Human Geography

To find additional reference items

1. Search the Library Catalogue
2. Select advanced keyword search
3. Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
   
   human geography AND dictionar**
   
   geograph** AND encycloped**
   
   census AND map**
   
   
4. To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
   
   e.g. geograph** will retrieve geography, geographic, geographical

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Human Geography books and more

Search the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, maps, atlases, CDs

If you know the exact title

1. Select title search
2. Type in the exact title
3. Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection

If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area

1. Select advanced keyword search
2. Type in keywords from your topic
3. Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
   
   e.g. Illawarra AND statistics
   
   
4. To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
   
   e.g. geograph** will retrieve geography, geographic, geographical

Catalogue search tips:

• Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. Illawarra AND statistics AND demographic
  OR
  Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location
• Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
• Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location

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Human Geography journal articles and census data

Search a database to find journal articles, newspaper articles, book chapters, conference papers, research reports and census data

Try these first

Complete list of Science databases

Found a useful reference?

Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database.

Database search tips:

• Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
• Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
• To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
  
  e.g. indigenous AND land use
  
  
• To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
  
  e.g. indigenous OR aborigine OR aboriginal
  
  
• Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword
  
  e.g. aborigin* retrieves aborigine, aborigines, aboriginal
  
  
• Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
• Use library database tips or the database help screens for tips on how to search

More information: Finding Journal Articles Tutorial

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Human Geography Internet sites

It is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web.

Environmental Audit Tools

• Australian Conservation Foundation Greenhome calculator
• Australian Greenhouse Office
  • Emmissions Calculator
  • Energy Audit Tools
  • Greenhouse Challenge Plus
  • Tips for reducing greenhouse gas emmisions
• Climate Friendly calculator
• Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis (University of Sydney)

Search engines

Search engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database.

Try these first:

• Scirus - scientific search engine
• Google Scholar
• Other search engines and directories

Directories

Directories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines.

WWW Virtual Library

UOW sites

• School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Last reviewed: 28 July, 2007