Books
Falvey Library Catalog
The Library's catalog enables patrons to search & browse Falvey Library’s collection of books, journals, audio/video materials, electronic resources and more.
Gale eBooks
Offers access to a collection of digital encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and directories in the arts, social sciences, business, and sciences. Formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Scholar search tips
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Presents a combined catalog of the catalogs of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. WorldCat highlights publications available at Villanova University. Other items can be requested via an inter-library loan request form.
Beyond Mapping Compilation Series
Compilation of the 25-year run of the “Beyond Mapping” column by Dr. Joseph K. Berry in GeoWorld magazine in four online books.
The Library's catalog enables patrons to search & browse Falvey Library’s collection of books, journals, audio/video materials, electronic resources and more.
Gale eBooks
Offers access to a collection of digital encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and directories in the arts, social sciences, business, and sciences. Formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Scholar search tips
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Presents a combined catalog of the catalogs of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. WorldCat highlights publications available at Villanova University. Other items can be requested via an inter-library loan request form.
Beyond Mapping Compilation Series
Compilation of the 25-year run of the “Beyond Mapping” column by Dr. Joseph K. Berry in GeoWorld magazine in four online books.
Journal Article Resources
AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library/USDA)Indexes materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library including books, journals, and government documents. Covers all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines.
County and City Data BookPresents statistics on such topics as population, health, crime, education, income, trade for each county and incorporated city with 25,000 inhabitants or more.
Economist Intelligence UnitFeatures a single unified platform delivering country and regional reports and comparable data for over 200 countries. Politics, economics, the business environment and sector and industries are explained and forecasts presented. The data tab delivers time series on national accounts, monetary, demographic, trade, employment, debt & spending indicators to name a few.
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)Offers access to the full text of articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. While most of the content is in English, some content in non-English languages is included. Coverage for most newspapers and magazines goes back to the early 1990s, but earlier content is also available.
GeoRef (Engineering Village/Elsevier)Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, dissertations, books, and maps in the geosciences. Includes selected abstracts. Coverage is international and extends back to the 17th century.
Geology.com - Geology and Earth Science HighlightsContains volcanoe and tsunami information, plate tectonic maps, U.S. relief maps, U.S. and world reference maps, satellite images, and topographic maps and aerial photos.
Google Maps ManiaAn unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps
Google ScholarGoogle Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Scholar search tips
HLAS (Handbook of Latin American Studies) TutorialIndexes books, articles, and a variety of other materials related to Latin American studies. Includes short annotations. Coverage goes back to 1935. (See also HLAS Web, which covers 1970-present in a new interface.)
A tutorial for this resource can be found at: https://guides.loc.gov/handbook-of-latin-american-studies
Lexis Nexis Academic Limitations on UseNow Nexis Uni. Provides full text access to national and international newspaper and magazine articles and news transcripts, business, company, and industry information in the U.S. and abroad, and legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews. Coverage varies.
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LexisNexis online services and the materials contained therein are under copyright by LexisNexis. All rights reserved. No part of these Services may be used except for research purposes, and the Services may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the LexisNexis Academic Library Solutions. Materials retrieved from the Services may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without the prior written authorization of LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions, except that limited reproduction of output is permitted solely for individual use by the Authorized User or internal distribution within the Subscribing Institution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement unless further limited or prohibited by the Copyright Act of 1976. Under no circumstances may the Materials or any portion thereof be used to create derivative products or services.
LexisNexis online services and the materials contained therein are under copyright by LexisNexis. All rights reserved. No part of these Services may be used except for research purposes, and the Services may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the LexisNexis Academic Library Solutions. Materials retrieved from the Services may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without the prior written authorization of LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions, except that limited reproduction of output is permitted solely for individual use by the Authorized User or internal distribution within the Subscribing Institution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement unless further limited or prohibited by the Copyright Act of 1976. Under no circumstances may the Materials or any portion thereof be used to create derivative products or services.
Marcellus Shale Initiative PublicationsThis database focuses on scientific, technical, sociological, and economic aspects of gas shale production and hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus shale and other shale plays. It lists primarily print-based publications and how to obtain them.
OECD iLibraryProvides full text access to the books, periodicals, working papers, and statistical publications produced by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 1998. Also contains several statistical databases including Main Economic Indicators, International Trade by Commodity Statistics, and compendia of agriculture, education, environment, and social statistics.
Oxford Bibliographies (Oxford University Press) TutorialPresents peer-reviewed, annotated bibliographies and expert commentary on current scholarship in selected disciplines. Villanova University has access to the following bibliographies: African American Studies, Art History, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, British and Irish Literature, Buddhism, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Environmental Science, Geography, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Latin American Studies, Management, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Renaissance and Reformation, and Victorian Literature.
A tutorial for this resource can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1myXLJZGPwM
Oxford Islamic Studies Online (Oxford University Press)Offers encyclopedia entries, scholarly essays, Qur'anic materials (two classic translations/interpretations and a concordance), primary sources, images, maps, and timelines. Covers global Islamic history, peoples, practices, politics, and culture. Contains the full text of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics, The Oxford History of Islam, and The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture.
PAIS International (ProQuest)Provides citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, government documents, conference papers, research reports, etc. in the areas of public affairs, public and social policy, and international relations. International in scope. Formerly known as the Public Affairs Information Service.
Population Index, 1986-2000 (Office of Population Research, Princeton University)Offers an annotated bibliography database of books, journal articles, working papers, and other material on population topics. NB: Coverage is limited to materials published between 1986 and 2000.
Scopus (Elsevier)Provides citations and abstracts to peer-reviewed journals, books, and conference proceedings in all major disciplines. Provides information on citing and cited references for each article.
Social ExplorerProvides access to maps and tables of U.S. Census and American Community Survey data from 1790 through most recently released data. Also includes datasets on election, health, crime, religion, and environmental topics, as well as some international data (UK Census 2011; Canadian Census 2011; selected Eurostat data; and World Development Indicators from the World Bank.) Create a free personal account in order to save your work.
Social Sciences Full Text (EBSCO)Indexes and abstracts journals in many social science fields. Provides full text access to selected titles from 1972 to the present.
Statistical Abstract of the United StatesSite provides access to current 2012 PDF and past editions. Includes everything from government spending to the environment to communications. It is a most comprehensive one-volume reference source on the Nation's economic and social condition.
U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickfactsQuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
Web of Science (Clarivate) TutorialProvides access to the Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceeding Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, and Index Chemicus. Search for scholarly articles in any discipline, or for articles that cite a known author or work. Coverage varies.
A tutorial for this resource can be found at: https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/support/wos/wos-core-collection/
News
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
Offers access to the full text of articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. While most of the content is in English, some content in non-English languages is included. Coverage for most newspapers and magazines goes back to the early 1990s, but earlier content is also available.
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BBC World Service
Provides international news, analysis and information in English and 32 other languages. Also includes a BBC "News and analysis in your language" section.
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Reuters.com
International multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms.
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United Nations News Centre
Breaking news from the UN news service
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European Commission
The main features of the Commission's website are the latest official press releases; photos and live TV coverage of EU affairs; details of forthcoming events; links to the policies administered and implemented by the Commission; the possibility of influencing the decision-making process; easy access to its organization (meetings, work program, contacts...) and direct links to its key information services.
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Europe Media Monitor (EMM)
European Commission, Democrate General, Joint Research Centre experimental news feed. The selection and placement of stories are determined automatically by a computer program.
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NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
As of April 2010, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan's sole public broadcaster. To serve Japan, NHK operates five television channels and three radio services. Internationally, NHK offers two television services.
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International Crisis Group
An independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. Crisis Group is considered a leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union, and World Bank, on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.
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Deutsche-Welle
Germany's international broadcaster that produces television, radio and online content in 30 languages. It provides a European perspective to its global audience and promotes intercultural dialogue.
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Diverse regional and cultural perspectives into the daily lives of Canadians in English, French and eight aboriginal languages, and in seven languages on our international Radio service, RCI.
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Offers access to the full text of articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. While most of the content is in English, some content in non-English languages is included. Coverage for most newspapers and magazines goes back to the early 1990s, but earlier content is also available.
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BBC World Service
Provides international news, analysis and information in English and 32 other languages. Also includes a BBC "News and analysis in your language" section.
