Robert Kennedy College

Ebook Central – Our largest collection of eBooks – providing access to over 170,000 full-text books covering a wide range of subject areas. This database should be your starting point for background reading on any topic. To access the resource, click on the link and enter your Salford email address and password.

Business Expert Press eBook Collections - A collection of books on a range of business topics including Economics, Entrepreneurship and Digital and Social Media.

JSTOR Archive Collections - Books and Journal articles on a wide range of subjects – it doesn’t contain current copies of journals but is useful for classic texts and to research how ideas have developed over time.  The topics covered include Business, Development Studies, Economics, Finance, Labour & Employment Relations, Management & Organizational Behaviour, Marketing & Advertising and Law.

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• Click on 'Login' 

• Click on 'Find my institution' 

• Click on 'Log in through your institution' 

• Search for Salford 

• Select 'University of Salford' 

• Goes through OpenAThens (ITHAKA SP) 

• Displays a form asking for personal info 

• Can 'Continue without an account' 

• 'Access provided by University of Salford' message is displayed

Gale Reference Complete - Material from and access to newspapers, content from e-books, journal articles and magazines.

ProQuest Central - The ProQuest Central collection includes full text scholarly journals, trade journals, newspapers, dissertations, market, industry, and country reports from Economist Intelligence Unit, BMI, ISI Emerging Markets, and more. The subject areas include business, economics, accounting, finance, management, taxation, and law. To access the resource, click on the link and enter your Salford email address and password.

Business Source Ultimate - Full-text business database providing access to journal articles, country and industry reports, SWOT analyses and a library of global company profiles.

Access instructions:

• Enter your University of Salford email address and password when prompted.

• Select the link to All EBSCO databases in the EBSCO Host box.

• Click in the check box next to Business Source Ultimate.

Science Direct – A large collection of books and peer reviewed journals published by Elsevier covering a range of subjects but particularly useful for Finance and Accounting topics.

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• Click on 'Sign in via your institution' 

• Type 'Salford' 

• Select 'University of Salford (Email Address)…' 

• Tap on 'Access through University of Salford…' 

• Contacts OpenAthens 

• Message: 'You have successfully signed in via University of Salford (Email Address) (University of Salford)' 

• Message: 'Email of user'

Wiley - A collection of peer reviewed journals covering a variety of topics including Business & Management, Economics, Finance & Investments, Accounting and Law.

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• Click on 'Institutional Login'

• Type Salford 

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• 'Logo for: University of Salford' appears in Wiley web page header bar

Taylor & Francis - A collection of quality, peer reviewed journal articles, published by Taylor and Francis and Routledge covering Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Tourism, Hospitality, Events and Law.

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• Type Salford 

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SAGE Journals - A collection of academic journals published by Sage covering a wide range of subjects.

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• Click on 'Access/Profile'

• Click on 'Access through your institution'

• Search for Salford 

• Select 'University of Salford (email address)' 

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Cambridge University Press (CUP) - A collection of journals and books across a range of subjects.

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Emerald - Access to the Emerald Management Portfolio is provided by Robert Kennedy College – for more information see the announcement on the RKC OnlineCampus.

Westlaw - Full text cases and statutory materials along with the Legal Journals Index and some full text journals, books, UK case law, UK legislation, EU legislation and cases, US cases and statutes, articles from legal journals and a range of international legal material. Enter your name and email address into the "First Time Registration" form shown - and you're in.

Unpaywall - A browser extension which links you to millions of peer reviewed journal. Use the link on the Unpaywall website to download the browser extension. When searching using Google Scholar or other websites you will see a green tab at the side of research articles that you can read for free.

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