World Geography

Fall 2010 – Amber Zimmer – LIS60621

Search Aids
This pathfinder will be useful in finding information about world
Search Terms
geography. (Use for computer searches)
 World geography
 Global geography
For an introduction to the topic, see:
 The DK geography of the world, published by DK (2004)
Subject Headings
(Use in card catalogs and print indexes)
Key Resources at a Glance:  Geography – Study and
 World regional geography concepts, by Lydia Mihelic Teaching (Secondary)
Pulsipher and Alex A. Pulsipher (2009). This book  Geography
describes geography all over the world by dividing the
world into major regions instead of individual countries or
continents. Call Number
 World regional geography: a development approach, by  910 (Dewey Decimal)
Joseph J. Hobbs (2009). This title on world geography is  G1-922 (Library of Congress)
organized in major regions, with some of those regions
further discussing specific individual countries. Not all
countries are discussed, but all world regions are main Indexes and Abstracts
topics.  EBSCOhost
 World Geography, by Richard Rayburn (2004). This book  GeoRef
is designed for younger students in grades 5-8. It offers a  Inspec
lot of interactive activities to assist students in learning
about world geography.
Library catalogs
 Your local library catalog
Reference Background  OhioLINK
 Student Atlas of World Geography, by John L. Allen (2008)  WorldCat
 Encyclopedia of world geography, edited by R. W. McColl
(2005)
 The encyclopedia of world geography, by John Baines
(2002)

Resources
Books
 Glencoe world geography and cultures, by Richard C. Boehm (2008)
 World geography: building a global perspective, by Thomas J. Baerwald and Celeste Fraser
(2007)
 World geography, by Daniel D. Arreola (2007)
 Journals
 World Factbook
 Geographical Journal
 Journal of Geographical Sciences

Magazine Articles
 “On geography, Geography and geographical magazines,” by Ron Johnston. Geography
(Autumn 2009)
 “Affective outcomes of a world geography course,” by Alfred S. Forsyth Jr.. Journal of
Geography (March/April 2006)
 “Tell the world about learning geography,” by Jeremy Krause. Geography (January 2003)

Web Pages and Web Portals

 Geography World
www.geographyworldonline.com
 Geographic
www.geographic.org
 worldatlas
www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm

Organizations and Special Collections

 International Geographical Union
www.igu-net.org; +1 202 431 6271
 The American Geographic Society
www.amergeog.org; (212) 422-5456
 Royal Geographical Society
www.rgs.org/HomePage.htm; +44 (0)20 7591 3000

Multimedia Resources
 World geography (Discovery Channel School; Discovery Communications, Inc.; Travel
Channel; 2004) [video recording]
 The voyageur experience in global geography (AIT, 2002) [video recording]

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