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- GeoRef and GeoRef In Process
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and abstracts to articles, books, maps, reports, and other literature on the geosciences.
- GeoRef and GeoRef In Process provide bibliographic citations to journal and conference literature in the geographical and geological sciences. GeoRef covers the geology of North America from 1785 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered. GeoRef In Process contains records that are, literally, in the process of being indexed prior to their integration in the main GeoRef database. The majority of the records originate from non-English language literature that was not necessarily published recently.
- Coverage Dates: 1693-current
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ProQuest-CSA
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=geoo-uga1
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- GeoScienceWorld
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Online access to geoscience publications, and access to GeoRef.
- GeoScienceWorld is a database covering the various geoscience disciplines that provides full text access to over 35 major publications in the geosciences as well as a direct link into GeoRef.
- Coverage Dates: 2000-current
- Updated: Ongoing
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: gsw
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=geow-uga1
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- Anthropological Literature
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Citations to articles, reports, commentaries and obituaries in more than 900 journals and monographic series held in Harvard's Tozzer Library.
- Anthropological Literature indexes articles in periodicals, monograph series, and edited works in archaeology, biological and physical anthropology, cultural and social anthropology and linguistics, and selectively in such related fields as: art, botany, demography, economics, ethno-history, folklore, genetics, geography, geology, history, music, mythology, political science, psychology, religion, sociology. Articles of two or more pages in length are included.
The database includes works held in the Tozzer Library (formerly the Peabody Museum Library) at Harvard University. It is the online version of the quarterly print publication, Anthropological Literature. Produced by the RLG Information Center and the Tozzer Library, Harvard University.
- Coverage Dates: Late 19th century to the present
- Updated: Quarterly
- Title List
- Languages: English, Germanic, Slavic, Romance, and selected Scandinavian languages. Slavic languages are transliterated from Cyrillic.
- Database Provider: OCLC
- 5 concurrent users
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=antr-uga1
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- Anthropological Literature indexes articles in periodicals, monograph series, and edited works in archaeology, biological and physical anthropology, cultural and social anthropology and linguistics, and selectively in such related fields as: art, botany, demography, economics, ethno-history, folklore, genetics, geography, geology, history, music, mythology, political science, psychology, religion, sociology. Articles of two or more pages in length are included.
- CIRRUSWeb (Southeast Regional Climate Center)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Southeast regional weather data.
- CIRRUSWeb provides regional data and products for all of the SERCC's service area: the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Climate data recorded at varying intervals are made available in a timely manner: hourly data are available for over 200 stations, and data from a number of these stations are collected on a daily basis. Over a thousand stations throughout the Southeast U.S. are included in the historical data base. Data and information originate from the National Weather Service Weather Wire, the Climate Analysis Center, the National Climatic Data Center, and state weather networks in the Southeast.
Database providers: Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC), the National Climatic Data Center and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
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- Coverage Dates: 1890 to the present
- Updated: Hourly
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ovid
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xcir-uga1
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- CIRRUSWeb provides regional data and products for all of the SERCC's service area: the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Climate data recorded at varying intervals are made available in a timely manner: hourly data are available for over 200 stations, and data from a number of these stations are collected on a daily basis. Over a thousand stations throughout the Southeast U.S. are included in the historical data base. Data and information originate from the National Weather Service Weather Wire, the Climate Analysis Center, the National Climatic Data Center, and state weather networks in the Southeast.
- Climatological Data
Online Access: On Campus OnlyFrom the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Climatological Data is provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center. While free climatological data are available, a username and password are needed to access other subscription publications. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk to access these datasets.
Subscribed publications include:
- Annual Edited Local Climatological Data, PDF
- Climatological Data, One State
- Edited Local Climatological Data
- Hourly Precipitation Data
- Monthly Climatic Data for the World
- Storm Data
Database provider: The National Climatic Data Center of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: National Climatic Data Center
- Online Access: Available only in the Main and Science Libraries, and the Student Learning Center. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
- Location: Science Library Only
- Available only in the Main and Science Libraries, and the Student Learning Center. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xncd-uga1
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- Climatological Data is provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center. While free climatological data are available, a username and password are needed to access other subscription publications. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk to access these datasets.
