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Library Subject Guide — Geography

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

Compiled by Carol Satersmoen. Social Sciences Librarian Liaison. Updated June 2011.

Selected Web Resources

• Aims Community College, Academics: Social Sciences, Geography
• America.gov
• Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
• CIA - The World Factbook
• GeoWeb Interactive
• Internet Resources for Geography Students
• Internet Resources for Physical Geography
• NationalAtlas.gov
• One World - Nations Online
• Project GeoSim
• USGS
• USGS Flagstaff Science Center: Geography
  

Selected Statistical Resources

• Demographic Research
• StateMaster.com
• U.S. Census Bureau State & County Quick Facts
• 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
• Geographers on Film
• Geology.com: U.S. Map Collection
• Geology.com: World Maps and Satellite Images
• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching: Social Sciences, Geography
• National Atlas of the United States
• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
• World Atlas.com
  

Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals

The Library's subscriptions to magazines that are of interest to our Geography students are primarily in electronic format. Full-text articles are available in electronic formats through online databases. (see below)

• Academic Search Elite  (Off-Campus Access)
• Proquest Research Library  (Off-Campus Access)
• Geography Online
• MapForum.com
• Earth Observation Magazine
• eJournal USA
• American Demographics
  

Print Magazines in Kiefer Library

Often the Library's subscription includes access to online versions. Please contact the library staff at 339-6458 if a username, password or subscriber number is needed to access the online materials.

• National Geographic
  

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

• Encyclopedia of the Earth
• GIS Dictionary
• Glossary of the Social Sciences
• Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
• Outline of American Geography
  

Selected Books

Other Library Materials

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

Other Library Catalogs

• High Plains Library District
• Clearview Library District
• Loveland Public Library
• University of Northern Colorado Library Catalog