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Research Guide: GIS Program

Library Catalogs: Find Books and More
MnPALS Library Catalog--search for books and audio-visual materials located in the Fitzgerald Library.  Due dates | Renewals

You may also search other libraries (including WorldCat) to locate materials not in our library. See our  Interlibrary Loan page for more information about how to obtain these items. 


Indexes and Databases: Find Journal Articles and More
When you click on a subscription database from off campus you will be asked to supply your user name and password. Enter the same user name and password that you use for your other Saint Mary's accounts--e-mail, WebTools, Blackboard, etc. If you have access problems call Academic Computing at (507) 457-7800 or the Reference Desk at (507) 457-1562.

Academic Search Premier smu students only information some full text
Large, multi-disciplinary database with indexing for over 8,000 journals with full text for more than 4,600 scholarly and peer reviewed publications. (from EBSCO)

ACM Digital Library smu students only some full text
For students of computer science, provides full text access to every article published by the Association for Computing Machinery, including over 50 years of archives. Link here to citations and abstracts from other publishers as well in The Guide to Computing Literature.

Business Source Premier smu students only information some full text
Designed for business researchers, provides nearly 3,800 full text scholarly publications, including more than 1,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 4,600 journals. For easy access to company & country reports, industry information, and market research use the Business Searching Interface. (from EBSCO)

Criminal Justice Periodicals smu students only information some full text
Collection of national and international criminal justice journals with information on law enforcement, corrections administration, family law, industrial security, rehabilitation, and more. (from ProQuest)

Criminology Collection smu students only full text
Full text access to SAGE publications in areas of criminal justice, corrections, penology, policing (1976 to current).

Emerald smu students only full text
Contains 58,000 searchable articles from over 110 scholarly Emerald journals. Subjects covered include management, HRM, marketing, librarianship, mechanical engineering, and electronic and electrical engineering.

LexisNexis smu students only full text   information  tutorial
Provides  U.S. and international news; company reports, news, and financial information; industry and market data; state and country profiles; legal news, research, and information; biographical and general reference information;  and access to medical and health journals.

Management and Organization Studies Collection smu students only full text
Full text access to Sage publications in the fields of organization studies, management, business, human resources, marketing, public policy, public administration, and industrial relations (1947- current issue).

Mergent Online smu students only full text
A ccess to U. S. and international company data including business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock.  Provides 15 years of detailed financial information.  Includes country reports.

Newspapers smu students only some full text
Access to over 500 national and international newspapers including full text for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. (
from ProQuest)

ScienceDirect smu studetns only some full text
One of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical, and medical literature with a database of some 2 million articles and 59 million abstracts from all fields of science. Access to journals in mathematics, social sciences, arts and humanities, and business as well.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage smu students only full text
Good source for business and investment information.  Includes industry surveys, stock reports, company descriptions and financials, and mutual fund research.

Urban Studies and Planning smu students only full text
Full text access to SAGE publications in the areas of anthropology, economic development, economics, education, planning theory, political science, public administration, and urban policy (1965-current).


Choose from all Fitzgerald Library indexes and databases

Journal Finder--provides an A-Z list of all journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Fitzgerald collection, both online and in print. If the journal you are looking for does not appear in our Journal Finder, you may order the article needed from that journal through our interlibrary loan service.


Use the ask a librarian button to locate full text articles from abstracts and citations

For help Ask a Librarian

smu students only= available only to SMU students, staff, and faculty. Login required for off campus use.

available to all= freely available to all

 

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Fitzgerald Print Journal Subscriptions (available in the library Reference Room)

GEO World, v.11 no.11- 1998:Nov.-
GPS World, v.5 no.5- 1994:May-


Recommended Internet Sites

Google Scholar available to all information some pay for view, some free full text
Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature. When accessing this database through the link provided here you will find free connections to the pay for view materials that are located in our subscription sources. Just use the "Find It" button.

HighWire Press freely available to all some full text, some pay for view
From Stanford University Libraries, a collection of scholarly publications focusing on the biological and medical sciences with some coverage of the physical and social sciences as well. Free access is available to some 1.3 million articles together with pay for view access to complete articles from the remainder of the collection.

National Criminal Justice Reference Source Abstracts Database freely available to all
Contains summaries of the more than 190,000 criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse resources housed in the NCJRS Library collection. NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.

science.gov freely available to all full text
Fourteen scientific and technical information organizations from ten major science agencies have collaborated to provide reliable information about science and technology from across Federal government organizations.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics freely available to all
brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 1,000 tables. The site is updated regularly as new statistics become available. The Sourcebook is supported by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

USA.gov Physical Sciences freely available to all


Reference Librarians

Reference librarians are available to aid you in your research in the Reference Room. Off campus? Call (507) 457-1562 or e-mail a librarian with any questions.

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