Geography, Geology and Environment

Library Search: Advanced Search
To search the University's e-journal collections effectively, use 'Advanced Search'. From here you can construct impactful keyword searches and filter your results to make them more manageable and more relevant. For advice and training on how to search effectively, please contact your school's Librarian. 

Web of Science - Clarivate
Search a variety of databases, including Web of Science Core Collection, Medline and Biosis Citations Index. Search across all databases simultaneously, or select specific ones from the drop-down menu. For access, if you're not automatically logged in select 'Institutional sign in', search for 'UK Federation' and 'Go to institution'. Search for 'Keele University' and log in with your Keele username and password. Registration for a Web of Science profile may be required the first time you access this resource - please only register using your Keele email address as accounts registered with personal email addresses will be removed. Web of Science support page

EBSCO: Earth/Environment databases
Includes GreenFILE (covering all aspects of human impact to the environment) and Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary). For access, please log in with your Keele username and password.

ProQuest: Science and Technology databases
Cross search a variety of databases including GeoRef, Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection, Earth & Environmental Science Collection, Atmospheric Science Collection and Aquatic Science Collection. Search all databases simultaneously, or select specific ones by clicking on 'Change databases'. You can search GeoRef on its own using the link provided on this page. For access, please log in with your Keele username and password.

GeoRef - ProQuest
Geosciences, geochemistry, geophysics - journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. You can also search GeoRef at the same time as other ProQuest databases by performing a cross search with the ProQuest: Science and Technology databases link on this page. For access, please log in with your Keele username and password.

ScienceDirect
Leading scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters.

GeoScienceWorld (GSW)
US-based nonprofit collaborative and comprehensive internet resource for research and communications in the earth sciences, which is based on a core database of peer-reviewed journals and is integrated with the GeoRef index.

Semantic Scholar
AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, providing citation graphs and one-sentence summaries for scholarly papers. Video tutorials.

The Lyell Collection (Geological Society publications)
Searchable database of references and some full-text articles from the Geological Society's journals, special publications and key book series.

CABI Digital Library
Research and learning in agriculture, the environment and the applied life sciences. Keele does not subscribe to the full-text of this resource, but you can still search for literature and read abstracts without logging in.

VLeBooks
One of our core ebook collections with many titles relevant for Geography, Geology and Environmental Sciences.

ProQuest Ebook Central
This ebook platform is another of our core ebook collections.

Issues in Environmental Science and Technology
Provided by The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Digimap
Web-based service delivering digital map data and high-quality cartographic products. Keele is subscribed to Digimap 'Ultimate' which includes all of the core collections: Ordnance Survey including National Tree Map, Historic, Geology, Marine, Environment, Aerial, Lidar, Global, Society, Pilot, Verisk and agCensus. For access, select 'Log in', search for 'Keele University' and login with your Keele username and password. Once logged in, you will be required to sign up for a personal account and agree to their licence terms annually to use Digimap. Digimap help page

Old Maps Online
Gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world.

National Library of Scotland - Map Images
High-resolution, zoomable images of over 200,000 maps of Scotland, England, Wales and beyond. 1560s-1970s.

Atlapedia Online
Full colour physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (archived as of 2021 and no longer being updated.)
Collection of world maps, hosted by The University of Texas.

School of Geography, Geology and the Environment - online reading lists
Access the recommended reading for your modules.

British Library EThOS
The British Library ETHOS project provides electronic access to research theses from many UK universities.

Connected Papers
Looking for papers that are similar/connected to the ones that you are already using in your research? This website will instantly generate a clickable graph of related articles/papers for you.

CiteSeerX
Search engine and digital library for scientific and academic papers.

European Newsstream - ProQuest
Provides the searchable full-text of articles published in around 30 UK newspapers including The Times, Telegraph, Guardian and The Independent.

Geomorphological Techniques
Online techniques manual for geomorphologists, outlining current methods.

Google Scholar
The most famous web search engine can search for academic journals and literature too. In Google Scholar’s settings you can also customise your results to quickly see which of them you have full-text access to through Keele Library. To get this working, before you perform your search click on Settings and type 'keele' into the Library Links search box. Tick the Keele University – view online @Keele box, click on Save Preferences and you're ready to go. When you've typed in your search, any results with ‘view-online@Keele' link next to the title provide a direct link through to the article.

Consensus: AI Search Engine for Research
An academic search engine powered by AI

Kanopy
An on-demand streaming video platform for public and academic libraries that offers films, TV shows and documentaries. For access, log in with your Keele username and password. Kanopy help page. Kanopy's Geography Collection. Kanopy's Agriculture & Geology Collection. Kanopy's Environmental Sciences Collection. Kanopy's Sustainability Collection.

Keele Research Repository
A digital archive of research and enterprise output produced by Keele University staff.

Nature
Access to Nature, a leading weekly international science journal, from 1997 onwards.

Nature Precedings
Pre-publication research and preliminary findings.

NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations)
Details of theses and dissertations from universities in the United States and worldwide.

Nexis
A news and business service which includes around 12,000 publications, including worldwide, national and local newspapers.

Reference Management Tools (RefWorks and Cite Them Right)
Access quality reference management tools provided by the Library. RefWorks allows you to save and manage all the references you use for your assignments, whether these are from books, journals, web pages or other sources, and create bibliographies. Cite Them Right helps you to reference correctly in a variety of styles, not just for standard resources such as books and journal articles, but also for resources such as statutes, patents and social networking sites. Visit our Reference management page for useful guides and help using these resources.

Science
Full text access to Science journal. Access is from 1880 to the current issue.

Springer Nature Sustainability Community
Searchable portal covering the topics of: sustainable cities; global heath; climate change; digitally transformed world; food-energy-water nexus.

UK Air 
Air information resource, with statistics, data and reports relating to air quality in the UK.

GeographyQuiz.org
Free practice quizzes covering world geography, human geography, maps and capitals.

If you need help using any Library Resources, or have questions you’d like to ask you can always contact us: library.help@keele.ac.uk, or start live chat.

The Liaison Librarian for Geography, Geology and the Environment is Julie Beard. If you’d like more in-depth help on using resources, want advice on how to search effectively, or want to further develop your information or digital literacy skills you can contact Julie and ask for an appointment: j.l.beard@keele.ac.uk

You can also come along to our ‘…In a Nutshell’ training sessions. These workshops introduce key academic skills in bitesize, 45 minute, practical sessions.

There’s also guides and tutorials linked below that should help you get started:

• Try our new online tutorial and learn how to use Library Search effectively
• If you’re just getting started using the Library you can view our Library tour video and Welcome to your Library.

If you’re a PhD student or researcher at Keele you can access help and support from our Research Support Librarians. Find out more on the Research Support webpage.