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Geography Librarian: Robert Ridinger
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Web Resources
- 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
- American Geographical Society Digital Photo Archive
- Australian Antarctic Magazine
- Baltimore Ecosystem Study
- Challenger Expedition, 1872- 1876
- Cities Around the World
- Climate Action: Energy For A Changing World
- Conservation Commons
- ConserveOnline
- European Academy of the Urban Environment
- Finding Exurbia: America's Fast-Growing Communities at the Metropolitan Fringe
- Foundation for Landscape Studies
- Geo-guide
- Growing Better Cities: Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Development
- Harvard Design Magazine
- Hidden Histories of Exploration
- International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism
- Invincible Cities
- Latin American Travelogues
- New Jersey Environmental Digital Library
- Our Earth as Art
- Race to the End of the Earth
- Shaping Livable Cities - [PDF]
- Southern Forests for the Future
- Sustainable Development in Coastal Regions and Small Islands
- The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Travel, Tourism, and Urban Growth in Greater Miami: A Digital Archive
- U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
- UN-Habitat: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
- United Nations Environment Programme: The Billion Tree Campaign
- Urban Age Institute
- Urban Environment: Challenges to Sustainability
- Urban planning, 1794-1918: An international anthology of articles, conference papers, and reports. - John W. Reps (Cornell University) has compiled a bibliography of original source material in urban planning, primarily covering the 19th century. This wide-ranging site is a trove of information. Each bibliographic entry is annotated with a brief essay that includes a biography of the author and a discussion of the work's importance. Subjects covered include the principles, standards, and procedures for European, American, and Australian city planning.
- Urbanicity.org
- USGS CoreCast
- USGS Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program
- Virtual Shanghai Urban Space in Time
- WIND and SEA: the oceanic and atmospheric sciences Internet locator - An up-front index lists 40 main topics, from air pollution to wetlands. Of these, oceanography, weather, climate, coastal studies, endangered species, the history of oceanic and atmospheric sciences, and wetlands are categories most relevant geography.
Professional Associations
- Association of American Geographers - Founded in 1904, this Association is one of the premier professional groups in geography worldwide. This site features profiles of current projects such as ARGUS (Activities and Readings in the Geography of the United States) and links to related organizations homepages.
- Geological Society of America - Based in Boulder, this organization has been one of the premier research organizations in U.S. earth sciences since 1888. In addition to sections of the GSA, the page offers access to materials on environment and public policy, and an electronic retrospective index to articles and abstracts from GSA Bulletin, Geology and GSA Today (this one in full-text form).
- Soil Science Society of America - The chief American professional body for soils research, emphasizing the dissemination of data of soils as related to crop production, environmental quality, sustainable ecosystems, land use, recycling and waste management. Table of contents for the Society's Journal since January 1997 are provided.
Organizations
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
- Arctic Council
- Friends of the Earth - The largest international network of environmental groups in the world, covering 52 countries. Researchers will find the "Environmental Campaigns" page useful for tracking six major areas of concern ranging from sustainable development to energy.
- Global Trees Campaign
- Gulf of Maine Research Institute
- Land Tenure Center
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Useful links from this page include the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service. A basic starting point for research involving the environment, climate, coastal issues, etc.
- Nature Conservancy - Operator of the largest private system nature sanctuaries in the world, with over 1,500 in the United States. News of conservation programs underway may be found under the "Where We Work" menu item.
- Organization of World Heritage Cities
- PARKNET: The National Park Service Place on the Web - This site offers access to the homepages of all national historic sites and monuments, recreation areas and parks maintained by the service. Regional maps showing park locations are included.
- The Earth Institute at Columbia University
- The National Institute for Conservation
- Urban Ecology
- Water Environment Federation
- Wetlands International
- Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
Dictionaries
- AGI GIS Dictionary - The newest edition of the dictionary of GIS terms. It contains 980 GIS and GIS-related terms and 52 diagrams. Searchable by four categories: alphabetical, category, acronyms, and terminology.
- Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
Directories
- Geography Departments Worldwide - 815 departments in sixty-nine countries are accessible through this site, over five hundred searchable by country, keyword, and fields of research.
Research Centers
- American Geographical Society Library - The home page for the library of the American Geographic Society, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A useful feature of this page is a link to the full-text latest issue of Current Geographic Publications, the best online index to periodical literature in all subfields of the discipline except meteorology.
- Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S.
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Digital Library
- Center for International Earth Science Information Network - A regional directory and data access system developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, highlighting the "Great Lakes Program." Searchers will find the access to the database of the Great Lakes National Program office especially useful.
- Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
- Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
- Great Lakes Information Network - A site created through a partnership of hundreds of state, provincial, regional, and federal organizations and agencies offering environmental, economic, and ecological coverage of the binational Great Lakes area. A search engine permitting free text scanning is provided.
- International Institute for Environment and Development
- Mid-America Earthquake Center
- Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
- Review and Atlas of Palaeovegetation - This site offers preliminary land ecosystem maps of the world since the last glacial maximum.
- Scholars Lab : Geospatial & Statistical Data Center ( University of Virginia )
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- SULIS (Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series) - Housed at the University of Minnesota, Department of Horticultural Science. "The goal of SULIS is to provide sustainable landscape information to the public and to the horticultural and landscape industries." Topics covered are design, plat selection, implementation, and maintenance.
- Sustainable Cities Programme
- USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory: Maps and Graphics
Government Agencies
- 2010 Census
- Bureau of Land Management
- Chicago Wilderness: An Atlas of Biodiversity - A profile of the Chicago wilderness region, covering living communities (prairies, woodlands, wetlands, still and moving waters), people on the land, forest preserves, management and restoration.
- Enviromapper - Operated by the Environmental Protection Agency, this site offers graphic data on drinking water, hazardous waste, toxic and air releases, water discharge permits, and superfund sites, with links to related text reports.
- EROS Data Center: Earth Resources Observation Systems - This facility in Sioux Falls, SD (begun as a processing and distribution center for LANDSAT data) also houses a variety of USGS cartographic products (US Geodata) and the world's largest collection of civilian remotely sensed data.
- European Environmental Agency
- Global Earth Observation System of Systems
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency - A colorful and detailed page featuring basic data such as regulations and pollution prevention and individual projects such as the "Environmental Conditions Report."
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
- Lake Michigan Lake Wide Management Plan - The full text of an EPA document issued in April 2000 pursuant to the requirements of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada.
- NASA - Geography related information can be accessed by using "Earth Sciences" listed under "Strategic Enterprises."
- National Center for Geographical Information and Analysis - An independent consortium conducting research into geographic information systems and their related technology. Searchers will find a list of all NCGIA projects from 1988-1997 listed as well.
- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- National Library for the Environment
- National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
- National Soil Tilth Research Laboratory - This USDA Agriculture Research Service soil laboratory is housed at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
- National Water Management Center
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS): Soils
- The Bureau of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme
- U.S. Antarctic Program
- U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service - A section of the US Department of Agriculture focused on conservation of environmental quality, soil surveys, wetlands management, forestry and wildlife habitat and farmland preservation.
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Publications
- U.S. Drought Portal
- U.S. EPA: Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watershed (OWOW)
- U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library
- USGS: U.S. Geological Survey - Highly useful for monitoring USGS programs in the areas of biology, geology, water, and mapping. The "Highlights" section is particularly valuable for tracking current events such as El Nino information updates. Fact sheets on USGS activities in each state are available as well.
Metadata sites
- Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science
- Geospatial One Stop
- GInfoServer: WWW GIS-Resources - This site provides links to GIS-Software (commercial and free), GInfoServer for journals, books and bibliographies, conference information, and online proceedings. There are also online literature databases, GIS, hydrology and bibliography standards, Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), metadata, and Environmental Information Systems. Other links included are GIS textbooks, newsgroups and mailing lists.
