Online Library - Frequently asked questions

Online Library - Frequently asked questions

  • Anyone can look around the Online Library web pages but the University of Wales subscribes to a lot of electronic resources which, for licensing reasons, require a username and password.

    These subscription resources may only be accessed by:

    • Registered students at a collaborative centre
    • Teaching staff  at a collaborative centre involved in delivering or supporting courses to registered students
    • Moderators of the University of Wales
       

    The following people are not permitted to use these resources:

    • Self-registered prospective students (however, these students are eligible if they subsequently enrol on a University of Wales validated course)
    • Students studying at University of Wales accredited institutions
    • Staff at University of Wales accredited institutions who are not Moderators of validated courses
    • Alumni

  • The Online Library’s electronic resources are organised by subject. Each subject has a separate area for:

    • eBooks: We have over 750 ebooks in our collection
    • databases: we offer full-text databases that provide access to subject based collections of ejournals, books, videos, tutorials etc.  
    • eJournals: we subscribe to individual ejournals and provide links to subject based open access ejournals 
    • Other: we provide links to freely available subject gateways and websites that may help you with your studies.

    There is also a study skills section which gives advice about how to avoid plagiarism and how to reference. It also lists study skills ebooks that feature in the NetLibrary ebook subscription.

  • eBooks, or electronic books, are usually digital versions of print books.

    We have over 750 ebooks in our collection, covering a broad range of subjects.

    The collection is accessible on the eBooks tab of every subject page.

  • We subscribe to a number of mostly full-text databases. These databases provide access to subject based collections of ejournals, magazines, books, videos, tutorials etc.

    The databases can be accessed on the Database tab of each subject page. 

  • We offer full text ejournals.

    Many are contained in our databases, but we also offer individual full text ejournals and provide links to full text ejournals that are freely available on the Internet.

    You can search for specific journals by their name in the A to Z List of eJournals, as this indexes all the full text journals available through our library.

    Please note that you can only search for journal names in the A to Z List of eJournals, not the content within the journals.

    To access the ejournals, click on eJournal tab of the relevant subject page. The A to Z List of eJournals is located under the eJournal tab of every subject page.

    Details of which individual ejournals we subscribe to. CHANGE

    Art & Design
    Design Philosophy Papers (Team D/E/S)
    Produced by an Australian publisher, it covers all design disciplines.

    Business & Management
    Information Systems (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Design and implementation of languages, data models, process models, algorithms, software and hardware for information systems.

    International Journal of Information Management (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Information management, knowledge management, business intelligence, information design and delivery, information for health care etc.  

    Computing & Information Technology
    Information Systems (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Design and implementation of languages, data models, process models, algorithms, software and hardware for information systems.

    International Journal of Information Management (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Information management, knowledge management, business intelligence, information design and delivery, information for health care etc.

    Health Studies
    Clinical Chiropractic (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Information for clinical chiropractor in development of professional career; clinical skills and performance; and ability to deliver optimal patient care.

    Complementary Therapies in Medicine (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Information on complementary therapies of particular interest to healthcare practitioners including family practitioners, complementary therapists, nurses, and physiotherapists; to academics including social scientists and CAM researchers; to healthcare managers; and to patients.

    International Journal of Osteopahtic Medicine (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    This journal provides papers with particular emphasis on basic science research, clinical epidemiology and health social science in relation to osteopathy and neuromusculoskeletal medicine.

    Journal of Ethnopharmacology (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Information about people’s use of plants, fungi, animals, microorganisms and minerals and their biological and pharmacological effects based on the principles established through international conventions.

    Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Chiropractic health care of interest to chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapists, physiatrists, radiologists, and sports medicine specialists.

    Lancet (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    General medicine – all aspects of human health.

    Manual Therapy (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Catering for the diverse needs of health care professionals engaged in all aspects of contemporary neuromusculoskeletal practice, including physiotherapy/physical therapy, osteopathy, chiropractic and musculoskeletal medicine.

    Pain (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Nature, mechanisms and treatment of pain.

    Phytomedicine (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Phytopharmacology, phytotherapy and phytotoxicology.

    The Spine Journal (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Spine and spine care, including basic science and clinical investigations.

    Tourism & Hospitality
    Annals of Tourism Research (Elsevier ScienceDirect)
    Social sciences journal focusing upon the academic perspectives of tourism

    Tourism Management (Elsevier ScienceDirect) 
    Planning and management of travel and tourism.

  • We willl accept a recommendation for a new resource from you as long as you are from one of the groups in the list below:

    • Academic staff involved in delivering or supporting a validated scheme at one of our collaborative centres
    • Students backed by one member of the academic staff who is involved in delivering the student’s validated scheme
    • Moderators
    • External Experts for Health Studies schemes
    • External Examiners

    To recommend a resource for consideration, please email library@wales.ac.uk with full details of the resource.

    If you are a student, please note that you will need the backing of an academic member of staff, and you should provide your full name, your collaborative centre, your University of Wales Student Number and the name of the academic member of staff who is backing your suggestion.

    The Online Library Librarian also contacts all collaborative centres annually to request recommendations for new resources to add to the Online Library.

    The Librarian investigates these recommendations in collaboration with the relevant Moderators.

    A full copy of the Selection Criteria for Electronic Resources for the Online Library is available to view here (this document opens as a pdf file).