Atlases, Maps, Gazetteers, Place Names - Electronic Reference Shelf - McGill Uni atlases, Maps, and gazetteers "Do you know the way to San Jose?" atlases and maps provide much more information than the quickest route to a destination, or the location of an obscure national capital. People and places of the Past National Geographic Illustrated Cultural Census Department statistics for geographic regions http://www.library.mcgill.ca/refshelf/atlas.htm
Help: Finding Facts or date, statistics, location or places, law or regulation, historical or atlases gazetteers Besides general atlases, which provide maps of countries and regions of the world http://voxlibris.claremont.edu/help/facts.html
Extractions: 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 Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World , describe the location of thousands of places (towns, rivers, mountains, etc.) and often include the latitude and longitude as well.
Geography : Atlases Briefly annotated list of major collection resources.Category Reference Maps Libraries ALL OF EUROPE atlases/gazetteers. geographical database which provides maps for thedifferent regions of Scotland of the geography for many of the places therein 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: 3 April 2003 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 - Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information 1805 Orleans Territory Map; Administrative regions of the British places in CountyDurham Shows which parish a Wyoming Maps Wyoming maps, gazetteers atlases. http://www.cyndislist.com/maps.htm
Atlases, Maps, Places atlases, gazetteers and maps are important for family research. They help identify places and show associations with For country regions for the 1870s we hold a copy of Atlas http://www.collegeofthemainland.com/library/internet/intsub/ref_at.htm
Atlases And Gazetteers In addition to atlases of countries, regions, and the world, there are atlases thatcover gives the precise latitude and longitude of places that you can http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/english_research/intro/com2f3e.htm
Extractions: Atlases and Gazetteers Back to Using Reference Materials If your research has a geographical angle, maps and atlases may come into play. In addition to atlases of countries, regions, and the world, there are atlases that cover history, natural resources, ethnic groups, and many other special topics. Gazetteers list place names and give basic information about them, including their location. The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World is one published gazetteer of note. The Geographic Name Server on the Internet ( http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer ) gives the precise latitude and longitude of places that you can search for by name.
Extractions: Building on the success of previous editions, this general reference atlas features the very latest vector mapping data covering the whole of Great Britain. Rich with multimedia content this new edition includes specially commissioned photographs, fly-throughs, video clips and text on more than hundreds of places of interest.
Geography Resources atlases and gazetteers. and demographic information (statistics and/or data on people,places and things of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/ss11.html
Toronto Public Library Unique Collections Baldwin Room - Maps gazetteers of countries and regions; Road and topics, including Location of places;Latitudes and atlases, gazetteers, periodicals and books on cartography are http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/uni_spe_maps.jsp
IM 552: Maps & Atlases seeing more maps (and atlases) available online gazetteers are dictionaries of places,often including cover continents, countries, regions, states, individual http://lrs.stcloudstate.edu/cim/courses/im552/maps.html
Extractions: at-las n., pl. at-las-es. 1. a bound collection of maps. a bound volume of charts, plates, or tables illustrating any subject. gaz-et-teer n. a geographical dictionary. [ gazetta, var. of Venetian gazeta, orig. a coin (the price of the paper), dim. of gaza magpie + -eer, var. of -ier -arius one who is concerned with something.] Random House Dictionary and Information Science Discussion The primary purpose of maps and atlases is to provide a spatial representation of the environment, or, in simpler terms, to help locate or describe a place; gazeteers are, in a sense, geographic dictionaries, using text to describe a place. Maps, to paraphrase Picasso, are lies that allow people to realize the truth. Libraries include maps of various types of purposes to fulfill the diverse expectation of users. Based upon a diagram from Muehrcke, P. and J. Muehrcke (1998) Map Use: Reading Analysis, and Interpretation. Maps are perhaps the most overlooked of all library resources. Their wide variety of thematic intent and equally numerous scales can provide considerable detail about a particular location. The advantage of maps is that a library can acquire various thematic types for the specific locations in which the library is interested, e.g., Minnesota, Stearns County, St. Cloud Township, etc. The simple road atlas, for example, shows a variety of information in addition to towns and roads, that makes them among the most widely used geographic reference source. Another advantage of atlases is they provide a convenient, if often unwieldy, collection of maps, often at lower cost than cumulative individual maps (if they are available). This is especially true for world, national, and state atlases, as well as atlases with special thematic intent, such as historical atlases.
