Map and Geography Library - GEOG 110 Online Resources

Map and Geography Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

GEOG 110 Online Resources -- Fall 2000

Geography of International Conflicts focuses on contemporary cultural conflicts and competition among nations for economic and mineral resources, treating territorial disputes from a cultural and geographic perspective.

The Cartographic Citation Guide, available from the Map and Geography Library's reference collection (call number 016.526 C549c), provides examples of how to cite paper map resources. Guidelines for citing electronic and print resources are available from the Reference Library's Citing Electronic and Print Resouces page.

On Reserve

A copy of the textbook for this course, Engaging Geopolitics, will be placed on reserve at the Undergraduate Library Reserve Desk.

Basic Resources

Background Notes: Country information from the Department of State including human and physical geography, economy,government, history, etc.
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Access to registered UIUC users only. Contains authoritative and informative articles on a wide range of subjects. Can be searched by terms or phrases.
The World Factbook: Includes information on countries of the world. The content of this site focuses on current statistical data with emphasis on economy, government, transportation, geography, and social environment. Also included are appendices and general reference maps.
Country Studies: A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. Most books in the series deal with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.
CIA Maps: Large selection of maps of countries, cities and regions of the world scanned and made available through the Web by the Map Collection at the Perry-Casta~neda Library, University of Texas at Austin.

Online Journals and Newspapers

Washington Post International Pages: Search by country to find text of recent articles, links to Background Notes and CIA maps, and other Web sites associated with that country.
Ethnic NewsWatch: Full-text collection of 200 newspapers and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Global News Bank: 1,500 international sources including full-text translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government documents.
Access UN: Full-text access to recent United Nations documents and publications, including information on international economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian issues.
Contemporary Women's Issues: Provides information on women in over 150 countries including full text access to 1500 journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies.

Other selected journals with a geography focus can be found at the Map and Geography Library's Digital Journals page.

For a more complete view of online journals and journal indexes, go to the UIUC Library's Article Databases.

Internet Indexes

Internet Resources for Geographers
     Maintained by the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Includes Web sites, journals,
     reference materials, professional associations, map collections.
Infomine Search Engine and Directory - Maps and Geographic Information Systems
     Searchable database of Internet resources of scholarly use. The database contains over 1350 resources including
     satellite images, photographs, software and data/image bases.

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