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Academic Search Ultimate
full text, covering nearly every area of academic study, starting point for your research
Social Explorer
US demographic data from 1790, interactive maps and data reports
GeoScienceWorld
Provides access to millions of citations in geosciences and Earth sciences research. To take full advantage of this resource and easily access full text, we highly recommend installing the free LibKey Nomad browser plugin https://thirdiron.com/downloadnomad/
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scholarly resources linked to EKU Libraries

Mindat Database
The mindat.org database contains information on minerals and the localities they are found at.
Advancing Earth & Space Science
Open Access Journal for the Geosciences (create a free account on their website).
Directory of Open Access Journals & Articles
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales 259 and 261 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
On Oct. 6, 2022, the Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for two Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sales: Lease Sales 259 and 261, which are being held pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act.
Famous Scientists' Biographical Memoirs
The Online Collection includes approximately 1,900 memoirs, including those of famed naturalist Louis Agassiz; Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Thomas Edison; Alexander Graham Bell; noted anthropologist Margaret Mead; and psychologist and philosopher John Dewey.
Geologic Guidebooks of North America
Consists of references to geologic field trip guidebooks of North America (United States, Canada, Mexico). Most of the guidebooks cited are from the period 1940-the present.