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Databases for finding journal articles (Geography)

Other Useful Databases for Geography

Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Indexes doctoral dissertations accepted at accredited U.S. institutions since 1861. It selectively covers Master's Theses, Canadian dissertations, and British and other European dissertations going back to 1637. Nearly half of the records link to the full-text document.
Subject Coverage:
covers the complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions
Dates of Coverage:
1637 to present (for selected British and European dissertations)
1861 to present (for indexing of U.S. dissertations)
July 1980 to present (for dissertations with abstracts)
January 1988 to present (for Master's Theses with abstracts)
1997 to present (for the full-text of most dissertations)
2013 to present (for indexing and full-text of theses produced at Morehead State University)
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 3,800,000 records
more than 1.700.000 full-text documents
European Views of the Americas This link opens in a new window
Provides a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
Subject Coverage:
botany, the Catholic Church, commerce, economics, fisheries, geography, Indians, Jesuits, law, mineral resources, navigation, pirates, shipping, slave-trade, tobacco
Dates of Coverage:
1493-1750
Update Frequency:
unknown
Size:
more than 32,000 records
GeoRef This link opens in a new window
Is an international index for geology and earth sciences that covers more than 3,500 currently published periodicals (with a historical total of about 22,000 periodicals). It can be searched using latitudes and longitudes.
Subject Coverage:
geology & earth sciences
Dates of Coverage:
1785 to present (for records from North America)
1933 to present (for international records)
Update Frequency:
biweekly
Size:
more than 2,609,700 records
Notes:
Abstracts are included in records between 1961 and 1974. The database grows by more than 60,000 records annually.
GPO govinfo This link opens in a new window
Contains the full-text of many government documents. It updates and replaces GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) website.
Subject Coverage:
covers numerous subject areas
Dates of Coverage:
1994 to present
SAGE Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
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Offers comprehensive information on research methodology primarily in the social sciences (but in other disciplines as well) taken from hundreds of publications by SAGE.
Subject Coverage:
research methodology
Dates of Coverage:
unknown
Update Frequency:
annually (in December)
Size:
more than 100,000 pages of content
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
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Is an online collection of mostly scientific scholarly journals and reference books.
Subject Coverage:
covers many subject areas within the sciences but is particularly strong in: life sciences, engineering, earth sciences, pharmacology, and textiles
Dates of Coverage:
unavailable
Update Frequency:
unavailable
Size:
more than 2,900 journals (for citations)
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to historical U.S. Census data. It includes reporting and mapping tools.
Subject Coverage:
demography
Dates of Coverage:
1790 to present
Update Frequency:
unknown
Size:
unknown

Tutorial:
https://socialexplorer.libguides.com/socialexplorer