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* 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 InterScience
* lists citations, summaries, and full-text from over 300 periodicals
* covers science, technology, and medicine
* articles from 1996 to date
* access from on-campus.  For off-campus access, see "How to Search" for instructions. 		Many items available on your computer HELP:More about Wiley InterScience
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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
History Resource Center: World
*Approximately 100,000 pages of more than 1300 primary documents with corresponding facsimile pages
*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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History Resource Center: United States
*Approximately 100,000 pages of more than 1000 primary documents, many with corresponding facsimile pages
*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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Internet resources
* authoritative, credible, and reliable Web sites
* selected for accuracy and relevance to the subjects taught at APSU
* updated regularly
* access from anywhere 		All items available on your computer HELP:How to search the Internet
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GEOBASE
*lists citations and summaries of journal articles
*covers worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology
*covers items published 1980 - present
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID		 Some items available in the library HELP:More about GEOBASE
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