Class Help Page: Geography 475, Spring 2008
GEOBASE
- the best source for geography articles - but NO full-text [more...]
Academic
Search Premier - great general research database with some full-text
[more...]
LexisNexis
Academic - use for finding full-text newspaper articles [more...]
More general science
article resources ...
More general
article resources ...
GALILEO - VU Libraries Catalog
resources available at VU libraries [more...]
WorldCat
resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]
| Reference Resources [tips]
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General Geography -- Christopher Center
Reference Stacks, 2nd floor
The Penguin Dictionary of Geography Ref. G 63 .C562 1998
A Modern Dictionary of Geography Ref. G 63 .S53 1995
Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary Ref. G 103.5 .W42
1997
The Columbia Gazetteer of the World Ref. G 103.5 .C645 1998
Geo-data : the World Geographical Encyclopedia Ref. G 103.5
.G36 2003
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers Ref. GA 198 .T66
Dictionary of Physical Geography Ref. GB 10 .D53 2000
Dictionary of Human Geography Ref. GF 4 .D52 2000
| Recommended Internet Resources
[tips]
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Newspapers:
The Chesterton Tribune
The Post-Tribune
Porter/Lake counties
The Times Porter/Lake
counties
The Herald-Argus LaPorte,
Indiana
The News-Dispatch
Michigan City, Indiana
The
Leader Knox, Indiana
Public Libraries:
Valparaiso
Public Library/Porter County Public Library
Westchester Public Library
Lake County Public Library
Starke County Public Library
LaPorte County Public Library
Michigan City Public Library
Historical Societies & Archives:
Calumet Regional Archive
Calumet Heritage
Partnership
Historical
Society of Porter County
LaPorte County Historical
Society
Starke
County Historical Society
Kankakee
Valley Historical Society
Chicago History Museum
Research Center
Northwest
Indiana Photo Gallery
Indiana Historical
Society
Survival
Guide to Archival Research the practical stuff from American Historical
Society
Archival
Research Tutorial the hands-on stuff from University of British
Columbia
How to Conduct an Interview:
General
Guidelines for Conducting Interviews Free Management Library
Conducting Interviews
NIU
How to Conduct
an Interview MIT
How to
Plan and Conduct and Interview Information Design Toolkit
Specific Project Resources:
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Indiana Dunes State Park
Save the Dunes Council
Kankakee
Fish and Wildlife Area
Valparaiso
Department of City Planning
Valparaiso Department of
Parks and Recreation
Sierra Club - Dunelands
Group
Other Fun Sites:
Big Eastern
Lake Michigan
Online Atlas
Outdoor Indiana
Issue Archive
More geography internet resources
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| Final Writing and Presentation |
Guide to Citing Sources in Geo 101
http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo101/citing.html
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
Ref. BF76.7 .P83 2001
Citing Resources http://www.valpo.edu/library/citing.html#apa
VU Writing Center http://www.valpo.edu/writingcenter/ |