Find & Evaluate Journals
UCSB E-Journals:
- E-Journals Collection (main search)
Evaluate Journals and Find Impact Factors
Locating Articles:
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button to find the full text of an article, either online or in print on the library shelves. If the library does not have access to the article you need, you can request the article to be sent to you through interlibrary loan.
If you already have a citation, first, use Google Scholar and search for the title of the article. Look for the link to the pdf or Get it at UC on the right side. You may first need to review the tutorial: Connecting Google Scholar to UCSB Library Full-Text Resources. If you do not see the article, use the Citation Linker where you should see if the UCSB Library has access to it or use the Request function to request a copy through Interlibrary Loan.
Specialized Geography Databases
Find Articles, Citations, Reviews, and more in these Indexes and Databases:
These bibliographic databases are especially useful for geographic research.
You may also be interested in Datasets and Web Mapping
- National Agricultural Library Search This link opens in a new window
National Agricultural Library Search is the USDA National Agricultural Library’s main search tool. It provides simple, one-stop access to more than 8 million records covering all aspects of agriculture and related disciplines. Search Everything for results from the Catalog and Articles database (AGRICOLA), PubAg, and the NAL Digital Collections (NALDC). Or you can limit your SEARCH to PubAg by selecting it at the top of the advanced search form.
The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition.
- Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) This link opens in a new windowCovers all aspects of aquatic science including aquaculture, biology, conservation, environmental quality, fisheries, freshwater environments, limnology, marine biotechnology, marine environments, meteorology, oceanography, policy and legislation, and wildlife management.
- Agricultural & Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and citations from over 4,000 journals and other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books, and government publications.
- GeoRef This link opens in a new windowProvides over 2.2 million citations from over 3,500 journals, serials, maps, theses and dissertations, government publications, books, and reports in the fields of geology and geophysics, including information on energy sources, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, groundwater pollution, nuclear reactor sites, landslides, and erosion, as well as the history of the earth, the structure of the earth, the study of ore deposits, and geostatistics. The database is updated every two weeks with approximately 3,000 new records. Note: GeoRef In Process contains records, not necessarily recent ones, which are currently being indexed by GeoRef. The GeoRef Preview at AGI database contains the most recently indexed records, not yet fully indexed for the main GeoRef file. For the most complete searches, search all three: GeoRef, GeoRef In Process and GeoRef Previews.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowGreenFILE offers information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. GreenFILE is multidisciplinary by nature and draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
- Environmental Science Index This link opens in a new windowSummaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources.
- GeoScienceWorld (GSW)A collection of 50 journals published by scholarly societies in the geosciences. Our access includes all journal titles, plus the book series from the Geological Society of America. GSW also includes 4.5 million records from the GeoRef database, allowing for additional discovery of information in the field. Includes OpenGeoSci – a free, public map based toolset that allows users to search for cross sections, charts, tables, figures, and data from GeoScienceWorld publications.
Interdisciplinary Databases for Geography
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. Academic Search Complete includes full-text access to peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for magazines, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features some PDF content going back as far as 1867, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science consists of nine databases: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Science Citation Index Expanded for journal aritcles; Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science and Conference Proceedings - Social Sciences and Humanities; Book Citation Index - Science and Book Citation Index - Social Sciences and Humanities; and Current Chemical Reactions and Index Chemicus. Web of Science covers thousands of research journals, and extensive collections of conference proceedings and books. across hundreds of disciplines. Both the science and social sciences journal article files offer searchable author abstracts. All three databases are updated weekly.
- Earth and Environmental Sciences Databases (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowThe ProQuest Earth and Environmental Sciences database cluster allows users to simultaneously perform a search in any or all of the following databases: ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts, ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, GeoRef, TOXLINE. For more information on the individual databases, see their respective entries in the Databases list.
- Annual Reviews This link opens in a new windowAnnual Reviews is a non-profit organization that provides the worldwide scholarly community with a useful and intelligent synthesis of the primary research literature for a broad spectrum of scholarly disciplines. Each year, Annual Reviews critically reviews the most significant primary research literature to guide you to the principal contributions of the field and help you keep up to date in your area of research.
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new windowThe database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities in North America and from around the globe. The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Dissertations & Theses offers UCSB users access to UC dissertations in full-text digital format starting with titles published from 1997 forward.
- Biological Science Collection This link opens in a new windowThe Biological Science Collection provides comprehensive coverage of biological science fields including animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, chemoreception, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, immunology genetics, health and safety science, oncogenes, entomology, and endocrinology neuroscience. The resource also includes access to MEDLINE®, and the ability to cross-search with over 30 subject-specialized abstract and citation databases.