Geography and Earth Science Resources Essential Resources | Additional Resources | Multidisciplinary Library Databases | Public Websites |
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Times Atlas of the World, 10th ed., 1999 (the best
of many world atlases)
Rand McNally Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide,
137th ed., 2 volumes, 2006
Penguin Dictionary of Geography, 2003
Environmental Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 2 volumes,
2003
Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia,
2 volumes, 2003
Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd
ed., 2003
Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 3 volumes, 1998
Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America, 11
volumes, 1991
Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, 2 volumes, 2004
A Practitioner’s Guide to GIS Terminology, 2000
Antarctica and the Arctic: The Complete Encyclopedia,
2001 (one of many encyclopedias devoted to a specific
geographic areas)
Historical Maps on File, 2 volumes, 2002
Encyclopedia of World Climatology, 2005
Natural Disasters, revised ed., 2002
Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, 2004
Historical Atlas of Central Europe, revised and
expanded edition, 2002 (one of many historical atlases
of place)
The World Atlas of Wine, 5th ed., 2001 (one of
many atlases on spatial distribution of a definable
activity or event)
Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change
and Human Society, 2 volumes, 2002
Our Earth’s Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use
and Land-Cover Change, 2 volumes, 2006
Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2004 |
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eHRAF Archaeology (HRAF)
(formally eHRAF Collection of Archaeology):
Over 50,000 pages in over 690 full-text documents, indexed by subject to
facilitate comparative archaeological studies within and across regions.
Each tradition file consists of a general summary and full-text
sources including books, journal articles, dissertations, and
manuscripts. Coverage: Over 41 major traditions. Updated: annually.
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eHRAF
World Cultures (HRAF) (formally eHRAF Collection of
Ethnography):
A cross-cultural database that contains
over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and
social life. eHRAF is the online portion, covering
approximately 150 cultures. Together with the corresponding
microfiche set (Murphy Library basement), over 400 cultures are
covered. Updated: annually.
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GEOBASE
(FirstSearch):
Citations and abstracts from international
journal articles covering all aspects of: geography, geology, and ecology. Coverage: 1980 to
present. Updated: monthly.
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AGRICOLA
(FirstSearch):
From the National Agricultural Library, U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture (USDA). Index to 850 journals and other materials relating to all aspects of agriculture,
forestry, and animal science. Coverage: 1970 to present. Updated:
monthly.
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ArcExplorer (ESRI):
A (freely available) lightweight GIS data viewer software program.
Used for a variety of display, query, and data retrieval applications
and supports a wide variety of standard data sources. Found on
Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area.
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Atlas of the World (Hammond): Easy to use map of the
world. Zooms in to city level. Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the
reference area. This is the online version of the
Hammond World Atlas.
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CensusDVD Research Package (GeoLytics):
Census 2000 Data: Long Form, Short Form, Short Form Blocks,
Redistricting, Redistricting Blocks. Normalized Data: Neighborhood
Change Database 1970-2000, 1990 Long Form in 2000 Boundaries. Historic
Data: 1970 Long Form, 1980 Long Form, 1990 Long Form, 1990 Blocks. Found on
the Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area.
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GEOBIB
(Online Geographical Bibliography): From the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. An online bibliography to the
literature of geography. It contains entries appearing in Current
Geographical Publications. Coverage: 1985 to present.
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Historical U.S. County Boundary Files
1790-1999 (LSU Geoscience Publications):
The HUSCO dataset contains ArcView shapefile format U.S. county
boundary files for each decade from 1790 through 1990, and also 1999.
Files include county and state names and identification numbers. Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the
reference area.
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IEEE Xplore (IEEE/IEE)
Use this resource to locate literature
published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) and the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE). Contents
include IEEE and IEE journals, IEE conference proceedings and IEEE
standards. Subjects covered include engineering, computer science,
biology, chemistry, physics, etc. Coverage: 1988 to present with select
materials from 1950 to 1988. Updated: continuously.
Basic Search Tips
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LandView (U.S. Census Bureau):
A desktop mapping system that searches and maps selected information
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Census Bureau, and
the U.S. Geological Survey. Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the
reference area.
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Science Accelerator
(U.S. Dept. of Energy):
Find
scientific research & development results, project descriptions, and
more. This search engine covers individual government
databases including:
Information Bridge,
E-Print Network,
Science Conference
Proceedings, R&D
Accomplishments,
Energy Citations
Database, R&D Project
Summaries, EPA
Science Inventory (SI), NIH
Computer Retrieval of
Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP), NSF
Award Abstracts, SBA
Technology Resources Network
(TECH-Net), USDA
Current Research Information System (CRIS),
DOepatents,
and EnergyFiles.
Coverage: variable.
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 Science Citation Index
Expanded (Web of
Science):
Indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific
disciplines. Can also be used to find other articles citing a specific
article (footnotes in reverse). Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
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Note: To search only the Science
Citation Index Expanded, click the change limits link
towards the bottom of the screen and uncheck the boxes for
the Arts & Humanities Index and Social Sciences Citation
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Science
Online:
A weekly online publication that covers scientific training, career
development, and the science job market. Includes the online version
of Science
Magazine. One of the most well read journals in the field.
Published the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Coverage: 1997 to present. Also provides access to free content such
ScienceCareers.org,
STKE, and the four most recent weeks of
ScienceNOW news
stories. Updated: weekly.
We have a trial of Science
Classic (1880-1996) until the end of the semester.
Please share your comments or suggestions about this content by
filling out our database
evaluation form or contact
Jen Holman,
Acquisitions Librarian directly.
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Sourcebook·America (ESRI):
Detailed demographic information
along with consumer expenditure data for the entire United States. Includes The Sourcebook of ZIP Code
Demographics and The Sourcebook of County Demographics.
Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference
area.
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Topo USA (DeLorme):
Topo USA is a two and three dimensional mapping software for the
United States that includes maps for rural/natural and urban areas.
This resource can be used to locate hiking trails, roads, water ways,
mountain rages, etc. Found on Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference
area.
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Zip Search: Found on the
Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area.
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Multidisciplinary Library Databases: |
These full-text
resources also include information related to this subject area:
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of
scholarly and popular periodicals.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of
mostly popular periodicals, some scholarly, newspapers, and more.
LexisNexis Academic. Includes full text of popular, scholarly,
trade, and professional periodicals, and much more.
CQ Researcher. For in-depth reports on current and past topics
in all subject areas.
JSTOR. For reliable access to full text of articles from more
than 490 periodicals more than 2-5 years old.
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Public Websites: |
The following web resources were selected by librarians:
Geography and Earth Science
Web sites A directory listing of sites.
ACME
Mapper (a front-end for Microsoft's
Terraserver)
Census Bureau Map Products
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
(CASA)
Converting Addresses to/from
Latitude/Longitude in One Step
Digital Library in Earth System Education
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
ESRI
Virtual Campus
Geodata.gov
The "Geospatial One-Stop." Includes
data, documents, and resources.
Geographic Information Systems A directory listing of related
sites.
Geography Network
Geology.com
GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
Foreign geographic feature names as
recognized by the U.S. government
The National Atlas
of the United States of America
A project of the U.S. Geological Survey, with many
public and private partners.
The National Map
From the U.S.
Geological Survey.
PCL
Map Collection
Perry-Castaneda Library, University of Texas at
Austin
Science.gov
Scirus
(science-specific web search engine)
TimeMap
TopoZone
(Maps a la carte, Inc.)
UT Library
Online Map Collection
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