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Geography
GEOGRAPHY SUBJECT PORTAL
The Resources for this subject have been selected by Pavlinka Kovatcheva, subject librarian at APK Campus, Level 1, Tel: 011 559-2621, e-mail: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za
CONSULTING HOURS for Undergraduates & Honours students (on Campus):
Monday: 10.30 - 12.00h 14.00 - 16.00h Tuesday: 9.30 - 12.00h 14.00 - 16.00h Thursday:9.30 - 12.00h 14.00 - 16.00h
CONSULTING HOURS for Masters & PhD's: Contact me to make an appointment Geography 1A ext, 2nd term: Ice Age (Library Instruction) Geography 3A & honours: Geo-Informatics (Library Instructions) Geography 2A, 2nd term: Pedography (Library Instruction on Soil Erosion) Geography 1A Ext, 1st term:Cartography (Library Research Project)
SUPPORT TO GEOGRAPHY USERSDo you know how to CREATE A PIN for access to the Library resources? Forgot your Password (PIN)? Contact the LENDING DESK staff for assistance, tel. 011 559 2165. LIBRARY SUPPORT TO UNDERGRADUATES
Visit the Library Support to Undergraduates & New Students Portals for more information.
Library Membership
Searching & Borrowing Materials from UJ Library
Learners Support Services
Librarian Advice & Training
Assignments & Projects Instructions
Social Networking
LIBRARY SUPPORT TO ACADEMICS & RESEARCHERS
Go to these relevant portals to find more information on: Library Support to Teaching & Library Support to Research
Library Membership
Searching & Borrowing Materials from UJ Library
Borrowing Materials from Other Libraries
Teaching Support
Librarian Advice & Training
Research Support
Theses & Dissertations (T & D)(incl. Institutional Repositories)
Current Awareness Tools
Manage your References
Citing & Referencing
Impact Journals
South African Accredited Journals
Internationally Accredited Journals
Social Networking
Your Subject Librarian will help you with any queries or requests for "topic search", library problem solving, etc.
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LIBRARY RESOURCES & SERVICESQuick links to the MAIN library resources and services:
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Printing & Photocopying (APK Library)Support to photocopiers and printers resides with Xerox. Ask for assistance: Level 5, Elevators foyer, Tel: 011 559 2184. Photocopiers are available on: Level 1, 2 5 7 6. Printing stations are available on: Level 2 & 5.
GEOGRAPHY JOURNALS, DATABASES & WEB RESOURCESThe databases below are the most relevant resources where you can start your search for Journal Articles, Conference Proceedings, Reviews, Electronic books, Standards, Patents, etc.
REMOTE ACCESS is available to all the databases. Just log-in with your SURNAME, STUDENT /STAFF NUMBER, PIN. Learn how to create PIN.
Remember!
For assistance and guidance contact your subject librarian (contact details at the TOP) FULL-TEXT JOURNALS SEARCH
Search the following resources, when you need to find specific JOURNAL title:
JOURNALS ABBREVIATIONS
In many references the Journal title is ABBREVIATED. The links below will help you find the FULL-TEXT journal title.
TOP GEOGRAPHY DATABASES
Journals search: CASE: A-to-Z Journals (NEW!)
Bibliographic Databases
- Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences - Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
Full-text Databases (incl. abstracts only)
Business & Economics Databases
Search these databases for articles on Economic Geography, Sust. Development, Ecotourism, Countries Studies, etc.
If you specialised in Environmental Management or Energy Studies, visit their subject portals.
P.S. If you are still unsure, which database to use, go to the Databases Information sheet.
SCIENCES SEARCH ENGINES & SEARCHABLE WEB RESOURCESGeography Resources
Sciences Search Engines
Use Google Scholar to search for academic articles across multiple publishers: Springer, Elsevier, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, JSTOR, Blackwell-Wiley, SAGE and many more. Scholar HELP!
You can EXPORT your references directly to RefWorks! Read MORE...
FULL-TEXT GEOGRAPHY JOURNALSThis is a selected list with JOURNALS available full-text through individual or databases subscriptions.
For more Journals search: CASE: A-to-Z Journals (NEW!)
*Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")
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I - J
N - P
S - T - W
FULL-TEXT SCIENCES JOURNALSFull text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")
ELECTRONIC DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIASOnline version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Articles, current news and research updates, biographies of leading scientists, image galleries, multimedia. Definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Good to get you started with your project or assignment and keep you update with the latest news in Science & Technology. HELP/FAQs!
It will not only be indispensable for students and researchers, but also for policy makers, energy and environmental consultants, and all those working in business corporations and non-governmental organisations whose activities relate to energy and the environment. Basics of Energy, Coal, Conservation and end use, Economics of Energy, Electricity, Energy flows, Environmental issues, Global issues, History & Energy, Nuclear Power, Oil & Natural gas, Policy issues, Public issues, Renewable & Alternative Sources, Risks, Society & Energy, Sustainable Dvelopment, Systems of Energy.
Oxford Companion to Global Change
is an up-to-date, comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide to the range of issues surrounding natural and human-induced changes in the Earth's environment. The Companion brings together current knowledge about the relations between technological, social, demographic, economic, and political factors as well as biological, chemical, and physical systems. It is an essential reference work for students, teachers, researchers, and other professionals seeking to understand any aspect of global change.
Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences The third edition of this leading dictionary offers wide-ranging and authoritative coverage of the earth sciences and related topics, including geology, oceanography, paleontology, minerology, volcanology, and planetary science as well as climatology, geochemistry, and petrology. The fully updated dictionary also provides additional coverage of process geomorphology and physical geography, as well as around 130 line drawings.
The most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of ecology available. Written in a clear, accessible style, it contains over 6,293 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric science, and oceanography. Coverage is wide-ranging and includes plant and animal physiology, animal behaviour, pollution, conservation, habitat management, evolution, environmental pollution, climatology and meteorology.
Oxford Dictionary of Geography There are over 6,300 definitions across the following fields: cartography, surveying, remote sensing, statistics, meteorology, climatology, biogeography, ecology, simple geology, soils, geomorphology, population, migration, settlement, agriculture, industry, transport, development, and diffusion.
It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. Need HELP?
Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource. The Premium Collection offers over 175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. View all subjects!
HOW STUFF WORKS?
ELECTRONIC BOOKS
STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT (ONLINE ACCESS)These online documents are available through the Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism:
Specialist studies: Background Research Papers for the SA Environmental Outlook. The following papers are available:
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS
UNIVERSITY & SCIENCES LINKSIf you want to go directly to your Student Portal, Department, Faculty of Science or University web pages, click on any of the links below.
CONFERENCES LINKS
SCIENCES RESEARCH LINKS (RANKING, IMPACT FACTOR, ETC.)
- Sci-Bytes: What's New in Research - New Hot Papers in Science (from Essential Science Indicators, Thomson Reuters) - Fast Moving Fronts (Research Fronts that are growing most rapidly) - Research Front Maps (Clusters of highly cited papers and research front maps) - What's Hot in... (Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics)
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