Resources and support for English Studies

Useful online resources for English Studies students, plus technical and skills support.

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Electronic resources

Information and Learning Commons electronic resources

Access a range of online resources brought to you by City's Library.

StarPlus

Log in as a University member and use StarPlus to search for full text journal articles.

JSTOR

A research journal archive.

Scopus

Multidisciplinary database covering English studies and other subjects.

Taylor & Francis Online

Access to Taylor & Francis journals (excluding the medical collection). Includes subject areas behavioural sciences, language and literature.

Literature online (LION)

Database containing literary texts, full-text journals, author biographies and critical and reference resources

Nature Portfolio

Search the Nature journal collection. Subject areas include neuroscience, psychology, human behaviour, computing.

IEEE Xplore

Full text database covering a wide range of topics including linguistics, phonology and communication.

Google Scholar

Open access academic literature.

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ACM Digital Library

E-journals, e-books and conference proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery.

White Rose 麻豆视频 Online

This repository houses research papers from the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.

Dictionaries


Support

Library and IT help

Contact the Library helpdesk by emailing library@sheffield.ac.uk if you have questions about using Sheffield online resources for your course or would like help with literature searching.

If you have forgotten your MUSE password, email it-servicedesk@sheffield.ac.uk.

StudySkills@Sheffield

Develop your study skills at the University of Sheffield using our 鈥渉ow to guides鈥 for all students.

StudySkills@Sheffield

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International postgraduate taught scholarships

We offer a generous package of financial support for international postgraduate taught students, including scholarships worth 拢10,000 towards the original tuition fee.

Applications are open for existing offer holders for a postgraduate taught programme starting in September 2025.