Outdoor Studies

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We have selected some key eresources and individual journal titles to help you locate relevant material for your subject.

Eresources

Eresources allow you to search across multiple sources at one time eg a range of journal articles. Some eresources are subject specific and provide more tailored results.

In addition to these key eresources you can also explore our full A-Z of eresources.

Eresource		Description
Main Collections
	Academic Search Complete	A multi disciplinary journals database which includes material on outdoor studies, adventure, learning etc.
		Full text journal articles in the areas of leadership and development, marketing, sustainability etc
	Digimap	Digimap is an online map and data delivery service. Digimap provides a number of collections, including Ordnance Survey, historical, geological, LiDAR and marine maps and spatial data.
	Education Source	Education Source contains full text to over 1,800 journals and over 550 books and monographs.  It is the world’s largest and most complete collection of full text educational journals, covering all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education. Watch this video to learn how to use and search in Education Source:Watch 'Eresources for Education - Education Source' | Microsoft Stream
	Environment Complete	A database of over 2100 journal titles, 820 of which are full text covering agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts and urban planning
	Environment and Sustainability	A range of handbooks on the topics of environment & sustainability.
	Greenfile	Articles, some full text, on climate, agriculture, green building, pollution and other enivirnmental topics.
	Hospitality and Tourism Complete	Articles and more on topics such as adventure tourism and outdoor recreation
	PsycARTICLES	Psychology based articles on outdoor and adventure risk, health, therapy etc.
	SportDiscus	Full text database, plus index and abstracts covering journal articles, monographs and theses on sport, sport medicine, fitness and related disciplines.
	Sciencedirect	Many articles on the environment, leadership, outdoors and related topics.
Other Useful Collections
		From the depths of the oceans to the Antarctic Ice cap, from a firsthand view of evolution in animals and plants to Cretaceous Alaska and far-flung corners of the globe, the BBC Landmark Video Collection is your groundbreaking exclusive HD view into our natural world.
	Biodiversity Heritage Library	The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.”
	Bioline	A not-for-profit scholarly publishing cooperative committed to providing open access to quality research journals published in developing countries. Subject areas include crop science, tropical medicine, biodiversity, public health and international development.
	BioOne	Full text access to titles from independent publishers focused in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
		The SAGE Premier collection consists of over 640 peer-reviewed journals from SAGE Publications in the fields of business, the humanities, the social sciences, science, technology, and medicine. Articles from January 1999 to the present are available in full text.
	ProQuest SciTech Premium	The SciTech Premium Collection includes the Natural Science Collection and the Technology Collection and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more.
	Statista	Statistics and Studies from more than 22,500 Sources
	Taylor and Francis Journals Online	Taylor & Francis Online is the journal content platform for the Taylor & Francis Group. The platform gives online access to all journals from Taylor & Francis and Routledge.
	Web of Science	Access to the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

Market Intelligence Sources
	Mintel	Use Mintel to understand consumer and business to business market sectors in the UK, Europe and selected countries further afield. Gives market sizes, market trends, consumer behaviour, major players. Graphs and charts can be exported to use in reports (Not available via Onesearch)
	Mintel Market Sizes	A statistical database allowing you to find the market size and segmentation for eg the beer market in Australia plus socioeconomic data too. (Not available via Onesearch)
	Statista	A statistics, market research and business and compnay data website containing various reports on countries globally. Covers 600 industries and 50+ countries eg Smartphone global market share report 2009-2019. Company data includes basic financials and background reports for major players. Graphs and charts can be exported to use in reports.  (Not searchable via Onesearch)

Individual Journal Titles

Browse or search inside key journal titles for your subject below. For a full range of titles check our A-Z of journals via Journals Search.