The following databases contain a variety of material, including journal articles, for your specific subject area. The brief descriptions beneath the titles will explain what each hold. To access, click on the title.
An online map and data service offering several data collections, including Ordnance Survey, historical, geological, LiDAR, and marine maps and spatial data. Create or interrogate a map online by selecting an appropriate base map, adding annotations, and customising the content.
A primary source collection tracing migration from Britain, Ireland, Europe, and Asia to North America and Australasia between the 17th and 20th centuries. Includes personal letters, diaries, oral histories, shipping records, legal documents, maps, photographs, and ephemera. Topics covered include emigration motives, journey conditions, colonisation schemes, indentured labour, refugee experiences, and settlement.
The Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) Archive provides access to a wide range of environmental datasets, including atmospheric, climate, earth observation, and model output data. Many datasets include geospatial components suitable for mapping and GIS analysis, with some offering visualisations or map previews. Includes data from major programmes such as UKCP, CMIP, Landmap and ESA Climate Change Initiative.
A collection of primary and secondary sources which explore and provide historical background on worldwide border areas, including: U.S. and Mexico; the European Union; Afghanistan; Israel; Turkey; The Congo; Argentina; China; Thailand; and more. The collection, which spans the 19th to the 21st century, is organized by key themes associated with border and migration issues.
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database, which provides access to academic journals, books, conference proceedings, and patents from 1788–present.
Advanced Features: citation analysis, author profiles, journal metrics; data export and analysis, search alerts.
A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of academic journal articles, books and conference proceedings covering all subjects, dating back to 1900. Web of Science consists of multiple different databases including the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Features: citation analysis, researcher profiles, journal metrics, search alerts.
An online database that contains over six million bibliographic references. Dating back to 1951, these references include journal articles, books, newspapers, and dissertations. The subjects covered range from anthropology and economics to politics and sociology. Interdisciplinary subjects such as development studies, human geography, and gender studies are also included.
Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Also includes research reports over 140 policy institutes on climate change, cybersecurity, energy policy, international relations, terrorism, and various public health issues. Primary sources are drawn from libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies around the world including Global Plants, 19th Century British Pamphlets and Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa. Thematic collections focusing on emerging areas of research includes Lives of Literature, Security Studies, and Sustainability.
A searchable database of journals published by the Nature Publishing Group, covering peer-reviewed research across science and technology. Includes articles, reviews, and commentary on developments of broad scientific interest.
A research methods resource created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. Includes books, case studies, datasets, videos, and tools like the 'Methods Map' to support all stages of the research process. The University has access to the Core Collection and Sage Research Methods Cases.
Provides access to over 2 million entries from Oxford University Press’s dictionaries, language and subject reference works. Covers 22 subject areas with content ranging from quick definitions to in-depth articles from encyclopedias and companions.
A collection of Earth and Environmental Science ebooks published by Springer between 2005 and 2013.
An annual reference work providing detailed information on the political, economic, and cultural status of every country, as well as major international organizations. Published since 1864, it offers authoritative, up-to-date data compiled by a dedicated editorial team.
Access to indicators of Trade Control Measures (Tariff and Non-tariff measures) as well as imports by supplier at each Harmonized System 6-digit level for over 130 countries.
Search more than 270 African American newspapers from over 35 states, published during the 19th and 20th centuries. Includes rarer titles from the black presses of smaller US cities and issues of the earliest black newspapers.
Over 60 searchable African newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring English and foreign-language titles from Angola, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
A collection of 12 historical English-language Chinese newspapers published between 1832 and 1953, providing a chronicle of China’s turbulent transition from Imperial rule to the founding of the Republic.
A comprehensive news database offering full-text access to UK national and regional newspapers, international news sources, trade journals, magazines, and company reports. Coverage includes titles like The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, and The Observer, with daily updates and global scope.
Access to the independent, not-for-profit, online newspaper established in 2000, covering EU affairs in all member states.