Library Guides @ VIU: Geography: Articles & Databases

Key Databases for Geography

Note: Databases are listed in alphabetical order.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database with full text journal articles, including peer-reviewed titles.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
GreenFILE offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts together with links to Open Access full text.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- there are 33 Geography journal titles in this database
Multidisciplinary, full text, scholarly journal archive with strong retrospective coverage.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed journals in many disciplines with international coverage in full text.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Indexing, cited reference searching, and full text linking for journal articles in Arts & Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
International resource for scientific, technical, medical and scholarly journals, books, and reference works.

Google Scholar Search

Google Fu (Effective Google Searching)

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Supplementary Databases for Geography

Note: Databases are listed in alphabetical order.

Canadian Newsstream (formerly Canadian Newsstand) This link opens in a new window
Full text of Canadian newspapers, including Pacific, Black Press, and regional and national major dailies.
CBCA Complete This link opens in a new window
- Canadian content from newspapers, magazines and journals
Canadian periodicals from 1982 to date, including some full text.

Directory of Open Access Journals

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
- an interdisciplinary database of streaming videos that can be viewed online
Digital video for thousands of educational titles. All videos in this collection are cleared for public performance.
SAGE Premier This link opens in a new window
Full text content from SAGE journals, 1999-present.
SpringerLINK This link opens in a new window
STM journals, book series, books, reference works and the Online Archives Collection.
Taylor & Francis Online This link opens in a new window
Full text journals published by Taylor & Francis, representing Science & Technology, Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines. Coverage from 1997 to the present.

Theses Canada Portal - (Library and Archives Canada)
- citations and some full text to Canadian theses and dissertations

LibrarySearch

LibrarySearch is a federated search that allows you to search for books, journal articles, and DVDs (videos) simultaneously within the VIU Library Collection.

Type your search into the Search bar immediately above this box.

Journal Title Abbreviations & Acronyms

ISI Journal Title Abbreviations
CASSI: Cas Source Index Search Tool
- use this tool to "identify or confirm journal titles and abbreviations for publications indexed by CAS since 1907, including serial and non-serial scientific and technical publications"

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Geography: Articles & Databases

Key Databases for Geography

Google Scholar Search

Google Fu (Effective Google Searching)

Supplementary Databases for Geography

LibrarySearch

Journal Title Abbreviations & Acronyms

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