1604 - Geography

UQ ERA rating in 2012: 4

UQ ERA rating in 2010: 4

Preamble

The University of Queensland (UQ) Library is committed to supporting the University's research, and teaching and learning agenda. UQ librarians maintain subject assessments based on the Commonwealth Government Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative's Field of Research codes. The assessments reflect current trends at UQ, and respond to changes in direction through regular updating.

Purpose of the collection

UQ Library's collection in this area supports the teaching and research activities of staff and students in the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management; the Queensland Centre for Population Research (QCPR) and the Centre for Spatial Environmental Research (CSER). The School and Centres are part of the Faculty of Science.

Description of the collection

The Library's collection may be searched via the Web.

The Library holds print and electronic book titles in the area. Experienced librarians develop the collection, and welcome input from academic staff. Relevant print collections are grouped under these classification numbers: G, HC. The following specialist book collections are available:

Springerlink Ebook Collection
Sage Collection

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Many are available in electronic format. 85% of titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ are:

Antipode: a radical journal of geography
Australasian Journal of Regional Studies
Australian Geographer
Cities
Conservation and Society
European Urban and Regional Studies
Gender, Place and Culture: a journal of feminist geography
Geographical Research
Geographical Review
Geopolitics
Habitat International
Journal of Rural
Political Geography
Progress in Human Geography: an international review of geographical work in the social sciences and humanities
Regional Studies
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Urban Affairs Review

UQ Library offers online databases in this subject area. These include:

eBimap
Geobase
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Province database
Ozestuaries database
Reef
SciVerse
Scopus
Statistics (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Streamline: Australia's natural resources database
Urbadoc

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected or excluded

Material in English is a priority except for early works and research material.

2. Geographical areas collected or excluded

No geographical area is excluded. Works relating to Australia and its geographic region should be a priority. Other areas of importance include the Antarctic, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

3. Chronological periods collected or excluded

No chronological period is excluded.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

Both print and electronic material are collected.

5. Publication dates

No publication dates are excluded although priority is given to recent and current material.

6. Special considerations

Nil.