- Columbia Gazetteer of the World
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.A database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world.
- The Columbia Gazetteer of the World is a geographical encyclopedia of names, descriptions, and characteristics of places in the world. Entries include: demography; physical geography; political boundaries; industry, trade, and service activities; agriculture; cultural, historical, and archaeological points of interest; transportation lines; longitude, latitude, and elevations; distance to relevant places; pronunciations; official local government place-names and changed or variant names and spellings.
- Coverage Dates: Current
- Updated: Ongoing
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Columbia University Press
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=coli-uga1
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- Ei Engineering Village
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Comprehensive research from engineering journals and conferences.
- Ei Engineering Village 2 is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. About half the citations (from 2600 journals and conferences) include abstracts and indexing in the records. The highest percentages of journal literature are in the fields of chemical and process engineering, computers and data processing, applied physics and electronics and communication. In addition, Ei Engineering Village 2 includes civil and mechanical engineering.
- Coverage Dates: 1970-
- Updated: Weekly
- Database Provider: eng_info
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xeic-uga1
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- Eighteenth Century Collections Online: History & Geography
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Primary source works of history and geography written by eighteenth-century historians and travelers.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online: History & Geography spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and travelers. It is particularly strong in ancient history as well as histories of the British Isles and nations of Europe. Works presenting the British perspective on the settlement of the American colonies and the French Revolution are also included, along with biographies of prominent persons, books on culture and society, and a large number of travel accounts and gazetteers.
- Coverage Dates: 1701-1800
- Updated: Ongoing
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: gale
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=eigt-uga1
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- Environmental Engineering Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.On air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.
- This database covers air and water quality, environmental safety and energy production. Specific topics include water analysis and treatment techniques, treatment of sewage and industrial wastes, mines and quarry equipment, hydroelectric power, internal combustion engines, steam power, heat exchangers, pipes and pipelines, arctic and tropical engineering, sources and control of air pollution, environmental impact and protection, hazardous materials, tidal and wind power, nuclear power plants, thermoelectric energy, turbines, agricultural equipment and methods, coastal engineering.
- See also: zcee:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1990 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
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- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zcee
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- Georgia Aerial Photographs
Online Access: On/Off CampusAerial photographs of Georgia counties.
- Georgia Aerial Photographs provides online access to approximately 50,000 black and white aerial photographs and indexes of forty-seven counties from the state of Georgia. The photographs and indexes, produced from 1938 to the 1980s by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) and the U.S. Geological Survey, are part of the University of Georgia's Map Library's collection. A Digital Library of Georgia database.
- Coverage Dates: 1938-1989
- Database Provider: dlg
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=gaph
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- Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to articles from 1907-1984
- Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective provides high-quality indexing for nearly a century's worth of articles and book reviews from major scholarly journals and specialized magazines. All areas of the social sciences and humanities are covered, and articles are primarily English language. Combine your search with Humanities Index to bring the results up to the present day.
- Coverage Dates: 1907-1984
- Updated: Daily
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: H.W. Wilson
- 4 simultaneous users.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=hume-uga1
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- IHS Standards Expert (IHS)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to commercial standards, including military specifications. Only current ASTM Textiles standards are available in full text.
- Specs and Standards provides online searching for citations to current commercial textiles standards issued by national organizations in the United States (including military specifications), and international organizations.
Only current ASTM (American Society for Testing & Materials) Textiles standards are available in full text.
Search Tip: To find only ASTM standards, enter search terms/document number, and select ASTM from the Browse/Refine search by menu, Organization option. Selecting ASTM initiates the search.
- Coverage Dates: Current specifications.
- Updated: Daily
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: IHS Engineering Products
- Unlimited users for searching; 1 user for viewing full text.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=spec-uga1
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- Specs and Standards provides online searching for citations to current commercial textiles standards issued by national organizations in the United States (including military specifications), and international organizations.
- JSTOR
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals.
- JSTOR provides electronic access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals. The goal of the project is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. The journals are organized into the Arts and Sciences Collections I & II, the General Sciences Collection, the Ecology and Botany Collection, the Business Collection, the Language and Literature Collection, the Mathematics and Statistics Collection, and the Music Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1800s- (dates vary)
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Database Provider: jstor
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjst-uga1
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- Oceanic Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Of worldwide research on marine and brackish-water environments.
