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Urban Geography 
http://www.bellpub.com/ug/
Urban Geography is an academic journal published by Bellwether Publishing. The journal appears eight times per year and aims to publish research articles by geographers and other social scientists that relate to the geography of urban areas. Subjects covered include urban form and function, urban planning and policy, urban renewal, and urban economics. The site includes editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors and book reviewers, subscription and order enquiries, and tables of contents and abstracts.
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Eurasian Geography and Economics
http://www.bellpub.com/psge/
Eurasian Geography and Economics (formerly Post-Soviet Geography and Economics) is an academic journal published by Bellwether since 1960. The journal appears six times a year (eight times until 2005) and aims to publish research articles that relate to geographic and economic issues surrounding the republics of the former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and the socialist countries of Asia. The site includes editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors and book reviewers, subscription and order enquiries, and tables of contents for a selection of previous issues.
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Geography of Transport Systems, The
http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/
This online initiative aims to provide access to information and educational material related to transport geography. Like its forerunner 'Transport Geography on the Web' , it has been developed by a group of academic geographers from the US and Canada. Its "purpose is to provide free and coherent pedagogical material to educators, researchers, students, and individual learners." There are strict conditions of use, and the material can be "freely used for personal or classroom use only". Content of the site is arranged within nine chapters, and includes a variety of resources such as articles, maps, figures, exercises, GIS-T datasets and MS PowerPoint presentations. Content within the site also relates to economic, urban and regional geography. It is published as an e-book by Routledge, 2006. The website includes a related links section and a Transport Geography glossary.
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Gender, Place and Culture: a journal of feminist geography
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0966369X.asp
This journal, published six times a year by Taylor and Francis, aims to provide a forum for debate in human geography and related disciplines on research concerned with gender issues. Key areas of interest include: geographical variations in gender divisions, gender relations and structures of oppression; the socio-cultural construction and the cultural politics of gender; the intersections between gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, class, age and other social divisions in relation to space, place and nature. In addition to full length articles, the journal's "Viewpoints" section aims to be a forum for debate through commentaries, discussions and other shorter pieces. Submissions are peer reviewed before inclusion in the journal. The site provides tables of contents and abstracts information. Full text articles are available online to users whose institutions have a subscription.
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Economic-geography mailing list archive
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/economic-geography.html
The economic-geography mailing list was set up to " ... encourage discussion among members of the economic geography research community and for the rapid dissemination of information about the activities of research groups". The list was created in October 1997. The site offers users the opportunity to browse and search the archive by date or subject.
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Journal of Economic Geography
http://joeg.oxfordjournals.org/
The Journal of Economic Geography is an academic journal that is published by Oxford University Press and available through Oxford Journals website. The journal is published quarterly and aims " ... to redefine and reinvigorate the intersection between economics and geography ..." It is possible to read the table of contents and abstracts online as well as subscribe to the mailing list which acts as a current awareness service informing subscribers of new journal contents as they appear. Full text articles are available in PDF format on a subscription basis.
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Aether : journal of media geography
http://geogdata.csun.edu/~aether/
'Aether: journal of media geography' is a full-text online ejournal, published by California State University. At December 2008 there are three volumes online, containing articles such as: 'Playing the world: computer game, cartography, and spatial stories'; and 'Place, Placelessness, Insideness, and Outsideness in John Sayles' Sunshine State'. Volume Two was a special issue on 'the utopian and dystopian representations of digital landscapes', with a special focus on videogames. Articles are offered individually in PDF format, with copying and pasting functions disabled. The online contents page of each issue contains only the main section of each title, and not its subtitle - this makes it initially difficult to determine which article is likely to be of interest. The Aether website also contains the details one would expect to find for an academic journal, including details of the editors and editorial board, submission guidelines, and details of the Aether mailing list.
