Selected Resources for: Geography
 | Subject Librarian: Kristi Jensen E-Mail: kjensen@umn.edu Subject Description:This subject covers: the scientific study of the Earth's surface. Geography describes and analyzes the spatial variations in physical, biological, and human phenomena that occur on the surface of the globe and treats their interrelationships and their significant regional patterns. (From Britannica Online) |
Abstracts and Indexes
* Premier Resources *Geobase   Index to worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology. Provides good coverage of the literature of landscape architecture that deals with restoration and rehabilitation ecology. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
| GeoRef Index to the worldwide literature of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, paleontology, hydrogeology , hydrology, and mineralogy. Publication types covered include journal articles, books, conference proceedings, government publications, theses, reports, and maps. Provides citations, with a small percentage accompanied by abstracts. Produced by the American Geological Institute. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Left Index Provides access to the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondary emphasis on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. Topics covered include politics, economics, the labor movement, ecology and environment, women's studies, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Population Index Primary reference tool to the world's population literature. Covers books, journal articles, working papers and other documents on population topics. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Web of Science (ISI) Web of Science is the Web interface for the ISI Citation Index products which cover over 11,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Titles of the print equivalent are: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Coverage runs from 1975 to the present. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| Academic Search Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| LexisNexis Academic (ON CAMPUS USE ONLY) LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MasterFile Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for 2700 titles. This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 357 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,132 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier offers PDF backfiles as far back as 1975. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ProQuest Newsstand This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. ProQuest Newsstand provides indexing and abstracting for 150 full-text titles, plus another 200 regional news sources. Full-text titles include The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Barron's, The Boston Globe, The Christian, Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and other newspapers of record. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs| Digital Dissertations (online) Coverage: 1861 - present (Doctoral dissertations) 1962 - present (Masters theses). Description: Dissertations and theses from over 1000 universities. Doctoral dissertations are indexed for almost all North American graduate schools and many European universities. Masters theses from selected schools only. Provides bibliographic citations for older titles. Abstracts are included for dissertations since 1980 and for masters theses since 1988.
Some dissertations, beginning with 1997 publication dates, are available digitally.
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| MNCAT Classic Search MNCAT, the libraries' catalog, to find books, journals, maps, and almost any resource owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| WorldCat This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education Covers all subjects. Provides bibliographic citations of books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films and machine-readable data files published worldwide. Provides holdings information for nearly 30,000 libraries. Producer/Publisher is OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 65 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Atlases & Maps| Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 : Minnesota Sanborn fire insurance maps are the most frequently consulted maps in both public and academic libraries. Sanborn maps are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. This collection covers Minnesota towns and cities from 1867-1970. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| geodata.gov The geodata.gov portal, also known as the Geospatial One-Stop, serves as a public gateway for improving access to geospatial information and data under the Geospatial One-Stop e-government initiative. The geodata.gov portal is designed to facilitate communication and sharing of geographic data and resources to enhance government efficiency and improve citizen services. Geospatial One-Stop is one of 24 e-government initiatives sponsored by the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to enhance government efficiency and to improve citizen services. This portal will make it easier, faster and less expensive for all levels of government and the public to access geospatial information. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| National Atlas of the United States Created by the U.S. Department of the Interior, this interactive map tool allows users to create their own maps of areas within the 50 states according to a number of variables, including geology, environment, people, agriculture and biology. The site also provides access to introductory articles that span a wide variety of geographic and cartographic topics. You'll need a fairly up-to-date version of Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator, but no special software. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Biographical Sources
| Biographical Dictionary of Geography [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Country Studies
| World Factbook Published annually, this brief guide profiles the economy, government, land, demographics, communications, and national defense establishments of 191 nations and other political entities. Prior years may be accessed via the guide World Factbook. Tables of data items in each country's profile can be viewed from the Notes and Definitions link. Click on the term being defined and a table for all countries will appear. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Dictionaries
| Dictionary of Human Geography, The Intended "to provide students and others with a general series of philosophical and theoretical frameworks for situating, understanding and interrogating the modern lexicon" of human geography. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Modern Dictionary of Geography Intended to "provide a comprehensive guide to, and in many instances an explanation of the principles, concepts and terminology of modern school geography." [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects. Also includes links to related Internet resources, and the Britannica Book of the Year. Search tip: When combining words in search, capitalize AND. For example: revolution AND 1848. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Electronic Texts| SourceOECD SourceOECD is the online publications portal of the 30-country Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It contains the full text of all OECD publications and statistical databases. Statistics generally cover 1960 - present; some earlier years may be available. Statistics also focus primarily on member countries. See Getting Started With SourceOECD for help using SourceOECD. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions
News Sources| PressDisplay Full-page digital archive updated daily with current news from 650 national and international newspapers. Rolling 90-day archive. A number of newspapers feature translation, audio and more (example: Le Figaro). Tip: Quickly browse sources using the Select Title-dropdown in the upper right corner. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Statistics and Data
Statistical Resources| American FactFinder This is a data distribution system from the Bureau of the Census that will be the primary distribution locale for 2000 Census data. American FactFinder offers the capability to browse, search, and map data from many Census Bureau sources: the 1990 Census, the 1997 Economic Census, the American Community Survey, and other sources. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Writing Guides
| Geowriting : a guide to writing, editing, and printing in earth science [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| QuickStudy -- Citing Sources QuickStudy: Library Research Guide from the University of Minnesota provides examples online for APA, MLA and Turabian styles, including how to cite electronic sources. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Library Information
Primary Subject LocationMain repository for cartographic materials, including thousands of maps, atlases, and aerial photographs. The Automated Cartographic Information Center provides access to digital spatial data, allowing library patrons to create and print their own maps.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: S-76 Wilson Library
Telephone: Reference: (612) 624-4549; Automated Cartographic Info. Center: (612) 625-9024
Main URL: http://map.lib.umn.edu/
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/OMWL/index.html
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