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GEOMATICS

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Books

SelectBCITCatalogueunderSearchinrighthandcolumnwww.bcit.ca/library

UsetheKeywordoptionformostsearches

Theasteriskisthewildcard

e.g.geograph*willfindgeography,geographies,geographer,geographic,etc.

FindingDVDsandvideos
o doaKeywordsearche.g.geology
o clickModifySearchbutton
o fromtheMaterialTypedropdownmenuselectVideorecordingsorDVDs

BooksfromOtherLibraries

Wewillborrowbooksfromotherlibrariesforyou.
UBCandSFUbookswillcomeinthefastestabout712days
ThereisalinktoOtherLibraryCataloguesonourwebsite

OnlinerequestformsforInterlibraryLoansarefoundonourwebsiteunderServicesforStudents

www.bcit.ca/library/students/interlibrary.shtml

orsendanemailtointerlib@bcit.ca

ReciprocalborrowingarrangementshavebeenmadewithSFU,UBCandmostoftheothercolleges.
Takeyourstudentcardanda2ndpieceofphotoIDtothecirculationareaoftheschoolslibrary
Youwillhaveborrowingprivilegeswithsomerestrictionsperhapsonlyfivebooksatatime
Youwilllikelyhaveaccesstotheirdatabasesbutonlyfromwithintheirlibrary
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ManybookscanbefoundintheBCITLibrarybyusingthefollowingcallnumberscheme:

G70G70.6..............................GPS,RemoteSensing,DigitalMapping
GA101GA1776.......................Cartography,CadastralMapping,AerialMapping
GB3GB5030..........................PhysicalGeography
HD101HD1395.5...................LandUse,LandDevelopment
QA37.2QA43.........................TechnicalMathematics
QA303.......................................Calculus
QB1QB991............................Astronomy
QB275QB343........................Geodesy
QC1QC999............................Physics
QE1QE996.5.........................Geology
T10T11..................................TechnicalCommunication
T351T385..............................Drafting,EngineeringGraphics,Autocad
TA174........................................Microstation
TA501TA625.........................Surveying
TR693TR810.........................Photogrammetry
VK588VK597.........................HydrographicSurveying

eBooks&otheronlineresources

ThesearefoundonourwebsiteunderSearchforarticlesandeBooks
SelectfromtheViewDatabasesAlphabeticallylist

ENVIROnetBaseGIS,remotesensing,modeling.SelectFULLACCESSCONTENTONLYforbestresults

KnovelEngineeringandtechnologybooks.SelectMYSUBSCRIPTIONforbestresults
ENGnetBASEEngineeringandtechnologybooks.HiResPDFformatgivesbestresults

Books24x7BusinessProBusinessbooksregisterusingyour______@my.bcit.caemailaddress
Books24x7ITProComputingbooksregisterusingyour______@my.bcit.caemailaddress

LexisNexisQuicklawCanadiancourtdecisionsandlegislation
BCLawsstatutesandregulations

Odden'sBookmarks Linkstothousandsofonlinemapsandcartographicresources
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php
ElectronicMapsfromthePerryCastanedaLibraryAccesstoworld,country,city,historicalmaps.
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

ESRIGISBibliographyMostlygisrelatedconferencesmaterial
http://training.esri.com/campus/library/index.cfm
BCITGeomaticsdepartmentprovidedlinkswww.bcit.ca/study/programs/8550btech#page1
AssociationofCanadaLandsSurveyorswww.aclsaatc.ca
AssociationofBritishColumbiaLandSurveyorswww.abcls.ca
GeomaticsOpenDirectoryProjectwww.dmoz.org/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geomatics
GeomaticsGoogleDirectorywww.google.com/Top/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geomatics

SearchingforJournalArticles

Articleindexesordatabasesarefindingtoolsusedtolocatejournalarticlesbytopicorkeyword.
Theindexyouusewilldependonthesubjectofyoursearch.
Youmaywanttosearchseveraldatabasesforsomegeomaticstopics.
ThesedatabasesarefoundonourwebsiteunderSearchforarticlesandeBooks
SelectfromtheViewDatabasesAlphabeticallylist.

