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Academic Search Complete

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A multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 6,100 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 10,100 journals and a total of more than 10,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Academic Search Complete offers critical information from many sources unique to this massive collection. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

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Access UN

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AccessUN provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications. Articles appearing in UN periodicals are individually indexed. Indexing of the bilateral and multilateral treaties in the UN Treaty Series is another unique feature of the Index. The Index benefits researchers who need information on international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian nature. Peace and security, world hunger, human rights, economic development, the environment, and atomic energy are among the issues addressed by the United Nations.

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Accessible Archives

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A collection of African-American newspapers containing information about the cultural life and history during the 1800s, including first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, such as the Mexican War, Presidential and congressional addresses, congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel, and religion. The database also contain large numbers of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements all of which embody the African-American experience.

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AGRICOLA

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Provides citations to literature in agriculture and related fields that have been acquired by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperating institutions since 1970. Although production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials dating from the 15th century to the present. The recordsdescribe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil andwater resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition. Currently, Books, etc., contains all records produced from 1970 to the present (683,760 records). Articles, etc., contains records produced from 1979 to the present (1,884,383 records).

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Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts

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Covers agricultural products, new applications across the food industry, and environmental developments. Plant genome studies are examined in detail. Other topics include patents, new product approval, fermenation, soil microorganisms, bioremediation, transgenic plants and animals, breeding techniques, biopesticides, food production and safety tests, treatment and disposal of wastes, biochemical applications in water treatment, and industrial hygiene. Bimonthly. 122 serials are currently monitored for inclusion in this database. 3,000 abstracts anually.

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All Databases Recommended for Geography

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American FactFinder (1990 and 2000 Census of Population and Housing)

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Includes the 1990 and 2000 Census of Population and Housing

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Anthropological Index ONLINE

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The Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals in the Museum of Mankind Library (incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute library). Includes citations to materials on cultural and social anthropology, archaeology, material culture, biological and physical anthropology, medical anthropology, etc.

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ArcView

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ArcView Training Materials: Geographical Information Systems, Introduction to ArcView, Introduction to Analysis Data - input, conversion, integration and management.

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Association of American Geographers

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The Association of American Geographers (AAG) is a nonprofit scientific and educational society founded in 1904. For 100 years the AAG has contributed to the advancement of geography. Its members from more than 60 countries share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography, which they cultivate through the AAG's Annual Meeting, two scholarly journals (Annals of the Association of American Geographers and The Professional Geographer), and the monthly AAG Newsletter.

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Atlas: The Louisiana Statewide GIS

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geospatial data for the state of Louisiana

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BBC News Country Profiles

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Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.

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Biography Resource Center

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The Biography Resource Center is a comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 185,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It contains approximately 250,000 biographies and full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search path.

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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

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The Catalog is a search and retrieval service that provides bibliographic records of U.S. Government information products. Use it to link to Federal agency online resources or identify materials distributed to Federal Depository Libraries. Coverage begins with January 1994 and new records are added daily. New Electronic Titles contains online titles that are the latest entries in the Catalog or are in the queue to be added to it.

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CEC - North American Environmental Atlas: North American Environmental ...

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Commission for Environmental Cooperation

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Census Bureau Home Page

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Census of Agriculture 1992/1997/2002

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Provides data on number of farms, land in farms, land use, irrigation, crops, livestock, poultry, value of farm products sold, hired farm labor, injuries and deaths, direct sales for human consumption, production expenses, and operator characteristics. The CD-ROM version of the study of the United States' production agriculture taken every five years at the national, state and county level.

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Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS)

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CSISS recognizes the growing significance of space, spatiality, location, and place in social science research. It seeks to develop unrestricted access to tools and perspectives that will advance the spatial analytic capabilities of researchers throughout the social sciences. CSISS was funded in 1999 with support from the National Science Foundation under its program to promote research infrastructure in the social and behavioral sciences.

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County and City Data Book

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Provides data on counties, cities of 5000 or more, and towns and places of over 2500, including extensive data from the 1990 Census. Coverage includes land area, population, households, vital statistics, labor force, education, crime, and for cities, form of government.

