Databases index journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, and other materials. These databases may be searched individually:

Current Geographical Publications. 1938+ (Ref. G 3 C87)
A monthly index by broad subject topics to the books, documents, pamphlets and periodicals which are acquired by the library of the American Geographic Society.

Expanded Academic Index. 1980+ (Info Trac)
Indexes 960 scholarly journals in diverse disciplines. An excellent source for current information on geographic entities of the world

GeoREF. 1785- (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
This database indexes more than 4,000 international journals in the earth sciences. Includes articles, books, maps and reports

LEXIS-NEXIS
This wide-ranging service includes a file entitled Country Profiles and another file entitled State Profiles. Both of these sources provide extensive information for the geographic researcher.


Searching for Articles Across Databases may be accomplished by using categorized groups in Metalib:

• Find Databases
• E-Journal lists

Print and online journal titles are listed in the library catalog and in the SFX Citation Linker. Print journals are located on the second floor of the library and are shelved by call number.

Use Interlibrary Loan Services to order articles that UWF does not own.

Most books on Geography are found in the book stacks under G (geography) on the fourth floor. Electronic books are included in the library catalog or may be searched within the Netlibrary or Ebrary collections. Specific titles may be located using Instant Search in the library catalog:

Advanced Search / New Books

Reference Guides
Information Sources in the Earth Sciences. 1989. (Ref. QE 26.2 I5 1989) & FWB

Dictionaries
International GIS Dictionary.1995. (Ref. G 70.212 M33 1995)
A Modern Dictionary of Geography. 1995. (Ref. G 63 S53 1995).
Practical Handbook of Digital Mapping Terms and Concepts.1994. (Ref. GA 139 P73 1994)

Encyclopedias
Companion Encyclopedia of Geography.1996. (Ref. G 116 C645 1996)
Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences.2 vols. 1996. (Ref. QE 5 E5137 1996)
Encyclopedia of Geographical Features in World History; Europe and the Americas. 1997. (Ref. G 141 P43 1997)
The Encyclopedia of International Boundaries. 1995. (Ref. JX 4111 E53 1995)
Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and People. 2 vols. 1997. (Ref. E 169.12 E5 1997)

Atlases
The "Atlas Reference Section" in the Reference Department on the first floor contains a collection of approximately 500 atlases covering a wide array of geographical areas and subjects. To identify an atlas on a particular subject use a keyword search combining the term with the word "atlas" or "maps". Gazetteers

Cambridge Gazetteer of the United States and Canada. 1995. (Ref. E 154 C36 1995) & FWB
Chambers World Gazetteer. 1988. (Ref. Desk G 103.5 C453 1988)
Historical Gazetteer of the United States. (Ref. E 154 .H45 2005)

Handbooks
Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Reference Handbook. 1998. (Ref. GN 325 L46 1998
and  NetLibrary)
The Florida Handbook. Biennial. (Ref. Desk F 306 F597) & FWB
The Resources of the Third World.1997. (Ref. HC 59.7 A83358 1997)

Yearbooks
The Europa World Year Book. 2 vols. Annual. (Ref. Desk JN 1 E85) & FWB
See also the companion publications entitled Africa South of the Sahara (Ref. DT 351 A37), The Far East and Australasia (Ref. DS 1 F3), and The Middle East and North Africa (Ref. DS 49 M5).
The World Factbook. Annual. (Ref. Desk PREX 3.15 2000 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/ factbook/index.html