- Mapping the Risks: Assessing the Homeland Security Implications of Publicly Available Geospatial Information
- NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
- World Health Organization: Tropical Disease Research Programme (TDR)
Cartography
- 16th - 20th Century Maps of Africa
- American Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850
- Antique Maps of Iceland
- Antique Maps: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Atlas of Canada
- Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (Newberry Library)
- Barren Regions: Early Dutch Books on the Exploration of Australia
- Canadian Geographic Atlas Online
- Cartographica Extraordinaire
- Charting North America: Maps from the Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection and Others
- Charting the Nation: Maps of Scotland, 1550 - 1740
- Civil War Maps
- Color Landform Atlas of the United States - This is Version 2 of this site. The homepage consists of links to each of the 50 states, to US maps, to background information about those maps, to an elevation key for the relief maps, to Web sites that have used Sterner's maps, and to Web awards the site has won.
- Crace Collection of Maps of London
- Dakin Fire Insurance Maps
- David Rumsey Map Collection: 1979 California Water Atlas
- David Rumsey Map Collection: Antique Atlases
- Digital Atlas of Idaho
- DIGMAP
- Early Real Estate Atlases of New York
- Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection
- ECAI: Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
- Electronic Atlas of Central Indiana
- Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
- Electronic Map Library (California State- Northridge)
- Federal Township Plats of Illinois, 1801-1891
- Gilmer Civil War Maps Collection
- Greater Toronto Area Digital Mapping Project
- Historic Topographic Maps of California
- IllinoisAtlas.com
- Interactive : State of Metropolitan America Indicator Map
- Los Angeles Mapped
- Map and Geographic Information Center: University of Connecticut
- Map Collections: American Memory (Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress)
- Mapping History
- Mapping Medieval Townscapes: A Digital Atlas of the New Towns of Edward I
- Mapping Religion
- Maps in Our Lives
- Maps of the Pimeria: Early Cartography of the Southwest
- Maps: Finding Our Place in the World
- Massachusetts Historical Society: Massachusetts Maps
- Meeting of Frontiers (Digital Map Collection, University of Alaska-Fairbanks)
- Michigan State University Libraries: Map Library
- Military Campaign Maps
- Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps, 1885-1992
- Minnesota Maps Online
- National Cooperative Geologic Mapping
- National Institute of Justice's MAPS Program
- Nevada in Maps
- NYCityMap
- Oddens' Bookmarks: The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
- Old Maps: Britain's Most EXtensive Digital Historical Map Archive
- Paleomap Project
- Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - A collection of over 230,000 maps held at the University of Texas. The feature "Electronic Cartographic Reference Resources" is particularly valuable for the beginning searcher.
- Public Policy Institute of California: Map Room
- Realms of Gold
- Rhode Island Critical Resource Atlas
- Rochambeau Map Collection
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1992
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Florida
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of South Carolina
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Kansas City, Missouri, 1895-1957
- Sanborn Maps for Missouri
- Stanford Digital Forma Urbis Romae Project
- Teaching Geologic Map Interpretation with Google Earth
- Tennessee Electronic Atlas
- Texas Historic Sites Atlas
- The Burnham Plan Centennial
- The Cosmos in Miniature: The Remarkable Star Map of Simeon De Witt
- The Interactive Nolli Map of Rome
- The Map of Early Modern London
- The Mapas Project
- The Rochambeau Map Collection
- The Warner Map Collection at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library
- UC Atlas of Global Inequality
- United Nations Atlas of the Oceans
- United Nations Environment Programme: Maps and Graphics
- United States Digital Map Library
- United States Military Academy Digital Library: Maps
- University of Chicago Library Map Collection
- USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory: Maps and Graphics
- W.H. Pugsley Collection of Early Canadian Maps (McGill University)
- Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records: Original Field Notes and Plat Maps
- World Atlas of Panoramic Aerial Images
- World War II Military Situation Maps
- WPA Maps: Los Angeles
Natural and Environmental Systems
- A Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine Ecosystems
- Overcoming One of the Greatest Environmental Challenges of Our Times: Re-thinking Policies to Cope with Desertification
- OzCoasts
Environmental Education Web Resources
- Conservation Commons
- ConserveOnline
- Earth Island Institute
- Earth Portal
- Ecology WWW Page
- Envirolink
- Enviromapper - Operated by the Environmental Protection Agency, this site offers graphic data on drinking water, hazardous waste, toxic and air releases, water discharge permits, and superfund sites, with links to related text reports.
