{"id":80,"date":"2015-01-29T23:27:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T23:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.csusm.edu\/calm\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2017-06-15T15:46:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T22:46:34","slug":"geography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/microsites.csusm.edu\/calm\/social-sciences\/geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"contentleft\">\n<div id=\"leftboxes\">\n<div id=\"wrapbox16196722\">\n<div id=\"16196722\" class=\"roundbox outerbox\">\n<div id=\"16291406\" class=\"roundbox outerbox\">\n<div id=\"rightboxes\">\n<div id=\"wrapbox16522426\">\n<div id=\"16522426\" class=\"roundbox outerbox\">\n<div id=\"contentleft\">\n<div id=\"leftboxes\">\n<div id=\"wrapbox16050232\">\n<div id=\"16050232\" class=\"roundbox outerbox\">\n<div id=\"title16050232\" class=\"roundbox headerbox\">\n<h2>[under construction]<\/h2>\n<h2>Open Textbooks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=335\">World Regional Geography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=78\">World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"link19273364\">Ebooks in the Library<\/h2>\n<p>Search for ebooks with Geography related keywords (e.g. minority groups, socioeconomic status, discrimination):<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content16050232\" class=\"roundbox innerbox innerbox_3\">\n<div id=\"boxatt16050232\" class=\"boxatt\">\n<div class=\"itemlist\">\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/biblio.csusm.edu\">University Library homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Choose \u201cBooks &amp; More\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Enter keywords and search<\/li>\n<li>Limit by &#8220;Full Text Online&#8221; and &#8220;Books&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of our ebooks have multi-user access which means students can access the book simultaneously from different computers.<\/p>\n<h2>Media in the Library<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Put DVDs and other media items on reserve, or use our &#8220;Video on Demand&#8221; service so students can watch online through your Cougar Courses. Complete the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biblio.csusm.edu\/external\/course-reserves\/media-reserve-requests\">Media Faculty Request Form<\/a><\/strong> as soon as you know what films you&#8217;re using for your classes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/biblio.csusm.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Library homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Choose &#8220;Books &amp; More as your search option<\/li>\n<li>Enter keywords and search<\/li>\n<li>Limit by &#8220;Media&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Need more multimedia clips? Try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\">TED Talks<\/a>, or add &#8220;Creative Commons&#8221; to your Google searches to find results that are specifically labeled for re-use.<\/p>\n<div id=\"title14692375\" class=\"roundbox headerbox\">\n<h2>Free Textbooks<\/h2>\n<p>Search for Ethnic Studies related keywords in the following resources:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content14692375\" class=\"roundbox innerbox innerbox_3\">\n<div id=\"boxatt14692375\" class=\"boxatt\">\n<div class=\"itemlist\">\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Visit Affordable Learning Solutions\" href=\"http:\/\/als.csuprojects.org\/free-etextbooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CSU Affordable Learning Solutions<\/a> (can also search by ISBN)<\/li>\n<li id=\"link17549146\"><a href=\"http:\/\/publishing.cdlib.org\/ucpressebooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of California E-books Collection 1982-2004<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/merlot\/index.htm\">Merlot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"link_19407853\" href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegeopentextbooks.org\/\">College Open Source Textbooks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\">Project Gutenberg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"boxatt16196722\" class=\"boxatt\">\n<div class=\"itemlist\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"link19177169\"><a id=\"link_19177169\" href=\"http:\/\/catalog.flatworldknowledge.com\/catalog\/editions\/berglee-world-regional-geography-people-places-and-globalization-1-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Regional Geography: People, Places, and Globalization<\/a>\n<div class=\"linkdesc\">Available for a nominal cost from Flat World Knowledge, this text is designed for students to experience and study as much of the world as possible within a limited amount of time.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Journal Articles<\/h2>\n<div id=\"title14198084\" class=\"roundbox headerbox\">\n<p>Articles from our <a href=\"http:\/\/biblio.csusm.edu\/research_portal\/databases\/guides\/ethnic-studies-databases\">Ethnic Studies databases<\/a> can be great for required or supplemental readings.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Just be sure to direct students to the article by the permalink (or static URL) rather than posting the PDF directly in your Cougar Course<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This will ensure two things 1) that we are complying with copyright and publisher restrictions, and 2) that our journal usage is counted (this allows us to justify maintaining our subscriptions.) Please <a href=\"mailto:mchu@csusm.edu\">ask Melanie<\/a> if you are unsure of how to find the permalink.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/lgimages.s3.amazonaws.com\/data\/imagemanager\/14322\/world-map-2004-cia-factbook-large-1.7m-whitespace-removed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Open Courseware<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"link_19177282\" href=\"http:\/\/open.ems.psu.edu\/courseware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Courses from Penn State<br \/>\n<\/a>The Department of Geography at Penn State offers a variety of course material online in several subject areas.<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"link_19177363\" href=\"http:\/\/ocw.tufts.edu\/Course\/74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GIS Tutorial Collection<\/a>\n<div class=\"linkdesc\">From Tufts University, this course provides a basic set of tutorials for understanding how to use geographic and tabular data to visualize a community.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"link_19257640\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/courses\/geog101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Regional Geography<\/a>\n<div class=\"linkdesc\">World Regional Geography is concerned with the physical and human characteristics that make the regions of our world distinctive.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"linkdesc\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/find-by-topic\/\">MIT Open Courseware<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkdesc\">MIT Open Courseware offers an extensive series of online courses. Search for Geography related lecture videos, assignments, exams, and more.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"linkdesc\"><a id=\"link_16982479\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kahn Academy<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkdesc\">Use the keyword search function to discover the variety of materials on Geography.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"linkdesc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oercommons.org\/oer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OER Commons<br \/>\n<\/a>Searchable by discipline and academic level. Search for Geography and related keywords for instructional materials, texts, images, videos, primary sources, and more.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"contentcenter\">\n<div id=\"centerboxes\">\n<div id=\"wrapbox14692511\">\n<div id=\"14692511\" class=\"roundbox outerbox\">\n<div id=\"title14692511\" class=\"roundbox headerbox\">\n<h2>And more&#8230;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content14692511\" class=\"roundbox innerbox innerbox_3\">\n<div id=\"boxatt14692511\" class=\"boxatt\">\n<div class=\"itemlist\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"link17653349\"><a id=\"link_17653349\" href=\"http:\/\/rs6.loc.gov\/ammem\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Internet for Geography<\/a>\n<div class=\"linkdesc\">This online tutorial was created to develop students&#8217; internet research skills, with specific reference to geographical information and topics. The tutorial contains a wide range of useful links to online learning materials, textbooks, multimedia, maps, digital data sets and more.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"boxatt16291406\" class=\"boxatt\">\n<div class=\"itemlist\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"link19273364\"><a id=\"link_19273364\" href=\"http:\/\/lib.stanford.edu\/GIS\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stanford Geospatial Center<\/a>\n<div class=\"linkdesc\">The Stanford Geospatial Center has gathered a series of websites that offer GIS Data to download for free. The data is classified per geographic extent and grouped by theme for each extent.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/publications.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Census<\/a><br \/>\nIn addition to lots of raw data, the Census provides in-depth PDF reports on different ethnic groups and related topics, like voting registration, socioeconomic status, education levels, and more.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div id=\"link_17870926\" class=\"linkdesc\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldimages.sjsu.edu\/\">World Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"rightboxes\" class=\"linkdesc\">\n<p>The World Images database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project and contains approximately 100,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. 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