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The Classic Catalog searches books, journal titles, and e-books within the UA Libraries System. The benefit of searching the Catalog is being able to limit results by library location.
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Our Geography collection is spread across all of our libraries; physical geography books can be found in Rogers, most GIS and cartography books are found at Bruno, and human and society geography books are found in Gorgas.
Subject headings can vary for geography books due to its interdisciplinary nature. Here at UA we use the Library of Congress (LOC) call number system to organize our collection. Below are some subject headings to get you started.
Call Number | Description |
G | Geography (general) |
GA | Cartography, GIS, Mathematical Geography (some GIS books located in Bruno) |
GB | Physical Geography |
GE | Environmental Sciences |
Other related subject headings (Most located in Gorgas Library)
Call Number | Description |
D |
History (General) Subdivisions are divided by geographic area (ie, France, South America, etc.) |
H |
Social Sciences (General) Includes subdivisions for demography (HB), land use (HD), and transportation (HE) |
J | Political Science (General) |
S |
Agriculture (General) Forestry (SD) |
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