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Resources on Landforms

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Below is a list of some of the books relating to Landforms at the Library. Additional titles may be found in the same call number areas.

Reference Books (May not be checked out)

National geographic index, 1989-1998
ADULT MAGAZINE COLLECTION - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Culturgrams : the nations around us
REFERENCE SHELVES -LOWER LEVEL J 390 C/VOL 1

Cultures of the World (Selections from the Ten-Volume Encyclopedia of World Cultures)
REFERENCE SHELVES -UPPER LEVEL 305.8 C

The World Book encyclopedia of people and places
REFERENCE SHELVES -LOWER LEVEL J 390 W

Geography on file
Facts on File, Inc.
REFERENCE SHELVES -LOWER LEVEL J 910 G

Junior Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations
REFERENCE SHELVES -LOWER LEVEL J 910 J/9 VOL.

Encyclopedia of world geography
REFERENCE SHELVES -LOWER LEVEL J 910.3 W

The DK geography of the world.
REFERENCE SHELVES -LOWER LEVEL J 912 D

Encyclopedic world atlas
George Philip & Son.
REFERENCE SHELVES -LOWER LEVEL J 912 G

Maps of the world.
Grolier Educational (Firm)
REFERENCE SHELVES -LOWER LEVEL J 912 M 10 VOL

Latin America on file
Tomaselli-Moschovitis, Valerie.
REFERENCE SHELVES -LOWER LEVEL J 980 L

The atlas of natural wonders
Matthews, Rupert.
REFERENCE SHELVES -LOWER LEVEL JREF J 508 M

Earth Science: Discovering the secrets of the earth
Grolier Educational
REFERENCE SHELVES-LOWER LEVEL REF J550 E   8 VOLS

Earth science on file
REFERENCE SHELVES-UPPER LEVEL REF 550.78 E

Visual Dictionary of the Earth
REFERENCE SHELVES-LOWER LEVEL REF J551 E

Circulating Books (May be checked out)

How Geography affects the United States: Midwest
Doak, Robin S.
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J304.209 D

Atlas of Geology and Landforms
Oldershaw, Cally.
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J551 0

Legends of landforms : Native American lore and the geology of the land
Vogel, Carole Garbuny.
YOUTH NON-FICTION - LOWER LEVEL J398.20973 V

Volcanoes
Morris, Neil.
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J 551.2 M

Mountains
Morris, Neil.
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J 551.4 M

America's top 10 curiosities
Tesar, Jenny E.
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J508.73 T

100 greatest natural wonders
Cranfield, Ingrid, 1945-
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J551.41 C

Deserts
Chambers, Catherine, 1954-
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J551.415 C

Islands
Chambers, Catherine, 1954-
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J551.42 C

Mountains
Chambers, Catherine, 1954-
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J551.432 C

Oceans and seas
Chambers, Catherine, 1954-
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J551.46 C

Lakes
Chambers, Catherine, 1954-
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J551.482 C

Rivers
Chambers, Catherine, 1954-
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J574.52632 C

Rivers and streams
Martin, Patricia A. Fink, 1955-
YOUTH NON-FICTION--LOWER LEVEL J574.526323 M


Internet Search Tools and On-Line Reference Sources

Ask Jeeves for Kids Type in the name of your land form and click on "Ask!"

Discovering Science Type in the topic you are looking for and hit "search". (This is part of the Galenet databases and may be accessed remotely by Plymouth residents. Use link off the home page to do this.)

Kids Click! This is the link to both general information on the land forms as well as specific topics such as volcanoes, mountains, rivers etc.

CultureGrams Experience the cultures of 182 countries and territories. Also included is information on our 50 states.
(Use this link only inside library. Click on "Databases" on Library home page for remote access.)

 


Resources on the World Wide Web

An Introduction to Coral Reefs

Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker: You Try It--Plate Tectonics

Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page

Virtual Field Trips - Department of Geography/Geology, University of Wisconsin -- Stevens Point.

Volcanoes Field Trip

Wetlands and Riparian Zones Field Trip

World Atlas

Biomes - from about.com - Learn about the various types of biomes.

Geography Home Page - Geography resources from About.Com.

Landforms - Face of the Earth

Landforms and Bodies of Water - An Illustrated Glossary

Volcano World "The world's premier source of volcano info".

DesertUSA - Discusses the desert environment and factors involved in creating a desert.

The Desert Biome - Lists the hot deserts of the world and facts about them.

Deserts: Geology and Resources From the U.S.G.S.

American Rivers

America's Roof - U.S. Highpoints Guide for each state.

Habitats and Landforms - Research and informational sites provided by the Educational Technology Center at Kennasaw State University.

Map Wizard - From the USGS, plot maps, view earthshots, learn to read topographical maps and more.

National Geographic home page - Has a search option on its page.

National Geographic's Map Machine - Find several different kinds of maps online.

Earth Science -Volcanoes, from the Internet Public Library - Information generally on volcanoes and links to individual volcanoes

Earth Science - Oceans, Lakes & Rivers, from the Internet Public Library - Links on the Amazon River, Pacific Ocean , The River Wild and more.

Geography World - Links to volcanoes, Ecosystems, Land, Water and Erosion and much more.

CIA World Fact Book 2007 - Current information on countries.

The World' Biomes - Introduction to the major biomes on Earth.

 

updated October 17, 2007