- Environmental Health Science Education
- European Environmental Agency
- Global Change and Environmental Education Resources
- Green Design Institute
- Greendex: Survey of Sustainable Consumption
- International Association of Wildland Fire
- National Park Service Photo Collection
- New Jersey Environmental Digital Library
- OCEANIC: Oceanography Information Center
- Oceanography Information Servers
- Subject Bibliographies in Environmental Ethics - The 36 bibliographies included to date are "intended to facilitate research and public discussion of the ethical issues embedded in the environmental concerns of our day." The bibliographies are grouped into three series; Class, Subject, and Occasional Bibliographies. The bibliographies provide significant assistance to students, researchers, policy makers, and general readers to examine issues in environmental policy, scientific research findings, equity and environmental justice, and global environmental change. Some topics covered include, animal rights, managed landscapes, "deep ecology," industrial ecology, and symbiogenesis.
- Sustainable Development in Coastal Regions and Small Islands
- The Bureau of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme
- The Center for International Environmental Law
- Turning Points of Wisconsin: Original Manuscript Letters of John Muir, 1861-1914
- United Nations Environment Programme: Freshwater
- United Nations Environment Programme: Maps and Graphics
- United Nations Environment Programme: The Billion Tree Campaign
- Urban Environment: Challenges to Sustainability
- Urban planning, 1794-1918: An international anthology of articles, conference papers, and reports. - John W. Reps (Cornell University) has compiled a bibliography of original source material in urban planning, primarily covering the 19th century. This wide-ranging site is a trove of information. Each bibliographic entry is annotated with a brief essay that includes a biography of the author and a discussion of the work's importance. Subjects covered include the principles, standards, and procedures for European, American, and Australian city planning.
- World Resources Institute
- WWW Virtual Library: Agriculture
- WWW Virtual Library: Oceanography
Environmental Education Organizations
- Arctic Council
- Aspen Global Change Institute
- Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education
- Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation - A non-profit organization whose aim is to fund ecological research through eco-tourism.
- Greenpeace International Homepage
- Information Center for the Environment
- National Association of Conservation Districts
- Sierra Club
- Southern Africa Environment Project
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Victorian Outdoor Education Association
- World Conservation Union
- WWF Global Network
Environmental Education International Agreements
- Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
- World Resources Institute
Environmental Education Research Centers
- Cornell Center for the Environment
- European Forest Institute
- Everglades Digital Library
- Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center
- Reclaiming the Everglades
- Texas Environmental Center
Environmental Education Government Agencies
- Environment Canada
- Great Lakes Information Network - A site created through a partnership of hundreds of state, provincial, regional, and federal organizations and agencies offering environmental, economic, and ecological coverage of the binational Great Lakes area. A search engine permitting free text scanning is provided.
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency - A colorful and detailed page featuring basic data such as regulations and pollution prevention and individual projects such as the "Environmental Conditions Report."
- Lake Michigan Lake Wide Management Plan - The full text of an EPA document issued in April 2000 pursuant to the requirements of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada.
- National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
- PARKNET: The National Park Service Place on the Web - This site offers access to the homepages of all national historic sites and monuments, recreation areas and parks maintained by the service. Regional maps showing park locations are included.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife National Conservation Training Center
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Forest Service
- U.S. State Education and Environment Roundtable
