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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 USERS


Do 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 

  • To access the UJ Library use your student card @ the entrance

 

Searching & Borrowing Materials from UJ Library 

 

Learners Support Services

 

Librarian Advice & Training 

 

Assignments & Projects Instructions

 

Social Networking

 

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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 & SERVICES


Quick links to the MAIN library resources and services:

 

About UJ Library 

UJ Library                                              Campus Libraries         

Library Regulations                                 Study Cubicles 

Library Submission Forms                        Library Staff (APKDFC Campuses)    

Library Hours                                          Library Hours: 24h Study Area

 

How to create Library PIN for access to Library Resources

Create PIN in the Library.pdf

 

Library Services 

Ask-A-Librarian                 Information Librarians                   Virtual Learning Environment      

Lending Services               Inter Campus Loan Service             Inter Library Loan Service         

Copyright                          Bindery

 

Library Collections

 

Information Resources

 

Sciences Subject Collections

Sciences Librarian Portal                Applied Mathematics & Mathematics

Astronomy & Astrophysics               Biochemistry

Biology                                           Botany & Plant Biotechnology

Chemistry                                       Energy

Environmental Management             Geography

Geology                                          Human Anatomy & Physiology

Information Technology                 Microbiology

Physics                                           Statistics

Zoology

 

Additional Subject Collections

Accounting     Economics      Education       Law      Politics

 

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. 

 

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GEOGRAPHY JOURNALS, DATABASES & WEB RESOURCES 


The 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!

  • By searching the databases below, you search for JOURNALS ARTICLES.
  • When searching CASE:A-to-Z Journals, you search for JOURNALS TITLES 
  • For in-depth research on a topic start with these Bibliographic Databases: Science Citation Index, GreenFile, Biological & Agricultural Index, etc.
  • If you look for full-text articles to complete your assignment or project, then search any of these databases: ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, WileyInterscience, Academic Search Premier, etc.

 

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)

  • Wiley Interscience (full-text, Blackwell journals from 1997+; Wiley Journals - 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. 

 

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SCIENCES SEARCH ENGINES & SEARCHABLE WEB RESOURCES


Geography 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...

 

 

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FULL-TEXT GEOGRAPHY JOURNALS


This 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")

 

 

E - F

 

G

 

I - J

 

N - P

 

S - T - W

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FULL-TEXT SCIENCES JOURNALS


Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")

 

 


ELECTRONIC DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS


Access Science 

Online 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! 

 

Encyclopedia of Energy 

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.

 

Oxford Dictionary of Ecology

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.

 

 

Oxford English Dictionary 

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 

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!   

 

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HOW STUFF WORKS?

 

  

 

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ELECTRONIC BOOKS 


  • AccessEngineering 
  • CRCNetBase E-books
  • South Africa Survey Online 2007/2008 : The South Africa Survey Online is the online version of the hardcopy South Africa Survey. Each chapter of the Survey is presented as a separate publication (demographics, economy, health & welfare, living conditions, etc.)The online Survey is updated regularly through the course of every year 
  • Yearbook of International Associations : Most of the UIA online databases are freely accessible without any registration. This applies to World Problems - Issues, Global Strategies - Solutions, Human Development, Bibliography (issues), Human Values, Integrative Concepts, Patterns and Metaphors. Self-registration provides additional features, such as bookmarking, user statistics, etc. Click here to create a new user account. 
  • Who Owns Whom: South African Industry Reports and Company information- SA Sector, Power groups, latest Africa Inc. Companies, JSE Listed Companies

 

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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:

 

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS


 

 

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UNIVERSITY & SCIENCES LINKS


If 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.)


          - ScienceWatch RSS NEWS Feeds 

          - Sci-Bytes: What's New in Research

          - Fast Breaking Papers

          - New Hot Papers in Science (from Essential Science Indicators, Thomson Reuters)

          - Emerging Research Fronts

          - Fast Moving Fronts (Research Fronts that are growing most rapidly)

          - Research Front Maps (Clusters of highly cited papers and research front maps)

          - Country Profiles

          - What's Hot in... (Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics)

 

                        

 

  • SciTopics: Research Summaries by Topic:  Earth & Planetary Sciences (Elsevier)

          - About SciTopics

          - Author Index

          - HELP!  

          - Read MORE!

 

  • Academia.edu (Academia is a tree of academics around the world, displayed according to university/department affiliation)(About; Read MORE!)

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