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Reuters.com
International multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms.
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United Nations News Centre
Breaking news from the UN news service
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European Commission
The main features of the Commission's website are the latest official press releases; photos and live TV coverage of EU affairs; details of forthcoming events; links to the policies administered and implemented by the Commission; the possibility of influencing the decision-making process; easy access to its organization (meetings, work program, contacts...) and direct links to its key information services.
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Europe Media Monitor (EMM)
European Commission, Democrate General, Joint Research Centre experimental news feed. The selection and placement of stories are determined automatically by a computer program.
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NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
As of April 2010, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan's sole public broadcaster. To serve Japan, NHK operates five television channels and three radio services. Internationally, NHK offers two television services.
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International Crisis Group
An independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. Crisis Group is considered a leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union, and World Bank, on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.
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Deutsche-Welle
Germany's international broadcaster that produces television, radio and online content in 30 languages. It provides a European perspective to its global audience and promotes intercultural dialogue.
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Diverse regional and cultural perspectives into the daily lives of Canadians in English, French and eight aboriginal languages, and in seven languages on our international Radio service, RCI.
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Newspapers
New York Times: 1851- (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Provides full text access to the complete New York Times archive except for the most recent five years. Use NYTimes.com, Nexis Uni, or ABI/INFORM for access to current content.
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Nexis Uni Limitations on Use
Formerly known as LexisNexis Academic. Provides full text access to national and international newspaper and magazine articles and news transcripts, business, company, and industry information in the U.S. and abroad, and legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews. Coverage varies.
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Times (London) Digital Archive, 1785-2019 (Gale)
Provides a fully searchable facsimile of the Times of London. The Times is the world's oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication.
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Washington Post Historical: 1877- (ProQuest)
Contains the full text of the Washington Post and its title variations from 1877 until seventeen years ago.
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Provides full text access to the complete New York Times archive except for the most recent five years. Use NYTimes.com, Nexis Uni, or ABI/INFORM for access to current content.
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Nexis Uni Limitations on Use
Formerly known as LexisNexis Academic. Provides full text access to national and international newspaper and magazine articles and news transcripts, business, company, and industry information in the U.S. and abroad, and legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews. Coverage varies.
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Limitations on Use:
LexisNexis online services and the materials contained therein are under copyright by LexisNexis. All rights reserved. No part of these Services may be used except for research purposes, and the Services may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the LexisNexis Academic Library Solutions. Materials retrieved from the Services may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without the prior written authorization of LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions, except that limited reproduction of output is permitted solely for individual use by the Authorized User or internal distribution within the Subscribing Institution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement unless further limited or prohibited by the Copyright Act of 1976. Under no circumstances may the Materials or any portion thereof be used to create derivative products or services.
LexisNexis online services and the materials contained therein are under copyright by LexisNexis. All rights reserved. No part of these Services may be used except for research purposes, and the Services may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the LexisNexis Academic Library Solutions. Materials retrieved from the Services may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without the prior written authorization of LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions, except that limited reproduction of output is permitted solely for individual use by the Authorized User or internal distribution within the Subscribing Institution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement unless further limited or prohibited by the Copyright Act of 1976. Under no circumstances may the Materials or any portion thereof be used to create derivative products or services.
Times (London) Digital Archive, 1785-2019 (Gale)
Provides a fully searchable facsimile of the Times of London. The Times is the world's oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication.
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Washington Post Historical: 1877- (ProQuest)
Contains the full text of the Washington Post and its title variations from 1877 until seventeen years ago.
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Map Scale
Guide to Map Scale (University of Arizona)Guide to understand the concept of scale in cartography.,
Understanding Map ScaleGuide to Maps and Family History from Ancestry.com.
Web Sites
ASPRS Aerial Data Catalog: The Source for Finding Aerial Collections
A tool for locating aerial photography over the U.S. and international coverage areas, including details and contact information about individual collections. The Portal currently uses a keyword searching system. As planned, search capabilities will be enhanced in the future with a geographic (map-based) search option.
American Geographical Society Library
The collection comprises well over one million items including maps, atlases, books, journals, pamphlets, photographs, slides, Landsat images, and digital spatial data. Formerly the library and map collection of the American Geographical Society (AGS) of New York, it was donated to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries in 1978 following a nationwide selection process by the AGS of New York.
Catholic Geographic Information System Center (CGISC)
The Catholic GIS Center is simple: it is a community infrastructure for data, providing systems of engagement and systems of records for the global Catholic community.
Climate - NOAA Climate Services
(see also U.S. Gov't agencies -NOAA below) "The NOAA Climate Services Portal, for its initial prototype, has focused on developing the infrastructure and capacity to showcase a wide breadth of climate information to our users. The process of adding content to this infrastructure is in its early stages and has initially focused on several datasets and products from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, Coastal Services Center, and Climate Prediction Center, among others. The initial intent is to highlight some of most popular datasets/products based on customer usage of the data.
Climate - National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. NCDC operates the World Data Center for Meteorology which is co-located at NCDC in Asheville, North Carolina, and the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology which is located in Boulder, Colorado.
Conflict Barometer
The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) at the Department of Political Science at the University of Heidelberg annually publishes the Conflict Barometer, which describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, settlements.
Data sets - GEO Data Portal - United Nations Environment Programme
The GEO Data Portal is the authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other integrated environment assessments. Its online database holds more than 450 different variables as national, subregional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps), covering themes like Freshwater, Population, Forests, Emissions, Climate, Disasters, Health and GDP. Display them on-the-fly as maps, graphs, data tables or download the data in different formats
Data.gov
Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
Demographics USA
HC110.C6 S847 Source for standard Buying Power Index and custom BPIs. BPIs measure a markets spending power. May be used to measure market potential, evaluate new product potential and test marketing strategies.
Demographics of the U.S.: Trends and Projections
Digital Environmental Legislative Handbook
The USC Schwarzenegger Institute and the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators have partnered with one another to create this online resource to assist legislators who are interested in advancing smart environmental policies by sharing best practices and actual legislation that is working successfully in a number of states already.
Earth Institute at Columbia
There are often discussions of poverty and of topics like sustainable development projects that may be of interest.
EarthPortal
Earth Portal has three components: 1. The Encyclopedia of Earth, with over 3,500 articles, is produced and reviewed by 1,000 scholars from 60 countries. 2. The Earth Forum provides commentary from scholars and discussions with the general public. 3. The Earth News offers news stories on environmental issues drawn from many sources. Hot topics, climate facts and current events are highlighted.
EarthTrends - Environmental Information
An online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. EarthTrends offers the public a large breadth of statistical, graphic, and analytical data in easily accessible formats.
Earthtrends
FAO Statistics - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Financial Tracking Service (FTS)
FTS is managed by the U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). All FTS data are provided by donors or recipient organizations. FTS is a global, real-time database which records all reported international humanitarian aid (including that for NGOs and the Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid, and private donations) and indicates to what extent populations in crisis receive humanitarian aid in proportion to needs.
GIS & ARCGIS gallery
Featured Maps and Apps from the ArcGIS Community using ARCGIS.com
GIS & ARCGIS, Maps/Apps for Everyone
A Web site for experiencing online ArcGIS. Visit the site to create maps, find and use maps, applications, and tools, and share your maps and applications with others.
GIS & Remote Sensing - AGIS, Agricultural Geo-Referenced Information System
South Africa's Agricultural information available on the Internet
GIS & Remote Sensing - GIS Internet Resources
These pages provide pointers to GIS companies, associations, and government web pages as well as sources of software, data, publications, and services. Information does not reflect use or endorsement by the U.S. Government.
GIS & Remote Sensing - Geodata.gov
Your one-stop shop for federal, state & local geographic data.
GIS & Remote Sensing - Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Images
Weather satellite image maps from around the world.
GIS & Remote Sensing - Our Earth as Art: Earth through the eyes of the Landsat & satellite
Landsat satellite, Landsat 7 images donated to the Library of Congress by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Visit their website at http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/earthasart/
GIS & Remote Sensing - Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Under agreement with NASA, the USGS EROS Data Center distributes and archives Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data in accordance with a joint partnership Memorandum of Understanding between NASA and NGA.
