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Can't find what you're looking for?: Don't despair!

Can't find what you want?

If you cannot find the book or journal you want on Discovery .....  don't give up you may be able to get it from another source:fed up student with pile of books

Inter Library Loans : Books and journal articles, which are not available from Teesside University Library, can be requested from the British Library. Go to Charges and limits to find out if you are eligible to use this service.

EThOS : Some UK theses can be obtained through the British Library EThOS service.

More Books : if you can’t get hold of the books you need for your studies, you can use the More Books  initiative to recommend that we buy copies for the Library.

Google Scholar : allows you to search for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. 

Google Books : contains the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned.

CORE 20 million articles worldwide including pre-publication version of journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and theses.