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Picture of laptop and tablet showing Sage Research Methods database, together with books, spectacles, and an appleAbout Sage Research Methods

For several years, the University has made use of the Sage Research Methods database.  This database comprises numerous modules and prior to summer 2021 the modules were primarily in written form; journal entries, books and encyclopaedia.  For 2021/2022, an enhanced portfolio of over 3,000 additional materials has been made available and encompasses video, datasets and research cases, together with learning activities to test understanding

Educators can call on multimedia and lesson content to assist students to build their research methodology understanding and skills throughout their module activities.  Students can explore the realities of research through working with practice datasets and learning from real life research experiences that are featured in the  video and cases content.  This helps bring the research experience to life in a way that is not possible through the book and journal content.

 

Access Sage Research Methods

Login with your University username and passwords to SAGE Research Methods.

 

More about the new content

The new content includes datasets, cases and video

SAGE Research Methods Datasets

A collection of sample datasets and instructional guides that can be used to support the teaching and independent learning of quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques.

SAGE Research Methods Cases

Detailed records of how real research projects are conducted, written by the researchers themselves. They explain why the researchers chose the research methods, how they overcame challenges, what went well, and what they might have done differently

SAGE Research Methods Video

A streaming video collection created to support undergraduate teaching, student reference, research projects and higher level academic interest material. Content includes tutorials, interviews, video case studies, and mini-documentaries covering the entire research process.

Click to see more info on datasets, cases and video

Link to PDF on Sage Research Methods: introducing datasets, cases and videos

 

Help and Support

For online help and support, take a look at Sage's Training Centre.

Link through to the Sage Training Resource Centre

If you are completely new to the Sage Research Methods database then you may like to join one of the upcoming webinars which will give you an introduction to the service.  Upcoming dates are: 

Mon 11 October @ 14.00 BST - RSVP

Mon 15 November @ 14.00 GMT - RSVP

Your liaison librarians are also available for help and support.  Just get in touch if you have questions about the database and how you might use it within your teaching.

Staff and students at the University of Exeter now have access to Gale Reference Complete This link opens in a new window Description of this database.

Gale Reference Complete is an extensive package of primary and secondary sources, and is made up of three components:

 

Search across millions of journal articles. View newspaper articles from major regional, national and local newspapers. Search across all resources or access each separately: Gale Academic OneFile, Gale General OneFile and Gale OneFile: News

 

 

Over 350 archival collections containing scans of monographs and manuscripts from their source libraries. Topics include African American Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian Studies, British history, Holocaust studies, LGBT studies, Latin America and Caribbean studies, Middle East studies, political science, religious studies, and Women’s studies. View the collections here: Archives Unbound

 

Access criticism and reviews, literary works including poems, short stories, speeches and plays, and biographical information on writers from all around the world, from different time periods and disciplines. Search across all of the literature resources or access each separately: Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete OnlineSomething About the Author Online and Contemporary Authors Online 

 

If you need any help using Gale Reference Complete, please contact your Liaison Librarian.

06/18/2021
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UoE now has access to the full Drama Online collection.

"This award-winning digital library has been created as a response to the need for a high-quality online research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and teachers. It is the only resource to combine exclusively available playtext content and scholarly publications with filmed live performances, film adaptations, and audio plays".

Watch the video to find out more.

New collections just added to our Drama Online collection:

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06/18/2021
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A bibliography of newspapers and periodicals published in the 19th century. The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals aims to include every periodical and newspaper published on a regular basis, from daily to annually, in every language, within England.

Search by title, person, publisher or town to find brief details of each publication and the physical location of copies held in the UK. 

We have short term trial access to Gale Reference CompleteAccess is available until 12 March 2021.

Gale Reference Complete provides access to an extensive package of primary and secondary sources.

 

You can search across all content using the Cross Search tool, or you can explore the individual components, which consist of:

 

General research: current journals, newspapers, and periodicals

  • Gale Academic OneFile - millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources.
  • Gale General OneFile - general-interest periodical resource 
  • Gale OneFile: News - access to more than 2,300 major regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

 

Literature

  • Cross-search these collections with Gale Literature:
    • Literature Resource Center – up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world
    • LitFinder – a wealth of literary works, including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000 poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays
    • Subcollections of eBook titles – including Scribner Writers and Twayne's Authors
    • Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online – signed scholarly essays that provide essential context to understand the careers and writings of more than 12,000 authors from all time periods and all parts of the world
    • Something About the Author Online – engaging biographies of classic, contemporary, and emerging authors and illustrators of children's and young adult literature
    • Contemporary Authors Online – current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 120,000 modern authors

 

Primary Sources

  • Archives Unbound - includes approximately 360 collections. Broad topic clusters include African American Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian Studies, British history, Holocaust studies, LGBT studies, Latin America and Caribbean studies, Middle East studies, political science, religious studies, and women’s studies.

 

Feedback

We'd be interested in your feedback on this trial.  If it would be useful for your teaching or research, please send your feedback to your Liaison Librarian.

01/15/2021
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Routledge Performance Archive

Streamed video and audio footage from performance practitioners past and present paired with relevant critical commentary. 

  • interviews with key figures in performance history and contemporary practice;
  • masterclasses with specialist performance trainers from around the world;
  • footage direct from legendary practitioners;
  • excerpted and full-length contemporary productions and experiments;
  • documentaries previously unavailable to global audiences:
  • and specially commissioned contextual essays accompanying each entry from knowledgeable practitioners and scholars.

Watch an introductory video here! 

 

The MLA has created an online course to help students use the MLA International Bibliography.

 

They have just released the fifth module of the course, Literary topics.

  • Sign up online (you'll need to create a new account) and find out how to perform searches on particular literary works and authors, as well as broader topics.
  • The module should take around 45 minutes to complete.
  • You'll need to use the MLA Bibliography to complete all aspects of the online course. You can access it here https://libguides.exeter.ac.uk/mla.

 

If you need any help using the MLA International Bibliography, please get in touch with your liaison librarian.

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