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Geography

Reference Books

Print Reference Books are located on the Main Floor of the Sojourner Truth Library

Geography -- Dictionaries

• Firefly geography dictionary [REF G63 F57 2003]
• Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary [REF G103.5 .W42 1997 ]

Geography -- Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of world geography [REF G63 .E556 2005]
• Encyclopedia of the Arctic [REF G606 .E49 2005]
• Encyclopedia of Cuba: people, history, culture [REF F1754 .E53 2003]

Geography -- Historical

• Historical gazetteer of the United States [REF E154 .H45 2005]
• Atlas of Russian history [REF G2111.S1 G52 1993 ]
• Historical atlas of Central America [REF/ATLAS G1551 .S1 H2 2003]
• Historical atlas of the Holocaust [REF G1797.21.E29 H5 1996]
• Historical atlas of Indonesia [REF G2401.S1 C7 2000]
• Historical atlas of Islam [REF G1786.S1 R9 2004]
• Historical atlas of New York State [REF ATLAS G1250.M8 1941]
• The complete atlas of world history [REF G1030 .C66 1997]
• The Penguin atlas of African history [REF G2446.S1 M34 1995]
• The Penguin atlas of British & Irish history [REF G1811.S1 P4 2001]

Atlases

• Atlas of the universe [REF OVR QB44.2 .M66 1998]
• Essential world atlas [REF G1021 .D278 2001]

Country Atlases

• Atlas of the Middle East [REF G2205 .N3 2003]
• Atlas of North America [REF ATLAS G1105 .A8 2005]
• Atlas of Russia and the Independent Republics [REF G2110.B7 1994]
• Atlas of South America [REF G1700.B7 1991 ]
• Cultural atlas of China [REF OVR DS721 .B56 1998]
• Japan, a bilingual atlas = Nihon nikakokugo atorasu [REF G2355 .J37 1991]
• The Mexico handbook: economic and demographic maps and statistics [REF HC135 .P5 1994]

Quick Country Facts

• Administrative Subdivisions of Countries [REF JS 48.L39 1999]
• CultureGrams [ REF GT150.C85 ]
• The Europa world year book [ REF DESK JN1. E85]
• The Statesman's year-book [ REF DESK JA51.S7 ]
• The world factbook [ REF DESK G122.U56A]

Databases

Internet Resources

 

SUNY New Paltz Department of Geography

CIA World Factbook

Library of Congress Country Studies

BBC News: Country Profiles

Journals