This guide is designed especially for GES 679 students at the Universities at Shady Grove. Librarians at UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn library have also created a general guide on Geography and Environmental Systems that you might find useful. If you are having trouble with any aspect of what has been covered in this guide, don't hesitate to contact Eileen Harrington, the Health & Life Sciences librarian, or any of the reference librarians at the Priddy Library.
The Library is sponsoring a workshop series this spring. See the pdf below for the full schedule. Register: go.umd.edu/USGworkshops.
The following books are available for check out from the Priddy Library or other University of Maryland System schools.
Strategic GIS Planning and Management in Local Government by 
Spatial Similarity Relations in Multi-Scale Map Spaces by 
Spatio-Temporal Approaches by 
