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Research Guide for Geography

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Welcome to the Geography Research Guide

In this guide you will find links to scholarly resources, data, selected websites, and information on how to use, understand, and cite those sources. 

What is Geography?

Geography is the study of the earth’s surface, including its physical, biological, and social systems. It is concerned with how people shape and in turn are shaped by the natural and ecological systems around them, how societies create landscapes and places, and the spatial distributions of many kinds of phenomena. The discipline seeks to describe and explain why different phenomena are located where they are and how their spatial patterns change over time.  - from Oxford Bibliographies Online 

Geography Databases

John F. Kennedy Memorial Library
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032-8300
323-343-3988