GIS & Remote Sensing - The WWW Virtual Virtual Library; Remote Sensing
A vast library of remote sensing links for maps, data, & publications from around the world.
GIS & Remote Sensing - Visible Earth: Home
A catalog of NASA images and animations of the Earth.
GIS - Color Brewer
ColorBrewer is an free to use online tool designed to help people select good color schemes for maps and other graphics.
GIS - Cultivating Spatial Intelligence (GIS Manual-Harvard)
Discusses some principles for portraying quantitative statistics on maps. "There are two fundamental types of quantitative measurements that may need to be mappped: Raw Quantities (such as counts), Measures of Intensity (such as population density or the percentage of the population who are Canadian.)"
GIS lounge
introduction to GIS, includes cartographic and map making examples.
GeoPlatform.gov - a Geospatial Platform
The vision of the Geospatial Platform is that all government agencies and their partners have access to geospatial capabilities to meet mission needs, ensure transparency and accountability, and geo-enable the business of government.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). Current and historical places are included. Getty vocabularies are intended to provide terminology and other information about objects, artists, concepts, and places important to various disciplines that specialize in art, architecture and material culture. The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). Current and historical places are included.
Global Gateway - World Culture & Resources
The Library of Congress's effort to provide consistent, in-depth, high-quality access to its extensive international research collections.
Global Health Facts
Globalhealthfacts.org has data by country for rates of HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and other diseases.
Global Health Observatory (GHO) data
From the World Health Organization (WHO), this resource includes a data repository, reports, country statistics and a map gallery.
Google Earth Tutorials
Google Earth and Google Maps step-by-step tutorials
Historical Hurricane Tracks - NOAA
Historical Hurricane Tracks is listed under NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association ) Climate.gov and is part of the Maps & Data section, maps & apps feature.
IMF International Financial Statistics
Living Atals of the World ArcGIS
The ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is a noted collection of geographic information from around the globe. It includes maps, apps, and data layers to support your work.
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
The IPUMS (https://www.ipums.org/) National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides free online access to summary statistics and GIS boundary files for U.S. censuses and other nationwide surveys from 1790 through the present. (PDF Introduction - https://www.nhgis.org/sites/www.nhgis.org/files/using_the_nhgis_data_finder.pdf)
Natural Disasters- Images of geological hazards
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) - images of geological hazards
Nepal Earthquake Maps
Interactive maps share details of this disaster such as the location of the earthquake and aftershocks, affected population, relief operations, social media coverage, damage photos from the field, and much more.
OpenStreetMap
PA - Bureau of Topographic eologic survey
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
Pennsylvania's official public access geospatial information clearinghouse. PASDA was developed as a research and outreach program by the Pennsylvania State University as a service to the citizens, governments, and businesses of the Commonwealth.
Plate Tectonics - A Science Odyssey: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker
PBS's version of plate tectonics and continental slide and crush.
Plate Tectonics - Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics
Basic explanations of the theory of plate tectonics, including convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.
Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes
Sponsored in part by the Nevada Seismologic Laboratory, and using NASA, NOAA, & USGS examples, the theory of plate tectonics is explained.
Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)
Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) is a world-leading research and information centre for the study of the polar and cold regions.
Shale Training & Education Center
Shale Training & Education Center (ShaleTEC) is a collaboration between Pennsylvania College of Technology and Penn State Extension established to serve as the central resource for workforce development and education needs of the community and the oil and natural gas industry.
State & Local Government on the Net
State Rankings
REF HA203.U17 Translates the statistics generated by the U.S. government on everything from weather to crime to insurance coverage into easily comparable state rankings. Use this resource to identify potential test markets, by answering such questions as which are the top states for leisure or have the most sunny days
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
REF HA202.S84 2006 Quick reference to housing and population statistics for the U.S. Bureau of Census. Find values and percentages for population characteristics and business activity by county and city.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Census Bureau)
Sec. 5: Law Enforcement, Courts, Prisons.
Statistical Resources on the Web
Web portal for statistics created by the University of Michigan.
Story Maps - ArcGIS
Story Maps are part of ArcGIS Online, Esri's cloud-based mapping and GIS platform. Story Maps Open source app allows you to create a story in maps with the GIS platform by logging into a subscribed or free ArcGIS Online account.
The United Nations
Official United Nations web site in English
U.S. Census Bureau
Census information about people & households, business & industry, geography, news, data tools, and fact finder resources
U.S. Census Bureau - State and County Quickfacts
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
U.S. Gov't Agencies - EPA: Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool
The Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool is a new tool designed to help you determine who is discharging, what pollutants they are discharging and how much, and where they are discharging. The tool calculates pollutant loadings from permit and DMR data from EPA‘s Permit Compliance System (PCS) and Integrated Compliance Information System for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES). Data is available for the years 2007 through 2010.
U.S. Gov't Agencies - EPA: Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO)
ECHO provides integrated compliance and enforcement information for approximately 800,000 regulated facilities nationwide. The site allows users to find inspection, violation, enforcement action, informal enforcement action, and penalty information about facilities for the past three years. Facilities regulated under the following environmental statutes are included: Clean Air Act (CAA) Stationary Source Program, Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Elimination Discharge System (NPDES), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
U.S. Gov't Agencies - NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) database of foreign geographic feature names (see entry below). The database is the official repository of foreign place-name decisions approved by the US BGN.
U.S. Gov't Agencies - NOAA: National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
The National Oceanographic Data Center archives & provides public access to global oceanographic and coastal data, products, and information.
U.S. Gov't Agencies - NOAA: State of the Coast
Communicates the crucial importance of healthy coastal ecosystems for a robust U.S. economy, a safe population, and a sustainable quality of life for coastal residents.
U.S. Gov't Agencies - USDA (State Fact Sheets)
State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, and top commodities, exports, and counties for each state in the United States.
U.S. Gov't agencies - DOE (Department of Energy)
The Department of Energy's overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States.
U.S. Gov't agencies - DOE: Fossil Energy
Data about a variety of energy sources, including hydrogen, carbon, natural gas, and strategic and oil petroleum reserves.
U.S. Gov't agencies - DOE:Country Energy Profiles
Data through 2006 by country, region, and commercial group (OECD, OPEC) for 215 countries including production, consumption, U.S. oil imports and CO2 emissions. Forecasts for 2007 for selected countries for total oil production and consumption. Analysis by country (Country Analysis Briefs) for 65 countries.
U.S. Gov't agencies - EPA (Environmental Protection Agencies)
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment.
U.S. Gov't agencies - EPA: Climate Change
The EPA climate change Web site has four main sections on climate change issues and another section on "What You Can Do" to reduce your contribution.
U.S. Gov't agencies - Library of Congress: Geography & Map Reading Room
"Maps and atlases were among the first items acquired when the Library of Congress was established in 1800. It was not until 1897, however, when the Library of Congress moved into its own building, that a separate Hall of Maps and Charts was created to house the growing collection of 47,000 maps and 1,200 atlases. The division now occupies an area of 90,000 square feet in the Library's James Madison Memorial Building. The area is specifically designed and constructed to accommodate a variety of cartographic collections, library functions, and a professional and technical staff of 58 persons."
U.S. Gov't agencies - NASA: Earth Observatory
Datasets and information about atmoshprere, oceans, land, energy, life and natural hazards from NASA.
U.S. Gov't agencies - NASA: Earth from Space - Technical Search
Along with latitude and longitude searches, seven view categories can be combined in multiple searches of images for cities, earth landscapes, earth-human interactions, distinctive features, hurricanes and weather, wahter habits, and geographic regions.
U.S. Gov't agencies - NASA: Global Hydrology & Climate Center (GHCC)
Comprised of organizational elements from several agencies, GHCC, provides integrated scientific understanding of the Earth system to enable better decisions improving the global quality of life.
U.S. Gov't agencies - NASA: Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
The official Website for information, data, and images from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on Aura and the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
U.S. Gov't agencies - NOAA (National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration)
(see also www.climate.gov) "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducts research and gathers data about the global oceans, atmosphere, space and sun, and applies this knowledge to science and service that touch the lives of all Americans."
U.S. Gov't agencies - NOAA - Historical Maps and Charts
The Office of Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection is a rich collection of over 35,000 scanned images - covering offshore and onshore sites - including some of the Nation's earliest nautical charts, bathymetric maps, city plans, and Civil War battlefield maps. Some electronic copies are available for free download, to the public.
