Geography & Environmental Studies

Collection overview

All areas of Geography and Environmental Science

Collection strengths include:

Cartography
Economic geography
Historical geography
Human geography
Political geography
Regional geography
Town planning
Urban geography
Atlases and Gazetteers

The Rapid Reference section can be found adjacent to the Geography collection – this includes abstracts, dictionaries and encylopedias

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Collection location

Most books are located on the 7th floor
All items available on open access will display the location GEOGRAPHY, with the classmark prefix 53 eg GEOGRAPHY 7th Floor (53) KWL Ind
Large books are shelved in a separate sequence - indicated by the prefix ‘f’ or ‘folio’, before the location code
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Periodicals Room 4th floor . For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page
Older issues of print journals are held in the Library's Offsite Store - these can be requested and will be available one or two working days after request.
Some items are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request stack items through the online catalogue
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Related collections

Area collections of Latin American Studies, United States Studies and Commonwealth Studies
Economics collection - regional planning, population, land use and transport
History collection
History of Science collection
Map collection
Sociology collection - towns
Special Collections – Bromhead Library – London topography
Statistics collection – census material and population statistics
Dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference works in the Information Centre, 4th floor

Classmarks for Geography and Environmental Studies

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 53 eg GEOGRAPHY 7th Floor (53) KWL Ind

Cartography: DQL

Economic geography: KTB

Economic geology: DO

Environmental perception: KTY

Geography (general): DQ

Geology (general): DG

Geomorphology: DR

Historical geology: DI-DJ

Human geography: KT

Meteorology: DS

Oceanography: DRS

Petrology: DN

Physical geography: DR

Physical geology: DH

Regional geography: KU-KY

Regional geology: DL-DM

Town planning: UGA

Urban geography: KTX

For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.

Other libraries

For more information about Geography holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk.