University Library international

This list presents a range of databases cross different subjects, which available display in different languages.

Database names	Description	Supported subjects
ABI/Inform Complete	Business journals and company profiles	Business
AMED	Abstract and index database of articles on alternative medicine.	Medicine
Academic Search Complete	Multi-disciplinary journals, reports and proceedings.	Multi-disciplinary
Accounting and Tax Database	Scholarly journals and key resources covering current news and topics in accounting.	Accounting
Newswires (AP Newsmonitor)	Real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press with a 30-day archive.	News
Art Full Text	Full-text articles of art journals. Abstracts and index of art dissertations and art reproductions.	Fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index, available from: Journal Citation Reports	Access data drawn from over 1,500 scholarly and technical journals in the sciences and social sciences. This service includes both the JCR Social Sciences Edition and the JCR Science Edition.	Architecture, art, history, literature, radio, television and film.
ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts)	Abstracts and index of articles covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.	Health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.
Australian Education Index	Articles, monographs, technical reports and legislation relating to education in Australia.	Education
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals	Abstract and index database covering international, scholarly and popular periodical literature on architecture and design.	Architecture and design
Banking Information Source	Essential banking industry publications about the financial services industry, banking and industry trends.	Banking, financial services
BHI: British Humanities Index	Abstracts and index of academic journals, daily newspapers and weekly magazines from 1962 onwards.	Humanities
Bibliography of British and Irish History	Abstracts and index of books and articles about British and Irish history.	History
BIOSIS Citation Index, available from: Journal Citation Reports	Access data drawn from over 1,500 scholarly and technical journals in the sciences and social sciences. This service includes both the JCR Social Sciences Edition and the JCR Science Edition.	Life science and biomedical
British Education Index	Index of British education and training periodicals, with developing coverage of national reports and conference literature.	Education
British Periodicals	British Periodicals provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images.	literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture
Business Source Complete	Business journals.	Business
CINAHL Complete	Full text for nursing and allied health journals with coverage dating back to 1981.	Nursing, health
Conference Proceedings Citation Indexes, available from: Journal Citation Reports	Access data drawn from over 1,500 scholarly and technical journals in the sciences and social sciences. This service includes both the JCR Social Sciences Edition and the JCR Science Edition.	Science, social science and humanities
Design and Applied Arts Index	Annotated references from design and craft journals published from 1973 onwards. Includes data on designers, craftspeople, studios and workshops.	Advertising, product design, architecture, graphic design, fashion design, sustainable design, interior design and fiber arts.
EBSCOhost Research Databases	Access to all research databases on the EBSCOhost platform.	Multi-disciplinary
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)	Abstracts and index of periodicals in the subject of education.	Education
Factiva Academic	Access more than 8,000 international sources including major newspapers, newswires and a wide selection of journals. Especially useful for company information and business news.	Multi-disciplinary
Food Science Source	Access a full-text database designed to support the informational needs of the food industry; including food science, food safety, processing, packaging, product-development, shipping, etc.	Food science
GreenFILE	GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.	all aspects of human impact to the environment
HeinOnline English Reports	Access the English Reports, Full Reprint and the Law Journal Library, a collection of more than 1,100 law and law- related periodicals.	English, Law
HeinOnline Law Journal Library	Access HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library, a collection of more than 1,100 law and law- related periodicals.	Law
Humanities International Index	Access journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities.	Humanities
Index to Theses	Abstracts of theses published in Great Britain and Ireland from 1970 onwards, plus another 400,000+ records which cover all theses ever produced since 1716.	Multi-disciplinary
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences	Access references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.	Social sciences
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text	Access journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance.	Theatre and performance
Journal Citation Reports, available from: Web of Science (Web of Knowledge)	Access data drawn from over 1,500 scholarly and technical journals in the sciences and social sciences. This service includes both the JCR Social Sciences Edition and the JCR Science Edition.	Sciences, social science, art and humanities.
Leisure Management	Website for the leisure management industry. Includes the latest world and UK leisure news, and an archive of news from 2000 onwards, plus jobs and magazine features.	management
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)	Access the indexes of more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports.	Librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Lincolnshire Research Observatory	A partnership of local agencies aiming to share and improve access to quality information on Lincolnshire. A wide range of data and statistics in fifteen categories relating to the county can be converted into maps and reports.	Local information, Multi-disciplinary
MarketLine Advantage (previously known as Datamonitor 360)	Access to company, industry, financial, product, country information, research and data extending across every major marketplace and industry.	Business
MEDLINE	Access to authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.	Biomedical
MLA Directory of Periodicals	Detailed information on over 7,000 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.	Multi-disciplinary
MLA International Bibliography	Detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes titles from J-STOR’s language and literature collection as well as links to full text.	Multi-disciplinary
Myilibrary (e-books)	Access to the University’s collection of full-text electronic books (e-books), across a range of subject areas.	Multi-disciplinary
Oxford University Press, available from:  Oxford University Press Journals	Access to Oxford University Press journals. If the University of Lincoln subscribes to a listed journal, then many of that journal’s articles will also be available in full text.	Multi-disciplinary
Periodicals Archive Online	Access to 80 journal titles from an archive of hundreds of digitised journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.	Arts, humanities and social sciences
PILOTS Database	Citations to literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events. Coverage is from 1871-current.	Mental health
ProQuest Biology Journals	Journal articles from a wide range of biology topics. Some full text articles are available.	Biology
PsychARTICLES	Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from the American Psychological Association. Coverage spans 1894 to present.	Psychology
PsychINFO	The American Psychological Association’s database of abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. Coverage is from the 19th century to the present.	Psychology
Regional Business News	Access to regional business publications, including business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.	Business
Science Citation Index Expanded, available from: Journal Citation Reports	Access data drawn from over 1,500 scholarly and technical journals in the sciences and social sciences. This service includes both the JCR Social Sciences Edition and the JCR Science Edition.	Across scientific disciplines.
Social Sciences Citation Index, available from: Journal Citation Reports	Access data drawn from over 1,500 scholarly and technical journals in the sciences and social sciences. This service includes both the JCR Social Sciences Edition and the JCR Science Edition.	Across social scientific disciplines.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text	Comprehensive sports and sports medicine database with full-text coverage dating back to 1985. Includes content from therapy to recreation, focusing on all aspects of fitness and health relating to sports medicine and related fields.	Sports and sports medicine
SpringerLINK	Access to full-text peer-reviewed journal articles (but not conference proceedings) published by Springer. Content from science, engineering, social science and business fields.	Science, engineering, social science and business
Taylor & Francis Online	Access to journal articles and e-books for the academic, professional and business communities.	Business
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.	Education
Web of Science (Web of Knowledge)	Abstract and index database of articles from academic journals covering the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.	Sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

