Library Class and Subject Guides: GIS and Remote Sensing: Books

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Online Academic Reference Books

SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
This collection of reference sources and e-books has strong coverage for geography.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Provides full text dictionary definitions from all 20 volumes of the print edition plus the 3-volume Additions Series.
AccessScience This link opens in a new window
Reference material covering all major scientific disciplines.
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Handbooks Online brings together the world's leading scholars to write review essays that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic, and make an original argument about the future direction of the debate.

Print GIS Books in the Reference Collection

Encyclopedia of GIS by Shashi Shekhar (Editor); Hui Xiong (Editor)
Call Number: G70.212 .E534 2008
Publication Date: 2007-11-01
The Encyclopedia of GIS features a comprehensive, authoritative treatment of this subject matter, with a simple A-Z format providing easy access to the field.Authored and peer-reviewed by world experts, the entries explain the key software, data sets, and processes used by geographers and computational scientists.
Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science by Karen K. Kemp (Editor)
Call Number: REF G70.212 .E53 2008
Publication Date: 2007-12-26
The Encyclopedia of Geographical Information Science provides a condensed but rich resource about themes broadly across the field. It also provides details about the key foundations of GIS, no matter what their disciplinary origins, and is, therefore, an important resource for both academic and corporate libraries.
The ESRI Press Dictionary of GIS Terminology by ESRI Press Editors
Call Number: G70.212 .E87 2001
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Useful for technicians and novices alike, this authoritative reference encompasses terms from GIS-related fields such as geography, cartography, GPS, remote sensing, and computing.

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