National Geographic Virtual Library

The National Geographic Virtual Library includes the National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888 through 1994 and the National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1995 to the present. It also includes National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World. In addition to the rich visual and textual content of National Geographic magazine, National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World contributes a robust selection of multimedia resources including videos, maps, and images to the database. The user interface allows viewer-friendly browsing of individual National Geographic magazines issues. Sophisticated subject searching across the database is facilitated by a strong advanced searching option and multiple limiting choices. While National Geographic magazine has a broad audience, including elementary and high school students, as well as the general adult population, undergraduate college, and university students from a wide variety of disciplines could beneficially utilize this database.