An online map and data delivery service which offers a number of data collections, including Ordnance Survey, historical, geological, LiDAR and marine maps and spatial data.

Geobase is a multidisciplinary database supplying bibliographic information and abstracts for human and physical geography, ecology, geology, oceanography, geomechanics, and development studies

 Database covering global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling.

Useful for most social science topics, especially sociology. Abstract and indexing service.

Science Direct provides full-text access to Elsevier journals and books, including reference works and encyclopaedias. Some of the digital archives go as far back as 1823. Subject coverage is mainly in the fields of life sciences and medicine but there is also coverage of social sciences, psychology, business and finance.

Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: academic journals, books and conference proceedings. Scopus is a comprehensive resource covering chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering; life and health sciences; social sciences, psychology, business and economics; arts and humanities and biological and environmental sciences. It also includes the Geobase database.

Key database for sociology; useful for communication and media, criminology, social policy and some social psychology topics too. Abstract and indexing service.

Covers a wide variety of disciplines including engineering, sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Search features include cited reference searching allowing you to discover who has referenced a particular work since it was published.

Geospatial Analysis online is a free web-based resource providing geospatial data. It provides a comprehensive guide to concepts, methods and tools, with many examples being provided using a variety of software tools such as ArcGIS, Idrisi, Grass, Surfer and many others to clarify the concepts discussed.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. BHL is revolutionizing global research by providing free, worldwide access to knowledge about life on Earth. The BHL portal provides free access to hundreds of thousands of volumes, comprising over 60 million pages, from the 15th-21st centuries.