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Librarian’s Index to the Internet
The Librarian’s Index to the Internet is a project of the
California Library. This annotated
directory of sites is put together by librarians and is a great place to start
research on
The official website of California contains a wealth of
information on the state and government. Look
under the “Environment and Natural Resources” or “History and Culture”
– “The Land That is
http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp
MAPS AND IMAGES
Images of the California Environment
Use a clickable or flash map of
http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/GeoImages/BainCalif/BainCalif.html
National Atlas of the United States
This site of online interactive maps allows you to create your own map of historic, geologic, climatic or other features by selecting those you want displayed and then zooming in on the region to be mapped. A project of the United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. All maps are in the public domain and may be freely used.
The Environmental Atlas of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “offers an online environmental map collection, links to other important collections, and information to help you understand environmental quality maps, mapping, and environmental information.” The maps can be searched by state or region.
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The following books are available in the LHHS library. They have been pulled from the shelves and placed on a bookcart marked “Heritage California Geography Project”.
Call
#:
ARCHIVE 557.94 Bailey NC
Title:
Geology of Northern California / Edgar
H. Bailey, editor.
Publisher:
San Francisco, Calif. : - California Division of Mines and Geology, -
1966.
Description:
xii, 508 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Subject:
Geology - California, Northern.
Call
#:
ARCHIVE 557.94 Dibblee NC
Author:
Dibblee, T. W.
Title:
Geology of the Central Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County,
California / by T. W.
Dibblee, Jr.
Publisher:
San Francisco, Calif. : - California Division of Mines and Geology, -
1966.
Description:
99 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Subject:
Geology - Santa Ynez Mountains - California.
Note:
Bibliography: p. 90-91.
Call
#:
ARCHIVE 557.949 Sharp NC
Author:
Sharp, Robert P.
Title:
Geology : field
guide to southern California / Robert P. Sharp.
Publisher:
Dubuque, Iowa : - Wm. C. Brown, - c1972.
Description:
x, 181 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Series:
Regional geology series
Subject:
Geology - California, Southern - Guidebooks.
Add.
Author:
Geology: Southern California, field guide.
Note:
Includes index, glossary and a geological time scale.
Note:
Bibliography: p. 171-173.
Call
#:
ARCHIVE 979.4 Breeden NC
Author:
Breeden, Marshall.
Title:
California all of it by
Marshall Breeden.
Publisher:
Los Angeles - Kenmore, - 1925.
Description:
200 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject:
Counties of California
California - Counties of
Call
#:
HERITAGE 910.3 Gudde 3DA
Author:
Gudde, Erwin Gustav, 1889-1969.
Title:
California place names : the
origin and etymology of current geographical
names.
Publisher:
Berkeley : - University of California Press, - 1969.
Description:
[xv], 416 p. : maps (1 col.) ; 27 cm.
Subject:
Names, Geographical - California.
Geog.
Subj.:
California - History, Local.
Note:
"Glossary and bibliography": p. 374-399.
Call
#:
HERITAGE 917.94 Austin G
Author:
Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934.
Title:
The land of little rain / Mary
Austin ; introduction by Edward Abbey.
Publisher:
New York, N.Y. : - Penguin Books, - 1988.
Description:
xiii, 107 p. ; 20 cm.
Series:
Penguin nature library.
Subject:
Natural history - California.
Geog.
Subj.:
California - Description & travel.
Subject:
California - Description and travel (1986-[
]).
Note:
Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1903.
Call
#:
HERITAGE 979.4 Heizer G
Author:
Heizer, Robert Fleming, 1915-
Title:
The natural world of the California Indians / Robert
F. Heizer and Albert B.
Elsasser.
Publisher:
Berkeley : - University of California Press, - c1980.
Description:
271 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Series:
California natural history guides ; - 46.
Subject:
Indians of North America - California.
Add.
Author:
Elsasser, Albert B.,
Note:
Includes index.
Note:
Bibliography: p. 263-264.
Call
#:
HERITAGE REF 912.794 Hornbeck
Author:
Hornbeck, David.
Title:
California patterns : a
geographical and historical atlas / David Hornbeck.
Publisher:
Mountainview, CA : - Mayfield Publishing Co, - 1983.
Description:
117 p : ill. maps, charts,
graphs ; 31 cm.
Subject:
California - Missions.
California. - Statistics.
California. - Maps.
California. - History.
Note:
California pattersn: a geographical and historical atlas traces the
changing
patterns of California's human and physical landscape from geologic
formation to the present day. One
hundred twenty-five new maps take you on
a colorful tour through Spanish missions and Mexican ranchos, teeming
Gold
Rush towns and frontier villages, massive irrigated farmlands of the
Imperial
Valley, and fast-paced metropolitan areas. (cover).
Call
#:
PB 508 Jaeger G
Author:
Jaeger, Edmund C.
Title:
Introduction to the natural history of Southern California / by Edmund C.
Jaeger and Arthur C. Smith ; illustrations by Gene M. Christman.
Publisher:
Berkeley : - University of California Press, - c1966.
Description:
104 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., some col. ; 18 cm.
Subject:
Natural history - Southern California.
