Subject Guide: Geography

Web Sites

Many useful information resources are available on the Internet. But, remember to evaluate any Web site before using it for research.

Website and Description

Ancient World Mapping Center
http://www.unc.edu/awmc
This site is maintained by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It provides information about ancient geography and cartography. The site contains articles, maps, web links, updates to the "Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World", and more.

Canadian Geographic Magazine's Geography Directory
http://www.geographydirectory.com/
This directory provides links to several geography websites. The sites are arranged in categories such as cartography, regional geography, natural disasters, environment, general geography and more.

CU Boulder Resources for Geographers
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/resources/contents.htm
This site is from the Department of Geography, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. It provides links to various geography sources including maps, journals, educational resources, professional associations, geo-spatial datasets, newsgroups/listservs, job and career information, academic departments, software and commercial vendors, and miscellaneous.

Geosource
http://www.library.uu.nl/geosource/
This website is maintained by Jeroen Bosman of the Central Library at Utrecht University, Netherlands. It is a directory of geography web resources. Topics include physical geography, human geography, geoscience and environmental science.

GEsource: Geography and Environment
http://www.gesource.ac.uk/
Includes a free database of Internet resources catalogued by subject specialists across a number of disciplines - the environment, general geography, human geography, physical geography and techniques and approaches. Part of the U.K. Resource Discovery Network.

Globastat
http://www.globastat.com/
This website contains information on more than 190 countries. Data tables are used to compare different countries to each other in over 100 categories. Categories includes geography, people, government, economy, transportation and more. This site uses data found in the CIA World Factbook.

Nationalatlas.gov
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
This site has maps that capture and depict the patterns, conditions, and trends of American life. The site is the result of a project by the USGS and more than 20 Federal agencies.

The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/title_page.html
Free online textbook created by Michael Ritter, University of Wisconsin. Content includes text, diagrams, graphs, photographs, and animations. Links are also provided to other sources of text, audio, or video materials. Other special features include links to real, or near real-time data; "how to" sections; activities; reviews and self-assessment quiz; web resources; glossary; blog of news updates; and more.

PhysicalGeography.net
http://www.physicalgeography.net/home.html
Website maintained by Michael Pidwirny, University of British Columbia Okanagan. Includes Fundamentals of Physical Geography, a free online textbook designed for college students studying introductory physical geography. The site also includes a glossary of terms and links to web resources.

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