Search Summon to find online journal articles and book chapters.
If you are on campus you will be able to access most e-journals and e-books, and some databases, without entering a username and password because your IP address identifies you as being at the University of Reading.
For any that require a login, see the Off-campus tab.
When you use our e-resources you are agreeing to our Terms of Use. Please take a moment to look at these by following the link below:
When you are off-campus you will need to login to identify yourself as a member of the University of Reading to gain access to our protected databases, e-books and e-journals.
Your login details
You login in the same way as for Blackboard - via Microsoft. Just enter your University username followed by @student.reading.ac.uk (e.g. ab123456@student.reading.ac.uk) and your password. If this is the first time you have logged in via this method when off-campus you will be asked to complete a Multi-Factor Authentication. For more information see:
Getting to the login page...
Watch this short video on how you login to use Library resources.
There are a number of specialist resources in this area, located in the Henley Business School Library. For all these resources go to the Henley Business School Library BlackBoard organisation and sign up in advance of using (the information is all there). Passwords and usernames will either be provided or emailed. These resources are ONLY available to Real estate and planning staff/students.
EPRA website offers access to up to 20 years of listed real estate data index and company performance data in a range of buildable & downloadable charts/graphs.
IPD is a performance analysis database specialising in the real estate investment sector across 32 countries.
Provides access to the BCSC online directory of 2600+ retail property professionals, BCSC research and guidance notes, and industry conferences and events.
This playlist of two videos shows you how to prepare for and perform a literature search. The first video introduces literature searches and their role. The second video covers using the search operators AND and OR to create a search statement, and explains the role of wildcards and truncation in constructing a comprehensive search. This information is also available in written guides - see the links below.