Library Resources GEO Look Up Guide

Aerial / Satellite Images
Atlases / Maps
Biographies of Geographers
Climate and Weather Data/Maps
Directories
Distance Measurement
Gazeteers
Geographical Information Systems
Remote Sensing
Research Article Indexes
Statistical Methods
Tectonic Plates

 
Aerial / Satellite Images

In print: 
SATELLITE ATLAS OF THE WORLD
(Shelved with reference books under G 1046 .A4 W6 1997)

Online: 
PHOTO database
(Ask for AccuNet/AP Photo Archive searching directions at the Reference Desk)

Atlases / Maps

Manhattan Maps

In print: 
MANHATTAN IN MAPS
(Shelved with reference books under G 1253 .M3 C63 1997)

NEW YORK CITY DEPT. OF PLANNING (for NYC's 5 burroughs)
(Shelved in the Atlas Stands)

Street Maps

In print: 
HAGSTROM's CITY MAPS (for NYC's 5 burroughs)
(Issued from the Reference Desk - CUNY ID required)

Online: 
MAP QUEST
FREE Internet site <http://www.mapquest.com>

United States Atlases

In print:
HAMMOND UNITED STATES ATLAS
(Issued from the Reference Desk - CUNY ID required)

Online:
COLOR LANDFORM ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES
FREE Internet site <http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/>

OUTLINE MAPS
FREE Internet site <http://www.geography.about.com/science/geography/msub37.htm>

World Atlases

In print: 
LONDON TIMES, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, etc.
(Shelved in the Atlas Stands and with reference books under G 1046)

Biographies of Geographers

In print:
General collective biographies of scientists 
 (Shelved on the reference floor with the biographical collection under Q 141) 

PROMINENT SCIENTISTS
(An index  to collective biographies with a section on geographers)
(Shelved on the reference floor with the biographical collection 
under Q141 .P398 1994)

(Handouts listing prominent geographers available at the Reference Desk)

Climate and Weather Data/Maps

In print:
NEW YORK TIMES ATLAS of the WORLD
(Shelved with reference books under G 1021)

OXFORD CONCISE ATLAS of the WORLD
(Shelved with reference books under G 1021)

THE WEATHER ALMANAC
WORLD WEATHER GUIDE
WORLD CLIMATIC DATA
(Shelved with reference books under QC 982)

WORLD SURVEY of CLIMATOLOGY, 16 Volumes
(Historical climatic data by continent; Predictive models in v. 16)
(Shelved with reference books under QC 980.15 .W67)

Online: 

EARTHINFO'S GLOBAL CLIMATE DATABASE
(Ask for the CD-ROM at the reference desk)

GLOBAL CHANGE DIGEST
FREE Internet site <http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/trends/trends.htm>

INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Authoritative assesssments of climate change based on comprehensive, objective, scientific, technical and socio-economic information. A project of the WMO (World Meteorological Association) and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER
FREE Internet site <http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov>

WORLD CLIMATE
 FREE Internet site <http://www.worldclimate.com>

YAHOO! WEATHER
FREE Internet site <http://weather.yahoo.com/>

Directories

Online:
Association of American Geographers
FREE Internet site <http://www.aag.org/>

National Science Foundation
FREE Internet site <http://www.nsf.gov>
 

Distance Measurement

Online:
HOW FAR IS IT? (automated direct-line distance finder)
FREE Internet site <http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist>

Gazeteers / Geographical Dictionaries

In print:
General geographical dictionaries
(Shelved with reference books under G 63)

Physical geography dictionaries
(Shelved with reference books under GB 10)
 

Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

In print:
For condensed information, start with . . .
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 2nd ED.
(Shelved with reference books under G 70.2 .G46 1999)

Online:
GIS DICTIONARY by the Association for Geographic Information 
FREE Internet site <http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html>
 

Remote Sensing

 In print:
THE REMOTE SENSING DATA BOOK
(Shelved with reference books under G 70.4 .R435 1999)

Online:
THE WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY: REMOTE SENSING
FREE Internet site <http://virtual.vtt.fi/space/rsvlib/>
 

Research Article Locators

In print:
GEOGRAPHY ABSTRACTS: Human Geography : Physical Geography, 1989 - 2001. (Shelved on reference floor with print indexes under title)

URBAN ABSTRACTS
(Shelved on reference floor with print indexes under title)

Online:
GEOBASE (online versions of Human Geography : Physical Geography)
(Ask for GEOBASE searching directions at the Reference Desk)

GeoREF (online index of major geology bibliographies and resources)
(Ask for GeoREF searching directions at the Reference Desk)

URBAN STUDIES full-text journal articles
(Ask for EBSCO Online searching directions at the Reference Desk)
 

Statistical Methods

Online:
STATISTICAL METHODS in the ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
(Shelved with reference books under QC 874.5 .W55 1995)

Tectonic Plates

In print:
GOODE's WORLD ATLAS
(Issued from the Reference Desk - CUNY ID required)

Terminology
  (see Gazeteers / Geographical Dictionaries)
 
 

Weather
  (see Climate and Weather Data/Maps)
 

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Updated 3/5/07