Journal Articles:

Common Database Choices

• Academic Search Premier (many full-text) All subjects. [INFO and SLIDECAST TUTORIAL]
• Country Analysis and Forecast [INFO]
• CultureGrams (all full-text) [INFO]
• DailyLife/World Cultures Online
• GreenFILE
• Humanities International Index (many full-text) [INFO]
• JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections I, II, III, IV, & V (full-text backfiles) [INFO] [Tutorial]
• LexisNexis Academic (business/law/reference; all full-text) [INFO]
• Project MUSE (Basic Research Collection) (full-text backfiles) [INFO]
• Regional Business News (many full-text) [INFO]
• SciFinder: First time? Register with your PSU email address, or login to SciFinder. Please note: Due to the nature of SciFinder, it is not currently available from off campus.
• Sage Journals Online [INFO]
• SCOLA (Including Insta-Class, On the Street Videos, People and Places, Foreign Text and International Radio)
• SCOLA (Including World TV Online)
• SocINDEX with Full Text (mostly full-text) [INFO]
• Web of Knowledge [INFO]
• WorldCat

Database Choices for Specialized Topics

• America: History and Life(links to full-text)
• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection (Full-text)
• ARTstor (digital works of art) [INFO]
• Business Source Premier (many full-text) [INFO]
• Dissertation Abstracts Online
• ERIC (links to full-text) [INFO and SLIDECAST TUTORIAL]
• FirstSearch (Ask at Reference Desk for password) [INFO]
• FirstSearch journal titles list
• Kraus K-12 Curriculum Guides (many full-text) [INFO]
• Research Starters (Business)
• World History Collection (all full-text) [INFO]

Reference:

• Credo reference (all full-text) [INFO]
• Encyclopaedia Britannica (all full-text) [INFO]
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia [INFO]
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (Reference E-books) [INFO]
• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (Gale EBook)
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (all full-text) [INFO]

News, Analysis, and Opinion:

• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• CQ Researcher (all full-text) [INFO]
• LexisNexis Academic (business/law/reference; all full-text) [INFO]
• New York Times 1980-present
• New York Times Digital Archive, 1851- (all full-text) [INFO]
• Newspaper Source (mostly full-text) [INFO]
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context (all full-text) [INFO]
• Regional Business News (many full-text) [INFO]
• Union Leader/NH Sunday News (all full-text) [INFO]
• Wall Street Journal 1984-present

Web Sites:

• Google Directory — Almanacs
  
• Google Directory — Reference
• Google Directory — Regional

• IPL2 (Internet Public Library) — Resources by Subject

• U.S. Geological Survey

Browse Journals:

Check the Journal List

Selected Journals by Title

[Note: This is only a partial list. To find access to other journals by title, use the A-Z Journal List.]

Journals by Subject

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Geography. Anthropology. Recreation (~1,106)
Anthropology (~67)
Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology (~13)
Physical anthropology. Somatology (~2)
Prehistoric archaeology (~3)
Atlases (~9)
By region or country (~9)
America. Western Hemisphere (~9)
Environmental sciences (~24)
Environmental education (1)
Environmental management (~4)
Environmental policy (~6)
Environmentalism. Green movement (1)
Folklore (~9)
By region or country (1)
Geography (General) (~400)
Arctic and Antarctic regions (~3)
Great cities of the world (1)
History of discoveries, explorations, and travel (~7)
Philosophy. Relation to other topics. Methodology (~5)
Special voyages and travels (~3)
Travel. Voyages and travels (General) (~41)
Human ecology. Anthropogeography (~8)
Manners and customs (General) (~15)
Costume. Dress. Fashion (1)
Customs relative to private life (1)
Customs relative to public and social life (1)
Maps (1)
By region or country (1)
Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia, Africa, etc. (1)
Mathematical geography. Cartography (~3)
Cartography (~2)
Oceanography (~6)
Ocean atmosphere interaction (1)
Physical geography (1)
Geomorphology. Landforms. Terrain (1)
Recreation. Leisure (~479)
Circuses, spectacles, etc. (1)
Dancing (~9)
Games and amusements (~17)
Outdoor life. Outdoor recreation (~25)
Physical education and training (~49)
Recreation leadership. Administration of recreation services (~2)
Recreational areas and facilities. Recreation centers (~6)
Sports (~227)

Books:

Searching Library Catalogs

• Catalog

• Google Books

• WorldCat

Library of Congress Classification System

Consult the Library of Congress Classification system to find areas to browse in the general collection or in the reference section.

• Library of Congress Classification
• Library of Congress Classification:Class A — General Works
• Library of Congress Classification:Class B — Philosophy Psychology Religion
  
• Library of Congress Classification:Class C — Auxiliary Sciences of History
• Library of Congress Classification:Class D — History General and Old World
• Library of Congress Classification:Class E — History of America
• Library of Congress Classification:Class F — Local History of the United States and Latin America
• Library of Congress Classification:Class G — Geography Anthropology Recreation
• Library of Congress Classification:Class H — Social Sciences
• Library of Congress Classification:Class J — Political Science
  
• Library of Congress Classification:Class K — Law
• Library of Congress Classification:Class L — Education
• Library of Congress Classification:Class M — Music
  
• Library of Congress Classification:Class N — Fine Arts
• Library of Congress Classification:Class P — Language and Literature
• Library of Congress Classification:Class Q — Science
• Library of Congress Classification:Class S — Agriculture
• Library of Congress Classification:Class T — Technology
• Library of Congress Classification:Class U — Military Science
• Library of Congress Classification:Class V — Naval Science
• Library of Congress Classification:Class Z — Bibliography Library Science Information Resources

Associations:

• Association of American Geographers - http://www.aag.org/
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - http://www.nga.mil/
• The Royal Geographical Society - http://www.rgs.org/
• The Royal Scottish Geographical Society - http://www.rsgs.org/
• The Geographical Association - http://www.geography.org.uk
• Institute of Australian Geographers - http://www.iag.org.au/
• Canadian Association of Geographers - http://www.cag-acg.ca/
• Geography Teachers’ Association of Queensland Inc. - http://www.gtaq.webcentral.com.au
• Australian Geography Teachers Association - http://www.agta.asn.au
• The Geography Teacher’s Association of Victoria - http://www.pa.ash.org.au/gtav/
• Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education (MAGE) - http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/
• The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc. - http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/rgs/index.html
• The Geography Teachers Association of South Australia - http://www.gtasa.asn.au/
• The Association of Japanese Geographers - http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/ajg/english/xintro.html