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Geography Discipline Network (GDN)
http://resources.glos.ac.uk/ceal/gdn/index.cfm
Based at the University of Gloucestershire, the Geography Discipline Network has undertaken a number of projects relating to teaching and learning in geography. Full text publications are available from the Network's website for their projects: Greener by Degrees: Exploring Sustainability Through Higher Education Curricula; Engaging Students in Active Learning: Case Studies in Geography, Environment, and Related Disciplines; Inclusive Curriculum Project; Disability Guides: Learning Support for Disabled Students Undertaking Fieldwork and Related Activities; DfEE Guide: Key Skills in Geography in Higher Education; and FDTL Guides: Good Teaching, Learning and Assessment Practices in Geography.
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Knowledges, culture and space : Human geography research theme at the University of Hull
http://www.hull.ac.uk/geog/research/knowledges.htm
This website provides information about a research group based within the Department of Geography, University of Hull. The Group's work "centres upon our shared interest in the production of geographical knowledges especially those of science and scientific practice, the spatial contexts underpinning these processes, and the social worlds that are constructed as a result." Key themes include: social and culture construction of knowledge in diverse geographic contexts; psychoanalysis, social exclusion and spatial practice; heritage, memory and place promotion; material cultures and ethics of consumption; and economic restructuring, labour markets and community economic development. The site lists the Group members, and provides detailed information about recent research projects.
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Progress in Human Geography
http://phg.sagepub.com/
Progress in Human Geography is an academic journal published by Sage Publications. The journal appears bimonthly and aims to publish articles that provide a critical appraisal of geographical work in the social sciences and humanities. Areas of human geography covered include social, economic, political and cultural. The site includes editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors, subscription and order enquiries, and a link to the Ingenta online journals service that provides tables of contents for the current and previous issues. Abstracts and full-text articles are available for a limited number of issues to users whose institutions subscribe to the journal.
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Economic Geography
http://www.clarku.edu/econgeography/
Economic Geography is an academic journal published quarterly by Clark University, USA. The journal aims to publish articles that deepen the understanding of significant economic geography issues around the world. The site includes editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors, subscription and order enquiries, and a link to tables of contents and abstracts for the current and previous issues.
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Political Geography
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30465/description
Political Geography is an inter-disciplinary academic journal published by Elsevier Science. The journal is issued eight times per year and aims to publish articles that focus on: traditional topics of political geography; quantitative and positivist studies; post-structuralist analyses of geopolitics; issues arising from alternative theories of the state. The website provides editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors, subscription and order enquiries, sample issues, and tables of contents. Full text articles are available through the Science Direct service to users whose institutions subscribe to the journal.
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Journal of Geography in Higher Education
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03098265.asp
The Journal of Geography in higher education is published by Carfax and can be found on the Taylor and Francis Journals website. The journal is issued three times per year and aims to provide a place where "... geographers and others, regardless of their specialisms, to discuss common educational interests, to present the results of educational research, and to advocate new ideas". As well as peer reviewed research articles the journal also features reviews of books and details of forthcoming conferences in the field. The website provides editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors, subscription and order enquiries, tables of contents and a link to SARA the Scholarly Articles Research Alerting service. Abstracts and full-text articles are available for a limited number of issues to users whose institutions subscribe to the journal. Individual articles may also be purchased separately.
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Urban Geography
http://www.bellpub.com/ug/
Urban Geography is an academic journal published by Bellwether. The journal appears eight times per year and aims to publish research articles by geographers and other social scientists that relate to the geography of urban areas. Subjects covered include urban form and function, urban planning and policy, urban renewal, and urban economics. The site includes editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors and book reviewers, subscription and order enquiries, and tables of contents for a selection of previous issues.
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Eurasian Geography and Economics
http://www.bellpub.com/psge/
Eurasian Geography and Economics (formerly Post-Soviet Geography and Economics) is an academic journal published by Bellwether since 1960. The journal appears six times a year (eight times until 2005) and aims to publish research articles that relate to geographic and economic issues surrounding the republics of the former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and the socialist countries of Asia. The site includes editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors and book reviewers, subscription and order enquiries, and tables of contents for a selection of previous issues.
