Research Guides: GIS: Geographic Information Systems: Geospatial Resources

Books

GIS Research Methods: incorporating spatial perspectives by Jamal Jokar Arsanjani
ISBN: 9781589484047
Publication Date: 2015
eBook
Map Librarianship : A Guide to Geoliteracy, Map and GIS Resources and Services by Susan Elizabeth Ward Aber
ISBN: 9780081000212
Publication Date: 2016
eBook

Local Resources

Colorado GIS Coordination & Development Program
Empower data driven decision-making for the State of Colorado and its residents through improved sharing and availability of geographic information resulting from collaborative partnerships with all levels of government and the public.

Journals

Cartography and Geographic Information Science
"Supports research, education, and practices that improve the understanding, creation, analysis, and use of maps and geographic information. "
Geographical Analysis
"Publishes geographical theory, model building, and quantitative methods to geographers and scholars in a wide spectrum of related fields."
GeoInformatica
An International Journal on Advances of Computer Science for Geographic Information Systems
GIScience & Remote Sensing
"Publishes original, peer-reviewed articles associated with geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing of the environment (including digital image processing), geocomputation, spatial data mining, and geographic environmental modelling."
International Journal of Geographical Information Science
It is intended to interest those who research fundamental and computational issues of geographic information, as well as issues related to the design, implementation and use of geographical information for monitoring, prediction and decision making."
Journal of Geographical Systems
Geographical Information, Analysis, Theory, and Decision
Transactions in GIS
Focuses on "practical and theoretical issues influencing development of GIS, the collection, analysis, modelling, interpretation and display of spatial data within GIS, the connections between GIS and related technologies, new GIS applications which help to solve problems affecting the natural or built environments, or business."

Databases

GeoRef
Citations for U.S. and international journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, theses, and maps in Geology and the Earth Sciences. Includes GeoRef in Process content.
Web of Science
Massive collection of scholarly materials covers virtually all topic areas. Content, including articles, proceedings, and more, is pulled from various collections and is cross-searchable.

Science Citation Index Expanded (1975-present); Social Sciences Citation Index (1975-present); Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present); Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990-present); Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (1990-present); Book Citation Index– Science/Social Sciences & Humanities (2005-present); Current Chemical Reactions (1985-present, including Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle structure data back to 1840); Index Chemicus (1993-present); BIOSIS Citation Index (1926-present); BIOSIS Previews (1926-present); Current Contents Connect (1998-present); Data Citation Index (1900-present); Derwent Innovations Index (1963-present); KCI-Korean Journal Database (1980-present); MEDLINE (1950-present);Russian Science Citation Index (2005-present); SciELO Citation Index (1997-present); and Zoological Record® (1964-present)
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect, aka SciVerse ScienceDirect, contains journal articles and e-books in the life, physical, medical, technical, social sciences, fine arts and humanities from the publisher Elsevier. SciVerse Scopus is not available, please use Web of Science. Opposite click & save the link to the article or download the article to your computer, personal web space, or a flash drive. Do not email yourself a link. Note: ScienceDirect is occasionally inaccessible from off campus. We are working to correct this problem.
INSPEC
The major database that indexes scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in the fields of physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology. Includes abstracts. Updated weekly. Note: Works with Chrome or Firefox.