Natural, Geographical & Applied Sciences (NGAS)
Online Resources
We provide a wide range of electronic resources to support your research and studies. They are available 24/7 and this information will guide you to appropriate resources.
To help you get started and access the most relevant information for your research you will find:
- key collections of essential journals for your subject, many available in full text
- specialist sources of subject-specific data and information
- wider research resources, useful if you need to search across a number of disciplines
We also have access to full text newspapers and on-line dictionaries and for wider reading we have an extensive collection of e-books; please use our General Resources pages for more information and access. For more help with e-resources please see our frequently asked questions.
The Library Catalogue will give you access to all resources - print, e-resources and your module reading list.
RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management tool that allows you to create a database of references. References can be added manually or imported from electronic journal collections and Google Scholar. For more information take a look at the RefWorks Guide.
Key Collections
Science Direct Journals
Science Direct is a resource that offers full text Journal articles for subjects, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and also Humanities.
Wiley Online Library Journals
Wiley online Library is a multidisciplinary resource that covers the full spectrum of science, medicine, technology, business, social sciences, and the humanities.
Web of Science - Science Citation Index
Science Citation Index is a resource that indexes journals from all science disciplines, including mathematics, computing, physics and astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, biological sciences and medicine. It does not contain full text.
Specialist Sources
Digimap
Digimap provides Ordnance Survey digital map data and high quality cartographic products direct to the desktop. This resource allows UK Higher Education students to view and print maps of any location in Great Britain at a series of predefined scales.
Digimap Historic
Historic Digimap provides access to view and print historic maps. This resource combines Contemporary and historic search tools allowing a search for contemporary postcodes or historic parish and county names.
Geology Digimap
Geology Digimap provides access to view and print geological maps. The maps you view can be downloaded to your computer for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS) or image processing software.
Land Map
The Landmap Service provides UK academia with a high quality spatial data download service which is enhanced and supported by a range of learning materials.
Marine Digimap
Marine Digimap provides access to view and print Charted Raster. This resource allows you to search for and download marine maps or Hydrospatial data for your area of interest.
Wider Research
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier is a large multidisciplinary database offering a wide range of full text peer reviewed journal articles, indexes and abstracts. This scholarly resource provides information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
Springer Journals
Springer Journals are accessed through the resource SpringerLink which is an integrated full-text multidisciplinary database for journals and books published by Springer. This resource is of particular use to Business and Social Science related disciplines.
Swetswise Journals
Swetswise Journals are a large collection of multidisciplinary Journals from a variety of publishers. This resource is useful for researchers from a number of disciplines including Business, Sport, Social & Physiological Sciences and Natural, Geographical & Applied Sciences.
Taylor and Francis Journals
Taylor & Francis Journals are a collection of multidisciplinary journals covering subjects from Arts, Humanities, Computer Sciences, Social Sciences, Geography, Sports and many more.
Taylor and Francis Geography Archive
Taylor & Francis Geography Archive is a small collection of journals with content specifically related to Geography, Planning, Urban and Environment.
ACS Legacy Archive
This is a database of full text, peer reviewed journals published by the American Chemical Society. The collection of chemical science journals particular relate to subject areas of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physical, Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry.
Biosis Citation Index
The index provides access to journals relating to life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation and animal studies. The database does not provide full text access to the journal articles.
Go-Geo
This tool is designed to help you find details about geo-spatial datasets and related resources within Great Britain tertiary education and beyond.
GreenFILE
GreenFILE offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. It includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database is an indexing and abstract database and therefore does not provide access to full text articles.
HighWire Press
This a collection with free full text journals which are generally available 1 year after print in either HTML or PDF format. This database is particularly good for subjects in Biological Sciences, Medical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
Meet the Learning Services Natural, Geographical and Applied Sciences Team
Our aim, in collaboration with academic colleagues, is to support students studying Natural, Geographical and Applied Sciences.
We are based in the top floor office of the University Library at Ormskirk.
We provide inductions, information literacy workshops, and 1-to-1 support. We help you to get the most from the resources and services we provide. We work in partnership with academic colleagues to develop group sessions to help you maximise the resources available to support your studies.
If you have a subject related enaquiry please contact us.
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Academic Liaison Manager
Yvonne Smith
Academic Liaison Librarian
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Learner Support Advisor
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Study Skills Coordinator
Peter Beaumont
Learning Technology Development Officer
Carol Chatten
Learning Technology Development Officer
Support for Specific Learning Difficulties
The Inclusive Services Team, based on the first floor of the University Library provides information, advice, resources and services for students and staff with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD).
Academic Staff
If you're a member of staff looking for advice and support, have a look at the Learning Services wiki.
