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Finding Journals--Most Important
The databases below are subject guides to journals, magazines, newspapers, and so on. For more choices see the Library home page.
Note: if you already know the specific article you want, use Journal Finder. See the box on the left of this page.
- Science Direct-Full text of journals covering science, technology, medicine, and many of the social science
Useful for earth sciences, environment, ecology, remote sensing, GIS, and some aspects of urban planning
-1995 to present but varies by title - GEOBASE (Access ends 12/31/2010)-Abstracts of articles covering cartography, geology, climatology, geography, urban planning, regional studies, and remote sensing
-International in scope
-Limited availability of items in Jackson Library. Use ILL
-1980 to present - Web of Science-Indexes thousands of peer-reviewed science and social science journals
-No full text. May link to full text via Journal Finder
-Citation database: references cited by the authors of the jorunal articles they cover
-Cited reference search: find articles from journals citing a book or an article
-Includes Socail Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index
-1955 to present - AGRICOLA (via National Agricultural Library)-Covers every major agricultural subject including natural resources, ecology, water resources, water pollution, etc.
-International in scope
-1970 to present - Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)-Large, interdisciplinary, full-text database covering thousands of magazines and journals
-Selected topics: urban studies, earth sciences, city planning, weather
-Coverage varies by title with some pdf content dating back as far as 1887 - JSTOR-Full text of several key geography and population journals
-Coverage begins with the first issue but does not include the last 3-5 years - LexisNexis Academic -Full text articles from thousands of journals, magazines, media transcripts, domestic and foreign newspapers, newsletters, etc.
-Especially useful for information and geographical events specific to a particular city or region
-Legal materials: all federal and state statutes and case law; law journals
-Business materials: journals and company information
-Dates of coverage vary by title
-For finding geographic specific sources, click on the blue i ball above
Finding Journals: Other Useful Databases
- Business Source Premier (EBSCO)Considerable full text for several thousand business and economic journals
-Useful for economic geography, business-oriented GIS issues, industrial site selection, regional development, travel industry, transportation economics, etc. - Newspaper Source Plus-Full text for hundreds of U.S. and international newspapers plus newswires and columns
-Includes the NY Times
-Most titles begin from the late 1990's - Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals-Comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, and historic preservation
-Coverage is from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the present - PAIS International (Public Affairs)-Brief abstracts to public affairs oriented periodical articles, government publications, books and materials with limited distribution
-Worldwide coverage for public affairs, public policy, law, environment, demography and statistics
-1972+ - Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
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