Research Guides : Maps

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Maps -- Search Also Under: Geography, Cartography or Atlas Subdivisions: subdivide geographically or by specialty

LC Call Number: G, GA-GC Dewey Call Number: 900 – 919

E-Books (FS Access Only )

Weaving a National Map : Review of the U.S. Geological Survey Concept of the National Map / David J. Cowen (2003)
[ Available in netLibrary ]

Using a Map and Compass / Don Geary (1995)
[ Available in netLibrary ]

GPS for Dummies / Joel McNamara (2004)
[ Available in netLibrary ]

Reference

The road atlas: United States, Canada & Mexico / (2002)
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: R 912.7 R1562r 2002 ]

West Virginia atlas & gazetteer: detailed topographic maps / (2001)
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: REF 917.54 D384w 2001 ]

The Penguin state of the world atlas / Dan Smith (2003)
[ Location: Caperton / Call Number: REF G1021 .S56 2003 ]

Atlas of the world / George Philip & Son (2004)
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: REF FOLIO G1021 .A7545 2004 ]

The Harper atlas of the Bible / James Bennett Pritchard (1987)
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: Rf 912.122 H231 ]

The Columbia gazetteer of the world / Edited by Saul B. Cohen. (1998)
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: R 910.3 C7235 ]

Print

Compact world atlas / (2003)
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: G1021 .D2774 2003 [

Goode's world atlas / John C. Hudson, editor (2000)
[ Location: Caperton / Call Number: REF G1021 .G6 2000 ]

Databases (FS Access Only)

(Listed by database from which they may be accessed. Click here to go to the list of databases. )

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Maps and country information, full text journal articles, policy briefs, working papers, and other sources covering theory and research in international affairs.

Countries and Their Cultures (via GVRL)
Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.

Encyclopædia Britannica
Encyclopedia articles plus a dictionary, a thesaurus, maps, and an Internet guide.

Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia (via GVRL)
Entries describe the physical geography of every nation and dependency on Earth. Physical features, climate, and vegetation are discussed in detail using a consistent set of rubrics.

World Book Online Reference Center
Includes the complete World Book Encyclopedia, World Book Dictionary, World Book Atlas, a Spanish-language encyclopedia, maps, Web links, periodical links, primary sources from World Book yearbooks since 1922, U.S. state resource guides, and special reports (in-depth coverage about timely topics and current events.)

Web Sites

The Electronic Map Library (California State University – Northridge)
[ http://geogdata.csun.edu/library.html ]
This series of atlases can be expected to periodically change in response to instructional needs at the home institution.

Mapsarea.com
[ http://www.mapsarea.com/ ]
Mapsarea is a searchable directory of links to online resources for country, regional, historical, and interactive maps; atlases; gazetteers; and place name guides.

MapQuest.Com
[ http://www.mapquest.com/ ]
Get directions including route maps and mileage.

Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin: Perry-Castañeda Library)
[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/]

Google Maps
[ http://maps.google.com/ ]
Zoom in on U.S. locations either in map form or with satellite photos.

World Gazetteer
[ http://www.world-gazetteer.com/ ]
Look up cities, physical features, and more. Includes population and statistical data.

The Columbia Gazetteer of North America
[ http://www.bartleby.com/69/ ]
Being limited to North American, the gazetteer includes 50,000 geographical places and features and claims to cover every incorporated place and county in the United States, along with several thousand unincorporated places, special-purpose sites, and physical features, as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

 

Last Modified: 9/9/2005