Geography Research Guide: Find Articles
A guide to resources for geography
Recommended databases
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- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary database including journals and popular periodicals.
- MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary database with mainly general interest periodicals.
- PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new windowPsychology articles from APA (American Psychological Association).
- ProQuest Newspapers This link opens in a new windowSource for newspaper articles from the New York Times, the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, and Wall Street Journal.
What's a database?
A database contains published information in a way you can search for it. You will mostly use them to search for scholarly journal articles and news or magazine articles.
You can find articles by searching databases in your subject or you can browse all of our databases in an A-Z list.
Other resources
Statistics
- A to Z Maps Online This link opens in a new windowLarge database of downloadable maps, both modern and antique.
- Knoema: World Data AtlasFacts & figures on geography and social conditions in countries of the world including agriculture, education, environment, etc.
- Census BureauPrimary source for census information about the United States: population, housing, economic, and geographic data
Newspapers
- ProQuest Newspapers This link opens in a new window
- Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore Sun This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times This link opens in a new window
- *Carroll County TimesFreely available on the Internet. Browse the current issue and search an archive of selected articles dating back to 2000.
Geography/Geoscience databases
- A to Z Maps Online This link opens in a new window