Bath Spa London Library Services

The Academic Skills service (ASk) can support you in your academic work.  Whether you're writing an essay or report, need help with referencing or using statistics, ASk is here for you.

Cite Them Right Online is our referencing database and will show you how to reference any type of resource. New to referencing? Be sure to check out the tutorial.

You also have access to RefWorks, an online research management tool, designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies. See RefWorks' own video tutorials and guides.

Note: When exporting references to RefWorks from library search results or other databases which support it, it's best to be logged in to RefWorks first.

Ebooks

We have over 400,000 ebooks which can be accessed anytime, anywhere. Check out our videos on how to navigate the online library and how to download ebooks.

Request a purchase

If you need access to an ebook that we don't currently have please contact us at library@bathspa.ac.uk. 

Journals

Academic journal articles are a great source of reputable research and useful to aid in your assignments. These are scholarly magazines that are published a set number of times a year. To publish in the journal you need to have academic credentials and your article needs to go through a ‘peer review’ process - this means it is checked by other experts.

You can access academic journals by searching for relevant keywords on the library catalogue and using the ‘articles’ button to limit your search to these. Your tutor may recommend a particular journal, e.g. ‘Harvard Business Review’, and you can search for this on the Journals A-Z to find articles published within that journal.

Getting support

You can always speak to your subject librarian for help using our resources, or use the library chat service. 

For guidance on using the online library, visit the Library YouTube Channel.

We have a wide range of databases that provide extra resources to help you with your studies. Be sure to check the full range on the Databases A-Z page as well as these recommended databases:

Business and Management

• Business Source Ultimate contains company profiles, case studies, market research reports and peer-reviewed journals.
• Euromonitor Passport provides data and insight on industries, economies and consumers worldwide, which can help you to analyse market context and identify future trends. Make sure you register with your Bath Spa email address.
• Gale Business Insights lets you explore the world's companies through expert analysis such as SWOT analyses, financial statements, case studies and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more.
• Gale OneFile: News provides access to full-text newspapers and allows you to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section, or other fields. A tutorial is available online.
• Kanopy is a streaming service for educational institutions that provides access to over 18,000 films and documentaries. Browse the 'Business' section to watch videos on business case studies, career development and more.
• LinkedIn Learning allows you to learn software, creative, design and business skills. New courses and videos are added every week. Watch the tutorial for more info on using LinkedIn Learning.
• Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) is a collection of handbooks in Business and Management.
• Statista is a comprehensive statistics platform with access to over 1.5 million data sets and with revenue forecasts up to 2025/2026 on over 400 industries. It also features many thousands of downloadable reports, studies and dossiers relating to a wide range of subject areas.

Health and Social Care Management

In addition to the business and management databases listed above, these databases are recommended for Health and Social Care Management studies:

• ScienceDirect provides the full text of about 1,600 journals, generally issues from 2008 onwards, but some going back to 1995. Topics include life sciences and health sciences.
• PubMed Central is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

• Library YouTube Channel
• Office for National Statistics
• UK Data Service
• IBISWorld Industry Insider - free industry news from IBISWorld. Please note that non-Industry Insider content is paywalled.

Did you know that the library has a wellbeing collection? This is a holistic collection designed to support you with your mental health, university life, illness and disability and relationships.

• Access our Wellbeing ebooks
• Think we should add another title to the collection? To make a suggestion you can get in touch with David Rooney by email: d.rooney@bathspa.ac.uk.