Geography: Databases/eResources

Lists the major map collections in the UK.

The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is the UK's learned society and professional body for geography, founded in 1830.

Online magazine covering environmental policy and business news, official reports, UK and EU policy and legislation relating to environmental issues.

Overton is a citation database of policy documents, parliamentary transcripts, government guidance and think-tank research. Globally collected data is made available through the Overton web application, reports and an API. Overton can be used to see how research is impacting on policy, and can also be used in literature searching to help identify grey literature.

Enables you to answer methodology questions during the research process. It links full-text book, journal and reference content with advanced search and discovery tools, including visual search tools called Methods Maps. We have temporary access to the Foundations collection until 31 July 2022. Foundations are bite-sized introductions to research concepts and methods written by global experts.

Comprehensive database covering all subjects. Use it to search millions of online journal papers, conference proceedings and other publications.

The UK data archive is curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK.

Discover literature of health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.

Includes bibliographic references to journal articles and books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. Its broad coverage includes anthropology, economics, political science and sociology, and is international in scope.

The American Economic Association's bibliographic database is a source of reference to worldwide research in a broad range of economics issues from 1886 to the present.

Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Index to life sciences and biomedical research from 1969 to the present (via Web of Science).

The British Geological Survey is a world-leading geological survey.

Free service from the British Geological Survey providing maps and spatial data, digital images, data collections, and 3D models.