Call
#:
PB 582.12 Peterson G
Author:
Peterson, Victor P., 1892-.
Title:
Native trees of southern California / by
P. Victor Peterson. Illustrated by Rita
Whitmore.
Publisher:
Berkeley : - University of California Press, - c1966.
Description:
136 p. : illus., maps (part fold.) 16 col. plates. ; 19 cm.
Series:
California natural history guides ; - 14.
Subject:
Trees - California, Southern.
Note:
Bibliography: p. 131.
Call
#:
REF 582 McMinn REF
Author:
McMinn, Howard, 1891-
Title:
An illustrated manual of California shrubs / by
Howard E. McMinn.
Publisher:
Berkeley : - University of California Press, - 1974, c1939.
Description:
xi, 663 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Shrubs - California.
Note:
Includes index.
Note:
Bibliography: p. 643-647.
Call
#:
REF 912.794 Donley REF
Author:
Donley, Michael W.
Title:
Atlas of California / Michael
W. Donley... [et al.].
Publisher:
Culver City, Calif. : - Pacific Book Center, - 1979.
Description:
v, 191 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 38 cm.
Geog.
Subj.:
California - Maps.
Note:
Includes gazetteer and index.
Contents:
The human imprint.--Economic patterns.--The physical
environment.--Reference.
Call
#:
REF 979.4 All REF
Title:
All about California almanac.
Publisher:
Hartland, Mich. : - Instant Information, - c1994-
Description:
290 p. : 22 cm.
Geog.
Subj.:
California - Periodicals.
Subject:
California - Almanacs.
Note:
Cover title.
Summary:
SRS This book has anything and everything you might want to know about
California.
Call
#:
333.784 Wicinas
Author:
Wicinas, David.
Title:
Native grandeur : preserving
California's vanishing landscapes / by David
Wicinas with Joan Irvine Smith ... [et al.] ; edited by Louisa Hufstader.
Publisher:
San Francisco, Calif. : - Nature Conservancy of California, - c2000.
Description:
136 p. : col. ill., 1 col. map ; 26 x 28 cm.
Corp.
Subj.:
Nature Conservancy of California.
Subject:
Landscape protection - California.
Nature conservation - California.
Geog.
Subj.:
California - In art.
Add.
Author:
Smith, Joan Irvine.
Add.
Author:
Nature Conservancy of California.
Note:
"A publication of the Nature Conservancy of California.".
"The Nature Conservancy of California, 1958-2000" (p. [6]).
Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction: California ...a land apart / - Donn B. Miller -- -
Foreword:
California's living landscapes / - Edward O. Wilson -- - Preface:
reflections on
the Irvine Ranch / - Joan Irvine Smith -- - The south coast -- - The
central coast
-- - The desert -- - The great central valley -- - The Sierra Nevada -- -
Shasta-Cascades -- - The north coast -- - Afterword: California, the
earthly
paradise / - Joan Irvine Smith -- - Landscape painting in California / -
Jean
Stern.
Summary:
A tour of the seven ecological regions of California, illustrated with 87
color
images of these regions as represented in paintings.
Call
#:
549 Brown G
Author:
Brown, Vinson.
Title:
Rocks and minerals of California and their stories.
Publisher:
Naturagraph, - 1955.
Description:
p. ; cm.
Subject:
Petrology -- California
Mineralogy -- California
Call
#:
549.9794 Butler
Author:
Butler, Gail A.
Title:
The rockhound's guide to California / by
Gail A. Butler: consulting editor
W.R.C. Shedenhelm.
Publisher:
Helena, MT : - Falcon Press, - c1995.
Description:
190 p : ill., maps ; 23
cm.
Subject:
Rocks - California - Collection and preservation - Guidebooks.
Minerals. - Montana. - Collection and preservation - Guidebooks.
Fossils. - Montana. - Collection and preservation. - Guidebooks.
California. - Guidebooks.
Call
#:
551.59 Nickelsburg G
Author:
Nickelsburg, Janet.
Title:
California's climates. Illus.
with drawings by Robert Gray and photos.
Publisher:
New York, - Coward-McCann - 1964.
Description:
94 p. : illus. maps. ; 23 cm.
Geog.
Subj.:
California - Climate.
Subject:
Climate.
Summary:
SRS An exploration into the reasons for the weather variances and changes
in California.
Call
#:
551.6 Bailey G
Author:
Bailey, Harry P.
Title:
The climate of southern California, by
Harry P. Bailey.
Publisher:
Berkeley, - University of California Press, - c1966.
Description:
87 p. illus. (part col.) maps. 19 cm.
Geog.
Subj.:
California, Southern - Climate.
Subject:
Climate.
Weather.
Add.
Series:
California natural history guides. 17.
Note:
Bibliography: p. 80-82.
Call
#:
551.6 Bailey G
Author:
Bailey, Harry P.
Title:
Weather of Southern California.
Publisher:
California : - University of California Press, - 1975.
Description:
87p. ; cm.
Subject:
Climate
California -- Climate
Call
#:
557.9 McPhee G
Author:
McPhee, John.
Title:
Basin and range / John
McPhee.
