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GIS (Geographic Info. Sys.) Databases/Indexes
| Database/ Index | Description |
|---|---|
| Geographic Information Systems POWERSEARCH | Searches following databases simultaneously: Social Sciences Abstracts, GeoRef (Geosciences), AGRICOLA (agriculture)  , Science and Technology Collection , General Science Abstracts, Business Source Complete, Education Research Complete, Academic Search Complete . How to Search This Database |
| Social Issues POWERSEARCH | Searches the following databases simultaneously: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, and PAIS Online. How to Search This Database |
| SCOPUS | Multidisciplinary database covering scientific, technical, medical and social science literature - over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from 4,000 publishers. Abstracts to over 33 million records reach from present back to 1966 with selective linking to full text. Specifically, SCOPUS covers topics in health, life sciences, agricultural and biological sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, earth and environmental sciences, social science, psychology, and economics, business, and management. How to Search This Database |
| Web of Science ( now - ISI Web of Knowledge) | ISI Web of Science (now - ISI Web of Knowledge) provides seamless access to three citation indexes: the Science Citation Index, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. These can be searched together or separately. Approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious research journals are indexed with abstracts within the Web of Science. Complete bibliographies are included for each citation allowing for cited reference searching. How to Search This Database |
| A to Z Maps Online | This database features 146,000 maps on multidisciplinary subjects such as politics, geology, the environment, biology, and history. It includes climate change maps, hurricane maps, earthquake maps, volcano maps, fire maps, animal and plant species distribution maps, current event maps, political outline maps, and topographic maps. All these maps can be printed or downloaded for educational use. |
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