General Rsources For French atlases gazetteers; Business French; Correspondence in French; Scientific technical Statistics are given for France as a whole, individual regions, http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mdx/bibliogs/French/genfreref.htm
Atlases And Maps atlases and Maps Ancient World, Historical gazetteers, Place Names Data on the current population of cities, towns, and regions. Latin Place Names http://nile.enal.sci.eg/atlases_and_maps.htm
Finding Facts there are many places to look, both online and in paper resources. atlases gazetteers Besides general atlases, which provide maps of countries http://libraries.claremont.edu/help/res_help/facts.asp
Extractions: [Skip navigation bar] Main Menu e Research Tools Need Help? Getting Materials ... About the Libraries Local Menu Ask a librarian Course/program-specific guides Using laptops in the Libraries Need help? ask us email chat phone ... Need Help? Finding facts When you need a particular piece of information, such as a fact about a person, event or date, statistics, location or places, law or regulation, historical or current; there are many places to look, both online and in paper resources. On the Internet: Simply looking on the internet will not be efficient; if you want to use the internet, here are some good places to begin. In Paper: Most of the facts you're looking for can be found in a book in the Reference Collection. Here are some examples of types of reference books you may want to consult when you need a specific fact. Besides general atlases, which provide maps of countries and regions of the world as they are today, you can find many specialty atlases: historical atlases, atlases of geology, commercial atlases, political atlases. Gazetteers, such as the
Jim Dan Hill Library Atlases, Gazetteers gazetteers. Columbia Gazetteer of North America / Columbia University Press, This Gazetteer contains entries for places in (or surrounding, http://library.uwsuper.edu/guides/Geographypage/Gazetteers.html
Extractions: Gazetteers Columbia Gazetteer of North America / Columbia University Press, c2000 Available in paper in the library. This comprehensive gazetteer provides 20 pages of world maps and regional information as well as geographic locations. Also includes the populations and geographic size of many of the locations listed. This gazetteer is also on the Internet at http://www.bartleby.com/69/ Located on the first floor of the library in the Atlas cases, call # REF ATLAS E 35 .C65 2000 Cambridge Gazetteer of the United States and Canada / edited by Archie Hobson, Cambridge University Press, 1995 Available in paper in the library. This Gazetteer contains entries "for places in (or surrounding, possessed by, or otherwise affiliated with" the United States and Canada." A particularly useful feature of this gazetteer is the inclusion of unofficial local names that are not officially recognized as place names. Entries include the place name, what type of entity it is (a city, landmark, or country for instance), the location, and a brief statement as to why the entry was included in this gazetteer. Located on the first floor of the library in the Reference Collection
Toronto Public Library Unique Collections Baldwin Room - Maps Current and historical atlases and gazetteers of countries and regions atlases, gazetteers, periodicals and books on cartography are available on http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/uni_spe_maps.jsp
Toronto Public Library Unique Collections Genealogy And Local gazetteers may include brief descriptions of places and give locations. For detailed information about maps, atlases and gazetteers, see. Map Collection http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/uni_spe_genealogy_research.jsp
Early Maps: What Can You Find On The Web? For a brief introduction to early atlases see Ashley BayntonWilliams s For significant places and geographical regions, Infoplease may offer you http://www.maphistory.info/whatfind.html
Extractions: Online encyclopedias ... (journals, early texts, access) Online histories of maps Most literature on the subject, and certainly the authoritative sources, remains only in printed form, see Reading Suggestions . Despite the millions of Web pages now available, you will still find relatively little information about early maps on the Web. Much of what is offered is superficial, random or unreliable. This site is therefore highly selective in the links it provides. That said, there is a fast-growing body of online literature - see Web articles and commentaries on specific topics in the History of Cartography , and specifically the section. The fullest overview of the subject, especially as it relates to printed maps available to collectors, is to be found in the Web version of Carl Moreland and David Bannister's Antique Maps . This is described as a 300-page online book. For a summary of the subject, see Chapter 1
Gazzetteers Other gazetteers give basic information about the places they list. They areshelved next to the cartographic journals between the atlases and soil http://www.sunysb.edu/library/map/gazzetteers.html
Extractions: A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary. There are a number of types of gazetteers. Some, such as those published by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, give little information except for latitude and longitude coordinates for locating places on maps. Other gazetteers give basic information about the places they list. A good example of this type of gazetteer is The Ordnance Survey Gazetteer of Great Britain (Maps/Gazetteer DA640.O68 1989). Baedeker guidebooks are also shelved with the gazetteers. Gazetteers are cataloged, and most are shelved in a special location (Map Collection, Gazetteer in STARS). They are shelved next to the cartographic journals between the atlases and soil surveys (see map of the map collection ). To differentiate them from other Map reference books, they have a yellow dot on the spine. Some heavily used gazetteers, including several general gazetteers and gazetteers of New York and Long Island, are shelved behind the Map Reference desk. Geographic names in the US are also listed on the GNIS CD ROM (see Digital Maps This is a catch-all term for various small-scale maps, such as maps covering a continent, region, or country on a single sheet. General reference maps also include thematic maps (maps about a subject, which show such things as population and crop distribution). Maps published by the CIA and National Geographic maps are typical examples of this genre.