- Oceanic Abstracts is focused exclusively on worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment. It is as a leading source of information on topics relating to oceans. The database focuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. Oceanic Abstracts is comprehensive in its coverage of living and non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
- See also: zcoa:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1981 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
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- Languages: English
- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zcoa
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- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1922
Online Access: On/Off CampusFire insurance maps created by the Sanborn Map Company of Georgia cities.
- Sanborn� Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1922 consists of fire insurance maps created by the Sanborn Map Company that depict the commercial, industrial, and residential areas of Georgia cities. The highly-detailed, color-coded maps document the changing face of Georgia cities by depicting not only the community but also each building, block, and neighborhood. The maps detail building construction, sizes, and usage as well as city services such as water and fire services.
- Updated: in process
- Database Provider: dlg
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=sanb
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- Specs and Standards (IHS)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to commercial standards, including military specifications. Only current ASTM Textiles standards are available in full text.
- Specs and Standards provides online searching for citations to current commercial textiles standards issued by national organizations in the United States (including military specifications), and international organizations.
Only current ASTM (American Society for Testing & Materials) Textiles standards are available in full text.
Search Tip: To find only ASTM standards, enter search terms/document number, and select ASTM from the Browse/Refine search by menu, Organization option. Selecting ASTM initiates the search.
- Coverage Dates: Current specifications.
- Updated: Daily
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: IHS Engineering Products
- Unlimited users for searching; 1 user for viewing full text.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=spec-uga1
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- Specs and Standards provides online searching for citations to current commercial textiles standards issued by national organizations in the United States (including military specifications), and international organizations.
- Water Resources Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Of research on water-related topics in the life and physical sciences, as well as engineering and legal aspects of water conservation and management.
- This databases indexes scientific and technical literature on water planning, the water cycle, water quality, and related issues. Topics include arid environments, climatology, water conservation, ecological modeling, ground and surface water hydrology, industrial wastes, increasing water supplies, metropolitan water resources, nuclear radiation, public health, water recreation, remote sensing and water recycling.
- See also: zcwr:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1967 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Title List
- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zcwr
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- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields.
- CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. The serials list of the new database is actively under construction, with a focus on expanding international coverage. Electronic full text may be available for records with ISSNs added to the database since January 2001.
- See also: xwps-uga1:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1975 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ProQuest-CSA
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwps-uga1
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Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Annual Reviews
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium-high for this database to function properly.Critical reviews of scholarly research in the biomedical, physical, and social sciences.
- Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization, provides critical, authoritative reviews of scholarly advances in various fields of science.Annual Reviews can be searched in its entirety or within each of the following suites: Biomedical Science, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
The Biomedical Science Suite is further subdivided as Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Cell and Developmental Biology, Ecology and Systematics, Entomology, Genetics, Genomics and Human Genetics, Immunology, Medicine, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Nutrition, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology, Phytopathology, Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, Psychology, and Public Health.
The Physical Science Suite is further subdivided as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Energy and the Environment, Fluid Mechanics, Materials Science, Nuclear and Particle Science, and Physical Chemistry.
The Social Science Suite is further subdivided as Anthropology, Energy and Environment, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, and Sociology.
- Coverage Dates: 1984- present; Tables of Contents only: 1984-1995; Full Text: 1996- present
- Updated: ongoing
- Languages: English
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xann-uga1
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- Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization, provides critical, authoritative reviews of scholarly advances in various fields of science.Annual Reviews can be searched in its entirety or within each of the following suites: Biomedical Science, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
- ScienceDirect
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from scholarly journals on all the sciences, including the social sciences.
- ScienceDirect provides full text access to scholarly journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries.
- Coverage Dates: 1995 - present (Academic Press journals: 1996 - present)
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Database Provider: Elsevier
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xsdi-uga1
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- Web of Science (at Web of Knowledge)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Provides access to the combined Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
- Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index covering over 8,000 journal. These three databases can be searched separately, in any combination, or all at once. These databases are unique in that the user can search to find which articles have cited a certain author or article. This technique of doing research, called pearl growing, allows researchers to find articles that are related to an earlier work. Often this technique turns up articles which are not found through traditional subject and keyword searches.
