UCL Library Services subscribes to many electronic databases which provide access to a variety of resources. The most relevant ones for students studying the Americas are listed on this page. These include:
Search a complete database comprising full-text business periodicals and news sources from ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry. Accessibility statement for ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest).
Archive of important scholarly journals. Core resource. Accessibility statement for JSTOR.
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Scopus. Multi-disciplinary database containing references to journal articles, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series and web resources. Please use IE 8 or higher, Google Chrome or Firefox browsers.
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Web of Science. Defaults to a ‘Core Collection’ search, covering the main Web of Science journals database; select 'All Databases' option from the drop down menu to cross-search all of UCL's subscribed Web of Science products, including Biosis, MEDLINE etc.
A primary source is a first-hand expression or evidence of an event or experience. This evidence can be in the form of the written word, images, artefacts, film or sound recordings, and will have been created at some point during the lifetime of the person involved. Using primary sources in your research adds context and credibility to your argument. Primary sources will vary depending upon what is being studied.
Access millions of pages of primary source collections across the entire portfolio of AM, spanning content from the 15th-21st centuries. Accessibility statement for Adam Matthew Explorer.
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. Covering Latin American and Caribbean culture and society from the fifteenth century to the present day providing information about the indigenous peoples of the region, the Conquest (la Conquista), colonial rule, religion, struggles for independence, and political, economic, and social progress and issues in newly independent nations. Accessibility statement for Gale Primary Sources.
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. Access is to all six collections: Community and Identity in North America, International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism & Culture, L'Enfer de la Bibliotheque National de France, LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part 1, LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part 2 and Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century
Search the historical archive of The Guardian, The Observer, The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times, The South China Morning Post, The Korea Times, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of India and 31 major American newspapers including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and the Chinese Newspapers collection. Click on 'Change Databases' and scroll down to see which titles are selected for searching
Combining content from Sage books, journals, case studies, datasets and references works to help users explore methods concepts when designing research projects, conduct research, and write up findings. Access to all areas including Datasets and Doing Research Online. Some video contents is available - refine by 'Available to me'. Foundations content is now included. Accessibility statement for SAGE Research Methods.
The Library provides online access to many historic and current newspapers from around the world. You can access them by: