Geography Subject Guide
Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Databases
Electronic Journals
Major Reference Works
Gazetteers and Atlases
Recommended Web Sites
Professional Organizations and
Societies
Statistical and Data Resources
Style Manuals
Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Databases
GEOBASE
[Remote
access -
UVM only]
Worldwide index to the scholarly literature of geography, geology, and
ecology. 1980-present.
Environment Complete
[Remote
access -
UVM only]
Database containing full-text articles (600 journals) and citations/abstracts (1,700 domestic and international titles), with deep coverage in relevant areas of geography, ecosystem ecology, natural resources, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, and social and urban planning.
GeoBIB
Online
Geographical Bibliography
Comprehensive citation database to the scholarly literature in the
various areas of physical and human geography. Represents the holdings
of the American Geographical Society Library. 1985-2005.
Social
Sciences Abstracts [Remote
access -
UVM only]
Citations and abstracts to English-language sources in geography and
the other social sciences. 1983-present.
LexisNexis
Environment [Remote
access -
UVM only]
Broad interdisciplinary coverage of environmental issues and natural
resources conservation. Dates vary.
Academic
Search Premier [Remote
access -
UVM only]
Interdisciplinary full-text database containing articles from many
major geography journals. Dates vary.
Web
of Science [Remote access - UVM only]
Online access to the Social Sciences Citation Index. 1982-present.
Cold Regions Bibliography Project
Consisting of the Antarctic Bibliography and the Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology, this database maintained by the American Geological Institute (AGI) provides citations on Antarctic research and exploration, including the impact of human activity and tourism on cold region environments.
Electronic Journals
University of Vermont
Electronic Journals in Geography
Major Reference Works
Dictionary of Human Geography (4th
ed.)
REF GF4 .D52 2000
Dictionary of Physical Geography
(3rd ed.)
REF GB10 .D53 2000
Dictionary
of
Geography (3rd ed.) [Remote access - UVM only]
Modern Dictionary of Geography
(3rd ed.)
REF G63 .S62 1995
Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of
Geography:
Places and Peoples of the World
REF G63 .H68 1997
Dictionary
of Earth Sciences [Remote access - UVM only]
World Maps [Remote access - UVM only]
Companion Encyclopedia of
Geography:
the Environment and Humankind
REF G116 .C645 1996
Encyclopedia of the Biosphere
REF GF75 .B5613 2000
Encyclopedia of World Geography
REF G133 .E48 1994
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
REF G63 .W67 2004
Guide to Geography Programs in the
Americas : AAG Handbook and Directory of Geographers
REF G76.5 .U5 .G8
Biographical Dictionary of Geography
REF G67 .L37 1993
Gazetteers and Atlases
Columbia Gazetteer of the World
REF G103.5 .C645 1998
Times Atlas of the World (10th comp.
ed.)
REF ATLAS G1021 .T5644 1999
National Geographic Atlas of the
World (7th ed.)
REF ATLAS G1021 .N38 1999
McGraw-Hill's Atlas of World Events
REF G1030 .A4 2005
Atlas of North America
REF ATLAS G1105 .A3 2005
National
Atlas of the United States
http://www.nationalatlas.gov
U.S.G.S.
Geographic Names Information System
http://geonames.usgs.gov
Vermont Atlas and Gazetteer
REF DESK QUARTO G1225 .D436 1996
Vermont Historical Gazetteer
REF F46 .V583
Recommended Web Sites
UVM Libraries Maps Collection
http://library.uvm.edu/reference/maps.html
USGS Geography
http://geography.usgs.gov/index.php
Perry-Castaneda Library Map
Collection (U.Texas)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
Professional Organizations and
Societies
Association of American
Geographers
http://www.aag.org
Canadian
Association of Geographers
http://www.cag-acg.ca/en/
National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Royal
Geographical Society
http://www.rgs.org/
International
Geographical Union
http://www.igu-net.org/uk/igu.html
University
Consortium for Geographic Information Science
http://www.ucgis.org/
American
Congress on Surveying and Mapping
http://www.acsm.net
American
Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
http://www.asprs.org/
National
Council for Geographic Education
http://www.ncge.org/
Statistical and Data Resources
Geospatial
One-Stop Portal
http://www.geodata.gov
USGS
GeoData Explorer
http://geode.usgs.gov/
Vermont
Center for Geographic Information
http://www.vcgi.org/
Style Manuals
Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.)
REF READY Z253 .U69 2003
Last updated: December 17, 2007
By: Keith Gresham
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