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CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences

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CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is the first in a series of CSA Illustrata databases of searchable tables, figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature. CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is interdisciplinary, covering a wide variety of journals from all major areas such as:Biology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Medical Sciences, Agriculture, Fish and Fisheries, Education, Geography, Veterinary Science, Food and Food Industries, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Meteorology, Public Health and Safety, Water Resources, Conservation, andForests and Forestry.

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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

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The David Rumsey Map Collection was started over 25 years ago and contains more than 150,000 maps. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century maps of North and South America, although it also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The collection includes atlases, wall maps, globes, school geographies, pocket maps, books of exploration, maritime charts, and a variety of cartographic materials including pocket, wall, children's, and manuscript maps. Items range in date from about 1700 to 1950s.

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DICTIONARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ...

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This dictionary decodes abbreviations and acronyms found in various publications including maps and websites. These abbreviations or acronyms, therefore, are not necessarily authoritative or standardized in format or content.

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Directory of Open Access Journals

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The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short, a one stop shop for users to Open Access Journals.

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Dissertation Abstracts

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Contains citations to 1.2 million dissertations and masters theses. Coverage begins in 1861, with abstracts available since 1980, and thesis abstracts since 1988.

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E-Journals for Geography

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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center: Data Discovery

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List of several tools for searching and ordering/downloading data in the EROS Archive.

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Effects of Offshore Oil & Gas Development

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This bibliography is a quarterly compilation of current publications (citations with abstracts) from a wide variety of electronic and print information sources relating to offshore oil and gas development.

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Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Library

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Online versions of various theses and dissertations from LSU graduate students.

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Environmental Issues and Policy Index

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The Environmental Issues & Policy Index database offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environmental Issues & Policy Index offers cover-to-cover indexing and detailed abstracts for well over 1,000 international journals, with ongoing coverage for over 500 titles, providing a global perspective on important issues. The database features an in-depth thesaurus, and extensive subject area coverage ranging as far back as 1950.

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Federal Geographic Data Committee

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The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is an interagency committee that promotes the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis. This nationwide data publishing effort is known as the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The NSDI is a physical, organizational, and virtual network designed to enable the development and sharing of this nation's digital geographic information resources. FGDC activities are administered through the FGDC Secretariat, hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey.

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FEMA Map Service Center

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FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee -

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These web pages provide information related to the development, standards and implementation of the Cadastral National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). This site supports the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Subcommittee for Cadastral Data and serves as a focus for coordinating national cadastral, parcel, and land records efforts. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is charged with coordinating cadastral information under OMB Circular A-16.

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Gateway to GIS Resources

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This is page offers connections to many Geographic Information Systems (GIS) resources available on the Internet.

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GEOBASE

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GEOBASE is a unique bibliographic database covering worldwide research literature in physical and human geography, earth and environmental sciences, ecology, and related disciplines. In addition to providing comprehensive coverage of the core scientific and technical periodicals, Geobase has a unique coverage of non-English language and less readily available publications. Over 2,000 journals are fully covered with an additional 3,000 having partial coverage. Over 2,000 books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports are also included.

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Geographic Names Information Systems (GNIS)

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The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is the Federal and national standard for geographic nomenclature. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the GNIS in support of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names as the official repository of domestic geographic names data, the official vehicle for geographic names use by all departments of the Federal Government, and the source for applying geographic names to Federal electronic and printed products.

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Geographical Names of Canada

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French and English versions of the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base. Provides access to locational information and maps for current names, and offers a searchable database of historical names.

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GEOREF

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This database is a comprehensive geoscience resource containing over 2.2 million bibliographic records covering subjects such as mineralogy and crystallography, general mineralogy, mineralogy of silicates, and mineralogy of non-silicates. Bibliographic records from more than 3,000 journals are included in the database as well as journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses. Over 60,000 references are added to the GeoRef database annually. Geology of North America is covered from 1785 to the present, and geology of the world is covered from 1933 to the present. This database is produced by the American Geological Institute.

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Geospatial Data Gateway

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The Geospatial Data Gateway (GDG) is the One Stop Source for environmental and natural resources data, at anytime, from anywhere, to anyone. The Gateway allows you to choose your area of interest, browse and select data from our catalog, customize the format, and have it downloaded or shipped on CD or DVD.

