Geography, Planning and Environment Research Guide
Subject Librarian
Alex Guindon
Webster Library LB 285-7
848-2424 ext.7754
Alex.Guindon@concordia.ca
Contact your subject librarian for reference assistance, for library instruction, or to recommend books.
Library Workshops
ENVS 663
GEOG 206
GEOG 260
GEOG 361
GEOG 491
GEOL 440
HENV 615
URBS 380
Library Sources
Subject Databases
Major multidisciplinary database:
Geobase
Databases recommended by field of study are accessible via the Concordia Libraries Database Finder:
Reference Sources
Print Map Collection
The Concordia University Library print map collection is located near Government Publications, in the Webster Library, 2nd Floor. It is accessible during regular library hours.
For a complete list of the map series in our collection, click here.
Geospatial Data
Geospatial data, also known as GIS data, is available via Concordia
libraries.
To access detailed Canadian geospatial data, produced by DMTI Spatial, click here.
To access geospatial data, produced by the Canadian and Ontario
governments, click here.
Software
Google Earth and ArcGIS (geographic information system software) will soon be installed on 2 Workstations located near the Webster Information Desk.
Web Sites
General
- Data Liberation Initiative
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- Government Sources
- Map History/History of cartography
- Online Maps
- Statistics
- Population
Reference Bureau
Demographics and related information
Environmental science
- EarthTrends
World Resources Institute - FAO Forestry
- UNEP.Net
Thematic and regional information - World Rainforest Information Portal
Urban Planning Web Sites
- Canadian Government Sites
- Quebec Government Sites
- City of Montreal
- Metropolis
Canada
Research on immigration policies and urban diversity - Ontario Sites
- Other Organizations
