Research Guides for Selected Areas in the Social Sciences prepared by Emma C. Gibson Reference Librarian

The following links provide an overview of the major resources available at Cal Poly Pomona University Library.Research Resources in Geography

Included are major reference resources, the primary indexes/abstracts for the discipline, periodicals (both current and inactive) owned by this library, instructions on using the Library Catalog to find books and periodicals, style manuals, term paper guides, and relevant services offered by the library to help you with your research. Also included are links to web sites which are useful for doing research in specific areas.

It is important to remind ourselves that research is more than just a list of resources, web pages, and references. It is a process. To save yourself a lot of unnecessary effort and time, start by familiarizing yourself with the concepts discussed in various links in the Writing that Term Paper section. These concepts will help you to use your time and resources more efficiently.