LibGuides: Geography: Key Resources

Subject-specific resources for Geography

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.

Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection
Maps and map data of Great Britain from the Ordnance Survey Data Collection. Registration required. You will need to select log in via UK Federation, then select University of Sussex from the dropdown list.
Landmap
Provides satellite image mosaics of Landsat, SPOT and ERS radar data and a high resolution Digital Elevation Model for the British Isles. Requires registration. You will need to select log in via your home institution, then select University of Sussex from the dropdown list.
Migration to New Worlds
Explores the movement of peoples from Great Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia to the New World and Australasia.
UKBorders
Access to digitised boundary datasets of the UK, available in many Geographic Information System (GIS) formats.
Border and Migration Studies Online
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.

Academic Sources: Multidisciplinary

Scopus
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.
Web of Science
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.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
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.
JSTOR
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: 34,000 research reports from more than 140 policy institutes on climate change, cybersecurity, energy policy, international relations, terrorism, and various public health issues. Primary sources from important and rare collections 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.
Nature
Allows you to search for articles in journals published by Nature Publishing Group.

eBook Collections

Sage Research Methods Online
A research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. The University has access to the Core Collection and Sage Research Methods Cases.
Oxford Reference Online
A wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Springer Earth and Environmental Science ebook Collection
A collection of Earth and Environmental Science ebooks published by Springer between 2005 and 2013.
Statesman's Yearbook 1864-2004
Provides accurate and comprehensive information on the current, political, economic and social status of every country in the world.

Data and Statistics

OECD iLibrary
Publications and datasets, from 1998 to present, released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF).
UNCTAD TRAINS
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.
UKBorders
Access to digitised boundary datasets of the UK, available in many Geographic Information System (GIS) formats.

Newspapers

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998
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.
African Newspapers 1800-1922
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.
Chinese Newspaper Collection
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.
Nexis
A comprehensive newspaper database, updated daily, providing full text access to all UK national newspapers, plus regional newspapers, international news providers, trade journals, magazines, as well as company reports.
Titles include: The Business, The Times, The Daily Mail, The Guardian (London); The Independent; News of the World; The Observer and more.
EUobserver
Access to the independent, not-for-profit, online newspaper established in 2000, covering EU affairs in all member states.

Other Resources

Global Social Theory
This site is intended as a free resource for students, teachers, academics, and others interested in social theory and wishing to understand it in global perspective.