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Journal of Historical Geography
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622880/description
The Journal of Historical Geography is published by Academic Press under the ownership of Elsevier Science. The journal is issued quarterly and aims to publish articles that relate to all areas of historical geography. As well as research articles the journal also features reviews of books. The website provides editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors, subscription and order enquiries, and tables of contents for the current and back issues. Abstracts and full-text articles are available for a limited number of issues to users whose institutions subscribe to the journal.
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Applied Geography
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30390/description
Applied Geography is an academic journal published by Elsevier Science. The journal is issued quarterly and aims to publish articles that utilise " ... geographical theory and methodology to resolve those human problems that have a geographical dimension". The website provides editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors, subscription and order enquiries, sample issues, and tables of contents. Full text articles are available through the Science Direct service for a limited number of issues to users whose institutions subscribe to the journal.
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Geology and geography (Asia)
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0856733.html
Part of the infoplease.com online encyclopaedia, this page provides a concise yet detailed introduction to the geology and geography of Asia. Information about major rivers draining continental basins is given, in addition to descriptions of major physiographic features. There are links to other parts of the article including boundaries; history; and population, culture and economy.
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Geography of Transport Systems
http://www.people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/
This site details a project developed by a group of transport geographers. 'Its purpose is to provide free and coherent educational material to educators, researchers, students, and individual learners. It was specifically designed to support undergraduate courses in transport geography with a variety of media elements...'. The site includes online chapters covering several fields of transport geography which include: transport, modes, systems, networks, socio-economic impacts, planning and policies. The site also has a glossary of transport geography.
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Fundamentals of physical geography
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/contents.html
This is an online textbook created by Dr Michael J. Pidwirny from the Department of Geography, at University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada. This second edition "contains over three hundred pages of information and more than four hundred 2-D illustrations, photographs and animated graphics organised into ten chapters". The book is divided into chapters providing; an introduction to physical geography, maps, remote sensing and GIS; the science of physical geography; introduction to systems theory; the universe, Earth, natural spheres, and Gaia; energy and matter; an introduction to the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere. In addition there is a search facility, links to related sites and a glossary.
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Global environmental systems : geography 204 : spring 2008
http://www.sonoma.edu/users/f/freidel/physical/
This Web page provides details of a physical geography course created by Dr Dorothy E. Freidel, of the Department of Geography, at the Sonoma State University. The course covers many aspects of global environmental systems including atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and the relationship between these spheres. "The goal of the course is to gain a deeper understanding of how these systems work and how they are so intimately connected in the earth's natural environment as a whole". The site provides links to exercises, study guides, Web resources and lecture notes.
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ESGS Newsletters : Ethnic Geography Specialty Group
http://www.unl.edu/geography/ethnic/newsletter.htm
This is web page offers access to the full-text of Ethnic Geography Specialty Group's newsletter, a speciality group of the Association of American Geographers. A number of issues are displayed, each of which contain articles, reviews and reports of the group. The volumes of this newsletter are provided in PDF format (which require the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view).
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Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter : the Profession of Geography : GEO 466/566
http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo466/topics/humboldt.html
This lecture forms part of GEO 466/566: The Profession of Geography provided by Jon T. Kilpinen an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Meteorology, Valparaiso University. This particular lecture is concerned with prominent individuals that mark the end of geography's ancient period and the beginning of modern geography, namely Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter.
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Medical geography
http://health-geomatics.co.nr/pg1_1.htm
This web page created by MIM Centre, School of Informatics, City University, London, defines medical geography, disease diffusion (spread), the geography of disease, the "time" dimension, mapping versus analysis and also provides a list of key websites this branch of human geography.
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Fieldwork in Geography : the Profession of Geography : GEO 466/566
http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo466/topics/fieldwrk.html
This lecture forms part of GEO 466/566: The Profession of Geography provided by Jon T. Kilpinen an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Meteorology, Valparaiso University. This particular lecture is concerned with the fundamental importance of fieldwork as a means of observation in geography.
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