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GEOSPATIAL DATA REPORT : Finding and Using GIS Data

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A blog about geospatial data sources and how to use data in GIS

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Geospatial Electronic Airport Obstruction Chart (eAOC)

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The eAOC is a collection of geospatial data that has been determined to be relevant to air transportation on and near airports. Several techniques are used in obtaining these data, including ground survey, remote sensing , manual entry or calculated values. The types of information typically collected consist of reference data including runway and navaid information, data relating to imaginary surfaces that define safe altitudes for approaches and landings (Obstruction Identification Surfaces or OIS as specified in the FAA’s Federal Aviation Regulations Part 77) including obstacle and obstructing areas, layout of an airport including aircraft movement areas, and features found at and near an airport of landmark value.

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GIS and Libraries Powerpoint

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This PowerPoint is made possible through a grant from the Special Libraries Association.

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GIS Data Resource Guides | Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies

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While an employee at CAST Stephan Pollard created two GIS data resource guides which were for several years CAST's most accessed web pages.

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GIS Guide to Good Practice

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This document is designed specifically to provide guidance for individuals and organisations involved in the creation, maintenance, use and long-term preservation of GIS-based digital resources. It should be noted that although the overall emphasis is upon archaeological data, the information presented has much wider disciplinary implications. ISSN 1463-5194

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GIS Internet Resources

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These pages provide pointers to GIS companies, associations, and government web pages as well as sources of software, data, publications, and services. Information does not reflect use or endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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GIS Tutorial

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"What is a GIS?" page contains text which is displayed at the following USGS website. The text was reformatted to best meet the needs of Global GIS users. The "What is ArcView?" section contains a mixture of the ESRI Virtual Campus course Introduction to ArcView GIS and pages created at USGS for this CD series. The pages written by ESRI contain copyrighted text and images. We would like to thank ESRI for allowing us to use their online course as a resource. To gain access to the full course and other free valuable courses please visit the ESRI Virtual Campus site

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Global GIS Home Page

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The USGS has a well-deserved reputation for the collection, interpretation, and distribution of geologic, hydrologic, cartographic, and biologic data. Although the Bureau's mission is primarily domestic in focus, many of the datasets we develop are global. These include the recently released Global Digital Elevation Model (DEM), a wide variety of remotely sensed products, data on world oil, gas, coal, and mineral deposits, biodiversity, and geologic hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides).

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Google Earth

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Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

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GOS - Geospatial One Stop

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Your One Stop for Finding and Using Geographic Data

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GreenFILE

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GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.

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Handbook of Latin American Studies

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Provides a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion.

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Home | Envirofacts | US EPA

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a single point of access to select U.S. EPA environmental data

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HRAF Collection of Ethnography

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HRAF is an acronym for Human Relations Area Files. HRAF is a consortium of educational, research and cultural organizations, and government agencies; its mission is to encourage and facilitate the study of human culture, society, and behavior. This mission is accomplished mainly through the compilation, indexing, and distribution of a collection of ethnographic and other texts that are indexed by culture and subject. (eHRAF stands for the electronic collections of the HRAF).

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http://www.lib.lsu.edu/databases/descriptions/anthrosource.html

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AnthroSource is an online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists. Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource brings 100 years of anthropological material online to scholars and the public. Which includes, current issues for 15 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications through the end of 2006, including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly. As well as, an electronic archive of all AAA journals and seamless access to archival content housed at JSTOR for key AAA publications including American Anthropologist (for AAA members and subscribing institutions).

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In The First Person

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In the First Person is a landmark index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories. Working with archives, repositories, publishers, and individuals we've indexed first person narratives from hundreds of published volumes—those that are publicly available on the Web and those that are held by repositories and archives around the world.

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INFOMINE

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INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information.

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Ingenta

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Allows for the ordering of articles, from periodicals not owned by LSU, by faculty, research staff, and graduate students for research or instructional use. These orders are subsidized by the library.

