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GEOGRAPHY

Below is a select list of resources for geographical information.

BOOKS

After Man:   A Zoology of the Future
QH 371 .D55 1998

Annual Editions: Geography
SPEC G 1 .G414

Arizona Environmental & Resource Conservation Directory
REF HC 107.A63 D57

Borderecoweb :   Guide to Finding Environmental Information
REF GE 32 .L45 1999

Cladistic Biogeography: Interpreting Patterns of Plant and Animal Distributions
QH 83 .H86 1999

Dictionary of Ecology
REF QH 540.4 .C65 1998

Dictionary of Physical Geography
REF GB 10.N48 1984

Dictionary of the Environment
REF QH 540.4 .A44 1989

Don't Know Much About Geography: Everything You Need to Know About the World   
G 131 .D38 1992

Earthscape: A Physical Geography
GB 54.5 .M367 1987

Ecology and the Environment:   The Cycles of Life
REF QH 541 .M565 1995

Elements of Cartography
GA 105.3 .E43 1984

Encyclopedia of Deserts
REF GB 611 .E65 1999

Encyclopedia of Environmental Science
REF GE 10 .M66 2000

Endangered Mexico: An Environment on the Edge
GE 160.M6 S55 1997

The Environment A to Z
REF GE 10 . H67   2001

Environmental Encyclopedia
REF GE 10 .E57 1998

Facts on File Dictionary of Earth Science
REF QE 5 .F313 2000

Geography for Life: National Geography Standards 1994
G 73 .G45 1994

Global Ecology in Human Perspective
GE 105 .S68 1996

Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise: A Challenge for this Generation
GC 89 .G74 1984

Handbook of the Nations
REF G 122 .W67

Hydrology:   An Environmental Approach
GB 661.2 .W38 1995

Longman Dictionary of Geography:   Human and Physical
REF G 63 .C5 1985

Magill's Survey of Science:   Earth Science
REF QE 28 .M33 1990

The Natural Geography of Plants
QK 101 .G57

Oxford Concise Dictionary of Earth Science
REF QE 5 .C66 1991

Processes in Physical Geography
GB 60 .P74 1986

Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas
QK 142 .T87 1995

State of the World
REF HC 59 .S7333 1998

Taking Sides:   Clashing Views on Environmental Issues
TD 170 .T34 2001

Weather Almanac
REF QC 983 .W83

Webster's New Geographical Dictionary
REF G 103.5 .W42 1984

The Wellbeing of Nations
REF GE 140 .P74 2001

World Development Report
REF HC 59.7 .W675 2002

The World Factbook
G 122 .U56a

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
REF G 63 .W67 2001

GAMES

GeoSafari
RESERVE G 73 .G46 1989

VIDEODISC

National Geographic:   The Explorers
RESERVE G 80 .E952 1988

MAPS & ATLASES

Atlases are found in the Atlas Cases and in REFERENCE G .

Large format maps , including USGS Arizona Topographical Maps, are in the Map File .

Folded maps are located to the left of the Map File.

Arizona Atlas and Gazetteer
REF G 1510 .D45 1996

Atlas of Endangered Species
REF QH 75 .A85 1991

Atlas of the World
REF G 1021 .A7545 2001

Atlas of United States Environmental Issues
REF G 1201 .G3 M3 1990

The Book of the World
REF G 1021   . K3842 1999

Earth Book World Atlas
REF G 1021 .E784 1987

Urban Atlas:   Phoenix Metropolitan Area
REF G 1513 .M3 B7 1998

DATABASES

Available on our website at http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/library/databases/resources.html

Use these to find articles from periodicals.  

Expanded Academic ASAP and MasterFILE Premier index periodicals such as Geography, Geographical Analysis, Geographical Journal, Geographical Magazine, Geographical Review, Canadian Geographic, Geography, American Scientist, and many others. In looking for info on your country, some good subheadings to look for are:

  -environmental aspects, -environmental policy, -geology, -geography, -natural disasters,   - natural resources, -plants and animals, -transportation policy, -waste management .  

EXAMPLE:   Ireland - Environmental Policy

For speciifc country and map information try SYBworld.

PERIODICALS

Annals of the Association of American Geographers
GeotimesJournal of Geography  
National Geographic
National Geographic World
Natural History
Popular Science
Southwestern Naturalist

WEBSITES
PVCC Internet Links -- Geography http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/library/internetlinks/sciencemath.htm#Geography
 
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