale Public library users - please see here for details.
Oxford Reference Online consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. This resource is also available online for registered Calderdale Public library users - please see here for details.
Allows access to current and past Which? consumer reports in Calderdale libraries that subscribe to Which magazine.
A database of opportunities to volunteer to help organizations across the world.
Access to around 100 reference books only across a great range of subjects.
These databases are available through Kirklees Public libraries. Some are only available at the reference library in the centre of Huddersfield, others are more widely available, and some can be accessed via any computer connected to the internet via the 24 hour library service. For more information see Kirklees Libraries own page here.
Full text of Brtitish Standards online. Available in all Kirklees Public libraries.
An online business reference tool which includes information for business start ups, market analyses, a legal library for business and a wealth of useful further contact organizations. Available in the Reference department at Huddersfield library.
Short for Financial Analysis Made Easy, FAME contains a wealth of information on large and medium sized UK companies. Includes details of addresses, number of employees, names of directors, holdings, shareholders and subsidiaries. Available in the Reference department at Huddersfield library.
Full access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.),
plus extensive image links. Grove Art Online is the most comprehensive
and authoritative online resource for all research into the history of the
visual arts. Available in all Kirklees Public libraries and via the 24
hour library service.
The most authoritative music reference source. Contains the full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Enhanced features unique to the online edition include regular updates and audio musical examples. Available in all Kirklees Public libraries and via the 24 hour library service.
A business directory giving high quality basic information on a large number of companies (1.9 million companies in 75 different countries!). Available at Batley, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton and Mirfield libraries.
A business information database specializing in industry analysis which gives access to market research reports, SWOT analyses, 50 country profiles, 10,000 company profiles, industry rankings, news, comment and analysis. Available in the Reference department at Huddersfield library.
Contains back articles (1998 to present) from a wide range of UK newspapers. Available in all Kirklees Public libraries.
This includes the full text of 50,000 biographies as available in the print version of this classic, but updated, reference work. Available in all Kirklees Public libraries and via the 24 hour library service.
An important, authoritative classic English Dictionary. Available in all Kirklees Public libraries and via the 24 hour library service.
Oxford Reference Online consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Available in all Kirklees Public libraries and via the 24 hour library service.
Valuable UK based market research reports from a leading company. Available in the Reference department at Huddersfield library.
Full-text historical archive of articles from the Times. Can be searched by keyword and date. Articles are viewed as individual images or in full-page PDF format. Available in the Reference department at Huddersfield library.
A comprehensive and up to date catalogue of UK official government publications since 1980. Available in the Reference department at Huddersfield library.
An on-line reference tool which includes encyclopedias, dictionaries and books
on a wide variety of topics. Available in all Kirklees Public libraries.
These are available for walk in users at the University of Huddersfield. Please bring two forms of ID to the IT help desk (just opposite the library entrance) and ask to register for access to our IT facilities.
ADSNAPS is a quick and easy way to generate Product or Company reports available
in PowerPoint or PDF formats. Instantly view advertising expenditure information
on campaigns and products previously unavailable.
Provides coverage of the world's technical literature on aluminum, ranging
from ore processing through applications. The Aluminium Industry Abstracts
database includes information abstracted from approximately 2,300 scientific
and technical journals, government reports, conference proceedings, dissertations,
books, and patents. All aspects of the aluminum industry, aside from mining,
are covered.
ACS Publications is a division of the American Chemical Society. ACS was founded
in 1876 and is the world's largest scientific society with more than 158,000
members. ACS advances knowledge and research through scholarly publishing,
scientific conferences, information resources for education and business,
and professional development efforts. The ACS also plays a leadership role
in educating and communicating with public audiences, citizens, students,
public leaders and others about the important role that chemistry plays in
identifying new solutions, improving public health, protecting the environment,
and contributing to the economy.
ASSIA on the Web is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social
services, 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.
The ASFA series is a premier reference in the field of aquatic resources.
Input to ASFA is provided by a growing international network of information
centers monitoring over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference
proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature. ASFA is a component
of the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS), formed by
four United Nations agency sponsors of ASFA and two international partners.
Full text of every article ever published by the Association for Computing
Machinery.