 

The university of Lincoln has a rapidly growing number of international students over many countries means the library welcomes a diverse range of students with a wide variety of study experiences. As the importance of appreciating the students’ experience of library services is increasingly important, the library produced a new role of library international co-ordinator to seek to improve the library experience for all international students.

Fortunately, myself has undertaken this new post, and started from last year December. With three years experience of studying at the university of Lincoln, I have been familiar with the existing library system in Lincoln. Additionally, as an international student myself, I understand the difficulties in adapting the differences for students who study abroad.

Since this new role started, I have been working on an internationalisation plan for the library services becoming easier and more accessible for international students.

For students, we appreciate their experience and feedback with using the library services, the new International Library Student Advisory Group is one of the significant practices for us to engage with students. We hold meetings in a 6 to 8 weeks basis throughout the academic year with a group of students to advice on provision of library services and facilities. The first meeting has been successfully launched in March 2015.

In addition,we established a community site on Blackboard of the Library Support for International Students alongside a variety of different social media platforms from international students. This aims to influence the support materials and creative content specifically for supporting international students.

Furthermore, the library organise several events and activities throughout the year to engage with students while studying in the library. For example, the library has been running the De-Stress week events at the busy time in the academic calendar aims to relieve stress caused by upcoming assignment deadlines. Also, we have involved the library with a range of events around the university such as Global Week event hold by the Business school.

Overall, the feedback from the students about the library are normally positive, but as the library is still looking into different methods which would potentially help with supporting international students, we are hoping the library services would be an outstanding place for all international students.