We’re now using a new version of the ProQuest database search platform for access to 11 library databases from the ProQuest company. This includes several familiar databases on an ‘academic’ version of the platform (including our full-text ProQuest business and biology content as well as the abstract-and-index databases which used to be part of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts), and three education databases (formerly of Dialog Datastar) on a ‘professional’ platform. The login links to all 11 databases have been updated on the University Portal and on the e-journals A-to-Z.
1. ProQuest academic platform (most databases)
- ABI/INFORM Complete (1971 – current)
- Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) (1987 – current)
- British Humanities Index (BHI) (1962 – current)
- British Periodicals
- Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) (1973 – current)
- ERIC (1966 – current)
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) (1951 – current)
- PILOTS (1871 – current)
- ProQuest Biology Journals (1998 – current)
2. ProQuest professional platform (ex-Dialog Datastar education databases)
- Australian Education Index (1977 – current)
- British Education Index (1975 – current)
- ERIC (1966 – current)
N.B. the ERIC database is available on both platforms.
When logging in to certain of these databases, you may be asked to confirm your institution. You can do this by selecting ‘United Kingdom (UK Access Management Federation for Education)’ from the first drop-down menu – then ’University of Lincoln’ from the second drop-down menu which then appears – before clicking on ‘Login’.
For help with using these or any Library databases, please contact your subject librarian!