EBSCOhostWebFromhereselectallorjustafewofthefollowingdatabases

AcademicSearchComplete

BusinessSourceComplete

ComputersandAppliedSciencesComplete

EnvironmentComplete

VocationalStudiesComplete

Compendexcoversallareaofengineeringandtechnology

Health&LifeSciencesCollectionincludessomesurveying,cadastral

ProquestincludesmanyCanadianmagazines,newspapersandjournals

AppliedScience&TechnologyIndexlistedunderletterWforWilsonWeb

ESRIJOURNALSEARCH
Keywordsearchingforafewselectedjournalsandmagazines.
http://training.esri.com/campus/library/bibliography/Browsebymaterial.cfm?libsection=Journals

www.ingentaconnect.com
Afreesearchtoolwithkeywordsearchingfor13,000journaltitlesUsethetableofcontentsfeatureto
seejournalarticleswithinaparticularjournal.

GoogleScholar
AsubsetofGooglethatfindsacademicresources.
http://scholar.google.ca/schhp?ie=UTF8&hl=en&tab=ws

Findingtheactualarticles

Looktoseewhetherthearticleisavailableonlinewithinthedatabaseitselfshould
beobviouslookforapdforhtmlbutton.Ifnot,then

EnterthenameofthejournalintotheTitlesearchoptionwithinourLibrary
Catalogue.
Thiswilltellyouwhetherthejournalisavailablesomeotherwayeitheronline
elsewhereorasaprintsubscription

Wewillbringinacopyofanarticleforyouifnoneoftheothermethodsworks.Thisusually
takes12daysandisafreeservice.

Filloutthejournalarticlerequestformatbcit.ca/library/students/interlibrary.shtml
oremailyourrequesttointerlib@bcit.ca

OnlineJournals

SearchtheCatalogueusingtheTitlesearchoptionandthenameofthejournaltogainaccess.Afew
selectedonlinejournalsare

Americansurveyor
AnnalsoftheAssociationofAmericanGeographers
Canadiangeographer
CartographicJournal
Cartographica
Computers,environmentandurbansystems
EOM(EarthObservationMagazine)19952005
GeographicalAnalysis
Geographicaljournal
GeoInformatica
GeoWorld
GPSWorld
Internationaljournalofappliedearthobservationandgeoinformation
Internationaljournalofgeoinformatics
Internationaljournalofremotesensing
Journalofgeographicalsystems
JournalofSurveyingEngineering
JournaloftheUrbanandRegionalInformationSystemsAssociation(URISAJournal)(somefulltext)
Landusepolicy
PhotogrammetricRecord
PointofBeginningP.O.B.
ProfessionalGeographer
ProfessionalSurveyor
RemoteSensing
Remotesensingoftheenvironment
URISAjournal(someselectedarticles)

PrintJournals

Printjournalsarefiledalphabeticallyonthemainfloorofthelibrary.Theycanbescannedor
photocopiedbutnotremovedfromthelibrary.
WhenjournalsarrivetheyareondisplayforoneweekintheNewJournalsectiononthemainfloor.
Insomeinstancesyoumaywanttoscanarticlesintheprintcollections.OfparticularuseforCanadian
contentareCanadianSurveyor,CISMJournalandGeomatica.

