Geography

Key Databases

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an on demand TV and radio service for education.
It allows staff and students to record programmes from over 65 free-to-air channels, and search an extensive archive.
You may only access or use BoB in the United Kingdom.

Access: Students and staff and Partner staff based at University of Wolverhampton campuses and only UK based distance learners with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: Partner students and staff at international partner institutions and distance learners outside the UK cannot access this database

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Digimap
Online maps and mapping data of Great Britain, at a series of pre-defined scales; includes collections from Ordnance Survey and Landmark. A registration form will need to be completed when a user accesses Digimap for the first time; this takes two working days to process, before Digimap can be used.

Access: All students and staff with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: None

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European Newsstream
(Formerly UK Newsstand). Full text access to a collection of archived, searchable European, British national and regional newspapers, updated daily.

Access: Students and staff based at University of Wolverhampton campuses and all distance learners with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: Partner students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot access this database

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GreenFILE
Focuses on the impact of humans on the environment, covering global warming, sustainable agriculture, green building and renewable energy.

Access: Students and staff based at University of Wolverhampton campuses and all distance learners with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: Partner students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot access this database

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Humanities International Complete
Full text journals, books and other published sources, covering all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content.

Access: Students and staff based at University of Wolverhampton campuses and all distance learners with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: Partner students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot access this database

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Passport
This online market research tool monitors industry trends and gives you strategic analysis and a market size and market share database for all your products across all your key countries. Passport is Euromonitor International's global market analysis software platform, which analyses the industry in countries around the world.

Access: All students and staff with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: None

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UK Data Archive (UKDA)
The UK data archive (UKDA) is curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the United Kingdom. The collection includes over 5,000 datasets relating to contemporary and historical society with data acquired from the academic, public, and commercial sectors. UKDA also provides guidance and training on how to manage, store and share data.

Access: All students and staff with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: None

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UKBORDERS
Boundary maps of the UK to download.

Access: All students and staff with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: None

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Web Pages

Royal Geographical Society

British Geological Survey

OpenGeoscience

CIA World Factbook