U.S. Gov't agencies - NOAA: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) provides scientific stewardship, products, and services for geophysical data from the Sun to the Earth and Earth's sea floor and solid earth environment, including Earth observations from space.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USDA (Department of Agriculture)
A steward of our nation's 192 million acres of national forests and rangelands, the USDA is the country's largest conservation agency.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USGS: EROS Data Center (Earth Resources Observation and Science)
The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDC) is a data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping Division.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USGS: EarthExplorer
Using place names, longitude and latitude, and time periods, query data sets in aerial photography, AVHRR, declassified data, digital elevation, digital line graphs, digital maps, earth observation, global land surveys, Landsat data, radar, SPOT satellite and USGS commercial information.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USGS: Geography web page
Observations and resources about land remote sensing, geographic analysis and monitoring, studying connections between people and the land, and providing society with relevant science information to inform public decisions.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USGS: Global Visualization Viewer: Quick Start Guide
A quick and easy online search and order tool for selected satellite and aerial data.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USGS: Minerals Information
Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.
U.S. Gov't agencies- USGS: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Authoritative forms of geographic domestic and foreign names. The Board comprises representatives of Federal agencies concerned with geographic information, population, ecology, and management of public lands.
U.S. Gov't. agencies - USGS: Climate and Land Use Change
The USGS undertakes scientific research, monitoring, remote sensing, modeling, synthesis, and forecasting to address the effects of climate and land use change on the Nation’s resources. This site describes the climate and land use change programs of USGS, such as carbon sequestration, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), Geographic Analysis and Monitoring (GAM), Land Remote Sensing, National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the Global Change Research and Development Program.
U.S. stream/river network from ESRI
Interactive stream flow information is derived from 2,000 USGS stream gauge data and Esri hydrographic dataset.. This interactive mapping application displays the largest rivers in the continental United States.
U.s. Gov't agencies - NOAA: Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC)
CDC develops national capabilities to analyze, interpret, and forecast important climate variations on time scales ranging from a few weeks to centuries.
UN - Environment Programme
Provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment. The site includes news centre, multimedia and print and e-publications, some for downloading.
UN - Human Settlements Statistics
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
UN - Map Library
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library - Map Library houses over 80,000 maps, some 3,000 atlases, gazetteers, travel guides, reference works and digital products; includes thematic and topographic maps.
UN Data: a world of information
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)provides search and download capability for a variety of statistical resources of the UN System.
UN Millennium Development Goals
"The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world's countries and all the world's leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world's poorest."
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
USGS Science Explorer (Mapping, Remote Sensing, Geospatial Data)
Topical directory that provides an alternate way to browse USGS science programs and activities. Explore within each topic by data, news, images, video, social media, and much more.
United Nations - Convention to Combat Desertification - (UNCCD)
In the 10-Year Strategy of the UNCCD (2008-2018) that was adopted in 2007, Parties to the Convention further specified their goals: "to forge a global partnership to reverse and prevent desertification/land degradation and to mitigate the effects of drought in affected areas in order to support poverty reduction and environmental sustainability".
United Nations - Demographic Yearbook
United Nations - Global Issues
This website offers an overview of some of these global issues, and links to other resources where you can get additional information from the United Nations.
United Nations Development Program
The United Nations Development Program features full text reports and global economic indicator statistics.
United Nations Statistics
Global statistical information on economics, demographic, social indicators, environment, energy and Millennium Development Goals.
Vital Climate Graphics Africa - UNEP
From the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), organizing and transforming available environmental data into credible, science-based information products, delivered through innovative communication tools and capacity-building services targeting relevant stakeholders.
WWF - Biodiversity Support Program
Water Resources in the Middle East: a bibliography
This bibliography is a selective listing of books and journal articles concerned with the issue of Water Resources in the Middle East. The bibliography covers works published from 1993 to the present and is limited to the two working languages of the United Nations, English and French.
Water Risk Monetizer resources
Reports, articles and websites from the Water Risk Monetizer, providing actionable information to help businesses understand the impact of water scarcity to their business and quantify those risks in financial terms to inform decisions that enable growth.
Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD)
The Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) defines the areal extent of surface water drainage to a point, accounting for all land and surface areas statewide and nationally.
World Atlas of Biodiversity
World Bank Open Data
Provides free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe.
World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI)
"World Development Indicators (WDI) publication is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2007 WDI includes more than 900 indicators." The WDI and GDF Online is owned and copyrighted by the World Bank and the users may not copy, reverse engineer, modify, decompile or disassemble WDI and GDF Online or its operating software. While every effort has been made to ensure the high quality and accuracy of WDI and GDF Online, the Bank does not warrant that the functions contained in WDI and GDF Online shall meet the users? requirements or that the operation of WDI Online shall be uninterrupted or error-free.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
World Ocean Base
This map service is designed to be used as a basemap by marine GIS professionals and as a reference map by anyone interested in ocean data. The basemap includes bathymetry, marine water body names, undersea feature names, and derived depth values in meters. Land features include administrative boundaries, cities, inland waters, roads, overlaid on land cover and shaded relief imagery.
A tool for locating aerial photography over the U.S. and international coverage areas, including details and contact information about individual collections. The Portal currently uses a keyword searching system. As planned, search capabilities will be enhanced in the future with a geographic (map-based) search option.
American Geographical Society Library
The collection comprises well over one million items including maps, atlases, books, journals, pamphlets, photographs, slides, Landsat images, and digital spatial data. Formerly the library and map collection of the American Geographical Society (AGS) of New York, it was donated to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries in 1978 following a nationwide selection process by the AGS of New York.
Catholic Geographic Information System Center (CGISC)
The Catholic GIS Center is simple: it is a community infrastructure for data, providing systems of engagement and systems of records for the global Catholic community.
Climate - NOAA Climate Services
(see also U.S. Gov't agencies -NOAA below) "The NOAA Climate Services Portal, for its initial prototype, has focused on developing the infrastructure and capacity to showcase a wide breadth of climate information to our users. The process of adding content to this infrastructure is in its early stages and has initially focused on several datasets and products from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, Coastal Services Center, and Climate Prediction Center, among others. The initial intent is to highlight some of most popular datasets/products based on customer usage of the data.
Climate - National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. NCDC operates the World Data Center for Meteorology which is co-located at NCDC in Asheville, North Carolina, and the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology which is located in Boulder, Colorado.
Conflict Barometer
The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) at the Department of Political Science at the University of Heidelberg annually publishes the Conflict Barometer, which describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, settlements.
Data sets - GEO Data Portal - United Nations Environment Programme
The GEO Data Portal is the authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other integrated environment assessments. Its online database holds more than 450 different variables as national, subregional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps), covering themes like Freshwater, Population, Forests, Emissions, Climate, Disasters, Health and GDP. Display them on-the-fly as maps, graphs, data tables or download the data in different formats
Data.gov
Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
Demographics USA
HC110.C6 S847 Source for standard Buying Power Index and custom BPIs. BPIs measure a markets spending power. May be used to measure market potential, evaluate new product potential and test marketing strategies.
Demographics of the U.S.: Trends and Projections
Digital Environmental Legislative Handbook
The USC Schwarzenegger Institute and the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators have partnered with one another to create this online resource to assist legislators who are interested in advancing smart environmental policies by sharing best practices and actual legislation that is working successfully in a number of states already.
Earth Institute at Columbia
There are often discussions of poverty and of topics like sustainable development projects that may be of interest.
EarthPortal
Earth Portal has three components: 1. The Encyclopedia of Earth, with over 3,500 articles, is produced and reviewed by 1,000 scholars from 60 countries. 2. The Earth Forum provides commentary from scholars and discussions with the general public. 3. The Earth News offers news stories on environmental issues drawn from many sources. Hot topics, climate facts and current events are highlighted.
EarthTrends - Environmental Information
An online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. EarthTrends offers the public a large breadth of statistical, graphic, and analytical data in easily accessible formats.
Earthtrends
FAO Statistics - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Financial Tracking Service (FTS)
FTS is managed by the U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). All FTS data are provided by donors or recipient organizations. FTS is a global, real-time database which records all reported international humanitarian aid (including that for NGOs and the Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid, and private donations) and indicates to what extent populations in crisis receive humanitarian aid in proportion to needs.
