Geography Databases
Recommended starting places
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
(article index)
A large academic multi-disciplinary database providing indexing for over 8,000 journals and full text for nearly 4,700 (including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals). PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for some journals.
AccessScience (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)
(reference resource, e-books)
Includes articles from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, research updates, thousands of illustrations, Science News headlines, biographies, and more.
Oxford Reference - Dictionary of Geography
(reference resource, e-books)
ProQuest Research Library
(article index)
1971-present. Covers scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers in a broad range of subjects.
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Google Scholar
(article index, e-books)
Google Scholar, currently in development, searches for scholarly materials (peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles) from sources such as academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, and universities.
SimplyMap
SimplyMap is a mapping application that lets users develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables. You must create a personal login in order to use SimplyMap.
Web of Science (ISI)
(article index)
Web of Science includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index (2004-present), Science Citation Index (1999-present), and Social Sciences Citation Index (1965-present). It offers bibliographic citations and cited references from a broad range of disciplines, and is useful as a citation analysis tool.
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