Explore a broad range of resources in different formats to read for your studies and research
Some featured specialist resources (see the SUBJECT SUPPORT section for full lists)
| Subject area | Resource title | Description | Content format |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINANCE | FAME | FAME (Financial Analysis Made Easy) contains comprehensive information on both public and private companies across the UK and Ireland. Please log in with your username and password. | Database |
| HEALTH | Cochrane Library | The Cochrane Library is a collection of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It contains a collection of systematic reviews. Open access, no need to log in. | Database |
| PubMed Central | PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). Open access, no need to log in. | Database | |
| TOURISM | Institute of Hospitality | The Institute of Hospitality is the professional body for managers and aspiring managers working and studying in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry. Please contact us for the institutional username and password which will allow you to log in and register. | Database |
Additional Temporary Resources for the Covid-19 Period
The following resources have been made freely available by publishers, in addition to our subscribed content, for students and staff to use during the period when university libraries are closed due to COVID-19. Many will be withdrawn by publishers in due course, but we hope this access will help through this difficult period.
| Subject area | Resource title | Description | Content format |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | Ohio State Press | All Ohio State University Press monographs, and the linguistics textbook language files, open and free to use through the Ohio State University Libraries’ Institutional Repository, The Knowledge Bank. | E books |
| General | Oxford handbook of public health ethics | Examination of public health ethics in the US and globally. | E books |
| General | Internet Archive | Non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. This is a US resource and some of the content does not comply with UK copyright law. Please take due care if selecting books from this resource. | Mixed |
| General | Liverpool University Press | Sets of OA books and journals. | Mixed |
| Covid-19 | Coronavirus Covid-19 resources |
FREE access to resources to help research on the novel Coronavirus Covid-19. This blog links to some of the best offers from well-known and respected publishers and content providers. |
Journals |
| Health/Med | Clinical Knowledge Summaries. (Open access in the UK) | Temporary access outside the UK via Prodigy (https://prodigy.clarity.co.uk/) can be arranged individually. Please contact us. | Mixed |
| Health/Med | ScienceDirect e books | Free access to e books on ScienceDirect. Log in with your uni username and password, and on the 'Browse books and journals' page tick Publication type Books and Access type Subscribed and complimentary | E books |
| Humanities | JSTOR | Extra collections opened up for University of Sunderland users. On the JSTOR page click on Login, then Find my institution. Search University of Sunderland then click on Login and use your uni username and password. | Journals |
| Social sciences | Bristol University Press Open access e books | Open access books from Bristol University Press and Policy Press. | E books |
| Social sciences | Bristol University Press Open access articles | Open access articles from Bristol University Press and Policy Press. | Journals |