GIS & ARCGIS gallery
Featured Maps and Apps from the ArcGIS Community using ARCGIS.com
GIS & ARCGIS, Maps/Apps for Everyone
A Web site for experiencing online ArcGIS. Visit the site to create maps, find and use maps, applications, and tools, and share your maps and applications with others.
GIS & Remote Sensing - AGIS, Agricultural Geo-Referenced Information System
South Africa's Agricultural information available on the Internet
GIS & Remote Sensing - GIS Internet Resources
These pages provide pointers to GIS companies, associations, and government web pages as well as sources of software, data, publications, and services. Information does not reflect use or endorsement by the U.S. Government.
GIS & Remote Sensing - Geodata.gov
Your one-stop shop for federal, state & local geographic data.
GIS & Remote Sensing - Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Images
Weather satellite image maps from around the world.
GIS & Remote Sensing - Our Earth as Art: Earth through the eyes of the Landsat & satellite
Landsat satellite, Landsat 7 images donated to the Library of Congress by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Visit their website at http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/earthasart/
GIS & Remote Sensing - Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Under agreement with NASA, the USGS EROS Data Center distributes and archives Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data in accordance with a joint partnership Memorandum of Understanding between NASA and NGA.
GIS & Remote Sensing - The WWW Virtual Virtual Library; Remote Sensing
A vast library of remote sensing links for maps, data, & publications from around the world.
GIS & Remote Sensing - Visible Earth: Home
A catalog of NASA images and animations of the Earth.
GIS - Color Brewer
ColorBrewer is an free to use online tool designed to help people select good color schemes for maps and other graphics.
GIS - Cultivating Spatial Intelligence (GIS Manual-Harvard)
Discusses some principles for portraying quantitative statistics on maps. "There are two fundamental types of quantitative measurements that may need to be mappped: Raw Quantities (such as counts), Measures of Intensity (such as population density or the percentage of the population who are Canadian.)"
GIS lounge
introduction to GIS, includes cartographic and map making examples.
GeoPlatform.gov - a Geospatial Platform
The vision of the Geospatial Platform is that all government agencies and their partners have access to geospatial capabilities to meet mission needs, ensure transparency and accountability, and geo-enable the business of government.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). Current and historical places are included. Getty vocabularies are intended to provide terminology and other information about objects, artists, concepts, and places important to various disciplines that specialize in art, architecture and material culture. The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). Current and historical places are included.
Global Gateway - World Culture & Resources
The Library of Congress's effort to provide consistent, in-depth, high-quality access to its extensive international research collections.
Global Health Facts
Globalhealthfacts.org has data by country for rates of HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and other diseases.
Global Health Observatory (GHO) data
From the World Health Organization (WHO), this resource includes a data repository, reports, country statistics and a map gallery.
Google Earth Tutorials
Google Earth and Google Maps step-by-step tutorials
Historical Hurricane Tracks - NOAA
Historical Hurricane Tracks is listed under NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association ) Climate.gov and is part of the Maps & Data section, maps & apps feature.
IMF International Financial Statistics
Living Atals of the World ArcGIS
The ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is a noted collection of geographic information from around the globe. It includes maps, apps, and data layers to support your work.
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
The IPUMS (https://www.ipums.org/) National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides free online access to summary statistics and GIS boundary files for U.S. censuses and other nationwide surveys from 1790 through the present. (PDF Introduction - https://www.nhgis.org/sites/www.nhgis.org/files/using_the_nhgis_data_finder.pdf)
Natural Disasters- Images of geological hazards
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) - images of geological hazards
Nepal Earthquake Maps
Interactive maps share details of this disaster such as the location of the earthquake and aftershocks, affected population, relief operations, social media coverage, damage photos from the field, and much more.
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. OpenStreetMap emphasizes local knowledge. OpenStreetMap is open data: you are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.
PA - Bureau of Topographic eologic survey
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
Pennsylvania's official public access geospatial information clearinghouse. PASDA was developed as a research and outreach program by the Pennsylvania State University as a service to the citizens, governments, and businesses of the Commonwealth.
Plate Tectonics - A Science Odyssey: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker
PBS's version of plate tectonics and continental slide and crush.
Plate Tectonics - Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics
Basic explanations of the theory of plate tectonics, including convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.
Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes
Sponsored in part by the Nevada Seismologic Laboratory, and using NASA, NOAA, & USGS examples, the theory of plate tectonics is explained.
Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)
Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) is a world-leading research and information centre for the study of the polar and cold regions.
Shale Training & Education Center
Shale Training & Education Center (ShaleTEC) is a collaboration between Pennsylvania College of Technology and Penn State Extension established to serve as the central resource for workforce development and education needs of the community and the oil and natural gas industry.
State & Local Government on the Net
State Rankings
REF HA203.U17 Translates the statistics generated by the U.S. government on everything from weather to crime to insurance coverage into easily comparable state rankings. Use this resource to identify potential test markets, by answering such questions as which are the top states for leisure or have the most sunny days
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
REF HA202.S84 2006 Quick reference to housing and population statistics for the U.S. Bureau of Census. Find values and percentages for population characteristics and business activity by county and city.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Census Bureau)
Sec. 5: Law Enforcement, Courts, Prisons.
Statistical Resources on the Web
Web portal for statistics created by the University of Michigan.
Story Maps - ArcGIS
Story Maps are part of ArcGIS Online, Esri's cloud-based mapping and GIS platform. Story Maps Open source app allows you to create a story in maps with the GIS platform by logging into a subscribed or free ArcGIS Online account.
The United Nations
Official United Nations web site in English
U.S. Census Bureau
Census information about people & households, business & industry, geography, news, data tools, and fact finder resources
U.S. Census Bureau - State and County Quickfacts
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
U.S. Gov't Agencies - EPA: Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool
The Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool is a new tool designed to help you determine who is discharging, what pollutants they are discharging and how much, and where they are discharging. The tool calculates pollutant loadings from permit and DMR data from EPA‘s Permit Compliance System (PCS) and Integrated Compliance Information System for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES). Data is available for the years 2007 through 2010.
U.S. Gov't Agencies - EPA: Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO)
ECHO provides integrated compliance and enforcement information for approximately 800,000 regulated facilities nationwide. The site allows users to find inspection, violation, enforcement action, informal enforcement action, and penalty information about facilities for the past three years. Facilities regulated under the following environmental statutes are included: Clean Air Act (CAA) Stationary Source Program, Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Elimination Discharge System (NPDES), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
U.S. Gov't Agencies - NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) database of foreign geographic feature names (see entry below). The database is the official repository of foreign place-name decisions approved by the US BGN.
U.S. Gov't Agencies - NOAA: National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
The National Oceanographic Data Center archives & provides public access to global oceanographic and coastal data, products, and information.
U.S. Gov't Agencies - NOAA: State of the Coast
Communicates the crucial importance of healthy coastal ecosystems for a robust U.S. economy, a safe population, and a sustainable quality of life for coastal residents.
U.S. Gov't Agencies - USDA (State Fact Sheets)
State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, and top commodities, exports, and counties for each state in the United States.
U.S. Gov't agencies - DOE (Department of Energy)
The Department of Energy's overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States.
U.S. Gov't agencies - DOE: Fossil Energy
Data about a variety of energy sources, including hydrogen, carbon, natural gas, and strategic and oil petroleum reserves.
U.S. Gov't agencies - DOE:Country Energy Profiles
Data through 2006 by country, region, and commercial group (OECD, OPEC) for 215 countries including production, consumption, U.S. oil imports and CO2 emissions. Forecasts for 2007 for selected countries for total oil production and consumption. Analysis by country (Country Analysis Briefs) for 65 countries.
U.S. Gov't agencies - EPA (Environmental Protection Agencies)
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment.
U.S. Gov't agencies - EPA: Climate Change
The EPA climate change Web site has four main sections on climate change issues and another section on "What You Can Do" to reduce your contribution.
U.S. Gov't agencies - Library of Congress: Geography & Map Reading Room
"Maps and atlases were among the first items acquired when the Library of Congress was established in 1800. It was not until 1897, however, when the Library of Congress moved into its own building, that a separate Hall of Maps and Charts was created to house the growing collection of 47,000 maps and 1,200 atlases. The division now occupies an area of 90,000 square feet in the Library's James Madison Memorial Building. The area is specifically designed and constructed to accommodate a variety of cartographic collections, library functions, and a professional and technical staff of 58 persons."
