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Welcome to Human Geography

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Over the past decade, Human Geography has been one of the most popular majors at the USMA, and just in the last 5 years about 150 human geographers have graduated and are now working around the world. This is a social science major just like political science, economics, psychology, or sociology. Geographers want to research and answer questions about the world we live in. A lot of regional geography courses are offered, so it's a great major for anyone interested in learning more about our world, global cultures and international issues. This major prepares cadets well for careers in any international field, such as the foreign service, international business, non-governmental organizations, or a full career in the Army.

Databases

JSTOR (includes Books on JSTOR) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals and books in a wide range of disciplines.
User's Guide: https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/360000063528-An-Introduction-to-Searching-on-JSTOR
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journal collection providing full text access to current and archived content from over 500 titles. USMA Library Subscribes to a limited number of books through Project Muse. If you find a title of interest, please search for it in SCOUT.
EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a wide range of databases, many with full text. Chose to search one database or search all.

Websites

American Anthropological Association
- Founded in 1902, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) is the world's largest organization of individuals interested in anthropology. The AAA today reflects the growing diversity of the discipline, and in Richard B. Woodbury's words, ". . . has remained the central society for the discipline, addressing with considerable success its increasingly varied interests and speaking for anthropology to other fields, the federal and state governments, and the public."
Digital Commons Network
Dimensions: Human Geography
- Dimensions covers millions of research publications connected by more than 1.8 billion citations, supporting grants, datasets, clinical trials, patents and policy documents.
DOAJ: Geography, Anthropology, and Recreation
- DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone.
Geodiode - The Ultimate Resource for World Climate and Biomes
- Geodiode on Youtube
Institution for Economics and Peace
- The IEP creates research, which is used extensively by governments, academic institutions, think tanks, non‑governmental organisations and by intergovernmental institutions such as the OECD, The Commonwealth Secretariat, the World Bank and the United Nations.
National Geographic Society
- The National Geographic Society has been inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888. It is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, and the promotion of environmental and historical conservation.
Royal Geographic Society
- The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is the UK's learned society and professional body for geography, founded in 1830. The Society is a world leader in advancing geography and supporting its practitioners in the UK and across the world.
United Nations - One place where the world's nations can gather together, discuss common problems and find shared solutions.
- Global Issues
  - As the world’s only truly universal global organization, the United Nations has become the foremost forum to address issues that transcend national boundaries and cannot be resolved by any one country acting alone.
- Sustainable Development Goals
  - provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.

Government Documents

H.R. 3973, to facilitate the development of energy on Indian lands by reducing federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands by Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives
Call Number: Electronic Resource
Publication Date: 2013
A legislative review of a bill resulting from intensive consultation with tribes across the country that are involved in energy exploration, development, and production, containing measures that tribes requested of the Committee, rooted in the principle of increasing Native Americans’ control over their lands’ resources.

Articles

Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Military Geographical Perspective
Military operations are shaped by the characteristics of the military operating environment. Consequently, the scale, tempo, and complexity of any type of military endeavor are linked to the physical and cultural landscapes of the region in which it is conducted. Military geographers use geographical information, tools, and techniques to examine those links. Iraq's operating environment is studied to identify the relevant components of its physi- cal and human geography. This military geographical examination of Iraq tells us a great deal about how the physical and cultural environment have influenced the war, as well as how the complexity of its human landscape continues to affect the postwar rebuilding of the country.