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History of marine science (ICHO library)
A Zotero bibliography compiled by the International Commission of the History of Oceanography (ICHO). It contains citations for approximately the last hundred years of scholarly books, journal articles, book reviews, dissertations, and more (in multiple languages) about the history of marine science.
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Oxford Bibliographies: The Early Explorers by
Call Number: (online)A list of scholarship about exploration in the early modern era (c. 1400–1800).
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Oxford Bibliographies(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
This is a key starting place for research in several different fields, providing bibliographies on current scholarship on topics from the social sciences and humanities.
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Specialized Databases (articles)
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Academic Search Premier(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Contains scholarly journals, trade publications, and magazines from across the disciplines and from popular culture. Much of the content is available in full text. An ELM Database. -
JSTOR(Searches through citations and the full text)
A digital archive of important scholarly journal literature from many fields. Most journals are included from their first issue until 5 years ago.
Reference for background info
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Medieval Maps and Mapping Resources (a bibliography)Contains discipline-specific lists of books and articles related to medieval mapping.
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Encyclopedia of exploration, 1800 to 1850 : a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850 by Call Number: Reference G200 .H692 2004ISBN: 9781875567393Publication Date: 2004Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Covers the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850. -
Encyclopedia of exploration, 1850 to 1940 : the oceans, islands and polar regions by Call Number: REFERENCE G200 .H679 2006ISBN: 9781875567416Publication Date: 2006Availability and more information from Catalyst...