U.S. Gov't agencies - NASA: Earth Observatory
Datasets and information about atmoshprere, oceans, land, energy, life and natural hazards from NASA.
U.S. Gov't agencies - NASA: Earth from Space - Technical Search
Along with latitude and longitude searches, seven view categories can be combined in multiple searches of images for cities, earth landscapes, earth-human interactions, distinctive features, hurricanes and weather, wahter habits, and geographic regions.
U.S. Gov't agencies - NASA: Global Hydrology & Climate Center (GHCC)
Comprised of organizational elements from several agencies, GHCC, provides integrated scientific understanding of the Earth system to enable better decisions improving the global quality of life.
U.S. Gov't agencies - NASA: Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
The official Website for information, data, and images from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on Aura and the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
U.S. Gov't agencies - NOAA (National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration)
(see also www.climate.gov) "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducts research and gathers data about the global oceans, atmosphere, space and sun, and applies this knowledge to science and service that touch the lives of all Americans."
U.S. Gov't agencies - NOAA - Historical Maps and Charts
The Office of Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection is a rich collection of over 35,000 scanned images - covering offshore and onshore sites - including some of the Nation's earliest nautical charts, bathymetric maps, city plans, and Civil War battlefield maps. Some electronic copies are available for free download, to the public.
U.S. Gov't agencies - NOAA: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) provides scientific stewardship, products, and services for geophysical data from the Sun to the Earth and Earth's sea floor and solid earth environment, including Earth observations from space.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USDA (Department of Agriculture)
A steward of our nation's 192 million acres of national forests and rangelands, the USDA is the country's largest conservation agency.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USGS: EROS Data Center (Earth Resources Observation and Science)
The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDC) is a data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping Division.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USGS: EarthExplorer
Using place names, longitude and latitude, and time periods, query data sets in aerial photography, AVHRR, declassified data, digital elevation, digital line graphs, digital maps, earth observation, global land surveys, Landsat data, radar, SPOT satellite and USGS commercial information.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USGS: Geography web page
Observations and resources about land remote sensing, geographic analysis and monitoring, studying connections between people and the land, and providing society with relevant science information to inform public decisions.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USGS: Global Visualization Viewer: Quick Start Guide
A quick and easy online search and order tool for selected satellite and aerial data.
U.S. Gov't agencies - USGS: Minerals Information
Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.
U.S. Gov't agencies- USGS: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Authoritative forms of geographic domestic and foreign names. The Board comprises representatives of Federal agencies concerned with geographic information, population, ecology, and management of public lands.
U.S. Gov't. agencies - USGS: Climate and Land Use Change
The USGS undertakes scientific research, monitoring, remote sensing, modeling, synthesis, and forecasting to address the effects of climate and land use change on the Nation’s resources. This site describes the climate and land use change programs of USGS, such as carbon sequestration, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), Geographic Analysis and Monitoring (GAM), Land Remote Sensing, National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the Global Change Research and Development Program.
U.S. stream/river network from ESRI
Interactive stream flow information is derived from 2,000 USGS stream gauge data and Esri hydrographic dataset.. This interactive mapping application displays the largest rivers in the continental United States.
U.s. Gov't agencies - NOAA: Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC)
CDC develops national capabilities to analyze, interpret, and forecast important climate variations on time scales ranging from a few weeks to centuries.
UN - Environment Programme
Provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment. The site includes news centre, multimedia and print and e-publications, some for downloading.
UN - Human Settlements Statistics
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
UN - Map Library
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library - Map Library houses over 80,000 maps, some 3,000 atlases, gazetteers, travel guides, reference works and digital products; includes thematic and topographic maps.
UN Data: a world of information
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)provides search and download capability for a variety of statistical resources of the UN System.
UN Millennium Development Goals
"The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world's countries and all the world's leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world's poorest."
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
USGS Science Explorer (Mapping, Remote Sensing, Geospatial Data)
Topical directory that provides an alternate way to browse USGS science programs and activities. Explore within each topic by data, news, images, video, social media, and much more.
United Nations - Convention to Combat Desertification - (UNCCD)
In the 10-Year Strategy of the UNCCD (2008-2018) that was adopted in 2007, Parties to the Convention further specified their goals: "to forge a global partnership to reverse and prevent desertification/land degradation and to mitigate the effects of drought in affected areas in order to support poverty reduction and environmental sustainability".
United Nations - Demographic Yearbook
United Nations - Global Issues
This website offers an overview of some of these global issues, and links to other resources where you can get additional information from the United Nations.
United Nations Development Program
The United Nations Development Program features full text reports and global economic indicator statistics.
United Nations Statistics
Global statistical information on economics, demographic, social indicators, environment, energy and Millennium Development Goals.
Vital Climate Graphics Africa - UNEP
From the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), organizing and transforming available environmental data into credible, science-based information products, delivered through innovative communication tools and capacity-building services targeting relevant stakeholders.
WWF - Biodiversity Support Program
Water Resources in the Middle East: a bibliography
This bibliography is a selective listing of books and journal articles concerned with the issue of Water Resources in the Middle East. The bibliography covers works published from 1993 to the present and is limited to the two working languages of the United Nations, English and French.
Water Risk Monetizer resources
Reports, articles and websites from the Water Risk Monetizer, providing actionable information to help businesses understand the impact of water scarcity to their business and quantify those risks in financial terms to inform decisions that enable growth.
Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD)
The Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) defines the areal extent of surface water drainage to a point, accounting for all land and surface areas statewide and nationally.
World Atlas of Biodiversity
World Bank Open Data
Provides free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe.
World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI)
"World Development Indicators (WDI) publication is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2007 WDI includes more than 900 indicators." The WDI and GDF Online is owned and copyrighted by the World Bank and the users may not copy, reverse engineer, modify, decompile or disassemble WDI and GDF Online or its operating software. While every effort has been made to ensure the high quality and accuracy of WDI and GDF Online, the Bank does not warrant that the functions contained in WDI and GDF Online shall meet the users? requirements or that the operation of WDI Online shall be uninterrupted or error-free.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
World Ocean Base
This map service is designed to be used as a basemap by marine GIS professionals and as a reference map by anyone interested in ocean data. The basemap includes bathymetry, marine water body names, undersea feature names, and derived depth values in meters. Land features include administrative boundaries, cities, inland waters, roads, overlaid on land cover and shaded relief imagery.
Disaster Information Sites
Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI)Part of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI) guides and informs the public, religious and community groups, diaspora, embassies, non-profits, corporations, and governmental organizations about the most effective ways to support international disaster relief and donations outreach.
Disaster Information Management Research Centerin conjunction with NLM, Specialized Information Services (SIS), find information about disaster types and topics, emergency response tools and disaster health literature.
EM-DAT: The International Disaster DatabaseThe main objective of the database is to serve the purposes of humanitarian action at national and international levels. EM-DAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies.
Environmental Health and ToxicologyUnder the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS), find information about chemicals and drugs, diseases, environmental health, occupational safety, Includes free access to the TOXNET database, a collection of databases about hazardous chemicals, toxic releases and environmental health.
Significant Volcanic Eruption DatabaseA global listing of over 500 significant eruptions which includes information on the latitude, longitude, elevation, type of volcano, and last known eruption.
Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program (GVP)"10,000 years of volcanic activity at your fingertips" The mission of GVP is to document, understand, and disseminate information about global volcanic activity.
UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)The mandate of UNISDR calls for serving as the focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the United Nations system and regional organizations and activities in socio-economic and humanitarian fields (GA resolution 56/195).
Statistics
AQUASTAT (FAO)
AQUASTAT is FAO's (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN) global information system on water and agriculture, developed by the Land and Water Division. The main mandate of the programme is to collect, analyze and disseminate information on water resources, water uses, and agricultural water management with an emphasis on countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
American FactFinder
American FactFinder is a website used to distribute data collected by the United States Census Bureau.
It provides data for recent survey years for a range of geographies, including by Census tract, Zip Code Tabulation Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area, county, and state. American FactFinder is being replaced by data.census.gov, and as of July 1, 2019, all new data are being released to that platform. American FactFinder will be taken offline on March 31, 2020.
