The major journal index in this field is Geographical Abstracts. The current version of this index is split into two sections, Physical Geography (G 1.G6) and Human Geography (G 1.G59), but the index has used a variety of formats since 1966, when the library's holdings began. Geo Abstracts, as the current, two-part version of this index is officially titled, acts as a subject index for a comprehensive collection of journals in the various subdisciplines of geography. It is shelved on Index shelf 4.

The American Geographical Society's Current Geographical Publications (G 112.Z99A47), which is also shelved on Index shelf 4, takes a different approach. It indexes the research collection of the society, which is housed at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and it includes journal articles, books, pamphlets, and government publications.

Another good Geography index is Geobasewhich is an index to 2000 journals in the fields of geology and geography (1989- ).

Also helpful is the Social Sciences Index (AI 3.S62), which indexes the major periodicals in each area of the social sciences (i.e., sociology, history, anthropology, geography, etc.). It is shelved on Index table F.

Of related interest--

Sociological Abstracts, because of its comprehensive coverage of the field of sociology, is of some use in the study of human geography. It is available in several formats: the book version (HM 1.S634), which is no longer current, shelved on Index shelf 6, Sociofile (HM 1.S6343), an electronic version is available through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.

GeoRef is essentially an index of the literature in the field of geology, but it is of some use in the study of physical geography.

Atlases and Gazetteers

• The Times Atlas of the World
  REF G 1019.T5
• Goode's World Atlas
  REF G 1021.G6 1990
  
• Oxford Atlas of the World
  READY REF G 1021.A7545 1992
  
• Oxford Concise Atlas of the World
  READY REF G 1021.C74 1996
  
• Oxford Encyclopedic Atlas of the World
  READY REF G 1021.G417 1996
  
• Times Atlas of World History
  REF G 1030.T54 1978
  
• Rand McNally Road Atlas
  READY REF G 1019.R23
  
• Rand McNally Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide
  REF G G 1019. R22
  
• Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World
  READY REF G 103.L7 1952
  
• Cambridge World Gazetteer: A Geographical Dictionary
  READY REF G 103.5.C44 1990

The library also owns many other general and specialized atlases, both in the reference collection and in the circulating stacks.

Guides to the Literature

• The Literature of Geography: A Guide to its Organisation and Use, J. Gordon Brewer
  REF G 112.Z99B74
  
• Aids to Geographical research: Bibliographies, Periodicals, Atlases, Gazetteers and Other Reference Works, John Kirtland Wright and Elizabeth T. Platt
  REF G 112.Z99W9 1947
  
• Bibliographies and Reference Works for Research In Geography, Chauncey Dennison Harris
  REF G 112.Z99H28
  

The following three items are issued under the auspices of the Association of American Geographers, each one essentially updating the previous edition:

• A Basic Geographical Library:A Selected and Annotated Book List for American Colleges, Martha Church, Robert E. Huke, and Wilbur Zelinsky
  REF G 112. Z99C48
  
• A Geographical Bibliography for American College Libraries, revised by Gordon R. Lewthwaite, Edward T. Price, Jr., and Harold A. Winters
  REF G 112.Z99L49
  
• A Geographical Bibliography for American Libraries, Chauncey D. Harris, editor-in-chief
  REF G 112.Z99H29
  
• U.S. Government Publications for Research and Teaching in Geography and Related Social and Natural Sciences, C.L. Vinge and A.G. Vinge
  REF G 112.Z99V5 1967
  
• A Bibliography of Geographic Thought, Catherine L. Brown and James O. Wheeler
  REF G 112. Z99B5814 1989
  
• The History of Modern Geography: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works, Gary S. Dunbar
  REF G 112.Z99D86 1985
  
• Information Resources in Environmental Protection, Selwyn Eagle and Judith Deschamps
  REF GE 30.I56 1996

Encyclopedias

• World Geographical Encyclopedia
  v. 1. Africa
  v. 2. Americas
  v. 3. Asia
  v. 4. Europe
  v. 5. Oceania, polar regions, general geography
  
• Companion Encyclopedia of Geography: The Environment and Humankind, Ian Douglas, Richard Huggett, and Mike Robinson
  REF G 116.C645 1996
  
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Geography
  v. 1 Earth's natural forces
  v. 2 World government
  v. 3 Nature's last stronghold
  v. 4 Plant life
  v. 5 Animal life
  v. 6 Farming and food
  v. 7 Peoples and culture
  v. 8 Resources and industry
  v. 9 Human settlement
  v. 10 Planet management
  v. 11 World economy
  REF G 116.I45 1990
  
• Larousse Encyclopedia of World Geography
  REF G 115.G55343
  
• Conservation and Environmentalism: An Encyclopedia, Robert Paehlke
  REF GE 10.C68 1995

Dictionaries

• General
  • New Penguin Dictionary of Geography
    REF G 63.C562 1990
    
  • Webster's New Geographical Dictionary
    REF G 103.5.W42 1988
    
  • Longman Dictionary of Geography
    REF G 63.C56 1985
    
  • A Dictionary of Basic Geography
    REF G 108.A2D5
    

Specialized

• Dictionary of Human Geography
  REF GF4 .D52 1994
  
• Dictionary of Concepts in Human Geography
  REF G 4.L37 1983
  
• Dictionary of Ecology and Environmental Science
  REF GE 10.D53 1993