Geography 270: Geographies of International Development and Environmental Change

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Books UW Libraries Catalog Search for books, videos, documents, and journal subscriptions at all of the UW Libraries at once. Summit Catalog A catalog of libraries at universities & colleges in Washington and Oregon. You'll need the barcode on your Husky card and a Libraries PIN to request items, which are delivered in 3-5 business days. Magazine & Journal Articles - Multidisciplinary Databases AgNIC: Agricultural BioTechnology Access to quality information on the internet including links to portals, indexes or gateways; organizations such as government agencies, international organizations and scientific societies and associations; mailing lists and discussion groups, databases, reports and publications. Created by the National Agriculture Library and the University of Maryland. Expanded Academic Index Academic and popular articles in many disciplines; about 60% of the articles are in full text. Limit to scholarly material by checking the box next to "Refereed publications". Research Library Complete Academic and popular articles in many disciplines; about 60% of the articles are in full text. Limit to scholarly material by checking the box next to "Scholarly journals". Web of Science Includes Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), 1965-present; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), 1975-present; and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), 1975-present Journal Articles - Discipline-Specific Databases ABI/Inform Global Articles in scholarly and trade publications addressing advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, and computers. Agricola Contains bibliographic records primarily of journal articles and book chapters acquired by the National Agricultural Library in the agricultural and related sciences Columbia Earthscape: An Online Resource on the Global Environment Provides access to a wide range of material including books, government publications, issue briefs from professional associations, multimedia material, and more on the social, political, and economic dimensions of environmental issues. EconLIT Published by the American Economic Association, provides bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature. Engineering Village 2 Look here for articles on environmental engineering. GeoBase Citations and abstracts for geography, including urban, political and economic geography. Also covers articles on international development and environmental studies. PAIS Articles, selected books, and selected US/UN documents in the fields of public policy, political science, and international relations. Philosopher's Index Scholarly research in all areas of philosophy - of use to those researching the ethical concerns surrounding GM. Proquest Medical Library Combines MEDLINE indexing with full images for more than 200 key medical titles. Offers coverage of all the major healthcare specialties, including nursing, pediatrics, neurology, pharmacology, cardiology, physical therapy, and others. CAB Abstracts Provides access to citations and abstracts of the international agricultural literature, including plant protection, forestry engineering, animal husbandry, animal and plant breeding, genetics, veterinary medicine, nutrition, rural development, economics, and leisure and tourism. CAB Abstracts indexes articles, books, conferences, reports and other kinds of literature. Journal Articles - World Region-Specific Databases Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database Index to over 200 English language journals that specialize in African studies. A related database is the African Women’s Bibliographic Database Bibliography of Asian Studies Provides citations to western-language periodical articles, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, Festschriften, etc. pertaining to east, southeast, and south Asia. Covers 1971 to the present. HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) Index to articles in magazines and journals produced in and about Central & South America. Handbook of Latin American Studies 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 in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1936, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources. Index Islamicus A bibliography of books and index of articles in periodicals on Islam and the Muslim world.

 
• RefWorks - web-based software to manage and format bibliographic citations
  Drop-in Workshops and Online Help are available
• Style Guides - for those who love to format their bibliographies manually - see RefWorks link above for software to assist you with this
  Harvard System for documenting sources
  Cite a Government Document with Confidence using DocsCite from Arizona State University Libraries; you must choose a Style and Format before the full page will load
  Additional Style Guides - choose one and be consistent.

 

• Anthropology & Geography Writing Center
• Odegaard Writing & Research Center
• Both the English Dept Writing Center and the CLUE Evening Writing Center serve students from all departments AND provide support for ESL students.

 

• Distinguishing Scholarly from Popular & Trade Publications
• Evaluating Credibility of Sources - from the Research 101 tutorial

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