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Research Quick Start: Geography

For more resources, see the Find Books, Find Journal Articles, Find Spatial Data, or Find Maps pages.

ProQuest
Multi-disciplinary index of general and scholarly titles for arts, business, humanities, social sciences, science and newspaper resources--many with full-text.
A to Z Maps Online
Over 145,000 world, continent, country, and state maps including political maps, physical maps, and thematic maps on population, weather, trees, etc.
GeoData.gov
"Geospatial One-Stop" U.S. Maps and Data Hosts U.S. federal, state, and local geographic maps and data.
Homer
USC Library's catalog of books.
USC Spatial Science Program
Spatial Science Program and GIS lab at USC

Research Assistance

Geography Librarian
Email the geography librarian, Katharin Peter (kpeter@usc.edu), to request an appointment.
Doheny Library Reference Desk Hours
Visit or call the Doheny Library Reference Desk to speak with a USC librarian directly: (213) 740-4039. Click link (above) for today's hours.
Ask-A-Librarian
See options for contacting a librarian in-person or by phone, email or 24/7 chat.

Featured Database: SimplyMap

Use the SimplyMap database to quickly create thematic maps and reports/tables using extensive demographic, social, business and marketing data (USC users only).

You can log-in to a temporary workspace or "create a personal workspace" to save your map. Log in and launch the Report Wizard or Map Wizard to get started.