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Geography Resources

* Maps and older information are available in books and government publications.
* Browse the Library's reference stacks or general book collection under call numbers beginning with G.		 * Use journal articles to find information on current or specialized research in the field of geography. 
Resources for Research Help
Columbia Gazetteer
HELP: a database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world.
HELP:useful for geography, history, and political science
HELP:access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More about Columbia Gazeteer

 

Global Issues in Context
*provides background information, historical context, contemporary stances, and the impact of each of the issues and news events featured.
*contains more than 190 country portals that contain country and cultural information, statistics, maps, flags, images, podcasts and more
*includes multimedia elements such as images, podcasts, audio and video
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available on your computer HELP:More about Global Issues in Context
General OneFile (InfoTrac)
*lists citations and summaries of most articles and entire text of some articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers
*covers all subjects
*covers items published from 1980-present
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about General OneFile
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Science Direct College Edition Journal Collections
* contains over 1800 full text, peer reviewed journals
* provides articles from journals in Social & Behavioral Sciences, Health & Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering
* Dates available include issues from the current year back to 1995 for most titles
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available in the on your computer HELP:More about Science Direct
Wiley Online Library
* lists citations for millions of articles and full-text from over 200 periodicals
* covers science, technology, medicine, and humanities
* articles from 1996 to date
* access from on and off campus.		 Many items available on your computer HELP:More about Wiley Online Library
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Academic Search Premier
* contains indexing for 8,200 publications
* contains full text for more than 4,650 titles
* PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for over 100 journals
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about Academic Search Premier
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WilsonWeb OmniFile Full Text 
*provides access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from thousands of sources
*covers all subjects
*retrospective coverage as far back as 1982, full-text since 1994
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available on your computer HELP:More about WilsonWeb OmniFile
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Emergency Disasters Data Base (Em-Dat)
*maintained by the Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
*may search by country of origin or type of disaster
*covers over 12,800 mass disasters from 1900-present
*free for everyone		 Most items available on your computer HELP: More about Em-Dat
 
Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection
*content spans the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences
*includes full-text from 1100+ volumes, comprising over 20,000 critical and authoritative review articles
*covers back volumes published from 1932 to the 2003 volumes
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More about Annual Reviews EBVC
 
JSTOR
HELP:contains the full text of articles from scholarly journals
HELP:covers a wide variety of subjects such as history, literature, biology, business, and African-American studies
HELP:articles published from early 1900s to 2 or 3 years ago.
HELP:access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More About JSTOR
Video Collections Online (VAST)
* Containing 21 individual discipline collections totaling 20,000 titles of high-quality academic video content
* Subjects include American History, Anthropology, Area Studies, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Counseling and Therapy, Criminal Justice and Law, Dance, Education, Ethnic Studies, Health and Healthcare, Humanities, Opera, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Politics, Psychology, Science, Theatre, Women’s and Studies, World History and World Languages
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More about Video Collections Online (VAST)
World History in Context
*Formerly titled History Resource Center: World
*Approximately 100,000 pages of more than 1300 primary documents
*Nearly 100 scholarly full-text journals, as well as citations from 180 titles
*covers world history from B.C. to the present
*Approximately 1400 images and maps
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID		 Most items available on your computer

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U.S. History in Context
*Formerly titled History Resource Center: U.S
*Approximately 100,000 pages of more than 1000 primary documents
*Nearly 100 scholarly full-text journals, as well as citations from 180 titles
*covers U.S. history from 1900 to the present
 *More than 2,000 images and maps
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available on your computer

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Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment
* documents the relationships among peoples in North America from 1534 to 1850
*  collection focuses on personal accounts and provides unique perspectives from all of the protagonists
* brings coherence to a wide range of published and unpublished accounts, including narratives, diaries, journals, letters and images of maps
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP: More about Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
*links to journals with full-text articles 
*covers all subjects
*covers articles from the mid-1990's to the present
*access from anywhere 		Some items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about DOAJ
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GPO
* lists citations to federal government publications
* covers all subjects
* includes reports, books, serials, and maps published from 1976 to present
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Some items available in the library HELP:More about GPO
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
*provides the ability to search multiple eBooks at once
*covers wide range of subjects
*individual chapters can be printed, downloaded, and e-mailed
*citations can be exported in MLA and APA format
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about Gale Virtual Reference Library
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