Special Topic: Introduction to GIS
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| I. Bibliography Assignment: |
- Review 5 GIS related journal articles and write a summary of each article; 1 article summary will be presented to the class.
- Article summaries should include:
- article citation
- how you found the article
- the purpose of the study
- the data used in the study
- how GIS was used in the study
- your opinion of the article - was it a valid study?, did it need to use GIS?, etc.
- Summary format:
- each summary should be 1-2 pages in length, double-spaced
- use standard font with font size 12
- include your name and the article citation at the top of the page
- Citation format example:
- Cowen, D.J. 1998. GIS versus CAD versus DBMS: What are the differences? Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 54(1): 1551-1555.
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II. Books: |
- Books in Miller Library:
- Books in the main collection:
- Subject search, uses Library of Congress subject headings:
- keyWords search in the title, contents, series, etc.
- Author Search
- Books beyond Miller Library:
- Other libraries:
- WorldCat
- most distinguished database of books in the world
- searches over 52 million records held by OCLC libraries worldwide
- over 400 languages represented
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| III. Scholarly journal articles: |
- Multi-disciplinary:
- Academic Search Premier
- 4,500+ general and academic journals in all subject areas
- coverage 1985+
- mostly full-text
- JSTOR
- indexes 440+ of the most prestigious scholarly journals
- provides all years of all journals except for the most recent 3-5 years
- full-text
- WilsonWeb
- 3,500+ general and academic journals, including sociology & anthropology
- two components: OmniFile Full Text Mega; Humanities & Social Sci Retro
- OmniFile Full Text Mega: indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text in 1994
- Humanities & Social Sci Retro: index only, 1907-1984
- 1,750 journals are full-text
- Specific areas:
- AGRICOLA
- from the National Agriculture Library
- all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science
- provides detailed abstracts
- over 5,000 sources: books, journals, etc.
- coverage from 1970+
- Business Source Premier
- all subject areas related to business
- 7,400+ scholarly business journals and other sources
- full-text
- coverage from 1965+
- GEOBASE
- worldwide literature of geography, geology, and ecology
- covers journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings and reports
- over 2,000+ sources
- mostly citation-only, some full-text
- coverage from 1980+
- ScienceDirect
- indexes 1,800+ scientific, technical & medical peer-reviewed journals
- 200+ full-text journals
- provides MEDLINE access
- coverage varies
- Scientific American Archive
- contains entire editorial contents of Scientific American Magazine
- coverage from Jan. 1993+
- full-text
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| IV. Government Documents |
- GPO Monthly Catalog (GPO)
- the index to U.S. Government publications
- covers all types of documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judicial materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.)
- coverage from 1976+
- citation-only
- order from Interlibrary Loan
- Science.gov
- portal for science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results
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| V. Newspapers |
- Lexis-Nexis Academic
- 5,900+ national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources
- full-text
- New York Times (1851-2001)
- all issues of the NYT from 1851-2001 (for more recent years please consult Lexis-Nexis Academic or the library's current print subscription)
- includes all news articles, illustrations, editorials, and advertising
- provides PDF reproductions and ASCII text versions of the original pages
- text is fully searchable
- full-text
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| VI. Web Sites: |
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| VII. How to Cite: |
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