You can query ORBIS, the Yale Library Online Catalog, for texts on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using the following Subject keywords:

• Geographic information systems
• Geographic information systems Handbooks
• Spatial analysis
• Arcview
• ArcGIS
• Geography Data processing
• Geography Data processing Periodicals

The Map Collection is building what we hope will eventually be a comprehensive reference collection on the subject of Geographic Information Systems and their application. If you have suggestions or requests for new acquisitions, please feel free to use the Recommendation Form to let us know your needs. The following is a selection of some of the titles available here in The Map Collection. The Map Collection also maintains a complete set of the printed documentation for ESRI's suite of GIS Software.

The Map Collection and Other collections at Yale maintain subscriptions to a number of GIS & GIS-Related Periodicals, most of which can be accessed ONLINE!

Introductory Texts:

These texts are excellent introductions to the concepts and skills necessary for effective GIS use. All of these texts are available for use in the Map Collection, although they do not circulate.

Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Paperback)

Robert Burke, Eileen Napoleon, Tim Ormsby

Publisher: Esri Press; Second Book and CD-ROM edition (June 1, 2004)

This is the first book you should open if you have no previous experience with GIS and specifically with ArcGIS software. Many patrons find that they prefer to have their own copy of this book, so we have provided a link to Amazon.com, above. Included with the book is a fully functioning 180-day trial version of ArcView 9.1 software on CD-ROM, as well as a CD of data for working through the book's exercises. Once installed and registered, the single-use software cannot be reinstalled, and the time limit cannot be extended.

Designing better maps : a guide for GIS users

Cynthia A. Brewer.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2005.

One of the great disadvantages of the huge explosion of GIS use has been the proliferation of hideous maps. This is a much needed text on the creation of maps that communicate their intended message both effectively and beautifully.

Getting to know ArcObjects : programming ArcGIS with VBA

Robert Burke.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2003.

Can't find the ArcGIS tool that calculates the spatial parameter you need? Start here to learn how to customize and extend the ArcGIS interface and create custom tools to make your analysis workflow more efficient. This is an excellent introduction that assumes little or no previous programming experience, although we would suggest that you also find an introductory text on VBA if you plan to do any extensive programming for ArcGIS.

GIS modeling in raster

Michael N. DeMers.

Published: New York : J. Wiley, c2002.

A thorough and concise entry into the powerful tools available for modeling phenomenon using the Raster Data Model. While not dealing with the ArcGIS software suite specifically, this text covers the use of Map Algebra, which is fully implemented in the Spatial Analyst extension for ArcGIS.

Making maps : a visual guide to map design for GIS

John Krygier, Denis Wood.

Published: New York : Guilford Press, c2005.

Effective communication of spatial phenomenon ends with good map-making. This is another excellent volume on the creation of maps that get your point across without making your audience cringe.

Statistical analysis of geographic information with ArcView
GIS and ArcGIS

David W.S. Wong, Jay Lee.

Edition: Fully rev. & updated.

Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2005.

Ultimately, the analysis of spatial phenomena leads you to the widely misunderstood field of Spatial Statistics. This text is an accessible introduction to a subject that can become highly intractable.

Applications, Advanced Topics and More...

Advanced spatial analysis : the CASA book of GIS

Paul A. Longley and Michael Batty, editors.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2003.

Arc hydro : GIS for water resources

David R. Maidment, editor.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2002.

Conservation geography : case studies in GIS, computer
mapping, and activism

edited by Charles L. Convis, Jr.

Published: Redland, CA : ESRI Press, c2001.

Exploring water resources : GIS investigations for the
earth sciences

Michelle K. Hall-Wallace ... [et al.].

Published: Pacific Grove, CA : Brooks/Cole, c2003.

Geographical information systems and landscape archaeology

edited by Mark Gillings, David Mattingly and Jan van Dalen.

Published: Oxford : Oxbow, 2000.

Series: The archaeology of the Mediterranean landscape
Populus monograph ;3

Geography--creating communities

[edited by Nancy Sappington].

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2001.

Series: ESRI map book ; v. 16

Getting to know ArcView GIS : the geographic information
system (GIS) for everyone

Pat Breslin ... [et al.]

Edition: 3rd ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : Environmental Systems Research
Institute, 1999.

