目的 对《西北学报》这一西北大学早期创办的综合性学术刊物的办刊宗旨、刊载的主要文章和编辑出版模式进行探讨。方法 采用文献分析和考证法。结果 《西北学报》刊登了一些有关研究开发西北的文章,内容涉及自然地理、人文地理、经济、国防等。结论 《西北学报》作为抗日战争时期西北大学创办的一份学术刊物,以开发西北为其主要办刊宗旨,提出开发西北的重要性,并探讨了西北独特的自然地理及文化特质,继而有针对性地提出了相关对策性建议。这些对于研究抗日战争时期西北的自然风貌和经济社会发展状况提供了翔实的历史资料,拓展了研究西北人文地理的新领域。
Aim To conduct a research on the purpose of the founding of the Journal of NW, cles and the mode of editing and publishing. Methods Employing documental analysis and and its principal arti- investigation. Results The Jounal has carried various articles concerning natural geography, human geography, economy and national defence and so on. Conclusion As an academic journal founded by NWU in the Anti-Japanese War Period, the journal focuses on the China's northwestern development and comes up with the importance of the development. It also discusses the characteristc human geography and culture in this area and proposes some relating suggestions. These provided abundant historic reference for the natural apprearance and social and economic development of the Nortwestern part of China in the Anti-Japanese War Period and expanded the new scope of the research of human geography in this area.