Publisher:
New York : - Farrar, Straus, Giroux, - 1981.
Description:
215 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Geology - West (U.S.).
Subject:
Geology - The West.
Summary:
McPhee traces the geologic history of the region extending from eastern
Utah
to eastern California, juxtaposes descriptions of this terrain as it was
eons
ago with its contemporary features, and examines the plate tectonics
revolution.
Call
#:
557.94 McPhee G
Author:
McPhee, John A.
Title:
Assembling California / John
McPhee.
Publisher:
New York : - Farrar, Straus & Giroux, - 1993.
Description:
303 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Geology - California.
Call
#:
574.794 Brown G
Author:
Brown, Vinson, 1912-
Title:
The Californian wildlife region, by
Vinson Brown and George Lawrence.
Publisher:
Healdsburg, Calif., - Naturegraph Publishers, - c1965.
Description:
125 p. illus.
Subject:
Zoology - California.
Botany - California.
Subject:
California - Wildlife.
Add.
Author:
Lawrence, George,
Note:
Bibliography: p. 125.
Call
#:
574.794 Yocom G
Author:
Yocom, Charles, 1914-
Title:
The Pacific coastal wildlife region, by
Charles Yocom and Raymond
Dasmann; edited by Vinson Brown. Illustrators: Plants, Charles Yocom;
Animals, Elizabeth Dasmann.
Publisher:
Healdsburg, Calif., - Naturegraph Co., - 1965.
Description:
117 p. illus.
Series:
American wildlife region series, - vol. 3.
Subject:
Natural history - Pacific coast.
Add.
Author:
Dasmann, Raymond Frederick, 1919-
Note:
Bibliography: p. 117.
Call
#:
582.130 Munz G
Author:
Munz, Philip Alexander, 1892-
Title:
California spring wildflowers : from
the base of the Sierra Nevada and
Southern Mountains to the sea.
Publisher:
Berkeley, - University of California Press, - 1961.
Description:
122 p. illus., col. plates, maps. 25 cm.
Subject:
Spring.
Wild flowers - California.
Call
#:
582.130 Munz G
Author:
Munz, Philip Alexander, 1892-
Title:
California desert wildflowers.
Publisher:
Berkeley, - University of California Press, - 1962.
Description:
122 p. illus. 24 cm.
Subject:
Desert plants - California.
Wild flowers - California - Identification.
Call
#:
917.94 Beagle G
Author:
Beagle, Peter S.
Title:
The California feeling. Text
by Peter S. Beagle. Photos. by Michael Bry. With
additional color photos. by Ansel Adams [and others.
Publisher:
Garden City, N.Y., - Doubleday, - 1969.
Description:
252 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.
Geog.
Subj.:
California - Description & travel.
Subject:
California.
Add.
Author:
Bry, Michael,
Call
#:
917.94 Brewer G
Author:
Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910.
Title:
Up and down California in 1860-1864; the
journal of William H. Brewer. Edited
by Francis P. Farquhar.
Publisher:
Berkeley, - University of California Press, - 1966.
Description:
xxii, 583 p.: illus., ports; 24cm.
Subject:
Scientific expeditions.
Natural history - California.
Geog.
Subj.:
California - Surveys.
California - Description and travel - 1848-1869.
Add.
Author:
Farquhar, Francis Peloubet, 1887-
Call
#:
917.94 Fradkin
Author:
Fradkin, Philip L.
Title:
The seven states of California : a
natural and human history / Philip L. Fadkin
; with photographs by the author.
Publisher:
New York : - H. Holt and Co., - 1995.
Description:
xix, 474 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Geog.
Subj.:
California - Description and travel.
California - Geography.
Note:
"A John Macrae book.".
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
The author divides the state into 7 distinct ecological and cultural
provinces
and from each, "selects one emblematic feature... upon which to hang
a
series of linked stories about natural objects and human
characters." (book
jacket)
Call
#:
917.94 Sunset G
Uniform
Ti.:
Sunset.
Title:
Beautiful California.
Publisher:
Menlo Park, Calif. : - Lane Magazine & Book Co., - 1963.
Description:
319 p. chiefly illus.
Geog.
Subj.:
California - Description and travel - 1951- - Views.
Add.
Author:
Krell, Dorothy.
Add.
Author:
Sunset.
Call
#:
979 Windsor G
Author:
Windsor, Merrill, 1924-.
Title:
America's sunset coast / by
Merrill Windsor ; photographed by James A.
Sugar ; prepared by the Special Publications Division, National
Geographic
Society, Washington, D.C.
Publisher:
Washington : - The Society, - c1977.
Description:
211 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Name
Subj.:
Windsor, Merrill, 1924-.
Geog.
Subj.:
Pacific Coast (U.S. and Canada) - Description and travel.
Pacific states, - Description and travel.
Pacific States - History - Miscellanea.
California - Description and travel.
Oregon - Description and travel.
Washington (state) - Description and travel.
Add.
Author:
Sugar, James A.
Add.
Author:
National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division.
Note:
Includes index.
Note:
Bibliography: p. 208.
Summary:
Portrait of the spectacular shoreline of the Pacific Coast States.
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