GIS-based studies in the humanities and social sciences

edited by Atsuyuki Okabe.

Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006.

GIS for water resources and watershed management

edited by John G. Lyon.

Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2003.

GIS in law enforcement : implementation issues and case studies

edited by Mark R. Leipnik and Donald P. Albert.

Published: London ; New York : Taylor and Francis, 2003.

GIS modules and distributed models of the watershed :
report ASCE Task Committee on GIS Modules and
Distributed Models of the Watershed

committee co-chairs, Paul A. DeBarry, Rafael G. Quimpo.

Published: Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, c1999.

GIS, spatial analysis, and modeling

David J. Maguire, Michael Batty, and Michael F. Goodchild, editors.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2005.

GIS-- the language of geography

[edited by Nancy Sappington].

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2004.

Series: ESRI map book ; v. 19

Hydrological applications of GIS

edited by A.M. Gurnell and D.R. Montgomery.

Published: Chichester ; New York : John Wiley, c2000.

Series: Advances in hydrological processes

Integrating geographic information systems and agent-based
modeling techniques for simulating social and ecological
processes

editor, H. Randy Gimblett.

Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Series: Proceedings volume in the Santa Fe Institute studies in the
sciences of complexity.

Mapping the future of America's national parks :
stewardship through geographic information systems

Mark Henry and Leslie Armstrong, editors in cooperation
with the National Park Service;foreword by Allen Carroll.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2004.

Past time, past place : GIS for history

edited by Anne Kelly Knowles.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2002.

Planning support systems : integrating geographic
information systems, models, and visualization tools

Richard K. Brail and Richard E. Klosterman, editors.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2001.

Practical applications of GIS for archaeologists : a
predictive modeling toolkit

edited by Konnie L. Wescott, R. Joe Brandon.

Published: London ; New York : Taylor and Francis, 2000.

Practical handbook of digital mapping : terms and concepts

editor-in-chief, Sandra Lach Arlinghaus ; specialist
associate editor, Robert F. Austin ; associate editors,
William C. Arlinghaus, William D. Drake, John D.
Nystuen, with assistance from, Christine Kolars, Kris
Oswalt.

Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c1994.

A system for survival : GIS and sustainable development

Allan Falconer and Joyce Foresman, editors ;
with contributions from Basanta Shrestha ... [et al.].

Published: Redlands, CA : ESRI Press, c2002.

Undersea with GIS

Dawn J. Wright, editor ; foreword by Sylvia Earle.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2002.

Disaster response : GIS for public safety

Gary Amdahl.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2001.

Designing geodatabases : case studies in GIS data modeling

David Arctur, Michael Zeiler.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2004.

Remote sensing for GIS managers

Stan Aronoff.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press : Independent Publishers
Group (IPG) [distributor], 2005.

GIS in schools

Richard Audet and Gail Ludwig.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2000.

Also listed under: Ludwig, Gail S.

GIS means business : volume two

David Boyles.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI, c2002.

Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth

Martin C. Brown.

Published: Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Technology Pub., c2006.

Programming ArcObjects with VBA : a task-oriented approach

Kang-Tsung Chang.

Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2005.

Charting the unknown : how computer mapping at Harvard
became GIS

Nick Chrisman.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press : Independent Publishers
Group (IPG) [distributor], 2006.

Getting started with geographic information systems

Keith C. Clarke.

Edition: 4th ed.

Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education, c2003.

Series: Prentice Hall series in geographic information science

Geographical information systems in archaeology

James Conolly, Mark Lake.

Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
2006.

Series: Cambridge manuals in archaeology

GIS for everyone : exploring your neighborhood and your
world with a geographic information system

David E. Davis.

Edition: 3rd ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif.: ESRI Press, c2003.

Community geography : GIS in action

Kim Zanelli English, Laura S. Feaster.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2003.

Also listed under: Feaster, Laura S.

GIS in telecommunications

Lisa Godin.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2001.

GIS tutorial : workbook for ArcView 9

Wilpen L. Gorr, Kristen S. Kurland.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2005.

Confronting catastrophe : a GIS handbook

R.W. Greene.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2002.

Exploring the urban community: a GIS approach

Richard P. Greene and James B. Pick.

Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2006.

Series: Prentice Hall series in geographic information science

GIS for landscape architects
aren C. Hanna.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c1999.

