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Geography Guide

Books

Title Author Call# Book Cover
Place: An Introduction Cresswell, Tim GF 50 .C74 2015 Place: An Introduction
Strangers at Our Door Bauman, Zygmunt JV 6225 B396 2016 Strangers at Our Door
There’s Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities Waldron, Ingrid R. G. HC 120 .E5W35 2018 There’s Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities
Indigenous in the City: Contemporary Identities and Cultural Innovation Peters, Evelyn E 98 .U72I54 2013 Indigenous in the City: Contemporary Identities and Cultural Innovation
The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jacobs, Jane HT 167 .J33 1992 The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Changing Toronto: Governing Urban Neoliberalism Boudreau, Julie-Anne et al. JS 1789.3 .A2B68 2009 Changing Toronto: Governing Urban Neoliberalism
Intemperate Rainforest Braun, Bruce GF 512 .B7B73 2002 Intemperate Rainforest
The Globalization and Development Reader: Perspectives on Development and Global Change Roberts, J Timmons and Amy Bellone Hite HC 59.7 .G594 2015 The Globalization and Development Reader: Perspectives on Development and Global Change
City (Key Ideas in Geography) Hubbard, Phil HT 151 .H82 2018 City (Key Ideas in Geography)
Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development Rowntree, Lester G 128 .D58 2015 Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction Steger, Manfred B. JZ 1318 .S74 2017 Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Canoe Nation: Nature, Race, and the Making of a Canadian Icon Erickson, Bruce GV 776.15 .A2E75 2013 Canoe Nation: Nature, Race, and the Making of a Canadian Icon
Human Geography: A Short Introduction Short, John Rennie GF 41 .S488 2015 Human Geography: A Short Introduction
Contemporary Human Geography Rubenstein, James M. GF 41 R8 2015 Contemporary Human Geography
Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture Fouberg, Erin Hogan GF 41 .F68 2015 Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture
Geographies of Food and Power Trauger, Amy S 494.5 .G46T73 2023 Geographies of Food and Power

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E-Books

These e-Books are available in the online library collection. Click the title to access the resource.

Handbooks

These handbooks provide information resources about Geography theory, and guides for studying and writing about Geography.

Geography at University: Making the Most of Your Geography Degree and Courses (2003) by G. Clark and Terry Wareham

Geography at University will show students how to do better at university when studying for their classes or degrees in geography. This text explains what instructors are looking for when assessing students work through their essays, examinations, oral presentations and dissertations

The Dictionary of Human Geography (2009) by Derek Gregory, Ron Johnston and Geraldine Pratt

The Dictionary of Human Geography is a guide to the concepts and debates in human geography. It can be found in library, under the call number GF 4 .D52 2009.

Encyclopedia of Human Geography (2010) by Barney Warf

The Encyclopedia of Geography offers a comprehensive summary of the state of geography in the early 21st century, summarizing trends, methods, and important movements in the field.

A Dictionary of Human Geography (2013) by Alisdair Rogers, Noel Castree and Rob Kitchin

A Dictionary of Human Geography provides an in-depth guide to all aspects of human geography, including cultural, social, developmental, economic, political, and health geography. It can be found in library, under the call number GF 4 .C37 2013.

Keywords

When looking for resources related to GEOG, try some of these keywords in your searching :

e.g., urban development AND climate

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Articles & Databases

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Resources

Open access resources are resources that are available to everyone for free online. Links here will lead to sites where you can download textbooks or access journals related to Geography.

World Regional Geography by Caitlin Finlayson

World Regional Geography is a textbook focuses on key themes and concepts in the discipline of geography through a study of the world’s regions.

British Columbia in a Global Context by Arthur Green, Siobhan McPhee, Aviv Ettya, Britta Ricker, and Cristina Temenos

British Columbia in a Global Context is a first-year geography textbook which explores elements of physical, human and regional geography, as well as bringing in methods and perspectives from spatial information science.

Physical Geography by K. Allison Lenkeit-Meezan

Physical Geography explores the study of the earth’s dynamic systems: its air water, weather climate, landforms, rocks, soils, plants, ecosystems and biomes and how humans interact with the earth’s systems

GEOSCAN Geological Survey of Canada

GEOSCAN is an open access database containing publications by Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) authors.

National Academies Press (NAP)

NAP is an open access database containing reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council. NAP publishes over 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health.

Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB)

CGNDB is a government tool to search for information about current and former official geographical names. It provides maps, location information, and latitude and longitude.

Canada’s Spatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI)

CGDI is a Canadian geospatial information initiative. It allows users to find and download geospatial data, and provides access to a variety of resources (e.g. The Atlas of Canada).

BC’s Geographic Data and Services

This BC government website provides access to authoritative, geographic data through a wide variety of web applications and services.

How to Cite

There is no one citation style used in Geography. Assignments written for Geography courses most commonly use the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) or American Psychological Association (APA) rules for formatting. CMS and APA handbooks are available for your reference in the library or at the Writing and Learning Centre. Online WLC citation guides can be found here. You can also book an appointment with the Writing and Learning Center for workshops and one-on-one learning help.

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Alexander College acknowledges that the land on which we usually gather is the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this territory.

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