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	2				NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIScience (http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/) unit 2: What is GIS? (http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u002/) Worboys, Michael F. GIS: A Computing Perspective. London: Taylor & Francis, 1995, pp. 1-15. Hutchinson, Scott, and Larry Daniel. "Introducing ArcView GIS" (Chap. 1), "Getting Started: Projects and Views" (Chap. 3), and "Layouts" (Chap. 8). In INSIDE ArcView GIS. 3rd ed. Santa Fe, NM: OnWord Press, 1999.


	3				Ferreira, J. "Spatial Patterns of Property Crimes and Socio-Economic Characteristics." 1986. Monmonier, Mark. "Elements of the Map." Chap. 2 in How to Lie with Maps. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.


	4				Monmonier, Mark. "Map Generalization: Little White Lies and Lots of Them." Chap. 3 in How to Lie with Maps. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Hutchinson, Scott, and Larry Daniel. "Displaying Data" (Chap. 5), and "Advanced Classification." In INSIDE ArcView GIS. 3rd ed. Santa Fe, NM: OnWord Press, 1999. Pp. 315-323.


	5				Worboys, Michael F. GIS: A Computing Perspective. London: Taylor & Francis, 1995, pp. 45-61. Ferreira, J., Jr. "Database Management Tools for Planning." Journal of the American Planning Association, (Winter 1990): 78-84. [On reserve]


	6				Hutchinson, Scott, and Larry Daniel. "Data Queries" (Chap. 6), "Joining Tables," "Joining vs. Link" (pp. 80-83), "Overlay Operations," "Theme-on-Theme Selection," and "Spatial Join" (pp. 299-303). In INSIDE ArcView GIS. 3rd ed. Santa Fe, NM: OnWord Press, 1999.


	8				Hutchinson, Scott, and Larry Daniel. "The Undervalued GIS Skill of Database Management." In INSIDE ArcView GIS. 3rd ed. Santa Fe, NM: OnWord Press, 1999, pp. 143. Worboys, Michael F. GIS: A Computing Perspective. London: Taylor & Francis, 1995, pp. 61-67.


	11				Monmonier, Mark. "Data Maps: Making Nonsense of the Census." Chap. 10 in How to Lie with Maps. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. (Chapter 9 in the first edition.)


	16				Hutchinson, Scott, and Larry Daniel. "Spatial Aggregation," "Creating Buffers," "Merge Themes," and "Geoprocessing Extension." In INSIDE ArcView GIS. 3rd ed. Santa Fe, NM: OnWord Press, 1999, pp. 303-315.


	19				Hutchinson, Scott, and Larry Daniel. "Network Analyst," "Spatial Analyst," and "3D Analyst." (pp. 358-365). In INSIDE ArcView GIS. 3rd ed. Santa Fe, NM: OnWord Press, 1999.


	21				Hutchinson, Scott, and Larry Daniel. "The Science of Geocoding." In INSIDE ArcView GIS. 3rd ed. Santa Fe, NM: OnWord Press, 1999, pp. 88-90.