- Coverage Dates: 1945- (Science Citation Index); 1956- (Social Science Citation Index); 1975- (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwos-uga1
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Books
- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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- National Academy Press
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Selected titles online. Use the Discovery Engine for words in title or text. Asterisk (*) will truncate.
- URL: http://www.nap.edu/index.html
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- NetLibrary (full-text electronic books)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.A collection of electronic books (eBooks) on most topics, including computers and technology.
- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
Users can create an account in order to use personalization tools, including creating a Favorites list, but a personal account is not required for accessing eBooks through the GALILEO interface. A personal login is required when accessing through library catalogs and through the NetLibrary web site.
NetLibrary Titles Index for Shared Collections 1 and 2 (at SOLINET).
Database provider: NetLibrary, a Division of OCLC.
- Coverage Dates: Currently available
- Updated: Collections are closed.
- Database Provider: netlibrary
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zmnl
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- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
- WorldCat
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Huge catalog of books and other materials held by libraries worldwide.
- The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide.
The OCLC NetFirst database has been integrated into WorldCat. NetFirst bibliographic citations describe Internet-accessible resources, including World Wide Web pages, interest groups, library catalogs, FTP sites, Internet services, electronic journals, and newsletters. NetFirst is no longer available as a separate database.
WorldCat listings include netLibrary ebook records.
- Coverage Dates: Approx. 1000 A.D. to the present
- Updated: Daily
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zowc
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- The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide.
Conference Papers/Proceedings
- Conference Papers Index
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.For scientific and technical proceedings.
- Coverage includes scientific and technical proceedings in animal and plant science, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, experimental medicine, geology, marine science, mathematics, and pharmacology.
- See also: zccp:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1989 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: Cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zccp
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- PapersFirst (conference papers)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of papers presented at conferences.
- The PapersFirst database provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, PapersFirst is a major new research aid, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast proceedings collection since October 1993. Users may order the full text of papers cited in PapersFirst from The British Library using the FirstSearch online ordering service.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zopi
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- ProceedingsFirst (conference proceedings)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of conference proceedings.
- The ProceedingsFirst database provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each ProceedingsFirst record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast collection of conference proceedings.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zop1
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Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- Dictionary of Human Geography 4th ed
Call Number: Main Ref GF4.D52 2000- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Encyclopedia of Earth
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Encyclopedia of Earth is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia of Earth is a searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and are targeted to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as the general public.
- URL: http://www.eoearth.org/
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- Encyclopedia of Earth System Science
Call Number: SciRef QE5.E514 1992- Also available in Main Library Reference Collection, same call number.
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- Facts on File Dictionary of Earth Science
Call Number: SciRef QE5.F318 2000- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Definitions in alphabetical order for terms in the areas of energy, meteorology, geology, ecology, and hydrology. Provides tables, diagrams, and drawings.
- URL: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/contents.html
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- Geographic Names Information System (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States. The Federally recognized name of each feature described in the data base is identified, and references are made to a feature's location by State, county, and geographic coordinates.
- URL: http://geonames.usgs.gov/
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- GEOnet Names Server
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Searchable database of place names and features outside the U.S., developed by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
- URL: http://earth-info.nima.mil/gns/html/index.html
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- Getty Thesaurus of Geographical Names
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Includes latitude and longitude of place names. No maps included.
- URL: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/index.html
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- GIS Dictionary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The dictionary includes definitions for 980 terms compiled from a variety of sources which either relate directly to GIS or which GIS users may come across in the course of their work. The dictionary is also supplemented by 52 diagrams.
- URL: http://www.agi.org.uk/bfora/systems/xmlviewer/default.asp?arg=DS_AGI_TRAINART_70/_firsttitle.xsl/90
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- GPS Glossary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.navtechgps.com/glossary.asp
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- McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Earth Science
Call Number: SciRef QE5.M364 1997- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- Online Dictionary & Glossary in Economic Geography
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/gloss/
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- Penguin Dictionary of Geography 2nd ed.
