Library Guides: Meteorology Research Guide: Basic Resources

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Introduction

Jetstream - Online School for Weather
From the National Weather Service - introductory information on almost any aspect of weather.
Weather 101
Tutorials, glossaries, and a section on do-it-yourself weather predicting.
Weather Almanac
The almanac presents hundreds of in-depth weather records for 108 major U.S. cities and a climatic overview of the country, including 33 U.S. weather atlas maps.
Weather Doctor
Good introductory information on anything related to weather.

Basic Resources

Once you have chosen a topic - pick one of the resources listed below. Items listed here are basictools useful for finding journal, magazine, and newspaper articles relevant to meteorology.

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost)
This database covers almost all subject areas and is especially good at interdisciplinary areas. Good place to start for class assignments. It contains full text articles for more than 6,500 journals.
Access World News (NewsBank)
Providing access to a comprehensive collection of over 2,000 newspapers and news sources from around the world. Information is translated into English when original is written in another language.