MERLIN CATALOG is the MU's catalog of books, journals, dissertations, maps, etc.
Do a Keyword, Author or a Subject Search to search for information.
Keyword Search: Type keywords that describe your topic into the search box.
EXAMPLE: "rural poverty" and migration
Subject Search: Use the Subject Search to search for names, events, concepts, etc.
EXAMPLE: Geographic Information Systems
Why use Google Books?
Google Books searches the full-text of books. It is great for narrow topics because it lets you search within the text of books--you can see the table of contents, index or a portion of the contents of the book. You can then locate the book in a nearby library.
International catalog containing over 95 million records of books and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Titles unavailable elsewhere can be requested here.
The call number ranges below are mostly on the 3rd Floor East of Ellis Library. Reference books (dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.) are on the 1st Floor.
| G1-922 | Geography (general) |
| G65-69 | Geographers |
| G80-99 | History of Geography |
| G100.5-108.5 | Toponomy, including gazetteers |
| G140 | Great cities of the world |
| G 141 | Historical Geography |
| G154.9-550 | Travel, discoveries, voyages, etc |
| G575-890 | Arctic and Antarctic Regions |
| G905-910 | Tropics |
| G912-922 | Northern and Southern Hemispheres |
| G1000-3122 | Atlases |
| G1000-1000.5 | Atlases of moon, planets, etc |
| G1001-1046 | World and Earth Atlases |
| G1100-1779 |
Western Hemisphere |
| G1780-2700 |
Eastern Hemisphere |
| G2800-3064 |
Oceans |
| G3100-3102 | Antarctica |
| G3180-9980 | Maps |
| G3200-3202 | World, Earth |
| G3210-3272 | Hemispheres, Tropics, Polar regions, etc |
| G3300-5184 | North America |
| G5200-5667 | South America |
| G5670-8904 | Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Africa, etc. |
| G8950-9084 |
Australasia |
| G9095-9794 | Oceans |
| G9800-9804 |
Antarctica |
| G9900-9980 | Unlocalized Maps |