This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range
of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects
of agriculture and veterinary science. Supporting over two dozen areas of
expertise, this CSA database provides access to literature from over 6000
serials, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs
and selected books and patents.
Biology Digest is a compilation of abstracts and indexes of domestic and international
literature in the area of life sciences. It is primarily intended for an audience
at the high school or undergraduate college level. Its purpose is to aid in
keeping students and instructors current on the latest developments in biological
research. Each of over 20,000 records contains an original abstract averaging
about 325 words.
This database provides bibliographic
coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments
and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including
medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
Blackwell Synergy is the online
journal service from Blackwell Publishing. Synergy was launched in 1999 and
has become the state-of-the-art online journals service preferred by both
librarians and readers for its simplicity, ease-of-use and special functionality.
An international abstracting and
indexing tool for research in the humanities, BHI indexes over 320 internationally
respected humanities journals and weekly magazines, as well as quality newspapers
published in the UK and the United States.
Business Source Premier is a full
text business database, covering management, economics, finance, accounting,
international business.
Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics
Abstracts is produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts in conjunction with
CERAM Research Ltd. This is a comprehensive database for the ceramics industry,
providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications,
properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. Source materials
include over 300 journals, conference proceedings, books, patents, standards
and company product literature.
Books, reports and journal articles
(over 68,000 entries),all with abstracts, covering the literature on children
and young people. A unique database of over 3,000 organizations, national
and international, fully keyworded, and with website and e-mail links. Over
7,000 conference entries detailing past and forthcoming national and international
events in the child care field, with full contact details. Abstracted summaries
(more than 23,000 records) of newspaper coverage of children's and young peoples
issues since 1996. Includes law reports, editorials, news stories, features
and opinion pieces.
Computer Source provides researchers
with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database
features: nearly 250 full text periodicals; abstracts and indexing for over
320 titles; valuable market information on topics such as computers, telecommunications,
electronics, and the Internet; information users need to remain informed on
the technological advances that are changing our world
Conference Papers provides citations to papers and
poster sessions presented at major
scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been
in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while
older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. Information
is derived from final programs, abstracts booklets and published proceedings,
as well as from questionnaire responses. Records include complete ordering
information to obtain preprints, abstracts, proceedings and other publications
derived from the conference, together with title and author information needed
to track the specific papers.
The Copper Data Center Database (CDC) provides
an online bibliographic database
of the world's literature on copper, copper alloys and copper technology since
1965. The Copper Data Center Database covers copper technology from smelting
and hydrometallurgy through the performance of copper and copper alloys in
their end-use applications and service environments. It references data on
the properties and performance of copper and copper alloys and on applications
of the copper metals. Over 52,000 documents have been indexed into this database,
including 5582 documents published between 1863 and 1964.
Corrosion Abstracts provides the
world's most complete source of bibliographic information in the area of corrosion
science and engineering. International sources of literature are scanned and
abstracted in the areas of general corrosion, testing, corrosion characteristics,
preventive measures, materials construction and performance, and equipment
for many industries.
UK's largest advertising archive.
The CINAHL database is the authoritative source of information for the professional literature of nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and healthcare.
The Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc., making it the largest index of its kind in the world.
A searchable database of over 1000
images from the Getty photographic archive, covering diverse subject areas
such as sport, fashion, major events, buildings, politics, social history,
key personalities, transport, industry, work, leisure, music and much more.
ERA is a comprehensive database
comprising specially selected high-quality abstracts which cover the current
international research in education. A versatile research tool, ERA is supported
by a fully-flexible search engine, and comprises links to the full-text online
versions of articles where possible.
Many scientific discoveries start
here - with new hardware applications that make the research possible. Advances
in electronics and communications are constantly leading to important new
instrumentation for research. And the comprehensive guide to ongoing work
in this field is Electronics and Communications Abstracts - now expanded and
jointly published with Engineering Information. In short, the journal tracks
every relevant source of information necessary to keep abreast of this complex,
highly competitive discipline.
The growing importance of polymers,
ceramics, and composites in a variety of structural and other advanced applications
requires the in-depth coverage provided by Engineered Materials Abstracts
(EMA). Citations regarding the research, manufacturing practices, properties
and applications of these materials have been taken from 1,300 journals, plus
dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and books indexed
by expert editors from Materials Information. Begun in 1986, Engineered Materials
Abstracts is an electronic database containing Ceramics, Composites and Polymers
subfiles. EMA is specifically designed to serve materials sciences researchers,
engineers and scientists.
