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Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal Present The Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal provides discoverability and facilitates access to geospatial resources. The resources in the portal are selected and curated by librarians and geospatial sp... Access Database Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal
GeoData@Wisconsin Present GeoData@Wisconsin provides direct download access to Wisconsin geospatial data collected and archived by the Robinson Map Library at UW-Madison. Datasets from state, county, and local government pr... Access Database GeoData@Wisconsin
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its constituent, and related, subject ar... Access Database International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Geography The Geography module from Oxford Bibliographies Inline (OBO) provides a means to navigate through the vast amounts of books, publications, and other materials from across the discipline from the la... Access Database Oxford Bibliographies Online: Geography

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Center for International Earth Science Information Network Dates vary CIESIN’s mission is to provide access to and enhance the use of information worldwide, advancing understanding of human interactions in the environment and serving the needs of science and public a... Access Database Center for International Earth Science Information Network
China Historical Geographic Information System 221 BCE - 1911 CE The China Historical Geographic Information System (CHGIS) project was launched in January 2001 to establish a database of populated places and historical administrative units for the period of Chi... Access Database China Historical Geographic Information System
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection 1800's and 1900's The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also... Access Database David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations 0 - 1500 C.E. The Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization (DARMC) makes freely available on the internet the best available materials for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach to mapping and s... Access Database Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations
Empire Online 1492 to 1969 Empire Online spans five centuries, charting the rise and fall of empires around the world. It provides exploration of colonial history, politics, culture, and society. Key features include: tens o... Access Database Empire Online
GeoGratis Canada Dates vary GeoGratis is a portal provided by the Earth Sciences Sector (ESS) of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) which provides geospatial data at no cost and without restrictions via your Web browser. The da... Access Database GeoGratis Canada
GeoScience Australia Dates vary GeoScience Australia's spatial information activities focus on providing key spatial information of Australia with an emphasis on response to rapid and slow onset hazards, the detection of change, ... Access Database GeoScience Australia
LandScan Global Population Database 2000 - 2012 LandScan is a global population database that shows geographical distribution of population at one-kilometer resolution over an average 24 hour period. The LandScan algorithm uses spatial data and ... Access Database LandScan Global Population Database
National Map (United States) Dates vary Use The National Map Viewer and Download Platform to visualize, inspect, and download the most current topographic base map data and products for free. Managed by the United States Geological Surve... Access Database National Map (United States)
Natural Resources Conservation Service Geospatial Data Gateway Dates vary The Geospatial Data Gateway is a service made available through a close partnership between the three Service Center Agencies (SCA); Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agen... Access Database Natural Resources Conservation Service Geospatial Data Gateway
Perry-Castañeda Library Online Map Collection - University of Texas at Austin 1900 - present The Perry Casteñeda Library Map Collection provides online access to digital versions of all Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reference and thematic maps. Army Map Service (AMS) topographic map se... Access Database Perry-Castañeda Library Online Map Collection - University of Texas at Austin
WisconsinView 1992 - present Since 2004, WisconsinView has made aerial photography and satellite imagery of Wisconsin available to the public for free over the web. As part of the AmericaView consortium, WisconsinView supports... Access Database WisconsinView

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Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science 2007 This encyclopedia includes 360 articles that cover the field of quaternary sciences. Quaternary science is an inter-disciplinary field of study focusing on the Quaternary period, which encompasses ... Access Database Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
ESRI GIS Bibliography 1969 - present The ESRI GIS Bibliography covers the literature of geographic information systems, science, and technology from the origins of GIS to the present. It references thousands of sources, including jour... Access Database ESRI GIS Bibliography
FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System 1950 - present The Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations and its 187 members highlight information as one of the priority areas in fighting hunger and achieving food security. The FAO Country P... Access Database FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System
GeoRef (Geology) 1669 - present (North America coverage), 1933 - present (Worldwide coverage) GEOREF, produced by the American Geosciences Institute, indexes the earth sciences literature of the world. It contains more than 3.5 million references to literature covering North America since 1... Access Database GeoRef (Geology)
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Current (2015) The International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences is a fully revised and updated second edition of the 2001 publication. It includes nearly 4000 articles curated by 71 section edit... Access Database International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Dates Vary JSTOR is a full-text journal database which provides access to more than 1,200 titles in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, architecture, Asian studies, biological sciences, bota... Access Database JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts July 1974 - present The MGA database covers the fields of meteorology, climatology, physical oceanography, hydrology, glaciology, and atmospheric chemistry and physics. The database provides abstracts from journal art... Access Database Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Dates Vary Within NCEI, there is access to various data holdings from the Center for Weather and Climate, Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics. Land-based, marine, model, radar, weather balloon, satellite, paleocli... Access Database NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Scopus Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database that covers science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Access Database Scopus
Water Resources Abstracts 1967 - present Water Resources Abstracts is now part of the Agricultural and Environmental Science Database. This database provides summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related t... Access Database Water Resources Abstracts
Web of Science Arts & Humanities, 1975 to present; Science, 1900 to present; 1965 - for Science; Social Sciences, 1900 to present; Conferences, 1990 to present The Web of Science is a combination of three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Conference Proceedings Citation Index (... Access Database Web of Science

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