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Geography

A guide for finding resources for geography students at Augustana College.

Additional Resources

What's in a Name?

Getty Thesaurus on Geographic Names - Getty Research
U.S. Board on Geographic Names - USGS
Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in GIS, Cartography, and Remote Sensing - University of Texas Libraries
Glossary of Cartographic Terms (UT Libraries)

GIS Resources

National Historical Geographic Information System - IPUMS
GIS Resources Guide - University of Texas at Austin
GIS Data Services at NCSU Libraries - NCSU

Other Resources

Geography Program - U.S. Census Bureau

Suggestions for Doing an Annotated Bibliography