Geography

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Subject Directories

• Geoscience Links - from OCC's Earth Sciences Department
• Librarians' Index to the Internet > Geography Topics
• University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - Cartographic reference, city, country, historical, state, and weather map sites.

Internet Sites

• U.S. Geological Survey > Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - Searchable gazetteer including elevation, population, description, history notes for U.S. place names and features.
• U.S. Geological Survey > Geography > The National Map
• Rand McNally - street maps and directions
• Country Studies
• National Geographic Map Machine - dynamic maps, atlas maps, flags & facts, black and white printable maps.
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada > Cultural Profiles - Cultural aspects of many countries, including the USA.

Articles: Indexes and Full Text

• Expanded Academic ASAP (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus

Print Sources

• To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings searches are:
  • afghanistan -- description and travel
  • atlases
  • cartography
  • population
     
• Map Collection  -- There are full-sized maps available for checkout at the OR Campus King Library as part of the Federal Depository Library Program.  They are kept in map cases and include rural and city topographic USGS maps for Michigan and CIA country maps.  See a librarian for assistance.
   
• Selected Reference Books
  • Skinner, Malcolm, et al. Dictionary of Geography. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.
         OR Reference  G 63 .D538 1999
  • Cohen, Saul B. Columbia Gazetteer of the World.  New York: Columbia, 1998.
         HL, OR, RO  Reference  G 103.5 .C645 1998
     
• Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification)
  • G  Geography. Atlases. Maps.
  • GA  Cartography
  • GB  Physical Geography

See also: Geology | Sciences | Statistics

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