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Geography Subject Guide LRC@TCC
Scope: Sources for researching topics in geography.
Call number areas to browse:
| G 1-9980 General geography, atlases, maps |
GA1-1776 Cartography, Mathematical Geography |
| G 100.3 -312 Atlases |
GB 3-5030 Physical Geography |
| GB 651-2998 Hydrology, Water |
GC 1-1581 Oceanography |
| GE 1-140 Environmental Sciences |
GF 1-900 Human Geography |
| HF 1021-1027 Commerical Geography, Economic Geography |
QC 980-999 Climatology |
Keywords to search: cities, culture, civilization, climate,maps, atlases, countries,
disasters, land formations,
maps, migration, population, urbanization, weather, environment
Subjects to search (Library of Congress):
| Geography |
Ancient economic geography |
Classical geograpy |
| Historical geography |
Physical geography |
Human geography |
| Oceanography |
Climatology |
Hydrology |
Books. Periodicals, and Audiovisuals in our catalog: Use library subject headings and keywords in the library catalog to locate books, periodicals and audiovisuals owned by the library. You can limit your search by campus holdings, language and format (books, computer files, visual materials, etc.).
Online Reference E-Books:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
A Dictionary of Geography - Oxford dictionary
provides coverage of the terms used in both human and physical geography. There are over 6,300 definitions across the following fields: cartography, surveying, remote sensing, statistics, meteorology, climatology, biogeography, ecology, simple geology, soils, geomorphology, population, migration, settlement, agriculture, industry, transport, development, and diffusion.
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences - Oxford dicitionary that provides
coverage of the earth sciences and related topics, including geology, oceanography, paleontology, minerology, volcanology, and planetary science as well as climatology, geochemistry, and petrology.
A Dictionary of Weather -
comprehensive dictionary of weather, forecasting, and climate terms with illustrative examples of specific events and extremes.
Library Online Database Resources:
Humanities International Complete
CIAO:
Columbia International Affairs Online covers research in international
affairs.
GeoBase cites
important journals in the fields of physical and human geography, geology,
mineralogy, ecology and development studies.
Internet Resources:
Aboriginal
Links: Canada & U.S. Links to Native American sources in Canada and United
States.
CyberSchoolBus from
the United Nations includes Global Trends (population, health,
women, hunger), Country at a Glance, InfoNation database, The
Gallery of
pictures from around the world, and more.
Geography & Map
Reading Room (Library of Congress) Digital images are created
from maps and atlases and, in general, are restricted to items that
are
in public domain, meaning those which are not covered by copyright.
Geography Geography
sites from About.com that cover physical and cultural geography.
An
Outline of American Geography: Regional Landscapes of the United
States An online geography textbook.
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