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Try using Search Almost Everything. It gives you a Google-type search of almost all the library's resources, including print books, DVDs, electronic books, articles from databases and electronic reference sources. Find Search Almost Everything on the Library's homepage.
Books
The JCC Library offers good resources for research in the area of geography, whether you can come to the library or can only connect online
- Print Books
Use CannonCat to look up print books.
Print books on geography are found in the G, GA and GB section of the library.
E-books
Use Search Almost Everything to look up full text e-books. Follow these instructions for logging into e-books.
There are also some good reference e-books available through the JCC databases.
Below are just a sample of e-books on geography that you can access online.
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Geography and Ethnography
by ISBN: 9781444315660 -
The Handy Geography Answer Book
by ISBN: 9781578592159 -
Articles from JCC databases
Here are suggested specialized databases for geography research. In addition, several other general topic databases may also provide good geography resources.
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A to Z The WorldProvides economic, political and cultural information for 175 countries around the globe. Includes news articles, maps, travel and business information.
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World History CollectionProviding over 300,000 articles from a wide variety of sources, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.
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JSTORProvides full-text, scholarly articles in several disciplines including literature and philosophy. Includes the complete run of issues, providing articles over 100 years old. For many titles, the content of the most recent 3-5 years is not included. Also includes some primary source and book content.
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Social Sciences Full TextProvides access to full-text articles from hundreds of journals, covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
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Academic Search CompleteMulti-disciplinary database with thousands of full-text articles from scholarly journals and general, popular magazines.
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Academic OneFileMulti-disciplinary database for accessing thousands of full-text articles from an extensive collection of scholarly journals, audio files and reference sources. (Provided by the New York State Library)
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MasterFILE PremierMulti-disciplinary database providing many full-text articles, with emphasis on general, popular magazines. Also includes a large variety of reference sources, images, maps and flags. (Powered by SUNYConnect)
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