InfoGuides: Geography: Begin Your Research

Begin Your Research

Welcome to the Geography InfoGuide.

Use this guide to discover geographical resources available to you at Mason.

Find Articles - Key databases and journals for geography research
Find Books - Mason and Washington Research Library Consortium catalogs
Find Data and Statistical Resources-- Geospatial data and statistical information at Mason
Find Library Instruction for Geography- Access pdf presentaions of the geography instruction
Write & Cite - Information on citation styles and Zotero
Get Help - Chat with a librarian or set up an appointment with the Geospatial Resources Librarian

Search the University Libraries print and electronic holdings in one simple search.

For more refined searching, we recommend searching in specific databases/journals.

The following guides and resources may be useful for doing research in Geography

Geospatial Data and GIS
A guide to discover geospatial data and GIS resources for your research (Mason)
Atlases and Maps
A guide to discover maps and atlases at Mason and online.
Cited Reference Search
A guide to discover Cited Reference Searching resources available to you at Mason and online
Big Data and Geovisualization
A research portal to guide graduate level of research in ESGS (Mason)
SimplyAnalytics: Getting Started
A guide on how to use the SA (SimplyMap) database to get Census and Market Research data and make maps including downloading shape files.
PolicyMap; Getting Started
A guide on how to use PolicyMap Database to get data and make maps.
Professional Organizations in Geography
A list of professional organizations in Geography.