This multidisciplinary database,
provides unparalleled and comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences.
Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands
of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books
and government publications.
The ERIC (Educational Resources
Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education
to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. The ERIC database
corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current
Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Both journals provide access to some
14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles per year.
Full text of all European Union Law.
Grove Art Online provides Web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art with quarterly additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated search advantages possible with an online reference source.
Hospitality & Tourism Index is a bibliographic database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This comprehensive index combines the records of three renowned collections: Cornell University's former Hospitality database, Articles in Hospitality and Tourism (AHT), formerly co-produced by the Universities of Surrey and Oxford Brookes, and the Lodging, Restaurant & Tourism Index (LRTI), formerly produced by Purdue University. Together, this collection contains more than 500,000 records from more than 500 titles, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. Sources are both domestic and international in range and scope, with material collected from countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, Europe, and Asia. Publications include Hotel & Motel Management, Journal of Leisure Research, Nation's Restaurant News, Restaurants & Institutions, and many more. Subject areas covered include the culinary arts, demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, technology and more.
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization
with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important
scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible.
Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social
sciences.
The definitive database on the nature
and use of language, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts covers three
fundamental areas: research in linguistics (the nature and structure of human
speech); research in language.
With over a third of a million full-text works of poetry, prose and drama in English, together with the definitive online criticism and reference library, Literature Online is the world's largest cross-searchable database of literature and criticism.
Covers technical and commercial
developments in iron and steel, nonferrous metals, composites, plastics, etc.
Over 1,300 publications including magazines, trade publications, financial
reports, dissertations, and conference proceedings are reviewed for inclusion.
Concentrates on the commercial aspects of materials science rather than on
the scientific; however, new technologies, new alloys, and new materials announced
by the trade press are included, along with other industry developments.
Preeminent in its field, Mechanical
Engineering Abstracts contains the facts, figures, and discoveries engineers
need in order to make faster, more authoritative decisions. Now expanded and
jointly published with Engineering Information, this is the only abstracts
journal that surveys and summarizes the worldwide literature in mechanical
engineering, engineering management, and production engineering. Presenting
theoretical perspectives as well as specific applications, the journal reports
on key developments published in journals, articles, and conference papers.
The result is a comprehensive information base indispensable to specialists
who need hard facts in order to evaluate existing projects or initiate new
ones. Abstracts provide researchers' methods and conclusions in clear, compact
form, making it easy to absorb key facts in a fraction of the time. Besides
providing details on current research results, Mechanical Engineering Abstracts
contains specific information that shows how other engineers around the world
are handling opportunities as well as problems. Project engineers and managers
can count on this journal for access to global developments that affect their
work.
MEDLINE on this service contains
over 4 million citations and abstracts, providing unparalleled access to worldwide
biomedical literature. The database contains a broad range of medical topics
relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and
health care services. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE
contains all records published in Index Medicus and since 2002, most citations
previously included in separate NLM specialty databases such as SPACELINE
and HISTLINE. Subject content includes anatomy; communication disorders; microbiology;
paramedical professions; pathology; physiology; psychiatry; toxicology; dentistry;
parasitology; reproductive biology; epidemiology; gene therapy; surgical and
pharmaceutical intervention; nursing practice; ethical and legal issues; institutional
operations; laboratory techniques and procedures; diagnosis and management;
clinical research trials and experimental treatment protocols; legislation
and regulation; allied health specialties; continuing education; investigational
drugs and new drug uses, and some veterinary medicine.
Provides comprehensive coverage
of international metals literature. The Metals Abstracts portion of the file
includes references to about 1,200 primary journal sources. Alloys Index supplements
Metals Abstracts by providing access to the records through commercial, numerical,
and compositional alloy designations; specific metallic systems; and intermetallic
compounds found within these systems. Informative abstracts are included for
most records since 1979.
MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
The NCJRS: National Criminal Justice
Reference Service Abstracts Database is published by the Office of Justice
Programs, U.S. Department of Justice's National Criminal Justice Reference
Service, an information clearinghouse for people around the U.S. and the world
involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile
justice, and drug control. The NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries
of over 189,000 U.S. and international publications, including federal, state,
and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, audiovisual
presentations, and unpublished research. The NCJRS Abstracts Database excludes
most legal decisions, opinions, and statutes. The collection has been developed
to meet the needs of criminal justice professionals, researchers, policymakers,
and technical and legal experts. Unique elements of the collection include
agency produced documents and final grant reports of Office of Justice Programs
sponsored research. Documents are either written in English or have an English-language
summary.
A collection of 370 electronic books spanning most subject areas, notably computing, health sciences, business/management and psychology.
Oceanic Abstracts is focused exclusively
on worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water
environment. The journal has long been recognized as a leading source of information
on topics relating to oceans. The journal focuses on marine biology and physical
oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and
geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. This journal
is totally comprehensive in its coverage of living and non-living resources,
meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative
topics.
Oxford Reference Online consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
PsycINFO provides access to international literature in
psychology and related disciplines.
Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for
its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of
disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business,
medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly
all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to
the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
Regional Business News provides
comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles
from Crain Communications). This database has full text for more than 50 sources.
The premier international database
of music scholarship, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature from Repertoire International
de Litterature Musicale, covers all areas of music, including historical musicology;
ethnomusicology; instruments and voice; librarianship; performance practice
and notation; theory and analysis; pedagogy; liturgy; dance; criticism and
music therapy. RILM also includes interdisciplinary studies of music and various
other fields. The database encompasses all significant writings on music from
all types of scholarly works produced worldwide in the last 30 years, such
as articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften,
films and videos, iconographies, critical commentaries to editions, ethnographic
recordings, conference proceedings, and book, record and concert reviews.
The majority of citations include abstracts written by professional music
librarians and music scholars.
Access to Royal Society of Chemistry
journals.
Social Services Abstracts (CSA)
CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research
focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social
welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts
and indexes over 1,600 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal
articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts
and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines
in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of
journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,700 serials
publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations,
and conference papers. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative
abstracts of journal articles.
Solid State and Superconductivity
Abstracts, expanded and jointly published with Engineering Information, presents
global coverage on all aspects of theory, production, and application of solid
state materials and devices - as well as the new high- and low-temperature
superconductivity technology. Among the topics covered: phase, crystal, and
mechanical properties of solids, optical and dielectric properties, conductive
and magnetic properties, exotic electronic structure and energy gaps, SQUIDs,
impurity effects, flux structures and critical current, ceramics, twinning
phenomena, and more.
SPORT Discus contains citations
to, and abstracts of, articles published in over 2,000 journals in 30 languages.
Also indexed are: books, dissertations, conference proceedings, and research
papers.
Direct online access to books and journals, fully indexed and searchable. Subject areas include Biological Sciences, Computing, Engineering, Environment, Humanities, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine and Health, Physical Sciences and Chemistry.
Indexes and abstracts journal articles,
books, theses, trade literature, exhibitions, reports and other technical
sources from 1978 to date, providing international coverage of the literature
of textiles and related subjects. Coverage includes the various aspects of
textile production and processing, as well as the automation and management
systems of these operations.
Full-text historical archive of
articles from the Times. Can be searched by keyword and date. Articles are
viewed as individual images or in full-page PDF format.
TOXLINE offers rapid access to information
in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides,
environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.
Provides access to evidence-based medical information.
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory is an important tool for reference, research, and serials management. This database provides information on virtually every active and ceased periodical, annual, irregular publication, and monographic series published throughout the world, plus thousands of newspapers. This database allows users to retrieve, manipulate, and scrutinise citations from myriad perspectives, including 970 subject categories, ISSN, subscription rates, publisher name, title, editor, electronic availability and more. Updated quarterly, the database also provides contact information for over 80,000 publishers from over 200 countries worldwide. With over 250,000 records, Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory is ideal for anyone requiring detailed information on journals, magazines and other serial publications.
Water Resources Abstracts provides summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. Abstracts are drawn from journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports in the physical and life sciences, as well as from engineering, legal and government publications.
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