Geography Subject Guide
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Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Desk
Library Hours
Telephone: 808-956-7214
General E-mail Reference: emailref@hawaii.edu
Collection Development Librarian for Geography
Vicky Lebbin / 808-956-2527 / vickery@hawaii.edu
Hamilton Library
2550 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822
Resource available to authorized UH Manoa users on or off campus
Find Articles and Journals
Note: The UHM Library subscribes to many journals in both paper and electronic formats. Use a database or index to locate articles. To find a specific journal title in electronic format, search the library's list of electronic journals. Use Hawaii Voyager to find paper (and some electronic) formats for specific journal titles. If you do not find the journal you are looking for, please ask for further assistance at a reference desk.
Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,650
serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to
the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200
journals.
American Geographical Society Online Bibliography & Current Geographical Publications
Current Geographical Publications (CGP) has been a non-profit service
to the scholarly community since it was initiated in 1938 by the
American Geographical Society. Beginning in 2006, the format has been
changed to include the tables of contents of current geographical
journals. The journal titles listed below are links to PDF files of the
current issue's contents. This section will be continuously updated as
new issues are received..
Geobase
GEOBASE is a unique multidisciplinary database supplying bibliographic
information and abstracts for human and physical geography, ecology,
geology, oceanography, geomechanics and development studies. The
database provides current coverage of over 1,700 journals and archival
coverage of several thousand additional titles. GEOBASE contains over a
million records from 1980, with 72,000 records added annually. Each
GEOBASE record contains full bibliographic citation, indexing terms and
codes and 99.5% of records contain abstracts.
NOTE: This database is limited to 4 users at a time. If you are unable to get in, wait a bit and try again.
GeoRef
he GeoRef database covers the geology of North America from 1785 to the
present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the
present. The database includes references to all publications of the
U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from
US and Canadian universities are also covered.
JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection
Provides full-text journal backfiles in various disciplines. The JSTOR project's primary goal is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. Selected journals in the following subject areas are available: African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
Web of Science
A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the
sciences (Science Citation Index Expanded) as well as both the Social
Sciences Citation Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Approximately 70% of the records have author abstracts. Online coverage from 1980 to present.
Find Dissertations and Books
Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog
Use the online catalog to find books, journals, dissertations, videos, more.
Dissertations and Theses
Dissertations & Theses (PQD&T) includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and master's work of authors from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available for PDF download.
New Books at UHM Library
Interface for identifying new books. Can be limited by keyword and date range.
WorldCat
Large database of library catalogs - find books throughout the world.
Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias and Guides
Biographical Dictionary of Geography
Hamilton Main Reference G67. L37 1993
Captain Cook Encyclopaedia
Hamilton Main Reference G246.C7 R637 2004
Columbia Gazetteer of the World
Hamilton Main Reference G103.5 .C645 1998
The Continuum Guide to Geography Education
Hamilton Main Reference G76.5 .G7 B88 2000
Dictionary of Concepts in Physical Geography
Hamilton Main Reference GB10 .H82 1988
Encyclopedia of Exploration, 1800 to 1850
Hamilton Pacific Reference G80 .H678 2004
Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Hamilton Main Reference GF4 .P58 2004
Literature of Travel and Exploration : an encyclopedia
Hamilton Main Reference G465 .L565 2003
Placenames of the World
Hamilton Main Reference G105 .R66 2006
Selected Internet Resources
Alexandria Digital Library
Distributed digital library with collections of georeferenced materials.
Digital Library for Earth Science Education/
DLESE resources include electronic materials for both teachers and learners, such as lesson plans, maps, images, data sets, visualizations, assessment activities, curriculum, online courses, and much more. Funding for DLESE comes in part from the National Science Foundation.
Geography Discipline Network
Providing pedagogic resources for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in higher education.
GeoSource
Web resources for human geography,physical geography, planning,geoscience and environmental science
Glossary of Cartographic Terms
Hosted by the Perry-Castaņeda Library from Maps for America, 3rd edition.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
Features current and historical maps from around the world.
Selected Journals for Geography
"Selected Periodicals" are those listed in Laguardia, Cheryl Magazines for Libraries, 2004, PN4832.K2 CVR, that are currently owned by or accessible through Hamilton Library. Search the library catalog and/or electronic resources for complete holdings information.
American
Geographical Society's Focus on Geography
Hamilton G1.F6
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Hamilton Main G3 .A8
Antipode
Hamilton Main G1 .A68
Applied Geography
Hamilton Main G1 .A66
Area
Hamilton Main G7 .A742
Australian
Geographer
Hamilton Main G1 .A9
Cartographic Journal
Hamilton Main GA101 .C29
Cartography and Geographic Information Systems
Hamilton Main GA101 .A49
Current Geographical Publications
Hamilton Main Reference Z6009 .A47
Economic Geography
Hamilton Main HF1021 .E25
Gender,
Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography
Geoforum
Hamilton Main G1 .G28
Geographical Analysis
Hamilton Main G70 .G43
Geographical
Review
Hamilton Main G1 .G2916
Geography
Hamilton Main G1 .G292
Geojournal
Hamilton Main HC79 .E5 G425
Imago Mundi
Hamilton Main GA1 .I6
Journal of
Cultural Geography
Hamilton GF1 .J68
Journal of Historical Geography
Hamilton Main G141 .J68
Journal
of Transport Geography
National Geographic
Hamilton Main G1 .N27
Physical Geography
Hamilton Main G1 .P48
Political Geography
Hamilton Main JC319 .P62
Professional Geographer
Hamilton Main G3 .P7
Progress
in Human Geography
Hamilton Main GF1 .P76
Progress
in Physical Geography
Hamilton G1 .P686
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Hamilton Main G7 .I6
Surveying and Land Information Science
Hamilton Addition TA501 .A6436
About the Geography Collection
The general collection includes approximately 28,000 books and 70 active periodical titles on both physical and human geography. Material can also be found in the Hawaiian/Pacific, Asia, Science/Technology, Government Documents and Map collections. University Archives currently houses the Hawaiian Sugar Planter's archives. The collection is also supported by Hawaii Institute of Geophysics Library, the Health Sciences Library, the East-West Center Research Information Services, and the Bishop Museum Library.
Last modified: November 28, 2007
Updated by: Allie Jordan, UH Library & Information Science Program MLISc candidate