Call Number: Sci Ref G63.C562 1998- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- Physical Geography: Online Glossary of Terms
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Online glossary that accompanies Fundamentals of Physical Geography.
- URL: http://www.physicalgeography.net/glossary.html
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- Tides and Currents
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This publication is designed primarily for use in connection with the tide and current work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and definitions and descriptions are given in reference to their application or relation to this work. In addition to words and phrases used to describe the tide itself, it contains other terms of technical significance which may have some bearing upon the subject. Also included are the names of a number of scientists of former years who have made important contributions to the development of tidal knowledge.
- URL: http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/
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- University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) Glossary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A dictionary and an encyclopedia with photos, diagrams, and drawings. Subjects include geology, ecology, zoology, life history, botany, and cell biology.
- URL: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary.html
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Directories
- Geographic Information Systems Graduate School Directories
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system, highlighted by a World Wide Web site dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then where necessary, subdivided by geography. Users select their desired curriculum and receive pages of information over their computer through browser software such as Netscape's Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer or America On-line's web browser. Pages contain listings of program providers, both free listings and paid links.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/geoinfosys_menu.html
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- Geography Graduate School Directories
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system, highlighted by a World Wide Web site dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then where necessary, subdivided by geography. Users select their desired curriculum and receive pages of information over their computer through browser software such as Netscape's Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer or America On-line's web browser. Pages contain listings of program providers, both free listings and paid links.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/geography_menu.html
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Government Publications
- Aerial Photography Field Office
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO) is the primary source of aerial imagery for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Over 10,000,000 images are libraried at the APFO, dating from 1955 through the present. Browse this site for information on the availability of imagery for your area of interest. Aerial photographs may be purchased from the APFO.
- URL: http://www.apfo.usda.gov/
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- Environmental Protection Agency
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Environmental Protection Agency is the United States governmental agency charged with protecting human health and the environment. The website contains information on a variety of environmental concerns.
- URL: http://www.epa.gov
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducts research and gathers data about the global oceans, atmosphere, space, and sun, and applies this knowledge to science and service that touch the lives of all Americans.
- URL: http://www.noaa.gov/
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- Online Water-Resources Reports (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Searchable database of selected online publications from USGS including: Bulletin, Circulars, Open-File Reports, Professional Papers, Water-Supply Papers, etc. If your choice is not online, please use GIL@UGA to get call number (J84:??) and location of print copy at the UGA Libraries.
- URL: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/
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- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The USGS provides reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth, minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters, manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect quality of life.
- URL: http://www.usgs.gov/
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Guides/Handbooks
- British Library Companion to Maps and Mapmaking
Call Number: Main Ref GA102 .S74 1995- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Explorers & Discoverers: From Alexander the Great to Sally Ride
Call Number: Main Ref G200 .S22 1995- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Handbook of Texas
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Handbook of Texas Online is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture that includes over 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories. It is designed to provide readers with concise, authoritative, and accessible articles that provide factual, nonpartisan accounts on virtually every aspect of Texas history and culture.
- URL: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/
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- Journal Citation Reports (at Web of Knowledge)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Ranks journals by how often they have been cited. Clear cache & cookies to view most recent reports.
- Journal Citation Reports ranks peer reviewed journals by how often they have been cited. The database has two components: the Science Edition, covering 5,700 journals; and the Social Sciences Edition, covering 1,700 journals. Over 200 disciplines are included.
To help users best compare journals and discover which are the most significant to them, JCR Web provides these data fields:
- Impact factor: Provides a way to evaluate or compare a journal's relative importance to others in the same field.
- Immediacy index: Measures how quickly the average article in a journal is cited, or how often articles published in a journal are cited within the same year.
- Article counts: The number of articles published in a journal in a particular year.
- Cited half-life: Benchmarks the age of cited articles.
- Source data: Provides information on which journals published reviews versus original research articles and how many references each of these published.
- Coverage Dates: Varies by data element
- Updated: Annual
- Languages: English
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- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjcr-uga1
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- Journal Citation Reports ranks peer reviewed journals by how often they have been cited. The database has two components: the Science Edition, covering 5,700 journals; and the Social Sciences Edition, covering 1,700 journals. Over 200 disciplines are included.
- Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) informs people about the population dimensions of important social, economic, and political issues. Its mission is to be the leader in providing timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications.
- URL: http://www.prb.org/
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- Tides Online
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Tides Online page provides users with immediate graphical and tabular water level and meteorological data from the National Ocean Service water level stations located along the projected path of severe storms such as hurricanes.
- URL: http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/
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- UN Environmental Network
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The UNEP.Net portal includes datasets, full text reports, applications, and other resources that provide perspective on various environmental and socioeconomic challenges.
- URL: http://www.unep.net/
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- World Factbook
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials, and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements. Information is provided by Antarctic Information Program, Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Central Intelligence Agency, Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of State, Fish and Wildlife Service, Maritime Administration, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Office of Insular Affairs, Office of Naval Intelligence, US Board on Geographic Names, US Transportation Command, and other public and private sources.
- URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
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- WorldClimate.com
Online Access: On/Off Campus- WorldClimate.com gathers in one place a worldwide range of climate data in an easy-to-use form. Climate data are historical weather averages, showing what the weather was typically like each month, averaged over a range of years. WorldClimate.com is designed for a general audience, for schools, families, travelers and others interested in the general historical weather patterns around their area and around the world.
- URL: http://www.worldclimate.com/
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Maps/Atlases
- Atlas of World Cultures: A Geographical Guide to Ethnographic Literature
Call Number: Main Ref G1046.E1P7 1989- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Digital Map Collection
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The University of California, Berkeley currently offers several hundred digital versions of maps held in the library's collection. The majority are pre-20th Century maps. The images are collected via the Library's Web catalog, Pathfinder.
- URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/browse.html
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- Electronic Navigational Charts (NOAA)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Office of Coast Survey (OCS) produces and maintains the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) suite to support the marine transportation infrastructure and coastal management. Downloadable NOAA ENCs are provisional and should must not be relied upon as a primary means of navigation or determination of position. They are solely to be used for electronic navigation training, and testing and evaluation purposes only.
- URL: http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/ENC/index.htm
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- Historical Map Web Sites
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Perry Castañeda Library Map Collection has corralled a large number of online maps of historical interest. They cover the entire world as well as specific regions.
- URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html#US
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- Langenberg.com
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A large array of U.S. street, city, and county maps, census and demographic maps, highway and hazard maps, topographic maps. Also includes country maps.
- URL: http://maps.langenberg.com/
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- Macmillan Centennial Atlas of the World
Call Number: Reference Atlas shelves Folio G1021.M213 1999- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- National Atlas of the United States (online)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This site is the successor to the 1970 print National Atlas updated to include more recent data. An Interactive Map Browser allows the user to superimpose map layers on a map of the United States. Layers include agricultural, biological, demographic, environmental, and other factors.
- URL: http://nationalatlas.gov/index.html
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- National Geologic Map Databases
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The site includes a catalog of paper and digital maps, a glossary of lithologic and geochronologic names, and a listing of places where new geological mapping is in progress.
- URL: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov
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- Office of Coast Survey Historical Map and Chart Collection
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A collection of digitized maps and charts primarily from the 19th century, including nautical charts, sketches of coastlines, a Civil War collection, and exploration maps of the Pacific Northwest. Maps may be accessed by type or by state.
- URL: http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm
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- Online Maps
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Courtesy of the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (at the University of Texas - Austin). Maps are current as well as historical. Maps are in JPEG or GIF format and some are quite large.
- URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
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- TopoZone
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Includes every USGS 1:100,000, 1:25,000, and 1:24,000 scale map for the continental U.S. and Hawaii.
- URL: http://topozone.com/default.asp
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- U.S. Census Bureau: Geography Division Map Gallery
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This site features census redistricting maps, state, county, and US metro maps. Most of the maps at this site are in Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader Version 4.0 which is available free from the Adobe web site. Download the most recent version of the Acrobat Reader.
- URL: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery/index.html
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Organizations/Associations
- American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) members include more than 7,000 surveyors, cartographers, geodesists, and other spatial data information professionals working in public and private sectors throughout the world. ACSM seeks to respond to the challenges presented by new technologies in attaining and using spatial data.
