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Arctic and Antarctic Regions

Database containing over 1.3 million references to journal articles and other research documents dealing with the Earth’s polar regions, some of them dating back to the 1800s. The main scientific database on the North and the Arctic produced by a private company (EBSCO). Features a controlled vocabulary in polar studies (available via the index) and offers content in natural sciences, engineering and technology, health, and humanities and social sciences.

Canadian Permafrost Conferences (ASTIS)

Contains over 250 conference proceedings records from the six Canadian Permafrost Conferences.

Cold Regions Bibliography Project

References to studies on human activity and scientific operations in cold environments.

EASI : earth and space index search

Database featuring publications (journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and videos) by the American Geophysical Union, from 1900 to today. Content relevant to northern and Arctic studies with regard to geoscience, marine science, and atmospheric science.

GEOBASE

Database featuring over 3 million references to journal articles and geoscience conference proceedings, including those in the fields of geography, earth sciences, ecology, geology, oceanography, and nature conservation. Boasts a rich controlled vocabulary accessible via a thesaurus that allows users to search by geographic region of the North and the Arctic. Also includes significant content on Indigenous studies.

GeoRef

Database produced by the American Geosciences Institute, with over 3.6 million references to journal articles and conference proceedings on geoscience, including geology, stratigraphy, petrology, and hydrology. GeoRef boasts a controlled vocabulary accessible via a thesaurus that allows users to search by geographic region of the North and the Arctic.

GEOSCAN

Database of the scientific publications of Natural Resources Canada containing 85,000 references related to the fields of geoscience (including publications by the Geological Survey of Canada), mining, materials, and energy. Some publications are freely available.

Kluane Lake Research Station Bibliography (ASTIS)

References 1,100 publications of geoscience, biology, and high altitude physiology research conducted at the Kluane Lake Research Station in southwestern Yukon.

Nunavik Bibliography (ASTIS)

Contains 8,000 records of publications dealing with various facets of northern Quebec, including geoscience, life sciences, humanities, and social science.

Russian Arctic Seas: Navigational conditions and accidents

Bilingual (Russian–English) accounts of activities in the Russian Arctic seas that have resulted in accidents. Specifically, the physical environment and navigation issues in the Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas. Half of the book is devoted to detailed descriptions of nearly 100 accidents caused by heavy ice conditions since 1900. The accidents are categorized according to type and cause, e.g., shipwrecks, forced drift (ice jets in one particular case), overwintering, and various types of vessel damage.

SPRILIB Ice and Snow

Tous les aspects de la neige et de la glace dans le monde entier. Environ 40 000 notices, listant les travaux publiés de 1661 à 2003.

The Arctic in the Anthropocene : emerging research questions

National Research Council

Reference work addressing the challenges and emerging questions of northern research in earth sciences and environmental studies. (National Research Council (U.S.), Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2014. 224 p.)

The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia

I S Zonn, A G Kostianoĭ, Aleksandr V Semenov

Contains over 1,500 terms related to the physical and human geography, biology, transport communications, history, and protection of the Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas.

The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia designed to accumulate and systematize knowledge about three unique natural water areas—the Barents, White, and Kara Seas—and their rich features, the events that have taken place on their waters and shores, and the remarkable people whose lives were, and are, closely intertwined with these seas.

US Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

OSTI.GOV covers over 70 years of research results from the U.S. Department of Energy. Journal articles, accepted manuscripts, technical reports, datasets, scientific software, patents, conference proceedings, books, theses, and multimedia. Approximately 3 million citations and over 445,000 freely available documents.