LSBU Library: Occupational Therapy: Theses, Dissertations and Grey Literature

Research Open (LSBU)

Here you can find:

journal articles, book chapters and research by LSBU staff
theses and dissertations by LSBU students

The British Library (EthOS)

Search the British Library's database of over 500,000 doctoral theses.

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DART-Europe E-theses Portal

DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses.

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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations

Search across hundreds of universities across the world for dissertations and theses.

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Conference proceedings

Add "conference proceedings" or "conference papers" to your search in these databases to bring back conference materials.

Subscription databases

Scopus contains over 5 million conference proceedings

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database with more than 8,500 full text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.

Academic Search Complete has an extensive catalogue of conferences from around the world.

IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Please note this resource is not compatible with Internet Explorer 11. Full text of IEEE and IEE Journals & Conference Proceedings, as well as IEEE Standards, Transactions, Magazines and Letters
Alternative Access
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/wayf.jsp?entityId=https://shibboleth.lsbu.ac.uk/shibboleth&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2FXplore%2Fhome.jsp

Covers technical, computer and management conference proceedings.

Free Databases

BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
Advanced Search allows you to search for specific types of grey literature, such as reports, conference materials, reviews etc.
Google Scholar
Useful for government and university reports, conference proceedings, patents.
Open Grey
Provides open access to 700.000 bibliographical references of grey literature produced in Europe
SSRN - Social Sciences Research Network
Reports, conference proceedings, preprint journal articles, research networks.

Government

The following resources provide information produced by the UK government and its agencies.

Once you click on the link search for the topic you are interested in eg. social media.

Statistics

UK Data Archive
The UK Data Archive is curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the U K. With several thousand data collections, our Archive is a vital resource for researchers, teachers and learners.
UK Statistics Authority
The Children, Education, and Skills area includes statistics on various topics – for example teachers and lecturers, learners, and those not in education, employment or training – and covers all stages of education from early years to university and beyond.