Afewselectedsubscriptionsare

AmericanCartographer19741989(cont'dby:CartographyandGeographicInformationSystems)
Bulletin/AssociationofCanadianMapLibrariesandArchives
CanadianCartographer(19751979)(cont'dby:Cartographica)
CanadianSurveyor(19261987)(cont'dby:CISMJournal)
CartographicJournal(GreatBritain)(19902001)
Cartographica(198008)
Cartography(Australia)19732003contdby:JournalofSpatialScience
CartographyandGeographicInformationSystems(19901998)con'tdby:
CartographyandGeographicInformationScience

CISMJournal(19881992)(cont'dby:Geomatica)
EarthObservationMagazine(19941995)contdby:EOM
EOM19952005
Geomatica(CanadianInstituteofGeomatics)
HydroInternational(hydrography)
ISPRSJournalofPhotogrammetryandRemoteSensing19891995
ITC Journal (International Institute for Aerial Survey & Earth Sciences) 19881998 continued by
Internationaljournalofappliedearthobservationandgeoinformation(nowonline)

Journalofgeographicalsystems
JournalofSpatialScience
JournalofSurveyingEngineering19832002
JournaloftheUrbanandRegionalInformationSystemsAssociation(URISAJournal)19992005
Link(CorporationofBritishColumbiaLandSurveyors)
MappingSciencesandRemoteSensing19841997
Photogrammetria(19691989)(cont'dby:ISPRSJournalofPhotogrammetryandRemoteSensing)

PhotogrammetricEngineeringandRemoteSensing
PhotogrammetricRecord
ProfessionalSurveyor
SurveyReview(19771995)
SurveyingandLandInformationSystems(19902001)(contdby:SurveyandLandInformationScience)
Surveyingandlandinformationscience20022006
URISAJournal(filedunderJournaloftheUrbanandRegionalInformationSystemsAssociation)199905
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FindingMaps

Themapcollectionishousedonthemainfloorofthelibrary.Mapscanbeborrowed.

The1:50,000NTStopographicmapsformthebackboneofthecollection.WehavealloftheseBC
maps.
BCGeographicalNames http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bcnames
Searchforthenameofacity,riverormountainanddiscoveritslatitude&longitudeandwhichNTSmap
itappearson.
CanadianGeographicalNames http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php
SearchfortheofficicalnamesinCanadabyname,locationorfeaturetype.
Alternatively,refertotheNTSindexthatisunderplexiglassononeofthemapcabinets

1:20,000NTStopographicmapsBC(color)WehaveselectedmapscoveringFraserValleyupto
Whistler.

1:20,000TRIMmapsBC(b/w)WehaveselectedmapsfromFraserValleyupto
Whistler.

Othermaps
Countrymaps,regionalmaps,roadmaps,thematicmaps,soilsurveymaps.
SearchtheCataloguetofindthemajorityofthesemaps
DoaKeywordsearch(e.g.Chilliwack)
ClickModifySearchbutton
SelectMapsfromtheMaterialTypedropdownmenu

Othermaps,suchassatellitemapsorvarioustopographicmapscanbelocatedbygoing
directlytotheappropriatelylabeleddrawerandbrowsing

Atlases
General,national,regional,subjectatlasescanbefoundnearthemapsareaonmainfloor

BrowseintheAtlasareaorSearchtheCatalogue.Atlasescannotbeborrowed.

Pleasedonotrefilemaps.Leavethemontopofthemapcabinets,forstafftorefile.

InternetSearching

google.ca

Considerusingthedefinefeaturee.g.define:azimuth

ConsiderusingtheAdvancedSearchoptionformorecontrolofyoursearch

ConsiderusingsomeofthetipsfromtheGooglePowerSearchingguide

http://www.bcit.ca/files/library/pdf/bcitgooglepowersearching.pdf

Metasearchenginesgettophitsfromseveralsearchenginesallatthesametime

allplus.comGoogle,bing,yahoo,ask.Hasclusteringorresultsinclouds

ixquick.comForcomplexsearchconstructionsbesuretoreadtheIxquickPowerSearchpage

Computerlabsoncampus

www.bcit.ca/its/labs/softwareFindroomswithspecificsoftwareandtheiravailability

OnlineguideforGeomatics
www.bcit.ca/library/guides/geomatics.shtml

CandidatesfortheWesternCanadianBoardofExaminersexaminationsmightalsoconsulttheLibrarys
printresearchguidecalled
GeomaticsTechnology:WesternCanadianBoardofExaminers.

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