Extractions: http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm In development since 1997, this government-produced atlas makes good use of interactive web technology to generate maps based on authoritative national geospatial and geostatistical data sets collected by government agencies. Within the data parameters available, you can view scientific, social, or historical data in map formats.
James Madison University Libraries Encyclopedias; gazetteers; atlases; Books. LEO; WorldCat Ask the librarianfor the US Summary or for individual states or regions. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/geography/geoghand.htm
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LAND INFO Worldwide Mapping - GIS Dictionary PAT for regions COVER .TAT for annotation (text) a gazetteer can providethe coordinates of the place. Most atlases contain gazetteers. http://www.landinfo.com/resources_dictionaryEH.htm
Extractions: This page: E F G H Full glossary: A-D E-H I-L M-P Q-S T-Z E A set of parameters defining various display, editing, and data manipulation conditions that remain active during a session until explicitly changed by the user. For example, the drawing environment in ARCEDIT might be 'arcs on, labels off, annotation.streets on'.
Extractions: The site to visit for data from the 1990 Census and the 2000 Census. Provides both reference maps, which show basic boundary information (cities, counties, census tracts, etc.) and thematic maps. The Thematic Map option allows the user to select the geographic area of coverage, select from a limited number of themes, and then view the results. Output options include printing and saving to a file. Finding Your Way with Map and Compass PDF HTML
Missouri--Maps And Geography of populated places and natural features. Some descriptive gazetteers also provideinformation about the Software Mapping, atlases, gazetteers http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mogeneal/maps.htm
Extractions: OAS_AD('Top'); How can maps help? Maps are made for many reasons, and as a result, vary in content. Some maps made for general purposes may show roads, towns and cities, rivers and lakes, parks, and State and local boundaries. New and old maps often reveal changing place names, and they may also show changes in the boundaries of nations and their subdivisions. They rarely name individual landowners or residents. In the United States, birth, death, property, and some other kinds of records are normally kept by county governments. If you can name the place where a kin lived, new or old maps of that place may also show the county seat where useful data about your kin may be obtained. Searches for data about an ancestor are often complicated by changes in the names and boundaries of places. GNIS The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is the Nation's official data base for place names. GNIS is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey and can often provide information on name changes. This data base contains two million entries. They include the names of places that no longer exist as well as other or secondary names for existing places. This automated system also contains the names of every type of feature except roads and highways. It is especially useful for genealogical research because it contains entries for very small and scattered communities as well as churches and cemeteries, including entries for those that no longer exist.
UG Library: Guide To Geography Charts, atlases and gazetteers, Catalogue GA473.7 .N5 Map atlas Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography places and peoples of the world (print http://www2.lib.uoguelph.ca/help/research/guides/index.cfm?code=geography
Map Library Collection Development Policy atlases of regions of Canada. atlases of US regions on a selective basis. gazetteers Modern general, national, provincial, gazetteers, http://www.library.mun.ca/qeii/maps/collect.php
Extractions: Collection Development Policy The purpose of the general collection development policy of the Map Library is to provide a well-rounded collection of world-wide coverage comprised of general and thematic, small and large scale maps; national, provincial or state, regional, and thematic atlases; and related reference materials. In addition, as in the case of any modern University, it is essential for there to be special areas of emphasis because of the particular instructional and research needs of the University Community. The emphasis of this collection is on maps of Newfoundland, Canada, and the oceans around Newfoundland. The intensive collection of maps of Newfoundland should be carried out in cooperation with the Centre for Newfoundland Studies which currently houses the pre-1900 maps, as well as rare atlases. Because of the long-standing and still growing interest within the University in marine biology, oceanography, ocean engineering and other ocean related specialities, hydrographic, bathymetric, climatic, geologic, biogeographic and other marine related maps and charts are an important thematic area of concentration. In addition to the geographic areas of emphasis mentioned previously, attention must be paid to collecting cartographic materials relating to the rest of North America, especially New England, and Western Europe, especially Great Britain and the coastal areas of the Continent because of the interests of departments such as Geography, History, Geology, Engineering, and Biology.
Progeny Software ~ Family Tree Tools For Every Genealogist In cases where the identical place name can be found in another region, to check other sources for these places in various other atlases and gazetteers. http://www.progenysoftware.com/placeadvisorfaq.html
Extractions: Powerful tips for getting the most of World Place Advisor The program shows I have an error, e.g., Wrong Jurisdiction. How do I see the place name that is recommended? How do I know if a place in the gazetteer is not a town ... How do I find the version number for my World Place Advisor? Customized Error Checking
Geography : Atlases atlases gazetteers a guide to library resources The Electronic MapLibrary includes a series of USA regional atlases currently being produced by http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/gen/Atlases.html
Extractions: Email: This list is to guide you to the major atlas and gazetteer resources in the Barr Smith Library. The focus is primarily socio-cultural and socio-economic, but environmental issues, physical geography, historical geography and geopolitics are selectively included. The library does not actively collect sheet maps but it does house a Map Collection Last update:1 July 2005 by Chris Smith Contents: The World Africa Antarctica Asia ... Pacific Region Contents: The following is a selection of what's available. For additional resources check the library catalogue under the Keywords index using subject keywords (with fieldcodes) such as:
Cyndi's List - Canada - British Columbia Canadian Library Websites and Catalogues by Region British Columbia Books,CDs Video British Columbia Maps, atlases gazetteers - British http://www.cyndislist.com/bc.htm
