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GEOBASE (FirstSearch)
7/26/11: This resource is currently unavailable
Coverage: 1980 to present. Updated: monthly.
Citations and abstracts from international journal articles covering all aspects of: geography, geology, and ecology.
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GEOBIB: Online Geographical Bibliography (University of Milwaukee)
Coverage: 1985 to present.
Contains bibliographical references to books, periodical articles, pamphlets, government documents, maps and atlases that were added to the American Geographical Society (AGS) Collection at UW-Milwaukee since 1985. Continues the print publication, Current Geographical Publications, shelved in Bound Periodicals. |
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Science Citation Index Expanded (Thomson)
Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
Indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. Can also be used to find other articles citing a specific article (footnotes in reverse).
 Note: To search only the Science Citation Index Expanded, click the change limits link towards the bottom of the screen and uncheck the boxes for the Arts & Humanities Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. |
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AGRICOLA
 Resource Guide
Coverage: 1970 to present.
From the National Agricultural Library, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA). Around 5 million literature citations for journal articles (over 2800 periodicals indexed), monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture. |
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CensusDVD Research Package (GeoLytics)
Varies depending on data.
Census 2000 Data: Long Form, Short Form, Short Form Blocks, Redistricting, Redistricting Blocks. Normalized Data: Neighborhood Change Database 1970-2000, 1990 Long Form in 2000 Boundaries. Historic Data: 1970 Long Form, 1980 Long Form, 1990 Long Form, 1990 Blocks.
Location: On the Statistics/Geography computer in the reference area. |
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CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online (Columbia University Press)
Coverage: 1991 to present. Updated: weekly.
Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text of journal articles, working papers, and conference papers in topics such as: international affairs, economics, environment, and politics. Also includes case studies, course packs, and a schedule of events with calls for papers. |
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eHRAF Archaeology (HRAF)
Coverage: Over 41 major traditions. Updated: annually.
Over 50,000 pages in over 690 full-text documents, indexed by subject to facilitate comparative archaeological studies within and across regions. Each tradition file consists of a general summary and full-text sources including books, journal articles, dissertations, and manuscripts. |
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eHRAF World Cultures (HRAF)
Updated: annually.
A cross-cultural database that contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life. eHRAF is the online portion, covering approximately 150 cultures. Together with the corresponding microfiche set (Murphy Library basement), over 400 cultures are covered.
Access Use Guides and Videos. |
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GetFacts
 Resource Guide
View demographic maps and download TIGER geographies combined with variables from Census 2000 and Demographic Services Population Estimates. |
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IEEE Xplore (IEEE/IEE)
Coverage: 1988 to present with select materials from 1950 to 1988. Updated: continuously.
Use this resource to locate literature published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE). Contents include IEEE and IEE journals, IEE conference proceedings and IEEE standards. Subjects covered include engineering, computer science, biology, chemistry, physics, etc.
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LandView Resource Guide
A desktop mapping system that searches and maps selected information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
- Guide: Demographics by Radius with LandView
Location: "LandView East": Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area; "LandView West": Reference/Humanities workstation in the reference area |
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Science Accelerator
Resource Guide
variable
Find
scientific research & development results, project descriptions, and
more. This search engine covers individual government
databases including:
Information Bridge,
E-Print Network,
Science Conference
Proceedings, R&D
Accomplishments,
Energy Citations
Database, R&D Project
Summaries, EPA
Science Inventory (SI), NIH
Computer Retrieval of
Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP), NSF
Award Abstracts, SBA
Technology Resources Network
(TECH-Net), USDA
Current Research Information System (CRIS),
DOepatents,
and EnergyFiles. |
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Science Online (Science)
Coverage: 1997 to present. Updated: weekly.
A weekly online publication that covers scientific training, career development, and the science job market. Includes the online version of Science
Magazine. One of the most well read journals in the field. Published the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Also provides access to free content such as ScienceCareers.org, STKE, and the four most recent weeks of ScienceNOW news stories. |
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
 Resource Guide
Coverage: 1975 to present. Updated: Daily.
