http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/GEOG/overview-geospatial.html en Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:27:30 -0400 kgoldbec@vt.edu kgoldbec@vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/librarians/S_goldbeck-kiri-pic.jpg http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/GEOG/overview-geospatial.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/G/gis-bibliography-from-esri.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/E/S_esri.gif" alt="ESRI" height="101px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://training.esri.com/campus/library/bibliography/searchoptions.cfm?searchtype=New" title="GIS Bibliography from ESRI" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://training.esri.com/campus/library/bibliography/searchoptions.cfm?searchtype=New')" shape="rect">GIS Bibliography from ESRI</a> </span></h2><p>This bibliography covers the literature of geographic information systems, science, and technology. 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