GIS and Digital Spatial Data: Reference Resources

Guides

• References for GIS (GIS Lounge)

Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing (Hoehn & Larsgaard)
• ESRI Press Dictionary of GIS Terminology (Kennedy) 2001 (ref G 70.212 E87 2001)
• GIS Dictionary (Association for Geographic Information)
• GIS Dictionary (ESRI)

Directories

• FreeGIS (FreeGIS Project) Lists and provides overviews of freely available geographic information system software.
• Geo Directory of Products and Services (GeoPlace.com) Lists GIS companies by products, data type, and services offered.

Bibliographies

• GIS Bibliography (ESRI Virtual Campus) Includes over 33,000 references to journal, magazine, conference, and report literature.
• GIS Bibliography (Koren) Downloadable bibliography containing 10,000 literature references. Search by author, title, keyword, or language.
• Remote Sensing/GIS and Human Health: A Partial Bibliography (CHAART)
• Spatial Odyssey: GIS Literature Database (University of Maine and the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis) Composed of 2 parts. Part I lists leading GIS journals and databases in which they are indexed. Part II contains a searchable database of articles which have appeared in major GIS conferences from 1991 to the present. Includes the fulltext of some articles.

Indexes

• Geobase (HSU Users Only) Indexes over 5,000 journals and other publications in geography, geology, ecology, and related disciplines, including extensive coverage of GIS literature.
• Many discipline indexes include GIS literature as applied to that discipline. See the list of available databases for appropriate indexes. Most disciplines have at least one index that covers its literature.

Software

• Geo Software: Free Map Viewers & GIS Software (GeoCommunity)
• GIS Viewing Tools You Shouldn't Be Without (GeoCommunity)