Geographic Information Systems

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Geographic information systems (GIS) are electronic analytical mapping tools.  Like other computerized information systems they include input, storage, retrieval and output functions.  GIS differ in two ways.   The first is that the information is geographically referenced (geocoded). The second is the capability of spatial data analysis.  Results are usually presented as maps or images making it easier for researchers to understand the data correlations.   Uses of geographic information systems range from management and planning to research in medicine, business and engineering.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides 

Foresman, Timothy E. (ed.). The history of geographic information systems: perspectives from the pioneers.  
       G 70.2 H477 1998

Nelson, Kenrad E., et al (eds.). Infectious disease epidemiology: theory and practice.  p. 231-52.
        WC 100 I434 2001

Albert, Donald P., et al (eds.). Spatial analysis, GIS and remote sensing applications in the health sciences.  
        WB 700 S727 2000

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

The ESRI Press dictionary of GIS terminology.
        G 70.2 E874 2001

McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology. 9th ed. v. 8, p.22-5.
        REF Q 121 M137 2002

Selected textbooks

Longley, Paul A., et al (eds.).  Geographical information systems. 2nd ed.
        G 70.2 G463 1999

Gatrell, Anthony G. and Markku Loytonen (eds.). GIS and health.
        WA 950 G472 1998

Getting to know ArcView GIS: the geographic information system (GIS) for everyone. 3rd ed.
        G 70.2 G477 1999

Onsrud, Harlan J. and Gerard Rushton.  Sharing geographic information.
        G 70.2 S527 1995

More books 

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog for:

Suggested subject headings: Geographic Information Systems
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
Spatial Analysis
Population Surveillance
Decision Support Techniques
Medical Informatics

Selected journals 

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog for:

Suggested subject headings: Public Health - Periodicals
Health Facilities  - Periodicals
Environmental Health - Periodicals
Information Systems - Periodicals
Emergency Medical Services - Periodicals
Computers - Periodicals
Statistics - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

Index Medicus & MEDLINE  On-Campus   / Off-Campus

Suggested subject headings: Information Systems
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Population Surveillance
Management Information Systems
Information Storage and Retrieval

Academic Search Elite

Search using keywords: Geographic Information Systems
GIS
Geographic Information System
Spatial Analysis
Data Interpretation

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature & CINAHL Database  On-Campus   / Off-Campus

Suggested Subject headings: Geographic Information Systems
Data Analysis, Statistical
Data Collection
Information Retrieval
Geographic Factors
Telecommunications
Systems Design

Selected journal articles

Vine MF, et al.  Geographic information systems: their use in environmental epidemiologic research. Environmental Health Perspectives. 1997 Jun; 105(6):598-605.

Richards TB, et al. Information technology. Geographic information systems and public health: mapping the future. Public Health Reports. 1999 Jul-Aug; 114(4):359-60, 362-73.

Pine JC, et al.  Environmental health screening with GIS: creating a community environmental health profile. Journal of Environmental Health. 2000 Apr; 62(8):9-15, 22.

Talen E. Bottom-up GIS. Journal of the American Planning Association. 2000 Sum; 66(3):279-. Available through Business Source Elite.

More reference sources

Lee, Jay and David W.S.Wong.  Statistical analysis with ArcView GIS.
        G 70.2 L444 2001

Harder, Christian.  ArcView GIS means business,
       G 70.2 H272 1997

Specialized sources

Morehead, Joe.  Introduction to United States government information sources, 6th ed. p312, 420-2.
       REF Z 1223 .Z7 M67 1999

Spatial epidemiology: methods and applications.
        WA 105 S627 2000

School of Nursing.  601-984-4993.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Fazlay S. Faruque, PhD, PG.  FFaruque@son.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

The Geographic Information Systems FAQ
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/geo/www/faq-index.html

Federal Geographic Data Committee
http://www.fgdc.gov/

TIGER Map Service
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/index.html

USGS Geographic Information Systems
http://www.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html

Association for Geographic Information GIS Dictionary
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html

Author: Ardis Haaland
Copyright 2002 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson