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Subject Guides
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Selected
Books in the Library
The Library's online catalog is available by following the
link to our
catalog. To locate geography related resources
within the Library, try subject or title searches with the following
terms:
A few of the books in the Library's collection that relate to geography
are listed below.
- Atlas of World Geography
(REF G1021 .R36 1996) - National
Geographic Maps - (CD-ROMs)
(REF G3200 .N33 1999)
- Regional Geography of the United States and Canada
(E161.3 M35 1997) - World Regional
Geography: A Development Approach
(HD82 .G39 2001)
Locating Articles in the Library
Online
Databases
Don't forget to go to the many online databases,
which provide access to articles from journals, magazines, and
newspapers. Some of these articles are provided in full-text, but
others are not. The databases also act as a cumulative index to many of
the journals/magazines available in the Library. COLLEGE ACCESS ONLY
Resources on the Web
Canada's Digital
Collection
This web site provides links to over 400
web resources covering Canada's history, geography, science, technology
and culture. Discoverers Web
This site provides links to information about explorers and their
expeditions from around the world. It looks very plain (text only), but
the resources are extensive. Geography Network
The
Geography Network is a global effort by government and commercial data
providers who are committed to making geographic content easily
accessible. Geography on About.com
About.com is a well-known online directory. This page points
the user to web sites about geography. Geosource
A directory of
more than 4,500 web resources covering human geography, physical
geography, geoscience, and environmental science, this page is
maintained by the subject librarian for Geography, Cartography,
Planning and Environmental Science at the Uithof Library Centre of the
Utrecht University Library in the Netherlands. GIS Dictionary
This is an on-line dictionary of over 980 GIS (Geographical Information
System) terms. The site is presented by the Association for Geographic
Information and the University of Edinburgh's department of geography. The Library of
Congress: Country Studies
A continuing series of
on-line books, previously published by the Federal Research Division of
the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program
sponsored by the Department of the Army, is available here. This series
contains studies of 101 countries and regions. You can search across
all countries or any combination of countries, browse the table of
contents for a specific country, or simply read the full text for any
of the countries listed. Native Web
This web site
provides an excellent searchable directory of hundreds of links to
sites about Native, Aboriginal, and Indigenous peoples across seven
continents. The World Wide Web
Virtual Library: Geography
Virtual Library is a web
directory; this version points to resources in geography, including
educational links.
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