Journal articles are not listed in QCAT. Use an index to find magazine and journal articles. Articles are important in your research as they contain the most-up-to-date research in a given field and often focus on a particular aspect of a topic. There are different types of articles: scholarly, popular or trade.
Tip: Remember to search journal title and not article title in QCAT
Key Indexes
Publication coverage: 1865 - present
- Find articles in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, monographs and reports covering a broad spectrum of topics.
Publication coverage: 1984 - present (updated monthly)
- A multilingual, multidisciplinary index covering geography
and more ...
Publication coverage: 1980 - present
- Covers global literature in earth science, ecology,
geography, and marine science in 5,000 periodicals plus
non-serial publications.
Publication coverage: Geology of North America: 1693 - present ;
Geology worldwide: 1933 - present
- Indexes articles on geography, particularly as it relates to
geology.
Publication coverage: 1951- (updated quarterly)
- Multidisciplinary. Provides international coverage and
indexes journal articles, books, reviews and selected
chapters.
Publication coverage: 1983-
- An international,interdisciplinary, multilingual bibliography that indexes academic articles in over 11,500 journals mainly from the humanities and social sciences.
Publication coverage: 1915 - present
- Covers public and social policy materials, including
journals, books, government publications, pamphlets, and reports
of public and private agencies.
- The content in Scholars Portal comprises the most complete multi-disciplinary database of peer reviewed academic literature available anywhere.
Other Useful Indexes
- The Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS) database contains records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada.
ASTIS covers all aspects of northern Canada, including the earth sciences, the life sciences, engineering and technology, renewable and non-renewable resources, co-management, politics and government, economic and social conditions, land use, indigenous peoples, archaeology, history, art and literature.
Publication coverage: Late 19th century - present
Access restricted to the Queen's community (15 user limit)
- Provides indexing in the fields of anthropology, archaeology,
and related fields.
Publication coverage: 1982 - present
- Indexes Canadian popular and academic journals as well as
business and special interest journals.
Publication coverage: 2006 - present
- An important index from U.S. and English language
geographical research. To search this index online, click on the
'online' link, then on the 'local catalogue' icon, then search
the GEOBIB catalogue for citations. Click on relevant holding. If
the citation is a Periodical, see Bibliographic or MARC Format
categories for journal title.
Geographical Abstracts
Call number varies
in SL Compact
(1967-1980)
- These print indexes contain citations to research in physical
& human geography, climatology, geomorphology, and
cartography. Superseded by Geobase.
- The primary reference tool to the world's population
literature; presents an annotated bibliography of recently
published books, journal articles, working papers, and other
materials on population topics. Search JSTOR for earlier
articles. Earlier volumes are available through JSTOR.
Publication coverage: 1900 - present
Access restricted to the Queen's community (50 user limit)
- An interdisciplinary index to major journals in the science,
including physical geography, planning and resource
management.
- Indexes major social sciences journals, with references to
book reviews in geography, economics, and more....
Publication coverage: 1956 - present
Access restricted to the Queen's community (50 user limit)
- An index to major journals in the social sciences, including
demography, cultural, economic, historical and human geography,
planning and environmental studies.
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