Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Etc.
A Dictionary of Geography (Mayhew)
- Contains concise definitions for over 3,000 terms used in human and physical geography.
- 3rd ed., 2004
Houghton-Mifflin Dictionary of Geography
- Primarily a gazetteer with precise geographic locators and pronunciations of thousands of place names, tribal names, and linguistic groups throughout the world.
- Includes descriptive notes about each location including any information of historical or cultural significance.
- Includes definitions for some geographic terms such as back country and scirocco.
- Also in print. Location: ref G 63 .H68 1997
- Contains over 10,000 definitions covering all areas of earth sciences, including geography.
- Also contains acronyms and abbreviations.
- Published in 2003.
The Oxford Companion to the Earth
- Provides over 1,000 articles on all aspects of geology, including climatology, mineralogy, and oceanography.
- Published in 2003.
Open Source GIS: a GRASS GIS Approach
- Written for experienced and novice users
- Provides basic information about the use of GRASS from setting up the spatial database, through working with raster, vector and site data, to image processing and hands-on applications
- Includes links to sites where the GRASS system and online reference manuals can be downloaded and additional applications can be viewed
Geographic Information Systems and Public Health: Eliminating Perinatal Disparity
- Designed to introduce community health groups to the potential of using a geographic information system to improve birth outcomes
- Aimed at novice to intermediate level GIS users
- Published in 2006
Geoinformation: Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, and Geographic Information Systems
- For advanced undergraduates through professionals
- Basic background for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, and GIS in the new geoinformatics concept
- Focuses on system design, group spatial planning and mapping, Internet and wireless applications, and more
- Details theories, processes and tools for designing and implementing collaborative GIS
- Also in print. Location: stacks G 70.212 .C63 2006
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd ed.
- Provides over 3,000 entries.
- Published in 2008.
