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Agricola (ProQuest)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to all aspects of agriculture. [more info]
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Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ProQuest)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, books and government... [more info]
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PAIS International (ProQuest)
Indexes publications on all subjects that relate to contemporary public issues.  Includes PAIS Archive. [more info]
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ... [more info]
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Countries & Regional Information
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CIA World FactBook
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, and geography for 266 world entities.  Includes photos, maps, and flags. The Factbook is in the public domain. [more info]
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County and City Data Book (University of Virginia. Geospatial & Statistical Data Center)
Statistical database offering demographic, economic, and government information... [more info]
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County and City Data Book: 2007 (US Census Bureau)
The County and City Data Book is the most comprehensive source of information about the individual counties and cities in the United States. It includes data for all U.S. states, counties, and cities with a population of 25,000 or more. [more info]
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eHRAF World Cultures: Collection of Ethnography (Yale University)
A cross-cultural database that contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life.  Check out these online tutorials for a quick introduction to eHRAF. [more info]
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Current News / Controversies
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CQ Press Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press)
Full text reports on current and controversial issues in U.S. politics, health care, education, economics... [more info]
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Government Information
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Census of Agriculture (US Dept. of Agriculture)
Statistical data on agriculture in the United States... [more info]
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Europa World (Taylor and Francis)
Europa World provides the latest information covering political elections, country profiles, and industry statistics.... [more info]
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Industry Information
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IBISWorld
IBISWorld is a collection of Industry Market Research reports of over 700 United States industries. Now includes access to US Specialized Industry Reports. [more info]
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Mergent Online (Mergent)
Mergent contains U.S. and international publicly-held company data and reports.  For a Quick Tips user guide, click here. [more info]
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Maps and Atlases
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USGS Map Locator & Downloader (US Geological Survey)
Download free topographical maps as PDF files. [more info]
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Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 (ProQuest)
View digital maps of Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia.  These maps were digitized from the fire insurance maps of the Sanborn Map Company.  Click here for a map legend that provides symbols and a glossary of terms used in this map collection. [more info]
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David Rumsey Map Collection (Cartography Associates)
The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials.  Images available for certain uses (such as attribution) under the Creative Commons license. [more info]
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Serial Set Maps 1817-1980 (Readex)
50,000 Historical maps from within the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.
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News Articles
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Access World News (NewsBank)
Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources.
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Reference Information
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Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science (SAGE)
The Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science covers the essence of this exciting, new, and expanding field in an easily understood but richly detailed style... [more info]
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Encyclopedia of Human Geography (SAGE)
With more than 300 entries written by an international team of leading authorities in the field, the Encyclopedia of Human Geography offers a comprehensive overview of the major ideas, concepts, terms, and approaches that characterize a notoriously diverse field... [more info]
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Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change (SAGE)
These three volumes include more than 750 articles that explore major topics related to global warming and climate change... [more info]
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Encyclopedia of Global Change (Oxford University Press)
The 300 authoritative articles in this unique and wide-ranging encyclopedia investigate all types of phenomena that change life on Earth... [more info]
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Reports & Proceedings
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Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ProQuest)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, books and government... [more info]
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CQ Press Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press)
Full text reports on current and controversial issues in U.S. politics, health care, education, economics... [more info]
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Statistics & Datasets
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Census of Agriculture (US Dept. of Agriculture)
Statistical data on agriculture in the United States... [more info]
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CIA World FactBook
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, and geography for 266 world entities.  Includes photos, maps, and flags. The Factbook is in the public domain. [more info]
Internet
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County and City Data Book (University of Virginia. Geospatial & Statistical Data Center)
Statistical database offering demographic, economic, and government information... [more info]
Internet
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Gapminder World 2006
Gapminder World 2006 presents statistical data in a unique and visually appealing way. Graphs are created using data on various countries throughout the world and are animated to show striking, visually-rich results. These results allow for easy identification of trends in the data. [more info]
 
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