Geography

Subject Specific Databases

GeoRef

Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Produced by the American Geological Institute, this database is a comprehensive geoscience database containing over 2.6 million bibliographic records from more than 3,000 journals and other sources.

Related and Interdisciplinary Databases

ADS Abstract Service
The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 4 million records. Covers Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics and Geophysics, and ArXiv preprints. (Generally 1975 to present)

AGRICOLA (FirstSearch) Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Citations to journal articles in agriculture, nutrition, and related fields of biology, ecology, and natural science. (1970 to present)

American Periodicals Series Online Requires Library ID when used off-campus

This unique and valuable collection includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century. (1741-1900)

Applied Science and Technology Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Citations and abstracts of journal articles in applied science and technology. (1983 to present)

Article1st Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Citations and many complete articles from 12,000 journals in all subjects. (Generally, 1990 to present)

Biosis Previews Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Multidata Search <Repeat Search
Citations to worldwide literature in biology, life sciences, environmental and biomedical research. (1969 to present)

Clase and Periodica Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals in the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English languages from 24 Latin American and Caribbean countries. (1978 to present)

Dissertation Abstracts Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Citations and abstracts for dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe. (1861 to present)

EBSCO Academic Search Premier Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Indexes over 8,000 periodicals, providing full text for over 4,500 titles covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more.

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Citations and abstracts on environmental science and pollution management. (1994 to present)

GeoBase Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Citations and abstracts of worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology. (1980 to present)

GreenFile Requires Library ID when used off-campus

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.

InfoTrac Expanded Academic Index ASAP Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Abstracts and many complete articles from scholarly and general-interest journals in the social sciences, humanities and nontechnical sciences. (1980 to present)

IngentaConnect Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Most current source of article citations in all subject areas from 25,000 publications (1988 to present). Previously known as CARL Uncover.

JSTOR Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Digital archive of over 1,000 core academic journals. A complete archive of titles digitized starting with the very first issue of the journal. Browse Titles

Lexis-Nexis Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Fulltext access to a wide range of newspapers, business, legal, medical and political information, both foreign and domestic. Includes New York Times. (1980 to present)

Making of America (Cornell University) Includes some full-text articles

Fulltext of selected nineteenth-century American journal articles. An important body of primary sources pertaining to American social history. (roughly 1800-1925)

Making of America (University of Michigan) Includes some full-text articles

Fulltext of selected nineteenth-century American books. An important body of primary sources pertaining to American social history in many subject areas: education, religion, history, sociology, technology, science. (roughly 1800-1925)

MathSciNet Requires Library ID when used off-campus

A comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. Provides access to the bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature contained in the Mathematical Reviews Database.

Readers' Guide Retrospective Requires Library ID when used off-campus

Index to popular periodical resources covering a wide range of topics. Readers` Guide Retrospective provides indexing from 1890-1982.

Statesman's Yearbook Requires Library ID when used off-campus

An electronic version of the printed book, this database provides coverage of history, politics, economics, trade and infrastructure for each country. It also provides extensive reading lists and web links for further research.