A-Z Databases: SAGE Knowledge (eBooks): Library Guide

SAGE Knowledge

SAGE Knowledge is the premier social sciences platform for SAGE and CQ Press book, reference, and video content.

Searchable via One Search.

Learn how to navigate the SAGE Knowledge home page to search for eBooks on your subject area by watching this short video.

SAGE Knowledge (2020) SAGE Knowledge: the homepage. Available at: https://vimeo.com/478561905 (Accessed: 14 July 2023).

• Found a useful item?  Export the reference in your chosen reference style, e.g. Harvard, or APA or copy to your reference list or bibliography. Remember you may need to reformat the reference to fit your chosen style. 
• Using referencing managing software?  Export the record to your chosen referencing managing software, e.g. Endnote. This software is free to download for staff and students of UWS. Details on how you can do this can be found in the Endnote and Endnote Online Library guides.
• New to referencing?  Read our Library guide on referencing at UWS.

Use to find good quality full text eBooks and individual chapters covering the Social Sciences plus the following disciplines:

• Business & Management
• Counseling & Psychotherapy
• Criminology & Criminal Justice 
• Education
• Geography, Earth & Environmental Science
• Health & Social Care
• Media, Communication & Cultural Studies
• Politics & International Relations
• Psychology 
• Research Methods
• Social Work 
• Sociology

When you click to open an eBook, the book page has several useful options.

• Explore the options on the book page to export, save or cite the information in front of you. 
• Create a personal profile (links out to video) to save books or chapters to your own personal list on SAGE Knowledge or create a permalink directly to the page you are on.
• Identify the keywords associated with your search in order to find more resources on your subject.

Watch this short video to find out how.

SAGE Knowledge (2020) SAGE Knowledge: Navigating the book page. Available at: https://vimeo.com/478562397 (Accessed: 14 July 2023).

Go to Databases A-Z and select "SAGE Knowledge".

When prompted, sign in with your student/staff Microsoft email and usual password.

SAGE  Knowledge advanced search option allows the use of BOOLEAN Operators, Parenthesis and Wildcard/ truncation searching.  Further examples can be found on the sister site for SAGE Journals search help page.

Boolean Operators  (Advanced Search option)

The Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT can be applied to search terms.

• AND (also + or &)

Use AND to search for documents containing two or more terms. For example, the following query returns documents containing both cat and dog:  cat AND dog

The AND operator is applied by default; for example cat AND dog produces the same results as cat dog.

• OR

Use OR to search for documents containing at least one of two or more terms. For example, the following query returns documents containing cat, documents containing dog, and documents containing cat and dog:  cat OR dog

• NOT (also -)

Use NOT to search for documents that do not contain a given term. For example, the following query returns documents containing cat but not containing dog:  cat NOT dog

If you are experiencing difficulties accessing any resources or would like to discuss your searches, referencing or related matters, please contact library staff:

Email library@uws.ac.uk or log a call on the Self Service Portal.

• Self Service Portal

  All students and staff members have access to an online Self Service Portal to search through the answers to FAQs, log calls or place service requests and review the progress of any submitted requests.