Use EThOS to search for and order most British PhD theses. You can search the EThOS database without logging in but to order and download theses you must log in and, if a first time user, register and accept the terms & conditions. Theses will be available in a digitised, electronic format, some for immediate free download, others may take up to 10 days to be supplied if they have not been digitised already.

There are some UK institutions which are not yet participating in the full open access EThOS service, these are listed on EThOS. You may find that when ordering a thesis from one of these institutions there is a £40 charge for the first digitised copy. The Library’s Interlending & Document Supply Service may instead be able to borrow a copy for you at the standard £2 charge. Make your request in the usual way using the Interlending Service and indicate that you have already searched EThOS.

University of Cambridge theses are not available through EThOS, nor can they be borrowed directly through Interlending.

British MA/MSc theses can be requested via the Interlending Service.

For help with this resource, take a look at the EThOS help.

Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

For help with this resource, take a look at our Quick Guide.

For help using this resource for bibliometrics see Bibliometrics: a practical guide.

A bibliographic database containing over 200,000 records. Subject coverage includes public and social policy, public health, social care, community development, mental & community health, homelessness, housing, crime, law and order, families, children and older people. Indexes journal articles, books, grey literature, and UK government publications.

Social Policy and Practice combines the content of AgeInfo from the Centre for Policy on Ageing; Acompline from the Greater London Authority; Planex from IDXO plc (ex Planning Exchange) and Social Care Online from the Social Care Institute for Excellence.

Social Policy and Practice contains information from 1890 to date with most references from the 1980s onwards.

Updated quarterly.

For help with this resource, take a look at our Quick Guide.

A freely available resource which aims to be the UK’s most extensive database of social care information. Social Care Online indexes journal articles, reports and government publications. It also provides access to good practice guidance, training materials, etc.

Note that you will need to Register or Login in order to access some features, including advanced search and the saved search function.

Updated daily.

For help with this resource, take a look at the Social Care Online help.