Databases by Subject -- Geography & Maps

Find Articles in Databases

Use the following databases to find articles in scholarly journals, magazines, conferences, etc.

Background Notes - Country Information (Full-Text)
Current
Provides facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states and countries, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. Provided by the U.S. Department of State.

CIA - World Fact Book - Country Information (Full-Text)
Current
Provides information about the land, people, geography, government, political conditions, communications, transportation, military, economy of independent states and countries. Provided by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

LexisNexis Academic (Full-Text)
Find general, legal and news information. Includes U.S. and world news, wire service reports, television and radio news broadcasts, transcripts, blogs, business news, and web publications. Also locate U.S. and state laws, court cases, and legal reviews, as well as company information, and biographical information on business, political, legal, national and international figures.

SIRS (Full-Text)
Current
Provides access to full-text articles and internet resources on a variety of subjects such as economics, health, history, business, science, literature, the arts, philosophy, film, etc. An excellent source for government information and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

Academic OneFile (Partial Full-Text)
1980 - present
Comprehensive database with millions of articles from journals and other reference sources. Includes articles on a variety of subjects such as: business and small business, communications and mass media, computers, criminal justice, diversity, education, environmental studies, health and medicine, landscaping and horticulture, military and terrorism, pop culture, psychology, religion and philosophy, and science. Includes the full-text coverage of The New York Times from 1995 to present.

Find an e-Journal

If you are looking for a list of journal or magazine titles about Geography, go to the Full-Text online versions of these titles.

Useful Books Located in the Library

The Columbia Gazetteer of the World. (3 Vols.)
Cohen, Saul B. ed.
New York : Columbia University Press, 1998.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] G103.5 .C65 1998

Maps on File. (2 Vols.)
New York : Facts on File, 2000.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] G1046.A1 M16 2000

National Geographic Atlas of the World.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1992.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] G1021 .N38 1992

Tennessee Atlas & Gazetteer Topo Maps of the Entire State.
Yarmouth, Me. : DeLorme, c1999.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] G1335 .D4 1999

Call Numbers for Browsing

G 1 - 922	Geography (General)
G 100.5 - 108.5	Toponymy, including gazetteers, geographic names & terms
G 1000 - 3122	Atlases
G 3180 - 9980	Maps
GB 3 - 5030	Physical Geography

Selected Web Sites

Yahoo! Directory for Geography