ArcView GIS means business

Christian Harder.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : Environmental Systems Research
Institute, c1997.

Enterprise GIS for energy companies

Christian Harder.

Published: Redlands, CA : ESRI Press, c1999.

Geodemographics, GIS and neighbourhood targeting

Richard Harris, Peter Sleight and Richard Webber.

Published: West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2005.

Series: Mastering GIS

Mapping the news : case studies in GIS and journalism

David Herzog.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2003.

An introduction to geographical information systems

Ian Heywood, Sarah Cornelius, Steve Carver.

Edition: 3rd ed.

Published: Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.

ArcGIS and the digital city : a hands-on approach for local
government

William E. Huxhold, Eric M. Fowler and Brian Parr.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2004.

Data in three dimensions : a guide to ArcGIS 3D analyst

Heather Kennedy.

Published: Clifton Park, NY : Thomson/Delmar Learning, c2004.

GIS tutorial for health

Kristen S. Kurland, Wilpen L. Gorr.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2006.

GIS for health organizations

Laura Lang.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2000.

Managing natural resources with GIS

Laura Lang.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : Environmental Systems Research
Institute, c1998.

Transportation GIS

Laura Lang.

Published: Redlands, CA : ESRI Press, c1999.

Think globally, act regionally : GIS and data visualization
for social science and public policy research

Richard LeGates.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2005.

Concepts and techniques of geographic information systems

C.P. Lo and Albert W.K. Yeung.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2007.

Using computers in archaeology : towards virtual pasts

Lock, G. R. (Gary R.)

Published: New York : Routledge, 2006.

Community geography : GIS in action : teacher's guide

Lyn Malone, Anita M. Palmer, Christine L. Voigt.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2003.

GIS worlds : creating spatial data infrastructures

Ian Masser.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, CA : ESRI Press, c2005.

The ESRI guide to GIS analysis

Andy Mitchell.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c1999-

Open source GIS : a grass GIS approach

by Markus Neteler, Helena Mitasova.

Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002.

Series: Kluwer international series in engineering and computer
science ; SECS 689.

Beyond maps : GIS and decision making in local government

John O'Looney.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2000.

Extending ArcView GIS : teach yourself to use ArcView GIS
extensions : network analyst, spatial analyst, 3D
analyst : self-study workbook for ArcView GIS users

Tim Ormsby, Jonell Alvi.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c1999.

Time-integrative geographic information systems :
management and analysis of spatio-temporal data

Thomas Ott, Frank Swiaczny.

Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2001.

Mapping global cities : GIS methods in urban analysis

Ayse Pamuk.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2006.

Groundwater modeling using geographical information systems

George F.Pinder.

Published: New York : Wiley, c2002.

Multidimensional geographic information science

Jonathan Raper.

Published: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2000.

GIS for environmental management

Robert Scally.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press : Independent Publishers
Group (IPG) [distributor], 2006.

GIS tools for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems

U.M. Shamsi.

Published: Reston, Va. : ASCE Press, c2002.

Integrating GIS and the Global Positioning System

Karen Steede-Terry.

Published: New York, N.Y. : ESRI Press, c2000.

Connecting our world : GIS Web services

Winnie Tang and Jan Selwood.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2003.

Spatial portals : gateways to geographic information

Winnie Tang and Jan Robert Selwood.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2005.

Intelligent positioning : GIS-GPS unification

George Taylor and Geoff Blewitt.

Published: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, c2006.

Measuring up : the business case for GIS

Christopher Thomas and Milton Ospina.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2004.

Thinking about GIS : geographic information system planning
for managers

Roger Tomlinson.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2003.

Modeling prehistoric agricultural productivity in
southwestern Colorado : a GIS approach

by Carla R. Van West.

Published: Pullman, Wash. : Published jointly by Washington State
University Department of Anthropology and Crow Canyon
Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colo., c1994.

Series: WSU Department of Anthropology reports of investigations ;
67

GIS and land records : the ArcGIS parcel data model

Nancy von Meyer.

Published: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2004.

Spatial technology and archaeology : the archeaological
applications of GIS

David Wheatley and Mark Gillings.

Published: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2002.

Java programming for spatial sciences

Jo Wood.

Published: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2002.