LibGuides: Arctic studies: Home

Welcome

This guide covers a set of high-quality sources of information for Arctic studies that can be a good starting point for your research. Arctic research is interdisciplinary and international. Areas of Arctic research include the environment and ecosystem, weather, climate, nature and wildlife, culture and society, human health, and indigenous study.

Arctic Centre

Arctic Centre

E-handbooks on the Arctic

Related guides

Atlases

Canada's Arctic Marine Atlas

Dictionaries

Van Dale Dictionaries
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Bilingual dictionaries from and into Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish, and the 'Dikke Van Dale' (Dutch dictionary).

Online dictionaries of Van Dale can also be accessed via smartphone or tablet, by means of the Van Dale App! Once the app has been downloaded, you can open the app and click on the Surfspot link on the bottom of the log in screen to log in with your UG account.

Open access information

Open access information

Databases

Antarctic Bibliography
The Antarctic Bibliography covers all disciplines related to the region including biological and geological sciences, medical sciences, meteorology, oceanography, atmospheric and terrestrial physics, expeditions, logistics equipment and supplies, and tourism.
Arctic & Antarctic Regions (AAR)
Arctic & Antarctic Regions is the world's largest collection of international polar databases. It provides access to valuable research on cold regions, spanning from 1800 and earlier to the present. Subject coverage is multidisciplinary and indexed from a wide variety of sources including scientific periodicals, monographs, government reports, theses and dissertation
Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)
The ASTIS database contains 75,000 records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada.
ArcticStat
ArcticStat is a database of socio-economic datasets and statistical tables from the circumpolar region. Many of the datasets come directly from the official statistical agencies of each individual Arctic country.
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) manages and distributes scientific data, creates tools for data access, supports data users, performs scientific research, and educates the public about the cryosphere.

Google Scholar

Other online resources

Arctic Council
The Arctic Council is a high level intergovernmental forum that provides a means for promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Arctic Portal
The Arctic Portal provides a comprehensive gateway to the Arctic on the internet, increases co-operation between both public and private parties across the Arctic and grants exposure to Arctic related information.
INTERACT project
The INTERACT project has a main objective to build capacity for identifying, understanding, predicting and responding to diverse environmental changes throughout the wide environmental and land-use envelopes of the Arctic.
NOAA Arctic Theme Page
The Arctic Theme Page provides access to widely distributed Arctic data and information for scientists, students, teachers, academia, managers, decision makers and the general public.
Smithsonian National Museum of History Arctic Studies Center (ASC)
The ASC of the Smithsonian provides a selected anthropological history of circumpolar peoples by offering a number of interesting online exhibits. Access to newsletters, field reports, catalogs, a FAQ, glossary, and teaching tools is located under the “Publications” and “Resources” sections.