Geography: Major Indexes and Databases
Academic OneFile
Interdisciplinary article index covering all subjects in over 10,000 academic-related journals and magazines (the majority with full-text). Includes all the content of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage: 1980 - present. Also includes New York Times full-text content back to 1995.
America: History and Life
1964-current. Major index to over 2,000 journals, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of United States and Canada from pre-history to the present. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
Geobase
1980-current. Covers major commercially published journals as well as books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports. Very selective current file in geography, geology, ecology and related fields. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
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GeoBib
1985-2005. Online access to Current Geographical Publications, which is no longer published in paper format. Includes bibliographical references to books, periodical articles, pamphlets, government documents, maps and atlases in the American Geographical Society Collection of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Tips:
- Enclose phrases in quotes " " .
- Truncate using question mark ? .
Government Documents Catalog Service (Enhanced GPO Access)
Through Enhanced GPO Catalog. Indexes publications of the United States Geological Service and other departments and agencies of the United States government. 1976-current.
Historical Abstracts
1995-current. Major index to over 2,000 international journals, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of the world, except United States and Canada. Covers topics from 1450 (i.e. the Renaissance) to the present. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
JSTOR
1600s-five years ago. JSTOR is an archive of several hundred core scholarly journals in numerous disciplines. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
Tips:
- Enclose phrases in quotes " " .
- Truncate using an asterisk * .
- More tips at JSTOR Help Topics.
LexisNexis Academic Universe
1970s-current. Provides access to the full text of national, international and some local newspapers, magazines, wire services, and more. It also includes business, financial, and legal information, including laws, regulations, cases, and EU law. The non-English language news collection includes news in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
Tips:
- Do not enclose phrases in quotes.
- Insert AND between words that should not be searched as a phrase.
- Truncate search terms with an asterisk * .
- For more tips, click "Tips" in the upper-right of the search screen.
PAIS
1972 - current. For 1915 -1976, use PAIS Archive. (To use PAIS Archive, click on Databases tab from within FirstSearch. You can search both at once.) Indexes journals, books, and documents in the fields of political science, international affairs, economics, development, and environmental policy, both domestic and international. Covers policy issues in all disciplines. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
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PAIS International
Indexes journals, books, and documents in the fields of political science, international affairs, economics, development, and environmental policy, both domestic and international. Covers policy issues in all disciplines. 1972 - current. For 1957-1976, switch to PAIS Archive (click on Databases Tab from within FirstSearch to add PAIS Archive. You can search both at once). Earlier years in print. Reference Z7163 .P9
Population Index
1986-2000. A searchable annotated bibliography of literature on population studies worldwide published in books, journal articles and working papers.
Project Muse
1995-current. Provides full-text access to several hundred scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
Tips:
- Do not enclose phrases in quotes.
- Truncate terms using an asterisk * .
Web of Science (Social Sciences Citation Index)
1985-current. Together, the Science Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index cover several thousand scholarly journals worldwide. The Social Science Citation Index segment covers core scholarly social science journals worldwide. Special features include cited article searching and discovery of related articles through common terms. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. (For references to articles published 1974-1989, use Social SciSearch via Dialog on Library computers; ask the Science Librarian for assistance.)
Tips:
- Enclose phrases in quotes " " .
- Truncate terms using an asterisk * .
- For more tips, see Web of Knowledge Help or the online Tutorial.
