Subject Guide - Geography
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- AtoZ MapsOnline: Over 145,000 maps, including political, physical, and more.
- Britannica Online Academic Edition: A full text encyclopedia with video, maps, and more.
- Environment Complete: Full-text content from over 1200 journals and monographs on environmental studies.
- Films On Demand: Geography
- Global Road Warrior: Resources on world cultures, statistics, travel, maps and images.
- Military and Government Collection: Almost 300 journals covering military and government topics.
- O'Reilly for Higher Education: Geographic Information System (GIS) includes a small collection. For more information, please see How to Access RPCC Library Resources and select O'Reilly for Higher Education for more information on creating an account.
- Science and Technology Collection: Articles for GIS topics.
- SocINDEX with Full-Text: Over 390 journals, over 720 books, and more.
Find books [and DVDs] shelved in these call numbers:
- G – Geography. Anthropology. Recreation.
- G 1 to G 922 – Geography (General)
- G 70.2 – Data processing, GIS
- G 1000 to G 3122 – Atlases
- G 1 to G 922 – Geography (General)
- GB – Physical geography.
- GC – Oceanography
- GF – Human ecology. Cultural geography Cities and rural geography.
- Digital Atlas Project: A free online resource for maps and more.
- Library of Congress Digital Collections: Maps include various historical map collections.
- Louisiana DOTD Maps / GIS Data
- National Geodetic Survey (from NOAA) whose mission is to "define, maintain, and provide access to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS)" and "provides the framework for all positioning activities in the Nation."
- National Geographic: Education offers live events, free maps, videos etc.
- USGS: U.S. Geological Survey: A primary source of science-based information on ecosystems, land use, energy and mineral resources, natural hazards, water use and availability, and updated maps and images of the Earth’s features.
- GloVis: the USGS Global Visualization Viewer
- The World Factbook from the CIA; probably the most current source of information on countries around the world.
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