Locating books on the geography of certain places
Geography of Bhutan VII (Mountains and Hills) by Aymaan Ahmed, under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.
Geographic information can be found in a variety of sources including:
- encyclopedias - entries typically include information on the topography, climate, economics and other aspects of that particular place.
- comprehensive plans - usually drafted by county, these planning documents usually include information about the physical and economic aspects of a region.
- travel guides - many travel guides include geographic information about a region.
In the CAT, you can find books about the geography of a place by just adding "geography" to the search:
[place name] Geography
Gazetteers
What's a Gazetteer? A gazetteer is a dictionary of place names. By searching the CAT, you can find a wide selection of gazetteers. General gazetteers have a Library of Congress call number of G103.
- GeonamesDatabase of over 10 million geographic names worldwide.
- U.S. Board on Geographic NamesDatabase contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States.
- GEOnet Names ServerProvides access to database of foreign (non-U.S.) geographic feature names.
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic NamesContains more than one million names and other information about places, including continents, nations, historical places, physical features, and cities. It emphasizes places that are important for art and architecture.