- URL: http://www.acsm.net/
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- Association of American Geographers
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.aag.org/
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- Food and Agriculture Organization
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Largest autonomous agency within the United Nations system. Works to improve the access of all people at all times to the food they need for an active and healthy life.
- URL: http://www.fao.org/
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- Geographic Information Systems Organization
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.gis.org/
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- Geographical Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.geography.org.uk/
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- International Society of Biometeorology
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The International Society of Biometeorlogy provides one international organization for the promotion of interdisciplinary collaboration of meteorologists, physicians, physicists, biologists, climatologists, ecologists and other scientists and to promote the development of biometeorology.
- URL: http://biometeorology.org
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- National Council for Geographic Education
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The National Council for Geographic Education works to enhance the status and quality of geography teaching and learning.
- URL: http://www.ncge.org/
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- National Geographic Society
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The National Geographic Society seeks to increase geographic knowledge and appreciation among all peoples and the protect the planets natural resources.
- URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
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- Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) informs people about the population dimensions of important social, economic, and political issues. Its mission is to be the leader in providing timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications.
- URL: http://www.prb.org/
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- World Bank
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This site describes programs and publications of the World Bank. It also has extensive summaries of selected publications and a list of development indicators.
- URL: http://www.worldbank.org
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- World Resources Institute
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The World Resources Institute's mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.
- URL: http://www.wri.org/
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Statistics
- International Programs Center
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The International Programs Center (IPC), part of the Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, conducts demographic and socioeconomic studies and strengthens statistical development around the world through technical assistance, training, and software products. Its work is commissioned and funded by federal agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, private businesses, and other governments. Site contains World population information, the International Data Base of demographic and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world, an HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base, and other resources.
- URL: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/
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- LexisNexis Statistical
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Statistics published by the U.S. government and other agencies
- LexisNexis Statistical consists of:
- Search Tables Base Edition: selected statistical tables drawn mainly from sources published by the U.S. government since about 1998.
- Search Abstracts:
- American Statistics Index (ASI) abstracts (1970-) and full text (ca 2004-) of Federal government sources
- Statistical Reference Index (SRI) abstracts (1980-) of state and private sources
- Index to International Statistics (IIS) abstracts (1983-) of international and inter-governmental sources
Coverage ranges across many topics including income, production, retail and wholesale trade, interest rates, economic indicators, demographics, energy, environmental protection, agriculture and fisheries, crime, medicine, and education.
- Coverage Dates: 1970s-
- Updated: Biannually
- Database Provider: cis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xstu-uga1
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- LexisNexis Statistical consists of:
- U.S. Census Bureau
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The business category provides Economic Census information on national and international trade.
- URL: http://www.census.gov/
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Web Subject Guides
- About.com: Geography
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A wide array of geography-related information and sites.
- URL: http://geography.about.com/
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- External Links for Geographers
Online Access: On/Off Campus- An extensive list of links from the University of Plymouth.
- URL: http://www.gees.ac.uk/db/
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- Geography Sites (Universiteit Utrecht)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A substantial list of geography-related Internet resources.
- URL: http://www.geog.uu.nl/nicegeo.html
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- Guide to GIS Resources on the Internet
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The staff at the Berkeley Digital Library includes resource directories for GIS, remote sensing and related tabular data resources here. They also provide software links for Web GIS: http://www.gisc.berkeley.edu/software.
- URL: http://www.gisc.berkeley.edu/links/
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- Map Library (UGA)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A gateway to collections of maps and air photos compiled by the University of Georgia Map Librarian. The Map Library at the University is at 955 East Whitehall Rd at the end of South Milledge Ave. A small collection of atlases are housed in the reference room of the Main Library.
- URL: http://www.libs.uga.edu/maproom/index.html
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- Resources for Geographers (U of Colorado at Boulder)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A nicely organized web site that features the following categories: Starting Places, Journals, Associations, Forthcoming Professional Meetings, Map Collections, Geo-spatial Datasets, Newsgroups and Listservers, Academic Departments, Jobs for Geographers, Educational Resources, and Software and Commercial Vendors. Subdiscipline.
- URL: http://www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/resources/contents.htm
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