1. Additional GIS Tips from Other Sites

CSISS (Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences) - GIS Cookbook - Simple descriptions and illustrations of basic GIS tasks aimed at social scientists

Harvard Graduate School of Design - GIS Manual - Harvard Graduate School of Design - Excellent guide to various GIS topics and problems

Elements of Cartographic Style (Harvard GSD GIS Manual)

Design a Great Map Layout (Land Trust GIS)

The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph (Harvard School of Public Health)

Map Projections and Coordinate Systems (San Francisco State University)

Geometric Aspects of Mapping - Very thorough introduction to map projections and datums from the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation in the Netherlands

Center for Spatially Integrated Spatial Sciences Cookbook

• Performing an Attribute Query (select by attribute)

• Performing a Spatial Query (select by location)