Geography

Background Information

Atlas of the World	Ref G1021 .N38
Columbia Gazetteer of the World	Ref G103.5 .C645
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Physical Geography	RefGB10 .E53
Dictionary of geographical literacy: the complete geography reference	Ref G63 .O42
Modern Geography: an encyclopedic survey	Ref G63 .M57
Shepherd’s Historical Atlas	Ref G1030 .S5
World Geographical Encyclopedia	Ref G63 .E5213

Journal Databases:

Academic Search Premier
America: History and Life
Historical Abstracts
JSTOR
Military and Government Collection
SIRS Knowledge Source

Web Resources

Mapquest

Provides driving directions with scalable, coordinating maps.

Atlapedia

Includes both political and physical maps for most countries in the world; the site also provides world and continent maps.

U.S. Geological Survey

Search for various geological maps of areas within North America.

Topozone

Site provides access to USGS 1:100,000, 1:63,360, 1:25,000, and 1:24,000 scale topographic maps for the entire United States

Perry Castenada Library Map Collection, University of Texas

Site contains various regional and historical maps

Geography Network

The Geography Network provides access to geographic content from hundreds of organizations around the world. The content ranges from dynamic map services that can be viewed online to static geographic data sets that can be downloaded for use with mapping software.

USGS Geography page

Maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey, this site has links to services, educational sites, and products, dedicated to monitoring “ the changes that occur on the land surface using remote sensing, studies the connections between people and those changes, and then provides individuals and society with information they can use to cope with the consequences of those changes.”

PAIR: Portal to Asian Internet Resources

Google Earth