Map Resources

Maps – via database   

                              
For easy access, use this alphabetical list of databases.

ARTstor

• Choose Browse ARTstor – Geography
• Choose category Maps, Charts and Graphs for specific country (if available)
   

Credo Reference Online

• 600+ reference works – subject-specific and interdisciplinary general reference
• Advanced Search – Limit your search to…
• Entries with the following features – Entries with maps
• May compare country to country [in CIA World Factbook]
• To locate:
• Advanced Search – Limit your search to…Selected subjects of titles…
• Geography             or
• Find a book

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) and
Military and Government Collection (EBSCO)

• Qualify FT; may qualify for scholarly (peer reviewed)
• Image Quick View Types -- Map
• Create an EBSCO Folder to save search results from multiple databases
   

JSTOR (Journal Storage : The Scholarly Journal Archive)

• 100% FT (full text)/PDF coverage from v.1, no.1 of selected journals
• 100% scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals
• Advanced Search w/map in full-text of article
   

OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCO)

• Advanced Search
• Enter map in the first search box; add geographic location in next search box
• Limit your results: Check FT; may also select scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

• ATLAS
• Results state type of map: geopolitical, historical
   

Oxford Reference Online

• Advanced Search
• Enter map in the first search box; add geographic location in next search box

Gale Virtual Reference Library

• Advanced Search
• Limit results: to document with images
• Enter map in the first search box; add geographic location in next search box

Statesman’s Yearbook Online

• Essential information on the nations of the world
• Basic maps

Maps – via  uSearch 

Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)

2 ways to search for maps

• Advanced Search – Qualify MATERIAL TYPE: PRINT MAP, then search keyword.
• Advanced Search – Include map as one of the search terms.
• Qualify MATERIAL TYPE as ANY.

Recently expanded print National Geographic map collection

• Advanced Search
• AUTHOR: National Geographic
• ANY FIELD: map
• Most located in Union Map Cabinet.

Maps – via card file

Rerence Room cabinet

• Alphabetical card file; Maps A-1 – A-435
• Map folders – broad geographic areas (e.g., Maps – Africa)
   

Maps – via websites

The University of Texas Library Online

• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection 

National Geographic

• Maps and Geography Index
  
  

• MapMaker Interactive  
   

Holt, Rinehart and Winston : Social Studies Home Page

• Geography Internet Resources 
  
  

The Library of Congress : Map Collections

United Nations Cartographic Section

Embassy World Map Search

Maps and mapping resources: A guide to select resources on the web
from College and Research Libraries News. Vol. 62. No. 9. October 2001;
full text available via Academic Search Premier; OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCO)

A guide to online maps and mapping resources
from Journal of Library Administration. Vol. 44. No. 1/2. 2006; abstract available via Academic Search Premier (EBSCO); OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCO)
<full text available via InterLibrary Loan>

Crafting your own map web search?

Google – Advanced Image Search

• Find images with all these words:  include map
• Narrow your results by site or domain: .edu or .gov
• Google Maps
   

Yahoo

• Qualify Images
• Include domain designation .edu or .gov and physical qualifier map in search string
• Yahoo Maps