Arden Library

Library Databases

Academic Search Complete

Multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text journals.

APA PsycArticles

Provides access to 119 journals, including the APA’s flagship publication, American Psychologist.

APA PsycBooks

Provides access to the most current library of APA-published scholarly books, including all of the reference titles in the APA Handbooks in Psychology Series.

APA PsycInfo

Indexing and abstracting database published by the APA. It Contains over 4 million records of globally published books, journals and dissertation abstracts.

BibliU

Provides access to the Key Texts for your programme all in one place. You can use BibliU online and offline using a web browser or a mobile app for Android or IOS and as this is your own personal Library you will also have the ability to highlight and take notes.

Business Source Complete

EBSCO’s premier database for Business students. It provides access to journal articles, news articles, case studies, industry profiles, country reports, SWOT analysis and more.

eBook Central

A multi-disciplinary collection of e-books aligned to Arden’s programmes.

EBSCO Open Dissertations

A database with records for more than 1.2 million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.

EBSCO Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Provides access to a wide range of popular e-books in on topics such as psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and counselling

EBSCO Psychology eBook Collection

Multi-disciplinary collection of e-books aligned to Arden’s programmes.

Gale Research Complete

Gale Research Complete contains a wealth of resources including Gale eBooks (books and encyclopaedias), Gale Academic OneFile (journals), Gale General OneFile (magazines), Gale OneFile News (current newspapers), Gale Literature (English literature resources) and Archives Unbound (primary historical sources).

Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature across many disciplines, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. You can also adjust your settings to ask Google Scholar to take you back to Arden’s library if there is full text availability.

Legal Source

Full-text database covering Law and Criminal Justice. It provides detailed indexing for legal journals, law reviews, yearbooks, institutes, statutes, bar association publications and university publications and contains more than 490 full text journal and magazine publications.

SAGE Journals Premier Collection

Provides access to journal titles across a range of Psychology and Counselling sub-disciplines including, Developmental, Child and Family, Clinical, Social, Cognitive Psychology and more.

ScienceDirect Freedom Collection

ScienceDirect provides access to the scientific, technical and medical journals of Elsevier and participating publishers. It contains more than 18 million articles and book chapters from over 2,650 peer-reviewed journals and 42,000 e-books, including books, book series and major reference works, and digital archives that reach as far back as 1823.

Westlaw UK

One of the major databases for case law, legislation, and commentary. It has the full text of the official Law Reports series and contains material back to 1220 via the English Reports. Westlaw UK also provides a ‘case analysis’ document for UK cases providing information about the case and where it has been judicially considered, and where it links to relevant legislation and commentary. It also provides access to European cases and international case law. For legislation it contains the fully consolidated full text of Acts since 1267 and selected Statutory Instruments since 1948.

Referencing Guide

As a Policing, Joints, or Foundation Pathway student you will be following AU Harvard. You can download the complete referencing guide here:

AU Complete Guide to Harvard Referencing

AU Short Guide to Harvard Referencing

Professional Bodies and Associations

Professional bodies and associations are organisations you will engage with throughout your career. Becoming familiar with them during your studies is a great way to keep up to date with developments in your field and build your professional network.

College of Policing

This is a professional body for personnel working within the policing field which operates independently from the Home Office.

British Society of Criminology

This is an international organisation which informs both practitioners and scholars for teaching and research purposes in the field of crime, criminal behaviour and the criminal justice system in the UK and internationally.

Policing, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity

Library Databases

Academic Search Complete

APA PsycArticles

APA PsycBooks

APA PsycInfo

Business Source Complete

EBSCO Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

EBSCO Psychology eBook Collection

Legal Source

Referencing Guide

Professional Bodies and Associations

College of Policing

British Society of Criminology

Podcasts

UK Law Weekly

UK True Crime Podcasts

The Crime Scene Investigator

Useful Websites

College of Policing

Police.UK

Gov.UK

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