Subject Guides: Humanities and Social Sciences

The Royal Military College of Canada Library

Geography

Geography books are mostly found in the G-GF call number section. The G-GB section is on the second floor of the library and GC-GF is in the basement. There is also material on physical geography in the Science/Engineering Library.

1. Key Reference Works

  • Antarctica: an encyclopedia Ref G 855.S74 1990 v.1-2
  • Atlas encyclopédique mondial Ref G 1021.D6714 2002
  • L'Atlas national du Canada Ref G 1115.C32 1985
  • Dictionnaire de l'océan Ref GC 9.D53 1989
  • Dictionnaire de géographie Ref G 108.F7.D52 1984
  • Géo-Atlas des nations Ref G 63.G4 t.1-8
  • La grande encyclopédie du monde Ref G 63.G7 1985 v.1-14
  • Maps on File Ref G 1021 M26
  • The National Atlas of Canada Ref G 1115.C3 1985
  • World Bank Encyclopedia of the Nations Ref G 63.W67 1988 v.1-5
  • World Factbook Ref G 122.W67 2000

2. Key Periodical Indexes

Unless indicated otherwise, the following resources are available from the library's Indexes and Databases page at http://www.rmc.ca/academic/library/indexes/index_e.html:

  • ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER 1975- online
  • Arctic Bibliography v.1-16 (Z 6005.P7A7)
  • Canadian Periodical Index/Index des périodiques canadiens 1920-1987 (REF AI 3.C242); 1988- online
  • KLUWER ONLINE
  • Repère 1980- online
  • Social Sciences Index, 1974- (Ref AI 3.S62)

3. Key Periodicals

Geography periodicals are identified in the online catalogue, or in the Serials Holdings List, usually by the letters PER G followed by the rest of the call number. They are shelved on the main floor of Massey Library in the bound periodicals section.

  • Annals of the Association of America Geographers 1963-2002 (PER G 3. A7)
  • Arctic 1977-1991 (PER G 600.A695)
  • Association of American Geographers 1963- (PER G 3.A7)
  • Cahiers de géographie du Québec 1972- (PER G 1.C13)
  • Canadian Geographer/Le géographe canadien 1964- (PER G 1.C28)
  • Canadian Geographic 1930-1967, 1971- (PER G 1.C3)
  • Economic Geography 1952- (PER HF 1021.E4)
  • Equinox 1982-2000 (PER G 1.E68)
  • Géo 1985-1991 (PER G 1.G3)
  • The Geographical Journal 1901- (PER G 7.R91)
  • Geographical Review 1960- (PER G 1.G35)
  • National Geographic Magazine 1956- (PER G 1.N27)
  • The Polar Record 1948-1992 (PER G 575.P6)

4. Locating Books by Subject

  • Anthropo-geography (GF 4-721)
  • Canada-Geography (FC 75)
  • Deserts (GB 611-618)
  • Geography, Political (JC 319)
  • Geomorphology (GB 54-1203)
  • Hydrology (GB 651-707)

These are only some of the subject headings and call numbers that cover this subject area and they do not constitute a complete list. For more information on correct terms for searching subjects on the online catalogue, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings, also available in print along the wall facing the terminals.

For help, contact the Massey Library at okr@rmc.ca