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JSTOR

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. JSTOR consists of a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. Louisiana State University currently participates in the following JSTOR Collection(s): Arts & Sciences I Collection Arts & Sciences II Collection Arts & Sciences III Collection Arts & Sciences IV Collection Arts & Sciences V Collection Arts & Sciences VII Collection Ecology & Botany Collection Health & General Sciences Collection

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LandView IV: A Brief Overview

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LandView IV is the latest release of LandView. LandView is a geographic information system software package produced by the government. This PowerPoint will serve as a brief overview to some of the features of LandView IV.

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LandView® 5 Demo System

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The LandView 5 Demo system provides the complete LandView software, but with a small extract of data and maps, from Prince William County, Virginia. The demo can be used to evaluate whether this product is suitable for your needs. The LandView 5 Tutorial uses this demo system in its examples.

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LandView® 6

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Released January 20, 2004. LandView 6 updates the Census 2000 statistical data as well as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) databases contained in LandView 5 that was released in November, 2002. If all you need to do is geocode addresses to census tracts or prepare EPA Risk Management Plans, then there is no need to upgrade from LandView 5 to LandView 6.

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LandView® IV Demo System

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The LandView IV Demo system provides the complete LandView software, but with a small extract of data and maps, from New Castle County, Delaware. The demo can be used to evaluate whether this product is suitable for your needs. The LandView IV Guided Tour uses this demo system in its examples.

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LDEQ Geographic Information Systems

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The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) has had a department-wide Geographical Information System (GIS) in place since 1994. The GIS Center provides support to all GIS users within LDEQ and constructs maps as requested by LDEQ personnel. The Center also maintains and develops GIS data sets for agency mapping requirements.

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Library of Congress Classification system for Geography

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Library of Congress Country Studies

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The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

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Louisiana Geographic Information Center (LAGIC)

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LAGIC was established by the Louisiana GIS Council (LGISC) and the Office of Information Technology to facilitate the distribution of geographic information, provide technical assistance, and support GIS data development among state, federal, and local government.

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Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council

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The Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council (LGISC) was created by the state Legislature in 1995 to: "eliminate duplication of effort and unnecessary redundancy in data collections and systems and to provide for integration of geographically-related data bases to facilitate the policy and planning purposes of the state of Louisiana."

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Louisiana GIS Primer

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The Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council created this web site to introduce the concepts, strategies, and methods for local, state, and federal entities interested in the implementation, development, and support of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in their organization.

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Louisiana QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

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Louisiana State & County QuickFacts

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LSU Geography & Anthropology Homepage

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LSU Geography Databases

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Databases in the subject area of Geography

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LSU Journalfind

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Electronic Journals that Middleton Library has access to in the area of Geography

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LSU Libraries -- Government Documents and Microforms

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Mapping History

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The Mapping History Project has been designed to provide interactive and animated representations of historical problems and/or illustrations of historical events, developments and dynamics.

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Microsoft Research Maps

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National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data

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National Geographic Map Machine

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Satellite, street maps and more in our online atlas

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National Geospatial Program

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The National Geospatial Program provides leadership for USGS geospatial coordination, production and service activities. The Program engages partners to develop standards and produce consistent and accurate data through its Geospatial Liaison Network. Operational support is provided by the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center. These and other Program activities that are essential to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) are managed as a unified portfolio that benefits geospatial information users throughout the Nation.

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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the national Intelligence Community (IC). NGA develops imagery and map-based intelligence solutions for U.S. national defense, homeland security and safety of navigation. NGA provides timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security objectives. The term "geospatial intelligence" means the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth. Geospatial intelligence consists of imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial (e.g., mapping, charting and geodesy) information.

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National Spatial Database

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The data represented here is only a sample of the wealth of information now available in the public domain or currently being developped by numerous entities involved in archeology, ecology, climate or global change studies.

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netLibrary

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netLibrary is a collection of almost 40,000 reference, scholarly, and professional e-books (full text electronic books) from university and commercial presses, covering a variety of disciplines.

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Office of Population Research, Princeton University

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The Office of Population Research (OPR) at Princeton University is a leading demographic research and training center. OPR has a distinguished history of contributions in formal demography and the study of fertility change. In recent years there has been increasing research activity in the areas of health and wellbeing, social demography, and migration and urbanization.

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Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

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Presenting an internet version of the second edition of the OED, which allows the searching of words, phrases, variants, phonetics, and Greek roots, with filters for date and part of speech.

