(1) Summarizing Knowledge
(Encyclopedic Articles, Textbooks & Histories, Handbooks, Research Reviews)

Encyclopedias

The Encyclopedia of Ecotourism.  G 156.5 .E26 E53 2001

Textbooks & Histories
Amazon's New & Used Textbooks in Geography
All Possible Worlds: A History of Geographical Ideas.  G 80 .M38 1993

Elements of Cartography. 6^th ed., 1995.

Geography Militant: Cultures of Exploration and Empire.  G 70 .D75 2001

Geography Yesterday and Tomorrow.  G 62 .G47

History of Cartography.  GA 201 .H53 1987

History of Modern Geography: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works.  G 80 .D95 1985

Images of the World: The Atlas Through History.  GA 300 .I42 1997

Inventory of World Topographic Mapping.  Z 6028 .B575 1989

Map History / History of Cartography

Map Use and Analysis. 3d ed. 1998.

Map Use: Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation.  GA 105.3 .M83 1998

Mapmakers.  GA 105.3 .W49 2000

Handbooks

The National Geographic Desk Reference.  G 123 .N38 1999

Research Reviews
 

(2) Selective Bibliography
(Research & Subject Guides, Selective & Didactic Bibliographies, Subject Directories)

Research & Subject Guides
Guide to Information Sources in the Geographical Sciences.  G 116 .G84 1983
Information Sources in Cartography.  GA 105.3 .I53 1990
Keyguide to Information Sources in Cartography.  GA 105.3 .H63 1986
Literature of Geography: A Guide to Its Organization and Use.  G 116 .B74
Penn Library E-Resources: Earth and Environmental Studies
Syracuse University Library Subject Guides: Geography, Physical--Earth, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Selective & Didactic Bibliographies
Aids to Geographical Research; Bibliographies, Periodicals, Atlases, Gazetteers, and Other Reference Books.  Z 6001 .A1 W9 1971
Bibliography of Cartography.  Z 6028 .U49 1973
Bibliography of Place-Name Literature: United States and Canada.  E 155 .S4 1982
Geographical Bibliography for American College Libraries. Washington: Association of American Geographers, Commission on College Geography, 1970. (not owned by OU)
Geographical Bibliography for American Libraries.  G 116 .G46 1985
Bibliography of Geography. Chicago: University of Chicago, Department of Geography, 1976. (not owned by OU)
List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress.  LC 5.2:G 29
Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800; A Bibliography.  Z 6027 .A5 W68
National and Regional Atlases: A Bibliographic Survey Up To and Including 1978.  GA 102 .S7 1980
Scholar's Guide to Geographical Writing on the American and Canadian Past.  Z 1247 .C66 1993

Subject Directories

Academic Info: Geography Resources
About.com: Geography
GeoSearcher: Science: Earth Sciences
Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association
Oddens’ Bookmarks
Open Directory Project: Geography
Research Resources for the Social Sciences:Geography
Social Science Information Gateway: Geography
 

(3) New Information
(Most frequently cited journals, electronic texts, government information, books & monographs, news & newspapers, article databases)

Journals (most frequently cited)
Annals of the Association of American Geographers.  G 3 .A7

Economic Geography.  HF 1021 .E4

Environment and Planning A (not available at OU)

Environment and Planning D - Society & Space.  H 1 .E58

Geographical Analysis.  G 70 .G43

International Journal of Geographical Information Science: IJGIS.  G 70.2 .I59

Landscape and Urban Planning (not available at OU)

The Professional Geographer.  G 3 .P7

Progress in Human Geography.  GF 1 .P76

Transactions - Institute of British Geographers.  G 7 .I6

Electronic Texts

Maps and Map Collections
Arthur Lakes Library. Colorado School of Mines. Map Room
Guide to U.S. Map Resources.  GA 193 .U5 C62 1990
Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
Map Collections in the United States and Canada: A Directory.  GA 193 .U5 M36 1985
Pennsylvania State University. Maps Library
University of Texas at Austin Map Collection
University of Washington. Map Collection & Cartographic Information Services
University of Waterloo. University Map & Design Library
World Directory of Map Collections.  GA 192 .W67 2000
World Mapping Today.  GA 105.3 .P37 2002

Government Information
American Fact Finder

An Album of Map Projections.  QE 75 .P9

GPO Access

Library of Congress American Memory Map Collections: 1500-1999

Library of Congress Country Studies

Maps for America.  I 19.2 :M 32 /12 /987

National Atlas of the United States

TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system)

U.S. Geological Survey

Monographs & Books
Cartographies of Danger: Mapping Hazards in America.  GB 5014 .M66 1997

Digital Places: Living with Geographic Information Technologies.  G 70.212 .C87 1998

