Online resources
To access the content of the electronic resources we provide, such as electronic journals, electronic books and databases, you must be a member of the University and have a Roehampton University username and password.
How do I access electronic resources?
Search:
- Library catalogue - search our library holdings for e.g. books (print and electronic), journal titles (print and electronic)
- Central Search - search across many databases at once
- e-journals finder - look for and access e-journals/journal articles
- Electronic books - search different e-book software platforms
- Find images, sound, film and video resources
- Online dictionaries and encyclopedias - use to find background information
- Online databases - use to locate papers to support your assignments
- Roehampton Research - our Digital Repository
If you have any problems using online resources, check the How do I access electronic resources? webpage and please do not hesitate to contact us.
From January 2010 you will need to keep your network password up to date to access resources.
New for 2011 - 12
100+ new Ebooks on MyiLibrary
Roehampton University and Cengage Learning are currently undertaking a joint 2 year research project into impact of the use of ebooks at Roehampton.
For this purpose Roehampton University has been granted free access to the 100+ titles in the Cengage Learning e-textbook collections. The collections include the publisher’s bestselling titles or current editions so that students have access to the latest research and materials. The ebooks are available via MyiLibrary Access to the site is via Shibboleth.
• Core collection: 23 bestselling titles
• Psychology collection: 10 of Cengage’s most popular psychology textbooks
• Marketing collection: 10 titles covering all areas of marketing
• Communication & Media collection: 10 communication and media titles
• Government & Politics collection: 10 titles on world politics up to 2009
• Arts & Music collection: 10 of Cengage’s bestselling arts and music titles
• Study Skills collection: 10 of Cengage’s bestselling study skills titles
Search on MyiLibrary to see all titles published by Cengage Learning.
Watch a demo of Myilibrary here
Counseling and Therapy in Video 
Counseling and Therapy in Video is a database covering a range of video resources in the fields of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. Stream the videos online direct from your computer. Create you own clips of the videos and create your own playlists. Browse therapy types, therapists and themes to discover the full range of content in this resource.
The Digital Karl Barth Library
The database features the entire corpus of Barth's Gesamtausgabe. This definitive edition of Barth's works in German currently comprises 42 volumes of theological writings, letters, sermons, academic writings, and more. Also included is Barth's magnum opus, the 14-volume Kirchliche Dogmatik.
The Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts
A uniquely exhaustive resource for historians, theologians, political scientists, and sociologists studying the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries, this comprehensive electronic collection gives researchers immediate, Web-based access to more than 1,200 works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras. These works include the theological writings of more than 300 Protestant authors, as well as a wide range of confessional documents, biblical commentaries, polemical treatises, and Bible translations. Download the user guide
Sage Research Methods Online
Sage Research Methods Online is an award-winning tool designed to help you create research projects and understand the methods behind them.
Social Theory
Social Theory is a database covering writing from the eighteenth century to the present and includes key works by Durkheim, Weber, Habermas, Gilman, Foucault and Baudrillard. Browse the authors, theories, discussions etc. or use keywords or themes to cross search the full-text sources.