GEOG 495 - Capstone Seminar in Geography

This guide provides information about databases and journals to aid students enrolled in GEOG 495 locate relevant research materials.

Library Research Guide

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Library Services

Interlibrary loan (ILL)
Gives students and faculty free access to books and articles from other libraries. If we don't have what you're looking for, ILL is the place to go.
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Lists frequently asked questions. The chat feature on this and other library pages is available 8am-6pm weekdays and 1pm-5pm on the weekend.
Morse Scholarship Award
Provides funds ($3,000) to support a project or internship that gives a student the experience of working in community, state or federal governments or providing service in the non-profit sector.
Crossing Borders
Academic journal for undergraduate researchers at Kansas State University and elsewhere. Submit an article, case study, report of your research or creative activity, to Crossing Borders to understand the process and values academic publishing.

Other Research Guides

GEOG 495 - Capstone Seminar in Geography is a Research Guide. Refer to the following Research Guides as you work on your paper and presentation for this course.

Research: How-To
Write a research paper step by step.
Citation: How-To
Write citations in APA, MLA, and other formats and also for managing your collection of citations in RefWorks.
Government Maps
US and Kansas government statistics, maps, and publications.

Find a map you'd like to print? The Media Center in Seaton 001 has an oversize scanner. Each map takes 15-20 minutes to scan. Files are big so be prepared with space in DropBox, Google Drive, or bring an external drive.

Data - Geospatial (GIS) Resources
Find data that contains spatial components.
Data - Numeric Resources
Find free and openly available data and statistics for all subjects.
Data Visualization
Visualize your data with free tools.