| Finding Articles [help]
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GeoBASE - Covers human geography, physical geography, international development studies, environmental studies, and oceanography.
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) - Articles in scholarly journals and trade publications, most subjects. |
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Web of Science - Access scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Science 1955-present; Arts/Social Sciences 1975-present. Offers unique option to search by Cited Reference.
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GreenFILE - Access scholarly & popular articles and government reports from the disciplines of agriculture, education, law, health and
technology about the positive and negative impacts humans have on the environment.
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| Finding Books [help]
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WorldCat Local - A combined catalog for libraries worldwide with links to request forms for items unavailable at UW. Use the UW Libraries Catalog if you want to restrict your search to materials in the UW Libraries.
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EBooks - Some ebook providers require you to set up a personal account. Packages focus on topical or chronological collections of ebooks - computer manuals, texts published in English during the 18th century, as well as specific publishers, e.g. Oxford University Press. Provide access to material under copyright protection which are excluded from Google Books.
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New Geography Books - Recent additions to the UW Libraries collections. [Previous Lists]
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| Electronic Journals |
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Geography E-Journals A-Z - This is a subset of the geography journals available in
the libraries. |
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UW E-Journal Subscriptions - alpha and topical lists |
| Finding Newspaper Articles |
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Lexis-Nexis- U.S. and international newspapers, wire services, and more. |
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Access World News - Newspapers published worldwide, across the U.S., and Washington State. |
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Newspapers: Finding News Articles - A wide variety of ethnic, regional, and international
news sources, both current and historical, are available from this site.
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| Finding Statistical & Geospatial Data |
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FedStats - Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal
agencies, including Commerce, Labor, Energy, Transportation, and more.
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Statistical Data and International Classification - Top international statistics sites from the United
Nations, World Bank, OECD, and many more.
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Washington State Geospatial Data Archive (WAGDA) - start here to find geospatial data layers for the City of Seattle, King County, and Washington State. Some data are restricted to UW students, faculty, and staff.
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| Services & Resources |
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Manage Citations - Two programs available which help you manage citations and format them for your papers.
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The Write Place: Anthropology/Geography Writing Center
Closed Summer Quarter
These writing centers serve students from all departments:
Odegaard Writing & Research Center - writing and research assistance.
English Dept Writing Center - also able to assist ESL students
CLUE Evening Writing Center - also able to assist ESL students |
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Alert Services
Request automatic email notification of new citations or tables of contents from many databases licensed by UW Libraries. UW Libraries' own alert service, Zephyr, sends email alerts of newly received books. |
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Ready to Publish? Selecting a Geography Journal - Advice on preparing and submitting an article for publication. And don't lose sight of your Author Rights in the publishing process. Additional information about the revolution in scholarly communication, publishing, and journal costs is available from the Libraries and from Nick Bromley, Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University. The Academic Ladder provides The Dissertation Toolkit containing over a dozen free articles, charts, examples, lists or software tools, that will be helpful for anyone writing a dissertation or seeking productivity tips for any long-term writing project.
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Geography Dept Histories - compiled by the History of Geography Specialty Group of the AAG. UW Dept histories authored by
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Geography Research & Writing Guides
Books addressing qualitative and quantitative research methods, conducting literature reviews, and writing for geography. |
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Distinguishing Scholarly from Popular & Trade Publications
Criteria and a practice activity for determining whether you've found a scholarly journal article. |
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Library Orientation for Graduate Students: Geography |
