A database is a searchable collection of academic literature. It generally contains journal articles but also holds reports, case studies, e-books, book chapters and images which you can use in your studies.
The following databases are just a small number of available databases.
Articles
(A multi-disciplinary citation database covering over 10,000 of the world's highest impact research journals. It consists of the three databases: the Science Citation Index Expanded (1945-present), the Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present) and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present).). It also provides cited reference searching)
Newspapers
(The Irish Times from 1995 to the present)
(European Newsstream provides researchers with same day access to newspapers like The Guardian and The Times (London). The resource enables users to search current United Kingdom, Irish, and European news content from over 430 of the most influential news sources with archives dating back to the 1990s, substantial backfiles available for most newspapers and is updated daily)
Policy
Research Methods
Statistics
A full list of relevant databases for your subject area is available by clicking here.
An evaluation of professional or academic work by other experts working in the same field.
Open access is a publishing model for scholarly communication that makes research information available to readers at no cost, as opposed to the traditional subscription model in which readers have access to scholarly information by paying a subscription (usually via libraries).
Example:
MIRR is the college's Institutional Repository and is an example of what is available on open access. The repository contains research conducted by MIC lecturers and researchers.
A journal is an academic publication that publishes articles about research written by experts in the field of study. The list below is a selection of relevant journal titles accessible through MIC Library subscriptions.