CensusScope-2010 Census
This site shows census trends for states, cities and metropolitan areas to provide context for the 2010 Census releases.
China Data Online (China Marketing Research Co.)
Provides national, provincial, city, and regional data series including national accounts, prices, employment, income, industry, foreign trade, agriculture, construction, transportation, telecommunication, and education in monthly and annual time series.
Data USA
An open data platform with advanced data analytics and visualization that helps understand and visualize the critical issues facing the United States in areas like jobs, skills and education across industry and geography.
Data.gov
Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
EPA- EnviroMapper
EnviroMapper is a powerful tool used to map various types of environmental information, including air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous wastes, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites. Maps can be created at the national, state, and county levels.
FAO Statistics - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Healthmap.org- Global Disease Alert Map
Brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. This freely available Web site integrates outbreak data of varying reliability, including ProMed, World Health Organization, and Google News.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
A compendium of statistics from over 1000 sources last updated in 1975 and has been expanded to include over 37,000 data series. Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. The fully searchable and downloadable edition will permit users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own areas of interest.
Immigration Data Hub -MPI
The MPI Data Hub showcases in-depth and latest data on immigrant trends and patterns in the United States and around the world. Research tools include US State Data on the Foreign Born, Maps of the Foreign Born, the World Migration Map, Comparative Charts and Tables, the Global Remittances Guide, and asylum data.
International Energy Agency Statistics (IEA)
Online statistics and publications from the International Energy Agency (IEA)whose current work focuses on climate change policies, market reform, energy technology collaboration and outreach to the rest of the world, especially major consumers and producers of energy like China, India, Russia and the OPEC countries.
International Statistical Agencies - U.S. Census Bureau
Social Explorer
Provides access to maps and tables of U.S. Census and American Community Survey data from 1790 through most recently released data. Also includes datasets on election, health, crime, religion, and environmental topics, as well as some international data (UK Census 2011; Canadian Census 2011; selected Eurostat data; and World Development Indicators from the World Bank.) Create a free personal account in order to save your work.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Site provides access to current 2012 PDF and past editions. Includes everything from government spending to the environment to communications. It is a most comprehensive one-volume reference source on the Nation's economic and social condition.
U.S. Census Bureau - State and County Quickfacts
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
UN Data: a world of information
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)provides search and download capability for a variety of statistical resources of the UN System.
United Nations - Demographic Yearbook
World Bank - Regions, eLibrary
Browse by region or country, this site includes regions, topics, collections and data information.
World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI)
"World Development Indicators (WDI) publication is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2007 WDI includes more than 900 indicators." The WDI and GDF Online is owned and copyrighted by the World Bank and the users may not copy, reverse engineer, modify, decompile or disassemble WDI and GDF Online or its operating software. While every effort has been made to ensure the high quality and accuracy of WDI and GDF Online, the Bank does not warrant that the functions contained in WDI and GDF Online shall meet the users? requirements or that the operation of WDI Online shall be uninterrupted or error-free.
AQUASTAT is FAO's (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN) global information system on water and agriculture, developed by the Land and Water Division. The main mandate of the programme is to collect, analyze and disseminate information on water resources, water uses, and agricultural water management with an emphasis on countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
American FactFinder
American FactFinder is a website used to distribute data collected by the United States Census Bureau.
It provides data for recent survey years for a range of geographies, including by Census tract, Zip Code Tabulation Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area, county, and state. American FactFinder is being replaced by data.census.gov, and as of July 1, 2019, all new data are being released to that platform. American FactFinder will be taken offline on March 31, 2020.
CensusScope-2010 Census
This site shows census trends for states, cities and metropolitan areas to provide context for the 2010 Census releases.
China Data Online (China Marketing Research Co.)
Provides national, provincial, city, and regional data series including national accounts, prices, employment, income, industry, foreign trade, agriculture, construction, transportation, telecommunication, and education in monthly and annual time series.
Data USA
An open data platform with advanced data analytics and visualization that helps understand and visualize the critical issues facing the United States in areas like jobs, skills and education across industry and geography.
Data.gov
Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
EPA- EnviroMapper
EnviroMapper is a powerful tool used to map various types of environmental information, including air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous wastes, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites. Maps can be created at the national, state, and county levels.
FAO Statistics - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Healthmap.org- Global Disease Alert Map
Brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. This freely available Web site integrates outbreak data of varying reliability, including ProMed, World Health Organization, and Google News.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
A compendium of statistics from over 1000 sources last updated in 1975 and has been expanded to include over 37,000 data series. Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. The fully searchable and downloadable edition will permit users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own areas of interest.
Immigration Data Hub -MPI
The MPI Data Hub showcases in-depth and latest data on immigrant trends and patterns in the United States and around the world. Research tools include US State Data on the Foreign Born, Maps of the Foreign Born, the World Migration Map, Comparative Charts and Tables, the Global Remittances Guide, and asylum data.
International Energy Agency Statistics (IEA)
Online statistics and publications from the International Energy Agency (IEA)whose current work focuses on climate change policies, market reform, energy technology collaboration and outreach to the rest of the world, especially major consumers and producers of energy like China, India, Russia and the OPEC countries.
International Statistical Agencies - U.S. Census Bureau
Social Explorer
Provides access to maps and tables of U.S. Census and American Community Survey data from 1790 through most recently released data. Also includes datasets on election, health, crime, religion, and environmental topics, as well as some international data (UK Census 2011; Canadian Census 2011; selected Eurostat data; and World Development Indicators from the World Bank.) Create a free personal account in order to save your work.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Site provides access to current 2012 PDF and past editions. Includes everything from government spending to the environment to communications. It is a most comprehensive one-volume reference source on the Nation's economic and social condition.
U.S. Census Bureau - State and County Quickfacts
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
UN Data: a world of information
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)provides search and download capability for a variety of statistical resources of the UN System.
United Nations - Demographic Yearbook
World Bank - Regions, eLibrary
Browse by region or country, this site includes regions, topics, collections and data information.
World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI)
"World Development Indicators (WDI) publication is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2007 WDI includes more than 900 indicators." The WDI and GDF Online is owned and copyrighted by the World Bank and the users may not copy, reverse engineer, modify, decompile or disassemble WDI and GDF Online or its operating software. While every effort has been made to ensure the high quality and accuracy of WDI and GDF Online, the Bank does not warrant that the functions contained in WDI and GDF Online shall meet the users? requirements or that the operation of WDI Online shall be uninterrupted or error-free.
Blogs
Google Geo Developers Blog
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Google Maps Mania
An unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps
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Ogle Earth
A blog about Google Earth and virtual globes.
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Urban Demographics
Demography & Urban Studies: wondering a research agenda blog
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Google Maps Mania
An unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps
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Ogle Earth
A blog about Google Earth and virtual globes.
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Urban Demographics
Demography & Urban Studies: wondering a research agenda blog
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Associations
Association of American Geographers
A nonprofit scientific and educational society founded in 1904 where members from more than 60 countries share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography.
International Association of GeoChemistry
International Cartographic Association (ICA)
"Global organization that sees its role as a promoter of the development of cartography and GI (geographic information) science. Research and development in ICA aims, in general, to create theory and methods for cartography and GI handling. By applying theories and methods in various fields, new tools can be created for cartographic and GI practice."
International Geographical Union (IGU)
This is the website of the International Geographical Union, the union first established in Brussels in 1922.
A nonprofit scientific and educational society founded in 1904 where members from more than 60 countries share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography.
International Association of GeoChemistry
A private, not-for-profit international organization that promotes the application of chemistry across the entire spectrum of the earth and environmental sciences through sponsoring scientific conferences and educational activities, establishing internal specialty-area working groups, and disseminating new geochemical knowledge through scientific publishing.
International Cartographic Association (ICA)
"Global organization that sees its role as a promoter of the development of cartography and GI (geographic information) science. Research and development in ICA aims, in general, to create theory and methods for cartography and GI handling. By applying theories and methods in various fields, new tools can be created for cartographic and GI practice."
International Geographical Union (IGU)
This is the website of the International Geographical Union, the union first established in Brussels in 1922.
