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Geography 

Print and online resources at UMass and beyond
Last update: Oct 15th, 2009 URL: http://guides.library.umass.edu/geography  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Geography Course and Textbook Websites

Check this page often, since it will be updated as I find new resources.

MIT OpenCourseWare for Urban Studies and Planning
Free lecture notes, exams, and other resources from MIT courses. Use the search box to find courses that might not be obvious at first (e.g., search "geographic" to find courses using GIS, some in Civil Engineering)

Fundamentals of physical geography (2nd ed), by Michael Pidwirny

 

Geography Societies and Webpages

The American Geographical Society

The National Geographic Society

Association of American Geographers

Royal Geographic Society

USGS Geography
Mostly focuses on US, but there are links to global images and data.

Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences
"Programs focus on methods, tools, techniques, software, data access, and other services needed to promote and facilitate a  integrating approach to the social sciences."

The Geography Network
Managed and maintained by ESRI.

PhysicalGeography.Net
Educational focus.

 

Contact me

Profile ImageMaxine Schmidt
Contact Info:
Integrated Sciences and Engineering Library
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-6739
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Subjects:
biology, geology, geography, resource economics, environmental sciences

 
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