Library Guides: Academic Practice: Getting Started

This guide is designed for colleagues and students following the MA in Academic Practice and for staff interested in teaching and academic practice. The MA in Academic Practice course is run by the Learning Enhancement & Development Team (LEaD).

A good starting point to using Library Services is our Library Essentials guide.

Use this guide to:

Explore resources for your coursework and research including: books, databases and journals.
Obtain further support from Library Services.
Discover contact details for your Subject Librarian.
Find out how to access other libraries in London.

CityLibrary Search

CityLibrary Search is a great place to start your research. You can quickly discover relevant information on any topic across the Library's collections.

You should use CityLibrary Search to find books and e-books in the library collection, and to access full-text journal articles the library subscribes to.
It is easy to use. CityLibrary Search uses a familiar search interface, it is similar to Google.
Search results can be filtered using the facets on the left hand side of the screen.
You can save all the relevant results you have retrieved. You can print, email or export them to RefWorks (or other reference management software).

Key Resources For Education

Education is a multi-disciplinary subject so please see our Library Guides page for other subjects such as Psychology.

Academic Search Complete
A multidisciplinary database providing access to full text articles, reports, conference proceedings and books in nearly every area of academic study. It is updated daily and contains article going back as far as 1887.
Taylor & Francis Online
Taylor & Francis Online provides access to journals published by Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Psychology Press and Informa Healthcare.
Sage Journals Online
Sage Journals Online hosts a large collection of journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine published by SAGE.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) with Full Text
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) provides full text access to over 100 titles in Information Science

In addition LISTA provides abstracts to more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and conference proceedings, in the subject dating back to the mid-1960s.

Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Research into Higher Education Abstracts
Research into Higher Education Abstracts, published on behalf of the Society for Research into Higher Education, exists to propagate knowledge about, and encourage discussion of, significant research into higher education.

Times Higher Education
Global higher education coverage including world university rankings, news, opinions and features. Read online articles, digital editions and download the app to your device.

To set up your Times Higher Education account, go to www.timeshighereducation.com , click the person icon in the top right corner and register using your City email address. The Times Higher Education app is available to download from your app store provider on iOS, Android and Kindle Fire.
Emerald Insight
Emerald Insight provides abstracts and full text access to books and journals published by Emerald. Content includes the subject areas of accounting, management, education, engineering and information science.
Cite them right online
Cite Them Right Online is a comprehensive online guide to referencing. It will help you to reference books, journals, articles, websites and other materials for your studies or research and understand how to avoid plagiarism. It includes guidance and examples for a number of different referencing styles, especially Harvard.