Library

Bibliographic Databases

These services enable you to find references for journal articles on a particular topic.  Some also index book chapters, conference papers and theses. They provide full bibliographic details for articles (references) and often abstracts (summaries).  Their extensive, international coverage means that items found by your search may not necessarily be available from the Library's collections.

If no full-text link is given for an article, clicking on the @Keele logo will search our e-journals and provide a link to the full-text if available, or direct you to where a paper copy may be found in the Library's print journal collection.  Items not available either online or in print can usually be obtained for a fee through the Inter-Library Requests service

• Web of Knowlege (includes Web of Science)
  Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.  Our Web of Knowledge Quick Guide will help you get started.  Click here for off-campus access.
• Geobase
  Multidisciplinary database of literature on the earth sciences including: geology, human & physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and nature conservation.  Our Geobase Quick Guide will help you get started.  Click here for off-campus access.
• ScienceDirect
  Leading scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters.  Our ScienceDirect Quick Guide will help you get started.
• EBSCO Earth/Environment Databases
  Includes GreenFILE (covering all aspects of human impact to the environment) and Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary).  Our EBSCO Quick Guide will help you get started.
• ProQuest Science & Technology Databases
  Cross-search a variety of databases including Aqualine, COS Conference Papers Index, Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Science and Pollution Management, Oceanic Abstracts and Technology Research Database.  Click here for off-campus access.

Electronic Journal Collections

These are searchable collections of full-text e-journals.  They often lack the wide-ranging coverage of bibliographic databases, but the full-text of articles are immediately available in the majority of cases.

• JSTOR
  Digital archive of over 1,000 academic journals covering the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
  Our JSTOR Quick Guide will help you get started.  Click here for off-campus access.
• SwetsWise
  Full-text access to over 3,000 journals covering many disciplines.  Our SwetsWise Quick Guide will help you get started.  Click here for off-campus access.
• SAGE Journals
  Over 600 peer-reviewed, full text journals with coverage dating back to 1999.

Other Useful Links

• Air Quality Archive; the UK National Air Quality Information Archive
  Statistics, data and reports relating to air quality in the UK.
• British Atmospheric Data Centre
  A large number of datasets in the atmospheric sciences.
• ECOTOX Database
  Provides single chemical toxicity information for aquatic and terrestrial life.
• Energy Citations Database
  Database of science research citations from the U.S. Department of Energy.  Disciplines covered include environmental science, geology, climatology and oceanography.
• Envirofacts
  Retrieve information from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency databases.
• Environmental Fate Data Base
  Bibliographic and experimental values data files on environmental fate and physical/chemical properties.
• ETDEWEB
  Information on the environmental impact of energy production and use.
• Global Change Master Directory
  Provides descriptions of Earth science data sets and services relevant to global change research.
• Go-Geo!
  Geospatial information and services for those in education and research.
• ICE Biological Inventory Databases
  Species inventories of plants and animals reported from Biosphere Reserves.
• Information Bridge
  Full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences.
• Infoterra
  International directory of sources of environmental information.
• National Climatic Data Center
  NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data.
• National Sea Grant Library
  Marine, coastal and Great Lakes information.
• Nature Precedings
  Pre-publication research and preliminary findings
• Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submission database (TSCATS)
  Information on unpublished technical reports submitted by industry to the U.S. EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
• Tree Conservation Database
  Information on the conservation status of tree species worldwide.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service On-Line Databases
  FWRS has six databases which may be accessed via the Internet.
• World Biodiversity Database
  Taxonomic database and information system documenting all known species.
• World Lakes Database
  Environmental and socio-economic data on lakes and reservoirs around the world.

Online Maps and Encyclopaedias

• Atlapedia Online
  Full colour physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
• Digimap
  Gives online access to Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection, Geology Digimap and Historic Digimap.
  Click on the Log-in via UK federation button and select Keele University from the drop-down list.
• Landmap
  Orthorectified satellite image mosaics of Landsat, SPOT and ERS radar data and a high resolution Digital Elevation Model for the British Isles.
• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
  Features an archive of more than 230,000 maps in various formats.

Search Engines and Gateways

• Google Scholar
  Use Google to search specifically for scholarly literature.
• Intute
  Gateway to evaluated, quality internet resources.  Subjects covered include: Geography and environment; Agriculture, food and forestry; Biological sciences; Physical sciences.
• Scientific Web Plus
  Science-based web search engine.
• Scirus
  Comprehensive science-specific search engine.

Newspapers

The following services provide full-text access to a large number of newspapers:

• ProQuest UK News Stand
  Provides the searchable full-text of articles published in around 30 UK newspapers including The Times, Telegraph, Guardian and The Independent.
• Nexis UK
  A news and business service which includes around 12,000 publications, including worldwide, national and local newspapers.
• The Times Digital Archive
  Search the complete digital edition of The Times from 1785-2006. The entire newspaper is captured with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.

E-Books

To search for e-books held by the Library, use the Library Catalogue and change the 'View Entire Collection' option to 'Electronic Resources'.  E-books can be read in full, online, 24-hours a day.  The following e-book collections may also be useful:

• Dawsonera (click here for off-campus access)
• MyiLibrary (click here for off-campus access)
• EBSCO eBooks Collection (click here for off-campus access)

Our E-books Quick Guide will help you get started.

Theses

To search for theses held in the Library, use the Library Catalogue Advanced Search and set the material type to "THESIS".  The following resources may also be of use:

• ETHOS
  The British Library ETHOS project provides electronic access to research theses from many UK universities.
• Index to Theses
  A searchable listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. You can only access the Index to Theses from computers on the Keele network.
• NDLTD – Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
  Details of theses and dissertations from universities in the United States and worldwide.
• PhDData
  An index of doctoral dissertations in progress around the world.

• Internet Detective
  A free online tutorial offering practical advice on evaluating the quality of websites.
• RefWorks
  This is an online reference management software tool which can be used to import, manage and save references from your research, enabling easy creation of bibliographies.  See our Refworks information page for further details.
  View the Quick Guide to Using Refworks 
• Zetoc
  Use this site to set up "table of contents" email alerts to your inbox when new issues of journals are published.