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Complete List of Geography & Geosciences Databases

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Books In Print

Comprehensive database of bibliographic records for over 5 million book, audio book, and video titles. Also includes publishers catalogs, lists of 400 awards from 10 countries, and selected reviews. (Bowker) More info

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

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Conference Papers Index

"Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world." (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

CSA (formerly Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Includes the following databases: Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts, ARTbibliographies Modern, ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality, ATLA Religion Database, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B), Bibliography of the History of Art, BioOne Abstracts and Indexes, Communication Abstracts, Conference Papers Index, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Ecology Abstracts, EconLit, EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, ERIC, Health and Safety Science Abstracts, Human Population & Natural Resource Management, Index Islamicus, Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A), Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, PAIS International, Philosopher's Index, Pollution Abstracts, Risk Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Sustainability Science Abstracts, Toxicology Abstracts, TOXLINE, Water Resources Abstracts, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. Database Help More info

Dissertations

EBSCO Academic

Indexing and abstracts for over 8000 publications with full-text for over half of the publications. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help

GEOBASE

Worldwide literature on geography and geology. (FirstSearch) Database Help More info

GPO Monthly Catalog

Index to U.S. government publications.

Hispanic American Periodicals Index

Indexes articles and other materials covering information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. (HAPI) More info

Human Population & Natural Resouce Management

Explores human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management.(CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Images of Kentucky and Environs

Digital collection of images relating to Louisville, Kentucky, and environs from various small collections in the University of Louisville Libraries' special collections and archives. Currently includes the A.W. Terhune Collection and the Joseph & Joseph Collection.

JSTOR

Full-text articles from journals in a variety of disciplines, from the journals' first issues through the late 1990's. (Acrobat Reader needed to print.) Database Help More info

Kentucky Maps

Three atlases of Louisville and environs comprising 149 maps of Louisville and Jefferson County in 1876, 1884, and 1913, and 76 maps from the Lafon Allen Kentucky Maps Collection dating from 1635-1937, of Kentucky or including the area that would become Kentucky.

Minerva

Catalog of items owned by the seven University of Louisville Libraries.

(Newton) Owen Postcard Collection

Digital collection of the postcards, the bulk of which date to the 1900-1940 period, but include postcards from the late 19th century through the 1980s.

Pollution Abstracts

Covers research and government information on pollution and the environment. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

ProQuest Digital Dissertations

Formerly known as Dissertations Abstracts International. Contains 1.6 million citations for dissertations and theses from over 1,000 graduate schools. Provides indexing back to 1861 and full-text availability to titles back to 1997 (full-text availability varies by author's institution). Free full-text downloads can be sent to an email account. Database Help More info

ProQuest Direct

Includes a cross-section of general periodicals, ABI/INFORM business periodicals, and several national newspapers in full-text. (ProQuest) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Sanborn Maps - Kentucky Collection

Sanborn fire insurance maps are large-scale plans containing data that can be used to estimate the potential risk for urban structures. Includes maps for many Kentucky cities and date from the 1890s to the 1950s. Full-text images of the maps are provided. More info

Science Citation Index

Indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. Includes and is searchable by references cited in each article. Maximum number of simultaneous users: 13 (split between Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports). (ISI's Web of Science) Database Help More info

ScienceDirect

Indexing to journal articles in over 1,100 key scientific, technical, medical and social science journals published by Elsevier. Full-text access to articles in journals to which U of L subscribes to the print version. More info

U. S. Congressional Serial Set

An on-going collection of U.S. Government publications compiled under directive of the Congress. Includes: Congressional journals, and administrative reports, directories, manuals, and related internal publications; Congressional reports on public and private legislation considered during each Congress; reports resulting from congressionally commissioned or conducted investigations; annually submitted reports from Federal executive agencies reviewing current problems and activities under agency purview; extended series of survey, research and statistical publications developed by executive agencies; and selected annual or special reports of nongovernmental agencies. Also includes over 50,000 historical maps, and the American State Papers. More info

WorldCat

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide. (FirstSearch) Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

 

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