UK & Ireland Reference Centre is a research database combining British and Irish magazines and newspapers with other international resources
A database is a collection of detailed records of different types of publications in a specific area. Publication types might include:
The records usually include
They help you to see what has been published in the area you are studying and can help you with your study and your coursework
EBSCO is a large American company who create and distribute electronic resources used in libraries and other institutions. EBSCO provides access to content used in teaching, learning and research, including scholarly journals, dissertations, ebooks, newspapers, periodicals, and historical collections.
EBSCO is not a publisher. Instead, it is what is known as an aggregator. Aggregators provide access to content created by publishers. Everything available on EBSCO has been published elsewhere, EBSCO collects material from different publishers and makes it available on one platform, so it can create subject-specific platforms like UK & Ireland Reference Centre. The problem with aggregators, however, is that content can change over time. Publications can go from full-text to abstract only to being removed from the platform all together. This doesn't happen very often, but it's important to note that it can happen.
This resource combines British and Irish magazines and newspapers with other international resources and is designed to be a trusted collection of research content from credible online sources.
Content includes:
A full-title list is available here
On the Internet, anybody can write anything about anything. UK & Ireland Reference Centre is a specialist collection of content that has been selected by experts. A lot of UK & Ireland Reference Centre content's can't be found on the Internet or might be behind a paywall. When you use Google, or another search engine, to look for material, on page 1 of the results you're not necessarily finding the most relevant or best content, what are you seeing is content that has been optimised to appear on the first page of results using a variety of means. This process is called Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) (Simple Wikipedia definition). Because UK & Ireland Reference Centre is a closed collection of items, SEO isn't needed and can't be used.
Not all content will be available as full-text If you find something on UK & Ireland Reference Centre, that you'd really like the full-text of, contact the Library, and we'll if we can find it.
