Resources for Geography and Earth Sciences

Printed materials

The main collection of printed material e.g. books, journals, reference and quick reference for Geography and Earth Sciences is found in the Hugh Owen Library.

Key areas on level F:
G Geography (general)
G141 Historical Geography
GA Mathematical Geography
GB Physical Geography
GC Oceanography
GE Environmental Sciences
GF Human Geography
HF Economic Geography
HT Urban Geography

Key areas on level E:
QE Geology / Earth Sciences
QH Natural History
RA Medical Geography & Climatology
SB National Parks
SD Forestry
TD Environmental Technology

Electronic resources

All the electronic resources for Geography and Earth Sciences can be found through Primo where you can discover individual resources or cross-search a number of them at once. Primo includes key resources such as citation databases, e-journals and e-books, selected websites, subject gateways, data and media resources, news, reference materials and library catalogues.

Visit http://primo.aber.ac.uk/ and Sign In, then click on Databases A-Z and select Geography and Earth Sciences from the Category menu to find important e-resources such as Digimap (Edina), ScienceDirect and Web of Knowledge. Information about each resource is available by clicking on the Show Info button next to it which includes essential information on access on and off-campus.

Find a summary of browsing and searching in Primo here: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/infoskills/primo/

Information skills

See our Information Skills pages  for information on:

• finding printed materials in the library
• finding and evaluating electronic information
• keeping up to date in your subject of study
• effective study and bibliographic referencing
• library induction and skills training

There are also useful online tutorials for your subject covering key online information skills - try the tutorials for Geography and Earth Science.

Collections

The University's collections contain a wide range of materials, including theses and past papers. You can find details of all our collections here.

Services for academic staff

Your subject librarian can provide skills training for students and staff, resource evaluation and more. For full details see this page.

Your subject support librarian is: