This subject guide covers resources available at the NUS Libraries.
This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of
materials that are most useful for locating information in
Geography.
Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles
in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in
books, reports and reviews.
GeoBase
1980-
Librarian's take: A multidisciplinary database
providing references and abstracts for Development Studies, Earth
Sciences, Ecology, Geomechanics, Human Geography, and Oceanography. A major resource for Geography.
Librarian's take:Contains more than 110.000 entries concerning Geographically related literature
since 1950. It provides the bibliographical data for scientific articles (primarily in German, English and French) indexed by keywords.
Guides for searching Geodok are available at
Geodok Hints & FAQs (The Publisher)
PERIND,
1980-
Librarian's take: Very useful index to journal articles, book reviews, book
chapters and conference papers relating to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and
ASEAN. Includes materials not indexed by other databases. Excellent for Area
and Social Studies.
An abstracting and indexing database including cited references of
peer-reviewed titles from international publishers in the sciences and
social sciences.
Librarian's take: Indexes articles
from social sciences journals including Anthropology, Area Studies,
Economics, Environmental Studies, Gender Studies, Geography, Political
Science, Sociology and Urban Studies.
Librarian's take: An index to the current journal literature of Social Sciences including Geography, Anthropology, Political Science, Social Studies, Urban Studies and Women's Studies..
Guides for searching
Social Sciences
Citation Index are available at
Web of Science
Tutorial (HTML).
Selected theses & academic exercises received from the
NUS Geography are kept in the Library's Closed
Stacks under the call number G58 .
Foreign Theses
ProQuest
Dissertations & Theses Database
(PQDT) (E-Resource) A
comprehensive database of dissertations and theses records from around the
world . Where available, PQDT provides 24 page previews of dissertations
and theses. Allows natural language searching and the menu-driven search
facility help users find information quickly and easily.
This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching
users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc. It may
include notes on how to use specific resources.
Geo-Guide
A subject gateway to scholarly information in Earth Science and
Geography.
Geonet Names Server
(GNS)
Contains
geographic feature names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names
(US BGN).
GIS.com
A portal to GIS information on the Web created by
ESRI, a GIS software
developer.
Infomine: Maps
& GIS
A virtual
library of internet resources, databases, electronic books, bulletin
boards, mailing lists, library catalogs, articles and directories of
researchers.
Intute>
Geography
A gateway
that provides resources which have been evaluated and categorized by
subject specialists.
National
Geographic
Website
of National Geographic Society (US) that includes a wide range of
geographic resources for researchers, educators and students.
Portals to the
world
Contains
selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the
nations and other areas of the world.
WWW Virtual Library - Earth
science
Includes
links to cartography, environment, geography, geophysics, meteorology,
oceanology and remote sensing.
A reputable business information resource that
allows searching for timely news articles from major national and
international newspapers, trade journals, and wires, including The Wall
Street Journal and The Economist.
LexisNexis Academic
(E-Resource)
Provides full text of hundreds of news sources
including newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. Provides convenient
search tools, to aid you in searching.
Guides for searching LexisNexis Academic are available at
LexisNexis Help
Press
Clippings
Located in the Singapore - Malaysia Collection,
Central Library. A useful source for topical and current information, not
available in journal articles or books. Articles on Singapore, Malaysia,
Brunei and ASEAN from The Straits Times and Business Times are arranged by
broad subjects.
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