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Dictionaries

Books

• American place-names;  a concise and selective dictionary for the continental United States of America. (1970). REF E155 .S79
• A glossary of geographical terms :  based on a list prepared by a committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. (1979). REF G107.9 .B74 1979
• The Houghton Mifflin dictionary of geography : places and peoples of the world.  (1997). REF G63 .H68 1997
• Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary.  (1997). REF G103.5 .W42 1997
• Webster's new geographical dictionary. (1980). REF G103 .W45 1980

Online

• Dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms in GIS, cartography, and remote sensing  - University of California, Berkeley
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online  - J. Paul Getty Trust
• GIS Dictionary  - ESRI Support Center
• Glossary of cartographic terms  - University of Texas at Austin

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of geographical features in world history :  Europe and the America. (1997). REF G141 .P43 1997
• Encyclopedia of human geography. (2004). REF GF4 .P58 2004
• Encyclopedia of rural America: the land and the people. (1997). REF E169.12 .E5 1997
• Encyclopedia of the First World. (1990). REF G63 .K87 1990
• Geo-data: the world geographical encyclopedia. (2003). REF G103.5 .G36 2003

Gazetteers

• Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World. (1962). REF G103 .L7 1962
• Times World Atlas Index and Gazetteer. (1966). REF G103 .T5
• Chambers world gazetteer : an A-Z of geographical information. (1988). REF G103.5 .C44 1988
• The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. (2000). REF E35 .C65 2000
• Texas Gazetteer. (1985). REF F384 .T39 1985

Indexes & Abstracts

• Geo Abstracts G1.5 G34 Parts A-H, J. These have been moved to the main stacks.
• Part A: Geomorphology 1960-1988.
• Part B: Biogeography, Climatology, Hydrology 1966-1988.
• Part C: Economic Geography 1966-1988.
• Part D: Social Geography, Historical Geography, Cartography 1966-1988,
• Part E: Sedimentology 1972-1988.
• Part F: Regional and Community Planning 1972-1988.
• Part G: Remote Sensing and Cartography 1974-1988.
• Part H: Human Geography 1989-present.
• Part J: Physical Geography 1989-present.
• Current Geographic Publications (1938) to present REF G3 .A53
• Bibliography of Dissertations in Geography 1901-1969 REF G58 .N86 no.1
• Region and Regionalism in the United States: A Source Book for the Humanities and Social Sciences REF E179.5 .S819 1988
• Sociological Abstracts (1953) to 1997 HM7 .S67. These have been moved to the main stacks.
• Social Science Index (1974) to present AI3 .R501 (Earlier title was Social Science and Humanities Index and is shelved nearby.) These have been moved to the main stacks.

Other Reference Materials

• Eartha world travelog. (1998). REF G1021 .D44 1998
• Handbook of geographical nicknames. (1980). REF GT105 .S5
• The New Century handbook of classical geography. (1972). REF DE25 .N48
• Quick reference guide to National geographic, 1955-mid 1990. (1990). REF G1 .N27

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