The databases included below are a great place to start when searching for articles related to Geography. With Geography being a discipline which encompasses a number of focused research areas, the tabs below will link you to databases and resources which are focused within the core areas of geography.
All subjects. Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers; etc.
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Scholarly journals in the humanities, sciences and social sciences.
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Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
To click through to the database, click on the San Diego State University, San Diego option.
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SAGE Research Methods has more than 1,000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by academics across the social sciences.
SAGE Research Methods Cases has more than 1,100 case studies of how real research projects were conducted.
SAGE Research Methods Datasets is a collection of teaching datasets and instructional guides that give students a chance to learn data analysis by practicing.
SAGE Research Methods Video contains more than 480 videos and 125 hours of tutorials, case study videos, expert interviews, and more, covering the entire research methods and statistics curriculum.
Resources for faculty teaching with SRM:
Sage Research Methods webinar
Using SRM to Teach Research Methods
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The following databases include articles, white papers, and research related to environmental and physical geography topics.
Magazines, journals, books, government documents on environmental issues.
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Scholarly and trade journals covering engineering (all areas), technology, manufacturing/industrial applications, and the physical sciences.
4 simultaneous users
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Journal articles, books, conference proceedings, patents in the life sciences.
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The following resources include research on topics pertaining to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) research, applications, and analysis.
All subjects. Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers; etc.
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The SPIE Digital Library has extensive resources available on optics and photonics, providing access to more than 466,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings and more than 310 eBooks from SPIE Press from 1962 to the present. More than 18,000 new technical papers and 25 eBooks are added annually.
In advanced search you can limit to "only content I have full access to".
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The following databases incude articles and resources related to human geography and global studies topics.
Articles in journals published by the American Anthropological Association.
Journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.
10 simultaneous users
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The core of China: Culture and Society is approx. 1,200 full color, full-text searchable pamphlets held in the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia published mostly in English between 1750 and 1929. This collection includes Annual reports, primary sources such as letters and speeches, and journals.
eHRAF World Cultures contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life.
Journal articles, books, government documents and more for the subjects of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general.
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Race Relations in America is a collection of documents produced by the American Missionary Association's Race Relations Department between 1943 and 1970 to investigate problem areas in race relations and develop methods for educating communities and preventing conflict.
This collection includes primary and secondary resources such as:
- audio recordings of speeches
- photographs of the participants at the Annual Race Relations Institutes
- survey material covering school desegregation, church integration, employment practices, housing and recreation, including interviews and raw data, and the resulting analyses, statistics and reports.
- detailed case studies on race relations in cities such as Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Trenton, Nashville, and San Francisco.
