Research Guide - Geography
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Locate all journals available to you by using Serials Solutions. Both print
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"Earth & Environmental Sciences" includes Geography, and
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Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic Sources |
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Selected Sources in Axe Library
Axe Library Reference Titles:
- Atlas of Lewis and Clark in Missouri
- Atlas of North America
- Atlas of the Civil War
- Atlas of the Valley of the Kings
- Atlas of the World
- Cities of the World
- D-Day Atlas: Anatomy of the Normandy Campaign
- Dictionary of Human Geography
- Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara
- Encyclopedia of Human Geography
- Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West
- Encyclopedia of India
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East
- Great World Atlas
- Historical Atlas of American Crime
- Historical Atlas of Islam
- Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary
- National Geographic Historical Atlas of the United States
- Profiles of America
- Satellite Atlas of the World
- Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia
- World Atlas of the Great Apes and Their Conservation
Useful subject headings:
- Atlases
- Commercial Geography
- Economic Geography
- Gazetteers
- Geography
- Geography - Dictionaries
- Geography - Study and teaching
- Human Geography
- Maps
- Voyages and Travels
Associations and Societies
Collected Lists of Organizations:
Selected Web Sites
Comprehensive Web Sites |
GIS Web Sites |
GNIS Web Sites |
Gazeteers, Maps, and Atlases |
Government Web Sites |
Online Publications |
Career & Job Information
Comprehensive Web Sites
- Geography Network - access
many types of geographic content including dynamic maps, downloadable data,
and more advanced Web services.
- Geography World -
Informative web sites for students from 2nd grade to undergraduate level
in college. Links covering continents, countries, languages, culture,
environmental problems, oceans, museum exhibitions. etc. Has sites specifically
for teachers.
- Geo-Guide, a search engine/directory. Find links to
geography sites, some very specific.
- GeoSource - This site
covers a broad range of topics from from over 4,000 sites. Organized and
maintained by the geography librarian of Utrecht University Library. Strong
in urban, environmental, economic, and country geographic topics.
- GIS Lounge - GIS resources, links, news, forum, job listings.
- GIS.com - Internet guide to Geographic
Information Systems. Includes advice about GIS, links to census and map
sites and advice on planning a career and getting a job in GIS.
- Wikipedia > Global Positioning System
(GPS)
GIS Web Sites
GNIS Web Sites
- Geographic Names Information
System (GNIS) - Covers physical and cultural geographic features of
all types. Represents the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature.
Assigns a Feature ID, the standard Federal key for locating or integrating
feature data.
Gazeteers, Maps, and Atlases
- Google Earth - Download Google Earth
to explore the world in 3DMany layers of images and maps for exploring the
world. Google Universe allows icon access to the heavens.
- Google Maps
- Maps on
Other Web Sites - University of Texas collection of sites on a multiple
variety of maps
- National Atlas.gov
- Perry-Castañada Library Map
Collection - Huge collection of public domain maps: cities, states,
countries, and historical.
- UNEP: Atlas of Our
Changing Environment - The United Nations Environment Programme atlas
provides aerial map images, 2 for each of the 185 locations, that show environmental
changes over the last 30-40 years. Worldwide in scope, particularly strong
in Africa. Includes images of natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions,
flooding, urban growth, changes in glaciers, wetlands, water problems, urban
sprawl and various examples of pollution. Textual description, photographs,
maps and other details also provided.
- U. S. Gazetteer -
Locate the U.S. Census Tiger maps and other data.
SEE ALSO:
Axe > Reference > Online Reference Sources > Maps
Government Web Sites
- CIA World Factbook - brief
information on the history, maps, population data, economics, health, natural
resources and crime for each country of the world.
- Library of Congress Country Studies -
contains complete information about the country being researched, including
history, economy, politics, social life and customs and national security.
Official State websites: All provide material relating to facts and history,
travel and tourism, education and government, to name a few things of interest to a geographer.
Online Publications
Lists of Geography Journals:
Career & Job Information
- American
Association of Geographers (AAG)
Online Career Guide - Information about career paths, jobs, salaries,
educational opportunities and, for Association members, an online job bank.
- Geo Job Source Jobs as GIS specialists,
technicians, analysts, programmers, etc. as well as researchers, technologists
and cartographers.
- Geography and Geoscience Career Information -
Page of links to web sites with job and internship descriptions and listings.
From the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point.
- USA Jobs - Official job web site of
the Federal Government. Includes listings for the Army Corps of Engineers,
the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau
of the Census, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Marine Corps, etc.
for jobs as conservationists, cartographers, GIS specialists, engineers,
hydrologists and geographers, to name only a few. .
Course Related Web Sites
PSU Department of
Social Sciences Geography program.
PSU 2005-2007
University Catalog - Geography
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