Geographic Information Systems Results
* Includes peer reviewed content
- Academic Search Complete*
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Multi-disciplinary article database including full-text for more than 7,800 peer-reviewed titles. (Provider: EBSCO)
Article Databases (multiple subjects)
- EBSCOhost*
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Combined search of EBSCO’s academic, general, health, business, and vocational journal databases. Includes scholarly and peer reviewed articles as well as general interest magazines and consumer information. (Provider: EBSCO)
- JSTOR*
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An archive of full-text articles from over 400 scholarly journals. JSTOR does not include the most recent few years of the journals. (Provider: JSTOR)
- Newspaper Source Plus
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Over 1000 local, national, and international newspapers in full-text. Also includes news transcripts from ABC, CBS, CNN, PBS, and more. (Provider: EBSCO)
- ProQuest Newspapers
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Full-text access to the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor. (Provider: ProQuest)
Reference Databases (multiple subjects)
- Biography Reference Bank
- Covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images. Includes biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches and obituaries. (Provider: EBSCO)
- CQ Researcher
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Special reports, published weekly, on current controversial topics. (Provider: CQ Press)
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Multi-subject reference guides and encyclopedias (Provider: Gale)
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context
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A multimedia database with in-depth analysis of thousands of social issues. Includes essays, journal articles, images, videos, podcasts, and more. A companion to the Opposing Viewpoints book series. (Provider: Gale)
- Oxford Reference Online
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Contains over 250 reference works published by Oxford University Press. (Provider: Oxford University Press)
- Points of View Reference Center
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A database of resources that present multiple sides of a current issue. Includes point/counterpoint essays, videos, primary source documents, news transcripts, and more. (Provider: EBSCO)
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
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Basic-level, general encyclopedia. (Provider: EBSCO)
Recommended Free Websites
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- American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing:
- Association of American Geographers
- California Geographic Information Association
- California Geoportal (Geospatial data resources from CA.gov)
- Careers: Cartographers and Photogrammetrists (Occup. Outlook Handbook)
- Careers: Geographic Information Systems Technicians (O*NET)
- Careers: Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists (O*NET)
- Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in GIS, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
- Dictionary of GIS Terms (ESRI)
- GIS Internet Resources (U.S. Army Geospatial Center compilation)
- Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association
- National States Geographic Information Council
- U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee - FGDC
- U.S. Geological Survey - National Geospatial Program
- United Nations Geographical Information Working Group
- United Nations Initiatives on Global Geospatial Information