Geography

Browsing for books

Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu (Andrea Wirth) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:56:43 -0700

Most of the Valley Library's geography collection is located on the 6th floor. However, many related topics - including land use and area studies - will be located in other areas.

Maps and many atlases are located on the 3rd floor.

Bold = geography call numbers; normal font = related subject call numbers:

G - General geography and atlases (6th floor & 3rd floor)
- G70.212 - GIS manuals and training
GA - Mathematical geography and cartography (6th floor)
GB - Physical geography including geomorphology, hydrology, and natural disasters (6th floor)
GE - Environmental Science
GF - Human Geography (6th floor)
GN - Anthropology (6th floor)
HB-HC - Economics (5th floor)
HM - Sociology (5th floor)
HN - Social history and conditions (5th floor)
HT -Communities, classes, races (5th floor)
JC319-323 - Political Geography (5th floor)

Finding Books in catalogs

Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu (Andrea Wirth) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:57:39 -0800

Use the Library catalog to find books in OSU Libraries.
Expand your search to the Summit Catalog if you can't find what you need in the OSU Libraries' collection. (how? )
Worldcat lets you search nationally and internationally for books - use this if you need material not found in the library catalog or Summit.

Click "read more" to learn more about searching the library catalog...

Interlibrary Loan

Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu (Andrea Wirth) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:02:33 -0700

Use interlibrary loan to request articles the OSU Libraries do not have in their print or electronic collections.

Accessing journals

Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu (Andrea Wirth) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:38:58 -0700

To determine if the library owns the journals you need, check:

E-journals list (electronic journals only)*
Library Catalog (print and electronic journals)*

*Verify that the dates of coverage or the print holdings include the volume/issue you need

Search across selected databases

Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu (Andrea Wirth) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:45:43 -0700

Searches Academic Search Premier, Ageline, GeoRef, NTIS, PsychINFO, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, and SportDiscus.

Databases

Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu (Andrea Wirth) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:46:02 -0700

News

Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu (Andrea Wirth) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:36:39 -0700

News from the NY Times Geography feed and National Geographic.

New Links

Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu (Andrea Wirth) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:14:03 -0700

Most recently discovered geography links.

Use the tags on the right to navigate the complete list of links.

Links by tag

Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu (Andrea Wirth) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:17:08 -0700

Click tags to find geography-related websites.

GIS resources

Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu (Andrea Wirth) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:27:31 -0800

On Campus

The most comprehensive guide to GIS resources available on campus is from the Geosciences department (GIS @ OSU).

At the Library:

The library has ArcGIS (9.x) on the computers in the Learning Commons (2nd floor).

Online:

If you are an OSU student or staff member, you are eligible to sign up for free ESRI virtual campus courses for self-paced training.
Imagery Explorer and other tools from Oregon Explorer
- Imagery Explorer provides access to 2005 .5 meter orthoimagery for Oregon