Provides access to citations and abstracts for over 8,000 magazines and journals, with full text access to over half these titles. For scholarly publications, full text is available for more than 3,600 titles covering subjects such as social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
- Search Guide
- Quick Tips: Find Book Reviews | Auto-Generate Citations | Create a Permalink to Your Search |
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JSTOR
Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2005.
Access to the full text of over 1700 scholarly journals from a variety of disciplines. Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2005. Collections include: Arts and Science I - VIII and Life Sciences. Access to JSTOR Arts & Sciences V through VIII is made possible by Academic Initiative funding. |
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LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis)
Over 5,600 full text sources.
News: 350 newspapers, 400 magazines/journals, 600 newsletters, broadcast transcripts, campus news, wire services.
Business: news, accounting literature, company information, directories.
Legal Research: secondary literature, case law, codes & regulations, tax law, international legal materials, patent research, career information.
- Guides: Finding a Case, Tax Research |
Periodicals | |
Geography and Earth Science Periodicals
A title list of the library's individual periodical subscriptions in Geography and Earth Science. Many more Geography and Earth Science related periodicals are available through the library's article databases. |
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Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change (Sage)
Resource Guide
The Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change Presents articles from leading scholars and institutional experts on the science and history of climate change, the polarizing controversies over climate-change theories, the role of societies, the industrial and economic factors, and the sociological aspects of climate change. Last Updated: 2008. |
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Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia (WileyInterscience)
A general scientific reference encyclopedia containing over 10,000 entries on topics ranging across all scientific disciplines including animal science, anatomy, astronomy, atmospheric science, chemistry, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, earth science, energy sources, information science, life science, materials, mathematics, mechanical engineering, medicine, mining, physics, physiology, planetary science, plant science, power technology, space science, structural engineering, and a host of other subjects. |
Featured Reference Books @ Murphy Library
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The World Atlas of Wine
5th ed., 2001 (one of many atlases on spatial distribution of a definable activity or event) |
Find Facts, Definitions, Overviews Atlases & Maps | |
Atlas of the World
Easy to use map of the world. Zooms in to city level. Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area. This is the online version of the Hammond World Atlas.
Note: This resource is only available in Murphy Library. |
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Historical U.S. County Boundary Files 1790-1999 (LSU Geoscience Publications)
(Withdrawn from CD computers 10/25/2011)
The HUSCO dataset contains ArcView shapefile format U.S. county boundary files for each decade from 1790 through 1990, and also 1999. Files include county and state names and identification numbers. Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area.
Note: This resource is only available in Murphy Library. |
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Topo USA (DeLorme)
Topo USA is a two and three dimensional mapping software for the United States that includes maps for rural/natural and urban areas. This resource can be used to locate hiking trails, roads, water ways, mountain rages, etc. Found on Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area.
Note: This resource is only available in Murphy Library. |
Directories | |
Zip Search
Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area. (Withdrawn 10/25/2011) |
Find Statistics Statistical & Data Sources | |
ArcExplorer (ESRI)
A (freely available) lightweight GIS data viewer software program. Used for a variety of display, query, and data retrieval applications and supports a wide variety of standard data sources. Found on Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area.
Note: This resource is only available in Murphy Library. |
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Sourcebook·America (ESRI)
Detailed demographic information along with consumer expenditure data for the entire United States. Includes The Sourcebook of ZIP Code Demographics and The Sourcebook of County Demographics. Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area. (Withdrawn 10/25/2011) |
Use Free Web Resources Websites (free, public sites)
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Geodata.gov
The "Geospatial One-Stop." Includes data, documents, and resources.
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UW-L Website Department / School Webpage
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= UW-L & campus users
= Access made possible by UW-L Academic Initiatives funding
= From BadgerLink 
= From UW Madison 
= From UW System
