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Subject Guide - Geography

• Selected Print Sources
• Full-Text Books Online
• Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
• Magazine, Journal, & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals
• Other Library Materials
• Searching the Library Catalog
• Selected Web Resources
• Selected Statistical Resources
• Selected Online Images and Other Media
• Other Library Catalogs

Compiled by Carol Satersmoen, Social Sciences Librarian Liaison. Updated 2007.

Selected Print Sources

REF G63 .S53 1995       A modern dictionary of geography

REF G70.212 .M33 1995            International GIS dictionary

REF G122 .U56 2001     The World factbook 2001

REF G128 .E78 2000     Essentials of world regional geography

REF G1021 .A7545 2002            Atlas of the world

REF G1046 .C2 S6        World atlas of geomorphic features

REF GF95 .G65 1997     Spatial behavior: a geographic perspective

REF QE5 .F32 2000       The Facts on File earth science handbook

REF HC103.7 .N278 1998           Natural resources

G1 .G414 2000              Geography 99/00

G70.212 .C48 2002        Exploring geographic information systems

G116 .R43 1997             Rediscovering geography: new relevance for science and society

G116 .S55 1998             New worlds, new geographies

G133 .A66 1999             Applied geography: principles and practice: an introduction to useful research in physical, environmental and human geography

G1021 .A48 1999           Student atlas of world geography

GF41 .H955 1999           Human geography today

JC319 .P587 1996          Political geography of the United States

Full-Text Books Online

NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as Cultural Geography: A Critical Dictionary of Key Concepts; Companion Encyclopedia of Geography: The Environment and Humankind; Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical Perspectives

GIS Dictionary

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing

Print Magazines in Kiefer Library

Focus on Geography
National Geographic

Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals

Academic Search Premier  |  Off-Campus Access
Proquest Research Library  |  Off-Campus Access
Geography Online
MapForum.com
Earth Observation Magazine
American Demographics

Other Library Materials

CD-ROMS
REF G1 .N273 2001 CDNM box/set [4 vols.]        The complete National geographic: 112 years collector's edition 1888-2000

Searching the Library Catalog

The above titles are just a few of the resources available for you. The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu/ provides access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in the library catalog:

Human Geography, Maps, Atlases, Economic Geography, Weather, Climatology, Landforms, Geographical Perception, Natural Resources, Geographic Information Systems, Regionalism -- United States

Selected Web Resources

The American Geographical Society
Association of American Geographers
Bailey's eco-regions: description of the ecoregions of the United States
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
CIA - The World Factbook
GeoRef
GeoWeb Interactive
Internet Resources for Geography Students
Internet Resources for Physical Geography
One World - Nations Online
Project GeoSim
USGS
USGS Flagstaff Science Center: Geography

Selected Statistical Resources

Demographic Research
StateMaster.com
U.S. Gazetteer

Selected Online Images and Other Media

Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research Maps and References
The Earth & the Heavens: the art of the mapmaker
Geo-Images Project
Geographers on Film
Geology.com: U.S. Map Collection
Geology.com: World Maps and Satellite Images
National Atlas of the United States
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
World Atlas.com

Other Library Catalogs

Colorado State University
Loveland Public Library
Prospector: Colorado Unified Catalog
University of Northern College Library Catalog
Weld Library District
Windsor-Severance Library Distric