Useful web sites for Geography
Associations & Societies
Association of American Geographers
Association for Geographic Information
British Society for Geomorphology
Canadian Association of Geographers
Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Gateways
About.com - Geography A resource guide for geography resources on the Internet, links are well-annotated, and divided into categories, such as articles, case studies, research, and Internet. The site is somewhat US biased, but there are still many good resources.
BUBL Information service Catalogue of selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas. Try searching in the: subject menu, A-Z menu or the Dewey menu 900's.
Eldis A gateway to development information.
Geo Information Gateway for geography, geology and the environment.
Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology An information resource for geography and the environment, contains useful links to National and International resources in the social sciences. The catalogue currently contains Internet resources covering five subject areas: the environment, general geography and environmental science, geographical techniques and approaches, human geography and physical geography. Also hosts online tutorials to get you started on the web, try the Internet for the Geographer.
Yahoo - Geography This site is a major gateway for many geographical and related topics and is well worth a browse. Some of the key areas you will find are biogeography and human geography.
General
Citing Maps Part of the Ohio Wesleyan University site, a useful guide to citing maps either from books or the web.
Earth Summit 2002 Information about the 2002 Earth Summit and lots of related resources.
Geography Arena Resources for academics, researchers and students including conference papers and journal resources.
Global population distribution The Canadian global emissions inventory centre's 1990 global population datasets covering 209 countries. Authored by Yi-Fan Li.
Information on Sustainable Development Provides information on a range of topics and links including the UK government's Sustainable Development website which outlines national SD policy, Includes news items about SD developments in the UK as well as information about the development of the UK's sustainability indicator sets.
International Geographical Union IGU aims to promote the study of geographical problems and to initiate and coordinate geographical research requiring international cooperation promoting scientific discussion and publication.
Open University Free resource material from the Open University openlearn website
Social & Cultural Geography Research Group
The Worldbank The world bank group (also known as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. Links to World Development Reports from 1992 onwards.
Primary & Secondary Resources
The Geographical Association Dedicated to promoting the development of geography as a subject by providing information and resources for both teachers and students.
The Geography Exchange The Geography Exchange contains an ever growing selection of 'in house' web pages covering aspects of physical geography, all created by qualified teachers. In addition there are over 700 carefully selected and annotated links to other World Wide Web geographical resources, all of which have been visited by qualified teachers to ensure that they are accurate and informative, appropriate, and easy of use.
Geography Pages Key stage 3, GCSE and AS/A2 resources for UK based teachers.
Geonet Formerly Dave Wakefield's Geography pages. Set up to be the definitive Web site for geography teachers and students. Aimed at key stages 1 - 4
Geo Resources A web site committed to providing free resources and good quality links organised by age group for geography teachers. Includes case studies, virtual field work tours, maps and weather data.
The Globe Programme International Environmental education using the internet.
ICT Teachers Geography Part of the ICT Teachers web site providing online support and resources for teachers.
National Curriculum in Action - Geography Uses pupils work and case study material as examples of standards and activities.
Virtual Teacher Centre - Geography Information to support the teaching of geography via a list of links to recommended web sites.
For an eLearning tutorial that teaches critical evaluation of information found on the Internet then try the Internet Detective website. The website also includes sections on copyright matters, plagiarism and citation/referencing.
Print
Mobile site