Transcript GEOG 2P03 Urban Geography LIBRARY RESEARCH TIPS Colleen

GEOG 2P03
Assignment
A Librarian’s Approach
Colleen Beard
Map & Geography Librarian
[email protected]
Agenda:
•3 Steps to effective research
•Case study resources
•Using maps as information sources
Step 1: Recommended readings
• Read the Text Book!
• Course reserves (e-reserves)
= knowledge about key issues
= focus on a topic
= leads to other titles
Step 2: General resources
• Books from the Brock Library
• International Encyclopedia of Human
Geography (online)
• Encyclopedia of Urban Studies (online)
= keywords
= significant journal titles & authors
Step 3: Journal Articles
Key databases:
• Scholars Portal
• Academic Search Premier
• CBCA Complete
= academic research with focus
= case studies in specific cities
Applying what you now know
to a city case study…
• Explore the city official website for:
– City Publications
• Calgary Municipal Development Plan
• Calgary Downtown Retail District Strategy
• Calgary Transportation Plan 2005
• Sustainable Suburbs Study
Maps as information sources
• Urban issues are often associated with a
geographical area within the city
– Downtown area
– Ethnic populations
– Affluent housing
– Low income families
Average income per census tract in Toronto
Census tract
Average Income
Census maps show population clusters
Statistical table of Toronto’s rich people
Comparing two census variables
Gender issues
Gentrification issue
The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middleclass or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier
usually poorer residents.
Where to find census maps…
•Statistics Canada web site
•Map Library web page
http://www.brocku.ca/library/
• E-STAT online mapping tool
Urban Futures
Port Dalhousie:
Smart growth controversial issue
Port Mansion
Port Place proposal
My Cottage
GOOGLE EARTH!
• Source of aerial imagery
• Interactive map site > create
custom maps
• Niagara Navigator web site
Waterfront land use
City street maps
Recap
1. 3 steps to researching your topic
2. Use City planning publications for your
case study
3. Map sources: census maps; air photos;
street maps …
REFERENCE everything!
Colleen Beard
Map & Geography
Librarian
[email protected]