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Background Information (Encyclopedias, Handbooks and Dictionaries)

Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas
Location: JPL Reference Stacks P 130.5 .A87 1996
2 volumes

Dictionary of Human Geography
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GF 4 .D52 2000

Dictionary of Physical Geography
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GB 10 .D53 2000

Modern Dictionary of Geography
Location: JPL Reference Stacks G 63 .W58 2001

Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Location: JPL Reference Stacks G 103.5 .W42 1997

National Geographic Desk Reference
Location: JPL Reference Stacks G 123 .N38 1999

World Geographical Encyclopedia
Location: JPL Reference Stacks G 63 .E5213 1995
5 volumes

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
Search UCAT to locate books, journal titles (not articles), government documents, maps and multimedia materials available at the UTSA Library. Read the Search Tips to learn how to conduct a better search.

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Databases & Article Searching

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to 12 separate databases in biological and medical sciences, computer technology, engineering specialties, environmental sciences, materials sciences, and social sciences. Most CSA databases are citations only, but there are 4 full text collections. Full Text

GEOBASE (UTSA subscription)
Citations and abstracts to U.S. and international journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings and reports in the fields of geography, ecology and related disciplines. Coverage is 1980-present. Updated daily. Citations Only

SpringerLINK (UTSA subscription)
Provides electronic access to nearly 500 journals published by Springer-Verlag/Bertelsmann Springer Publishing group. Coverage includes the areas of chemical sciences, economics, environmental sciences, life sciences, law, medicine, computer science, engineering, geosciences, mathematics, and physics. Dates of coverage vary from title to title. Updated daily. Full Image

Web of Science (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 8,400 journals from 1975 to the present in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Print equivalents published by The Institute for Scientific Information are Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Citations Only

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Further Research

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
Free Website: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html
Deciphers abbreviations and acronyms that are used in many geographical publications and maps.

Geographic Names Information Systems Query Form
Free Website: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form
Searchable database of topographic and aerial maps of the United States and its territories. The database can be searched by feature, county, topographic map name, etc.

United States Census Bureau
Free Website: http://www.census.gov/
Provides statistics and information about business and the population in the United States.

United States Gazetteer
Free Website: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
Allows individual to access the Tiger Map Server and census information from the 1990 census.