Librarian - R. Phillip Reynolds
Email: preynolds@sfasu.edu
Phone: 936.468.1453
Office: 202b
Appointments Available
Subject Indexes | E-Text | Websites
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8000 journals with many available in full text.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Cengage Learning) is a general database with indexing for journal, magazine and newspaper articles, with many of the articles available full text.
Wilson Select Plus (FirstSearch) is a general database that contains full text articles from popular and scholarly journals and magazines.
DIScovering Science provides comprehensive coverage of scientific disciplines including Physical Sciences, Medicine, Technology, Information Sciences and Mathematics.
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (FirstSearch) is a database covering scientific and technical publications with topics from acoustics to waste management.
Geobase (Firstsearch) a worldwide index to literature on geography, geology, ecology, and related disciplines, includes journal articles, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports.
Digital Sanborn Maps gives access to the Texas collection of fire insurance maps that chart the growth of Texas cities from the late 1800s through the mid 1900s.
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) Provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) database of foreign geographic feature names, database is the official repository of foreign place-names approved by the US BGN, Approximately 20,000 database features updated monthly, Geographic Area of Coverage: Worldwide excluding the United States and Antarctica.
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NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) especially selected to meet the needs of the university curriculum.
Online Books: Geography
National Mapping Information
Compiled by USGS, contains information on mapping products and services and educational information for teachers and students.
TopoZone
The TopoZone is the Web's center for topographic map users and outdoor recreation enthusiasts. We've worked with the USGS to create the Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States.
USGS Geographic Names Information System
A gazetteer and more! Retrieves detailed information (if any) about a specific place or point of interest (even libraries and parks) in the U.S. Includes: Elevation, Population, Description, History Notes, Variant Names, and USGS 7.5' Map Names. Can query by Feature Name, County, State or Feature Type. Can also combine Elevation or Population (up-to-date) with State, County, or Feature Type. And, you can bring up maps from the U.S. Census Bureau's Tiger Mapping Service. From the U.S. Geological Survey.
GEOnet Names Server
Provides access to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) database of foreign geographic feature names. Gives latitude and longitude
Map sites
(At the University of Texas at Austin) This site has general area electronic maps and a large collection of map related internet sites including city map sites.
United Nations Cartographic Section
Map collection from the United Nations.
Geography - (The Mining Company)
Annotated directory of geography resources on the Internet. Searchable and organized in two major areas - best of the net and resource lists. Also has a weekly feature (archived) discussing an aspect of geography.
Oddens's Bookmarks: The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
A comprehensive listing of cartographic sites. More than 3,800 un-annotated links to mapping information on the Web organized in categories.
Association of American Geographers
A scientific and educational society whose members share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography.
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