To locate articles from newspapers, journals or magazines, see the sections below dealing with Indexes or Electronic Resources.

Reference Resources

Almanacs / Handbooks / Gazeteers

Ref. E 155 .S79
American Place Names. A concise and selective dictionary for the continental United States of America.

Ref. G103.5 .C645 1998
The Columbia Gazetteer of the World
A valuable source of information for the historical geographer.

Ref. QC983. W38
The Weather Almanac. A reference guide to weather, climate, and air quality in the United States and its key cities.
 
 

Ref. G103. 5. P38
The Statesman's Yearbook World Gazetteer. Companion book to the Statesman's Yearbook. Over 400,000 words and 8,000 entries.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Ref. GN 307. E64
Encyclopedia of World Cultures. A basic reference source that provides accurate, clear and concise descriptions of the cultures of the world.

Ref. GN 495.4. E53
The Encyclopedia of the Peoples of the World. Contains more than 2,000 entries on all peoples and ethnic groups.

Ref. G 63 .K87
Encyclopedia of the First World. Profiles 26 industrialized nations.

Ref. D 847 .K82
Encyclopedia of the Second World. Profiles 11 nations that until 1989 were linked by communist ideology.

Ref. HC 59. 7 .K87
Encyclopedia of the Third World. Profiles 122 of the politically nonaligned, economically challenged and less industrialized nations of the world.

Ref. HF 5343 .E54
Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Sources. A bibliographic guide to approximately 11,000 publications and agencies covering more than 380 U.S. cities, states and regions.

Ref. JN 1 .E85 1992
The Europa World Year Book. A good source of information and statistics on on political, economic, and commercial topics arranged by country.

Ref. GN 307. I44
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mankind. A multivolume set which deals with cultures throughout the world.

Ref. JA 51 .I57
The International Year Book and Statemen's Who's Who. Good current country information on banking, area and population, currency, finance, industry and commerce.

Ref. G 103.5 .W42
New Geographical Dictionary. Concise entries in easy-to-read type provides such quick reference data as location, size (area, population, length of rivers, etc.) key economic characteristics.

Ref. JF37. P6
Political Handbook of the World. Essential political information about every country in the world.

Ref. G 63 .W67
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. The five volumes cover United Nations, Africa, Americas, Asia & Oceania and Europe.

Ref. G 63 .E5213
World Geographical Encyclopedia. Five volumes. Explains how each country, region, and continent came to be what it is today.
 
 

Atlases

You will find a substantial collection of atlases in the northwest corner of the Reference Room. They are divided into seven sections: World/Regional, National, Historical, Special, Ocean, Celestial, and U.S. Some representative examples are listed below.

Ref. Atlas G 1021 .N38 1992
National Geographic Atlas of the World

Ref. Atlas G 1021 .J67 1992
The Times Atlas of the World

Ref. Atlas G 1019 .R22 1998
Rand McNally Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide 1998

Ref. Atlas G 1201 .S1 N3 1988
Historical Atlas of the United States

Ref. Atlas G 2800 .T5 1983
The Times Atlas of the Oceans
 
 

Statistical Resources
 

Ref. HA 203 .S67
The Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics. Data on population by age, sex, Hispanic origins, race, income, housing, etc.

Ref. HA 203 .S672
The Source Book of County Demographics. Data on population by age, sex, Hispanic origins and race; income; housing; etc.

Ref. HA 17 .D45
Demographic Yearbook. Issued by the United Nations, it is a comprehensive collection of international demographic statistics.
 

Ref. HA 202 .S84
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book: A statistical abstract supplement. Gives information in table form.

Gov Docs PREX3. 15: 1991
The World Factbook. Gives descriptive and statistical data on each country's geography, (people, government, economy, communications, etc.)

Ref. G 109 .S52
World Facts and Figures. A unique, authoritative collection of comparative information about cities, countries, and geographic features of the world.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index. It is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities.

Ref. Z 1401 .G46
General Science Index Includes atmospheric science, earth science, environment, and conservation.

GeoRef.  References to journal articles concerning Physical Geography

Ref. AI 3 .H85
Humanities Index 1974 to date. (Entitled Social Sciences and Humanities Index 1965-1974; International Index to Periodicals 1907-1974. Author and subject entries arranged in one alphabet, includes book reviews.

Ref. G 1 .N27
National Geographic Index 1888-1988. An index to 100 years of articles in the popular magazine.

Newsbank Newsfile Collection.  A database which provides full text references to newspaper articles from U.S. Newspapers, 1994 to present. Older references may be found in the Newsbank Index with full-text of the articles located in the Newsbank Microfiche Collection (Microfiche X185) in the Microforms Room, Lower Level.

PAIS Database. Covers public and social policy, emphasizing factual databases and statistical information (1972-present; updated monthly)

Ref. Z 7164 .E2 P34
Public Affairs Information Service bulletin.   Bibliographic access to public and social policy materials.

Periodical Abstracts. This database covers general interest articles with some scholarly publications also.
 

SIRS This is a full text database covering atmosphere, earth science, pollution, population, religion, transportation and ethnic groups.

Social Sciences Citation Index It is a multidisiplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences.

Ref. AI 3 .S6
Social Sciences Index 1974 to date. (Entitled Social Sciences and Humanities Index1974 to date; International Index to Periodicals 1907-1965). Includes political science, economics and law.

There are several World Wide Web sites available for Geography. Check any of the following for a listing of some popular sites: WWW References by Subject  from Maag Library's home page; Internet Services from OhioLINK for subject guides; or Explore the Internet with the Library of Congress. You may also do a keyword search using a World Wide Web search engine. Choose one from our homepage (see WWW Search Engines and Subject Guides) or pick one from Netsearch.

Several World Wide Web sites to explore:

Local Climatological Data     http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/pdfs/lcd/lcd.html

Geography    http://geography.miningco.com/mbody.htm?SearchString=geography&siteid=&ShowSearch=Y

Geographer.com -- Geography   http://www.geographer.com/geog

Yahoo Science: Geography   http://www.yahoo.com/science/geography/

Geography World     http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html

Selected Geographic Periodicals

Australian Geographer
Canadian Geographic
Economic Geography
Focus
Geographical Abstracts
Geographical Journal
Geographical Magazine
Geographical Review
Journal of Historical Geography
Natural Resources Journal
Urban Studies
Weatherwise