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Population Index on the Web

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Indexes publications on demography and population research. You may search the Population Index database for 1986-1999 (43,463 citations) by author, subject, geographical region and/or year. You may also search for text anywhere in a citation, including the title, series and abstract. All of these criteria can be freely combined.

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Population Reference Bureau

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The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations

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Project Muse

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Project Muse provides online, world wide, institutional subscription access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics.

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Sanborn Maps (Digital) - Louisiana

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Provides digital Sanborn for Louisiana.

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Science Direct

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Science Direct, published by Elsevier Science, serves as a web information source for scientific, technical, and medical (STM) research. It offers access to more than 1,100 journals in 16 fields of science, including the social sciences.

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Single Frame Records

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Single Frame Records consist of a diverse group of aerial photos within the USGS EROS historical film archives which were acquired from 1939 to present by a wide variety of sources: USGS, NASA, U.S. Air Force, Army Map Service, U.S. Navy, Alaska High-Altitude Aerial Photography (AHAP) and others. Single Frame Records vary in scale, size, quality, and coverage. The film is archived and geographically retrievable at the frame level. The records are matched up with medium resolution digitized files (400 dpi) and high resolution products are made on demand.

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State and County QuickFacts

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QuickFacts includes data for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with more than 25,000 people

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Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

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Provides a quick statistical reference and a guide to statistical publications and sources, with tables from governmental, private, and international organizations. The most recent issue of Statistical Abstract is available, as well as the older issues dating back to 1878.

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Surf Your Watershed

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Find your watershed using the form below. Once you locate your watershed, simply click on the first link, “citizen-based groups at work in this watershed,” to find a listing of organizations that are working to protect water quality. You may wish to contact one of these groups to find out about cleanups, monitoring activities, restoration projects and other activities.

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The GIS History Project

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The GIS History Project was launched at a workshop held in Santa Barbara, California, in September of 1996. The workshop was held because a critical examination of the history of GIS was identified as a high-priority research topic at the Specialist Meeting for the NCGIA's Initiative 19, GIS and Society: The Social Implications of How People, Space, and Environment are Represented in GIS.

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The GIS Jobs Clearinghouse

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The most visited GIS/RS jobs site on the Internet. Started in 1992, the GJC has helped thousands of GIS/RS professionals find positions. With hundreds of positions and resumes in our databases, the GJC has resources for both employers and those seeking jobs. The GJC is no longer a free site (it is for posting resumes). We are charging minimal fees to post position descriptions in order to operate the site.

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The National Map Seamless Server

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The National Map Seamless Server is the ultimate location to explore and retrieve data. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the EROS Data Center (EDC) are committed to providing access to geospatial data through The National Map. An approach is to provide free downloads of national base layers, as well as other geospatial data layers.

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U.S. Census Bureau - TIGER/Line®

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Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system

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U.S. Census Bureau Geography Web page

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U.S. Congressional Serial Set Maps

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The more than 50,000 maps in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set range from the great atlases to small individual maps clarifying very specific land questions, to the great triangulation surveys, to the repetitive but for the meteorologist important weekly weather maps, to the maps that made history as well as the maps of past history and of course to the purely serendipitous, or so it would seem, maps found in the Serial Set.

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U.S.A. Counties

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Serves as a reference source of county information, containing over 3400 variables or items from 13 federal and private organizations.

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USGS Publications Warehouse

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The Publications Warehouse contains: Bibliographic citations for over 70,000 publications Full product and thematic map content for over 40,000 publications USGS numbered series begun in 1880

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USGS Water Resources of the United States

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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects information needed to understand the Nation's water resources, and provides access to water data, publications, and maps, as well as to recent water projects and events.

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Web of Science

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Social Sciences Citation Index - This database covers the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines from 1956 to the present. Some of the disciplines covered include: anthropology, political science, history, public health, industrial relations, social issues, information science & library science, social work, law, sociology, linguistics, substance abuse, philosophy, urban studies, psychology, women's studies, and psychiatry.

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World History Collection

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The World History Collection database offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for more than 130 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964. These hand-selected information sources cover a wide range of historical topics including anthropology, art, culture, economics, government, heritage, military, politics, regional issues, and more. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection.

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WorldCat

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Offers Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

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