A-Z Databases: D
List of the databases you can use to access journal articles, reports, conference papers, ebooks, newspapers, and many other resources.
D - Databases
- Daily Mail Historical Archive 1896-2016 This link opens in a new windowincludes both the Daily Mail Historical Archive and the Daily Mail Atlantic Edition
- Database of Latin Dictionaries This link opens in a new windowa collection of historical, semantic and etymological dictionaries and dictionaries to help translate from Latin into modern languages. Part of Brepols Latin Complete
- Data Citation Index - see Web of Science This link opens in a new windowData Citation Index provides access to research data from repositories across disciplines and around the world. Through linked content and summary information, this data is displayed within the broader context of the scholarly research, enabling users to gain perspective that is lost when data sets or repositories are viewed in isolation. These connections allow researchers to access an array of data across subjects and regions.
- Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library - Biblical Texts This link opens in a new windowThe Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library presents a complete Hebrew transcription and English translation of the Biblical texts, together with high-resolution images.
- Defining Gender 1450-1910 This link opens in a new windowexplores the study and analysis of gender. Primary sources from the fifteenth to early twentieth century provide an insight into both traditional models of gender and contemporary perceptions
- Derwent Innovations Index - see Web of Science This link opens in a new window
- Dictionary of Irish Biography Online This link opens in a new windowThe Dictionary of Irish Biography, a collaborative project between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Irish Academy, is the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical dictionary yet published for Ireland. It contains over 9,000 signed biographical articles which describe and assess the careers of subjects in all fields of endeavour, including politics, law, religion, literature, journalism, architecture, painting, music, the stage, science, medicine, engineering, entertainment and sport.
- Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources online This link opens in a new windowThe Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources (DMLBS) is the most comprehensive dictionary of Medieval Latin, and the first to focus on British Medieval Latin.
- Dictionary of National Biography - see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window
- Dictionary of Old English: A to Le This link opens in a new windowThe Dictionary of Old English (DOE) defines the vocabulary of the first six centuries (C.E. 600-1150) of the English language. An essential electronic reference for all scholars of Old and Middle English.
- Dictionary of Old English Web Corpus This link opens in a new windowbased on a computerized Corpus comprising at least one copy of each text surviving in Old English
- Dictionary of Scottish Architects 1660-1980 This link opens in a new windowa database providing biographical information and job lists for all architects known to have worked in Scotland during the period 1660-1980
- Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker Parts I-V - see Jacoby Online This link opens in a new window
- Digimap Collections This link opens in a new windowcomprehensive UK maps and geospatial data. Allows viewing, printing and annotation of maps. Includes Ordnance Survey, Historic, Geology, Marine, Environment, Aerial and Lidar Collections. Initial registration required.
- Digital Karl Barth Library This link opens in a new windowthe first major collection of Karl Barth's works; hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures, conversations, and academic writings, together with text analysis tools. Updated quarterly
- Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation This link opens in a new windowincludes 845 theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents, social and political works, sermons and letters
- Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new windowFrom the award-winning, nongovernmental National Security Archive, this resource consists of expertly curated, and meticulously indexed, declassified government documents covering U.S. policy toward critical world events – including their military, intelligence, diplomatic and human rights dimensions – from 1945 to the present. Each collection is assembled by foreign policy experts and features chronologies, glossaries, bibliographies, and scholarly overviews to provide unparalleled access to the defining international issues of our time.
The University has access to
• CIA Covert Operations: From Carter to Obama, 1977-2010
• CIA Family Jewels Indexed
• The Cuban Missile Crisis: 50th Anniversary Update
• Iran: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977–1980
• The Iran-Contra Affair: The Making of a Scandal, 1983–1988
• Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, 1980–1994
• South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962–1989
• U.S. Policy toward Iran: From the Revolution to the Nuclear Accord, 1978-2015 - Digital theatre plus This link opens in a new windowProvides online access to a digital streaming video collection of unique films of current, leading British theatre productions. Includes behind-the-scenes documentaries as well as teaching and learning resources to facilitate a deeper understanding of the productions and texts. Learning resources include a detailed introduction, plot summary, character biographies, a relationship map, language analysis, scene study, performance background and historical context for each play. Updates vary.
- Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker This link opens in a new windowThe texts included in the Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker range from early German writing to the works of major authors of the nineteenth century, including historical, philosophical, theological, political and art history texts. Collections of essays, speeches and other non-literary material add context and background. Scholars can follow the political and intellectual debates at the heart of Europe in the nineteenth century, for example, by reviewing texts relating to the theory of the state and the church or the theory and history of war. The Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker was completed in 2004.
- Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) This link opens in a new windowmade available by the OAPEN Foundation, an international Open Access monograph publishing initiative. Currently includes over 49 publishers and 1,450 academic, peer-reviewed Open Access books
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new windowaround 10,000 Open Access journals
- Drama Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes the full text of plays from across the history of the theatre, ranging from Aeschylus to the present day. Includes non-English-language works in translation, scholarly and critical editions, first night program texts, and critical analysis and contextual information. Also includes over 500 images from the Victoria and Albert Museum's archive of production photos.
- DSM Library This link opens in a new windowDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition, DSM-5. Includes DSM-5™ Handbook of Differential Diagnosis & DSM-5™ Clinical Cases
- Dutch Pamphlets Online - see TEMPO: The Early Modern Pamphlets Online This link opens in a new window