Research Guide: GIS
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Large, scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing indexing for over 8,500 journals with full text for more than 3,900 peer-reviewed publications. Covers all subjects. Good place to start your search. (from EBSCO) 1975--current | Some full text | More info |
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From the Association for Computing Machinery, provides full text access to every article published by ACM, including over 50 years of archives. Link here to citations and abstracts from other publishers as well in The Guide to Computing Literature. Some full text |
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Designed for business researchers, provides full text for more than 2,100 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Use the Business Searching Interface for the journals along with easy access to country economic data, company profiles, industry information, SWOT analyses, and market research (from EBSCO) 1965--current |Some full text | More info |
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Powered by Westlaw, a comprehensive collection of news, business, and law-related information sources. Includes federal and state case law, statues, regulations, and administrative codes, as well as European Union information, law reviews and journals, American Law Reports, and American Jurisprudence 2d. Full text |
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Index to dissertations and theses in all fields of study. Provides citations and/or abstracts, as well as a 24-page preview of any dissertations that have been digitized in the Humanities and Social Sciences fields. (from ProQuest) 1861--current | Some full text |
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text Contains some 300,000 records selected from the most important sources within the discipline. Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole. (from EBSCO) Some full text | More info |
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Database containing all peer reviewed journal titles focusing on management issues. Subjects covered include management, HRM, marketing, librarianship, mechanical engineering, and electronic and electrical engineering. Some full text | More info |
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Gale®’s premier database for research in all the academic disciplines. Provides over 5,300 journal titles many of which are in full text. Some 3,800 journals are peer-reviewed. (from Gale's InfoTrac ) 1980--current | Some full text | More info |
Health Source: Consumer Edition Rich collection of consumer health information, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health. Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, as well as to health reference books and encyclopedias. (from EBSCO) Full text |
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. Includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide. (from EBSCO) Some full text |
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Provides full text for more than 1,700 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. Includes biographies, book reviews, travel books, and an image gallery. 1975--current | Some full text | More info |
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Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. Includes full text for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. (from ProQuest) Some full text |
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Full text access to high-quality, scholarly journals in the areas of Religious Studies, Communication Studies, Education, Management & Organization Studies, Physical & Life Sciences, Nursing & Health Sciences, Political Science, Criminology, Sociology, Urban Studies & Planning, and Psychology. 1999--current | Full text |
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One of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical, and medical literature with a database of some 2 million articles and 59 million abstracts from all fields of science. Access to journals in mathematics, social sciences, arts and humanities, and business as well. Some full text |
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Provides an A-Z list of all journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Fitzgerald collection, both online and in print. If the journal you are looking for does not appear in our Journal Finder, you may order the article needed from that journal through our interlibrary loan service. If you are off campus and the journal article you need is available in one of our print journals, you can contact Rachel Thomas (507 457-1489 rethomas@smumn.edu) to request a copy and we will mail it to you. |
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GEO World, v.11 no.11- 1998:Nov.-current
GPS World, v.5 no.5- 1994:May-current
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Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic information. From the U.S. Census Bureau |
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ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based, collaborative content management system for maps, apps, data, and other geographic information. |
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"Data.gov, which was launched by the Obama administration as part of its Open Government Initiative in 2009, offers access to data generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Enterprising government agencies and private citizens have built on the site's hundreds of thousands of data sets (and other sources) to help you find everything from the most on-time flight between two airports to the latest product recalls." |
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From the U.S. Geological Survey, enables data search by region |
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Geography Databases: Directory of Online Resources Links to geography resources from AcademicInfo. AcademicInfo is an online education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning information whose mission is to provide free, independent, and accurate information and resources. |
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"Provides ready access to federally maintained geospatial data, services and applications. The content of all datasets and services demarcated with the Data.gov globe |
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"Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others."(publisher's description) Full Text |
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Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature. When accessing this database through the link provided here you will find free connections to the pay for view materials that are located in our subscription sources. Just click on "Find Full Text @SMU." Some full text |
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From Stanford University Libraries, a collection of scholarly publications focusing on the biological and medical sciences with some coverage of the physical and social sciences as well. Free access is available to some 1.3 million articles together with pay for view access to complete articles from the remainder of the collection. Some full text |
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National Criminal Justice Reference Source Abstracts Database All full text |
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National Historical Geographic Information System Provides aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2010. |
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science.gov All full text |
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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Full text |
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Union Institute & University--LIterature Review Step by step instructions for putting together a literature review |
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USGS-Maps, Imagery and Publications From the U.S. Geological Survey |
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Reference Librarians |
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Reference librarians are available to aid you in your research in the Reference Room. Off campus? Call (507) 457-1562 or e-mail a librarian with your questions.