There is great interest among the human geographers in the domestic economy from the point of view of immigration and internal migration. Regional studies includes courses on Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, Russia and the former Soviet Union. Courses of a technical nature include those in cartography, remote sensing, and geographical information systems. The Rauh Laboratory provides facilities for active student and faculty work in these areas. Advanced courses deal with such varying topics as industrial location analysis, labor migration , tree-ring analysis, and fluvial geomorphology.
G represents the category of material specifically assigned to geography.
If reclassed into the Library of Congress system, many would go into D, E, and F. Journals both popular and professional can be found in the present G classification. Sheet maps, globes, and the majority of atlas are located in the Map Room. This reflects the fact that so very much of a geographer's research is interdisciplinary, using materials that are economic, historical, agricultural, scientific, and environmental in nature. and includes consultation of resources not only in Baker but also in Kresge, Dana, and the Feldberg Library. Reference works, bibliographies, and indexes are collected generously, many locating in the Reference Room in either a G or Z number, while others are in the stacks. Similar pertinent aids might be used on site in the other libraries or via online searches at Baker.