Journal Literature

Biological Abstracts

pre-eminent index to the life sciences literature

Biological and Agricultural Index

index to key periodicals in the biological and agricultural sciences

EconLit

index to journals, books, and dissertations in all areas of economics

GEOBASE

index to articles on human and physical geography, rural and urban studies, planning, development, environmental resources, and more

GeoRef

index to the geoscience literature of the world

International Political Science Abstracts

index to political science articles from nearly 800 scholarly journals worldwide

MEDLINE

index to medical and related articles from more than 9500 journals

PAIS International [Public Affairs Information Service]

index to journals and books on political, social, and public policy issues

Google Scholar – who else has cited that good article

Finding the Journals

Periodicals Holdings List – includes print & electronic periodicals at WIU

Newspapers

America’s Newspapers

indexing and full text for more than 600 newspapers, updated daily

LexisNexis Academic

newspapers and business information, updated daily, full text

Illinois Newsstand

index to Illinois newspapers, updated daily, some full text

NewsVoyager (http://www.newsvoyager.com/)

links to many local newspapers

Books, etc.

WIU Library Catalog - materials at WIU

I-Share - materials at WIU and 64 other Illinois libraries

WorldCat – materials at WIU and libraries across the country, including the Library of Congress

Dissertation Abstracts International – summaries of doctoral dissertations and masters theses

Statistical Data Sources

General & Demographic

LexisNexis Statistical

tables of government statistics plus index to more

Census Bureau

basic source for data on people, business, and geography

State and County QuickFacts

includes 2000 & 1990 population and housing information as well as County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, and map for each county

County & Zip Code Business Patterns (http://censtats.census.gov/cbpnaic/cbpnaic.shtml)

annual employment, wage, & establishment data; allows comparisons

Economic Census 1997 & Economic Census 2002 (http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/)

establishment, sales, & payroll statistics for retail & wholesale trade, manufactures, service industry, transportation & communication, mineral & construction industries, and minority & women-owned businesses and nonemployer statistics

Regional Economic Information System [REIS] (http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis/)

regional economic profiles, estimates, & projections of personal earnings & per capita income by industry; 1969-2003.

Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/vegmaps.html)

Daily Weather Maps (http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/data_rescue_daily_weather_maps.html)

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) (http://mapping.usgs.gov/)

GIS Data Depot (http://data.geocomm.com/)

Illinois Geographic Information Council (http://www100.state.il.us/ilgic/)

Illinois Land Cover Data (http://www.agr.state.il.us/gis/)

Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/county.html)

Illinois Geological Survey (http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/)

Websites for Digital GIS Data (http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/gis/web.html#State)

Web Guide: Introduction to GIS (http://www.wiu.edu/users/mma108/geog308/)

Jeanne Stierman– February 2006