Drawing the Line: Tales of Maps and Cartocontroversy.  G 108.7 .M65 1995

Map Projection Transformation: Principles and Applications.  GA 115 .Y36 2000

Mapping It Out: Expository Cartography for the Humanities and Social Sciences.  GA 108.7 .M66 1993

Maps, Distortion, and Meaning.  GA 151 .M67

Things Maps Don't Tell Us: An Adventure Into Map Interpretation.  GB 59 .L6 1993

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.  QA 276.3 .T83 1983

Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative.  BF 241 .T83 1997

News & Newspapers
Newsbank Full Text Newspapers (LORA)

Newspaper Source (LORA)
 

Article Databases
Blackwell-Synergy (LORA)

Business & Company Resource Center (LORA)

Electronic Collections Online (LORA)

General Business File ASAP (LORA)

General Science Abstracts (LORA)

GeoBASE (LORA)

GeoRef (LORA)

HighWire Press (LORA)

Information Quest (LORA)

JSTOR (LORA)

Kluwer Journals Online (LORA)

LexisNexis Academic (LORA)

Project Muse (LORA)

Web of Science (LORA)

Wiley Interscience Journals (LORA)

Abstracts & Indexes
Bibliographie Géographique Internationale.  Z 6001 .B57
Current Geographical Publications.  Z 6009 .A47
Geographical Abstracts. Human Geography.  G 1 .G3335
Geographical Abstracts. Physical Geography.   G 1 .G334
Index to Early Twentieth Century City Plans Appearing in Guidebooks, Baedeker, Muirhead-Blue guides, Murray, I.J.G.R., Etc., Plus Selected Other Works to Provide Worldwide Coverage of Over 2,000 Plans to Over 1,200 Communities, Found in 74 Guidebooks.  G 1028.84
Index to Maps in Books and Periodicals.  Z 6028 .A5
Index to Maps in Books and Periodicals. Supplement.  Z 6028 .A5 Suppl.

Comprehensive, Recurrent Bibliographies
Bibliographia Cartographica.  GA 101 .B53

Library & Book Catalogs, Archives
The Map Catalog: Every Kind of Map and Chart on Earth and Even Some Above It.  GA 105.3 .M36 1992

Search Engines
FirstGov
Geoindex
 

(5) Reference Resources, Facts & Data
(Almanacs, Biographical Sources, Dictionaries , Directories, Grants & Scholarships, Job Resources, Statistical Resources)

Almanacs
InfoPlease Almanac: Geography

Gazetteers
American Places Dictionary: A Guide to 45,000 Populated Places, Natural Features, and Other Places in the United States.  E 154 .A48 1993
The Cambridge Gazetteer of the United States and Canada: a Dictionary of Places.  E 154 .C36 1995
Columbia Gazetteer (LORA)
The Columbia Gazetteer of North America.  E 35 .C65 2000
The Columbia Gazetteer of the World.  G 103.5 .C645 1998
*U.S. Board of Geographic Names. Gazetteer. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1955- . Irregular.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names On Line. 
Geographic Names Information System. 

Atlases
National Atlas of Canada
National Atlas of the United States of America.  G 1200 .U57 1970
National Geographic’s Atlas of the World.  G 1021 .N38 1999
Rand McNally's Road Atlas: United States, Canada, and Mexico.  G 1201 .P2 R35
Times Atlas of the World: Tenth Comprehensive Edition.  G 1021 .T5644 1999

Biographical Sources
*Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies. Bronx, NY: H. Wilson, 1977- .
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers.  GA 198 .T66
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers.  Supplement.  GA 198 .T66
World Directory of Geographers.  G 64 .O7

Data Collections
Yahoo! Directory: Science: Geography
Yahoo! Directory: Science: Geography: Cartography: Maps

Dictionaries
The Dictionary of Human Geography.  GF 4 .D52 2000
A Glossary of Geographical Terms.  G 107.9 .B74 1979
A Modern Dictionary of Geography.  G 63 .S53 1996
The Penguin Dictionary of Geography.  G 63 .C562 1998

Directories --  Associations, Organizations & Societies
Encyclopedia of Associations.  HS 17 .G334
Encyclopedia of Associations, International Organizations.  HS 17 .G3341
Encyclopedia of Associations, Regional, State, and Local Organizations.  AS 22 .E53
Worldwide Government Directory, With International Organizations.  JF 37 .W67

Directories --  Companies, Vendors, etc.

Directories --  Discussion Groups
CataList: The Official Catalog of Listserv Lists

Directories --  Research Centers & Institutes

Grants & Scholarships

Job Resources
Earthworks

Statistical Resources
Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology.  HA 17 .V64 1999
CIA World Factbook
FedStats
Statistical Universe (LORA)
U.S. Census Bureau