Sources in geography

This guide lists a selection of the more important sources of information on Geography available at Concordia Library. It includes material held in the Webster Library on the Sir George Williams Downtown Campus, the Vanier Library (VAN) on the Loyola Campus and/or available online. Most materials are located in the Reference area (REF) or electronically. This is not a complete list. Additional resources may be found by searching the Sofia Discovery tool.

Article Databases

Major Databases

Geobase
Citations with abstracts to literature in physical and human geography, geology, mineralogy, ecology and development studies. Integrates the content of several print indexes, including Geographical Abstracts and Ecological Abstracts.
Web of Science
Citation index to the social sciences and sciences.
Scopus
Citation index to the social sciences and sciences.

Databases Related to Geography

Academic Search Complete
AGRICOLA
ASTIS - Arctic Science and Technology Information System
Contains over 56,000 records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
BIOSIS previews
BIOSIS Previews is the most comprehensive index in life sciences. Subject coverage: biogeography, ecology, environmental biology and much more.
Compendex
An engineering database.
PAIS Index
A database covering political, economic and social issues
TRID Database
TRID is an integrated database that combines the records from U.S.Transportation Research Board's Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre's International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database.