Databases
MetroPhilaMapper
"MetroPhilaMapper enables users to view results in five ways: map, table, statistics, scatter, rank. MetroPhilaMapper, MPIP's interactive mapping and analysis application, powered by Kaleidocade! Using only a web interface, you can interactively investigate and portray regional data aggregated to a variety of geographic levels using maps, charts, tables, and statistical analysis. This site will allow you to describe spatial patterns, display growth, reveal trends, compare indicators, and aid in targeting valuable markets."
Philadelphia Stat Videos
Videos of previously broadcast performance management, statistical sessions from Philadelphia department managers
International River Basin Organization Database (RBO)
A work in progress, created by Susanne Schmeier as part of her PhD research. The database provides detailed information about over 120 international river basin organizations around the world.
"MetroPhilaMapper enables users to view results in five ways: map, table, statistics, scatter, rank. MetroPhilaMapper, MPIP's interactive mapping and analysis application, powered by Kaleidocade! Using only a web interface, you can interactively investigate and portray regional data aggregated to a variety of geographic levels using maps, charts, tables, and statistical analysis. This site will allow you to describe spatial patterns, display growth, reveal trends, compare indicators, and aid in targeting valuable markets."
Philadelphia Stat Videos
Videos of previously broadcast performance management, statistical sessions from Philadelphia department managers
International River Basin Organization Database (RBO)
A work in progress, created by Susanne Schmeier as part of her PhD research. The database provides detailed information about over 120 international river basin organizations around the world.
Bibliographies
ESRI bibliography of gis, science & technology
This ESRI Library bibliography covers the literature of geographic information systems, science, and technology. It indexes journals, conference proceedings, books, and reports from the origins of GIS to the present. There are currently over 78,000 entries in the bibliography.
This ESRI Library bibliography covers the literature of geographic information systems, science, and technology. It indexes journals, conference proceedings, books, and reports from the origins of GIS to the present. There are currently over 78,000 entries in the bibliography.
Course Resources
AfricaMap (WorldMap)
Offers an open source web mapping system with a large library of mapping data to build custom maps. Data can be pulled from a large selection of databases with data about place names, political boundaries, languages, health, religion, the slave trade, and historical heritage sites among others.
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The World Factbook (CIA)
Provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
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Data.gov
Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
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Encyclopedia of India
The Encyclopedia of India encompasses the history, cultures, geography and religions of India from ancient times to the present day. Across the four volumes of the Encyclopedia, readers are invited to explore India in a comprehensive reference work of more than 600 alphabetically arranged, illustrated articles.
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Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
Contains thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, illustrations, maps which explore Islam's role in the modern world, in the context of the religion's history and development. Source published in 2004. Online access via Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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Encyclopedia of World Cultures
This reference set lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture.
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Environmental Encyclopedia (Gale)
Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues. Each article is written in a nontechnical style and provides current status, analysis, and suggested solutions whenever possible.
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Geonames
The GeoNames geographical database covers all countries and contains over eight million placenames that are available for download free of charge.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). Current and historical places are included. Getty vocabularies are intended to provide terminology and other information about objects, artists, concepts, and places important to various disciplines that specialize in art, architecture and material culture. The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). Current and historical places are included.
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Global Gateway - World Culture & Resources
The Library of Congress's effort to provide consistent, in-depth, high-quality access to its extensive international research collections.
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MideastWire.com
Offers translations of news articles from the Middle East. Source material includes articles from the media of 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora. Fully searchable by keyword, subject, source, country, and date, and available as a daily emailed newsletter.
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PA - Bureau of Topographic eologic survey
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Political Handbook of the World (Sage/CQ Press)
Comprehensive country profiles chronicling national history, government, and political parties, as well as profiles on intergovernmental organizations, development banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations.
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The Library of Congress - Country Studies
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
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U.S. Census Bureau
Census information about people & households, business & industry, geography, news, data tools, and fact finder resources
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U.S. Census Bureau - State and County Quickfacts
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
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U.S. Gov't Agencies - USDA (State Fact Sheets)
State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, and top commodities, exports, and counties for each state in the United States.
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World Gazetteer
The main part of the World Gazetteer consists of current and some historical population data for all countries and territories, their administrative divisions, cities and towns. "Historical" in this context means the last or last two censuses or estimates after the last census.
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Offers an open source web mapping system with a large library of mapping data to build custom maps. Data can be pulled from a large selection of databases with data about place names, political boundaries, languages, health, religion, the slave trade, and historical heritage sites among others.
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The World Factbook (CIA)
Provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
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Data.gov
Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
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Encyclopedia of India
The Encyclopedia of India encompasses the history, cultures, geography and religions of India from ancient times to the present day. Across the four volumes of the Encyclopedia, readers are invited to explore India in a comprehensive reference work of more than 600 alphabetically arranged, illustrated articles.
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Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
Contains thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, illustrations, maps which explore Islam's role in the modern world, in the context of the religion's history and development. Source published in 2004. Online access via Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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Encyclopedia of World Cultures
This reference set lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture.
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Environmental Encyclopedia (Gale)
Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues. Each article is written in a nontechnical style and provides current status, analysis, and suggested solutions whenever possible.
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Geonames
The GeoNames geographical database covers all countries and contains over eight million placenames that are available for download free of charge.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). Current and historical places are included. Getty vocabularies are intended to provide terminology and other information about objects, artists, concepts, and places important to various disciplines that specialize in art, architecture and material culture. The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). Current and historical places are included.
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Global Gateway - World Culture & Resources
The Library of Congress's effort to provide consistent, in-depth, high-quality access to its extensive international research collections.
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MideastWire.com
Offers translations of news articles from the Middle East. Source material includes articles from the media of 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora. Fully searchable by keyword, subject, source, country, and date, and available as a daily emailed newsletter.
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PA - Bureau of Topographic eologic survey
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Political Handbook of the World (Sage/CQ Press)
Comprehensive country profiles chronicling national history, government, and political parties, as well as profiles on intergovernmental organizations, development banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations.
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The Library of Congress - Country Studies
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
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U.S. Census Bureau
Census information about people & households, business & industry, geography, news, data tools, and fact finder resources
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U.S. Census Bureau - State and County Quickfacts
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
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U.S. Gov't Agencies - USDA (State Fact Sheets)
State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, and top commodities, exports, and counties for each state in the United States.
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World Gazetteer
The main part of the World Gazetteer consists of current and some historical population data for all countries and territories, their administrative divisions, cities and towns. "Historical" in this context means the last or last two censuses or estimates after the last census.
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Organizations
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behavior of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.
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The Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS)
The SCGIS assists conservationists worldwide in using GIS through communication, networking, scholarships, and training. The Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS) works to build community, provide knowledge, and support individuals using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and science for the conservation of natural resources and cultural heritage.
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International Crisis Group
An independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. Crisis Group is considered a leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union, and World Bank, on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behavior of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.
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The Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS)
The SCGIS assists conservationists worldwide in using GIS through communication, networking, scholarships, and training. The Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS) works to build community, provide knowledge, and support individuals using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and science for the conservation of natural resources and cultural heritage.
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International Crisis Group
An independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. Crisis Group is considered a leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union, and World Bank, on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.
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Directories
Citing Research
APA Citation Resources at Falvey Library APA Style Blog (see style & grammar guidelines)APA style & grammar guidelines, not a complete manual.
Citation Resources Guide from FalveyThis guide is designed to provide you with assistance in citing sources when writing an academic paper. There are several different styles which format information differently. The citation style generally depends on the academic discipline involved.
Villanova Writing CenterThe Villanova Writing Center provides a comfortable atmosphere for your one-to-one session with a qualified tutor. Bring your paper, assignment, and an open mind and we'll do our best to help you improve your writing. Feel free to use our online resources, writing guide or 30-Minute Workshop handouts. The Writing Center is located in room 210 Falvey Library, and you can book an appointment using our appointment scheduler.
ZoteroFree Citation management tool supported by the Library
ZoteroBibZoteroBib is a website where you can create a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software.
Interlibrary Loan
EZBorrow and Interlibrary LoanInterlibrary loans are only available for books and journals which are not owned by Falvey. The EZBorrow service can be used for books which the library owns, but which are currently checked out. EZBorrow books are provided by a local library network and tend to arrive faster than interlibrary loans.
Journal FinderUse this link to locate journals or specific articles that may be available via Falvey Library.