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Guide to searching for information
This guide will help you start looking for research for assignments, literature reviews and research.
The following databases are useful for searching for books, journal articles and other literature on a specific subject and identifying where you can find them online:
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Web of Science. Fully indexes over 2300 arts and humanities journals, as well as selected items over 250 scientific and social sciences journals. To search only content from this database, go to More settings and select Arts & Humanities Citation index only.
Previously called BHI: British Humanities Index. Index of published literature in the humanities, covering humanities journals and weekly magazines, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK and the United States.
UCL has access to the African Studies, American Literature, Anthropology, Architecture Planning & Preservation, Art History, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, British and Irish Literature, Childhood Studies, Chinese Studies, Cinema & Media Studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Ecology, Education, Evolutionary Biology, Geography, International Law, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Literary & Critical Theory, Medieval Studies, Military History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Renaissance & Reformation, Sociology, Urban Studies and Victorian Literature modules. Accessibility statement for Oxford Bibliographies Online.
This online tutorial uses a series of videos and activities to demonstrate some top tips for enhancing your searching skills. The extract below looks at how you decide what terms to use.
Email your librarian to get advice on carrying out a literature search, or to book a one-to-one appointment.