IM 577: Maps & Atlases see more maps (and atlases) available online gazetteers are dictionaries of places,often including may cover continents, countries, regions, states, individual http://lrs.stcloudstate.edu/cim/courses/im577/maps.html
Extractions: at-las n., pl. at-las-es. 1. a bound collection of maps. a bound volume of charts, plates, or tables illustrating any subject. gaz-et-teer n. a geographical dictionary. [ gazetta, var. of Venetian gazeta, orig. a coin (the price of the paper), dim. of gaza magpie + -eer, var. of -ier -arius one who is concerned with something.] Random House Dictionary and Information Science Discussion The primary purpose of maps and atlases is to provide a spatial representation of the environment, or, in simpler terms, to help locate or describe a place; gazeteers are, in a sense, geographic dictionaries, using text to describe a place. Maps, to paraphrase Picasso, are lies that allow people to realize the truth. Libraries include maps of various types of purposes to fulfill the diverse expectation of users. Based upon a diagram from Muehrcke, P. and J. Muehrcke (1998) Map Use: Reading Analysis, and Interpretation. Maps are perhaps the most overlooked of all library resources. Their wide variety of thematic intent and equally numerous scales can provide considerable detail about a particular location. The advantage of maps is that a library can acquire various thematic types for the specific locations in which the library is interested, e.g., Minnesota, Stearns County, St. Cloud Township, etc. The simple road atlas, for example, shows a variety of information in addition to towns and roads, that makes them among the most widely used geographic reference source. Another advantage of atlases is they provide a convenient, if often unwieldy, collection of maps, often at lower cost than cumulative individual maps (if they are available). This is especially true for world, national, and state atlases, as well as atlases with special thematic intent, such as historical atlases.
New College Of California Library - Geography getting custom maps drawn for the places you want see it's MAP page, with categoriesof major regions. Sale of course, some sites sell atlases or gazetteers. http://www.newcollege.edu/reference/geograph.htm
Extractions: [...work in progress...9809..] Geographical Sources One of the useful novelties the Web offers is access to geographical information. Atlases and gazeteers have traditionally been part of "Ready Reference". Now the Web makes getting custom maps drawn for the places you want a snap. Several "Portals" offer map services. I give you links to these 9 portals first. Then I'll show you some online versions of Atlases and Gazeteers. Altavista's map service Excite's map service Infoseek's map service HotBot doesn't offer a map service up front. Choose , and then choose . Note that HotBot are almost identical (and slow). LookSmart doesn't offer a map service up front, but if you choose its you will see a section. Lycos offers Road Maps Snap! doesn't have a map service on it's front page, but if you go to TRAVEL, you will see it's MAP page, with categories of major regions. WebCrawler offers Maps right up front. Yahoo's map service Gazetteers: Of course you can go to a search engine and search for "gazetteer". This will lead you to many particular gazetteers, e.g., for a state or for a city. Some of the more comprehensive links I list below. (Gazetteers as used by genealogists are not included here.) Expedia , from Microsoft. I tested this with a little city I used to live in in Brazil (Crato, Ceara) and it pulled up a localized map pronto. Expedia also lets you save the maps you frequently refer to.
Brandeis Libraries' Guide: Anthropology A reference collection for conducting research. Site features descriptions of frequently used publication Category Science Social Sciences Anthropology Directories atlases, maps, and gazetteers. Computergenerated maps of continents and regions.This atlas has an extensive index that covers all places named on the maps http://library.brandeis.edu/resources/resguides/subject/antguide.html
Extractions: First-time use of your Web browser for off-campus access? Read our instructions Already configured (set-up) your Web browser? Select an Off-campus access link Use of many of these electronic resources is governed by license agreements restricting their access to the Brandeis community and to individuals using the Brandeis University Libraries. It is the responsibility of all users to ensure that they employ these resources only for individual, educational, and noncommercial purposes without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of the information. Archaeology This is a guide to library research in Anthropology, with a focus on Social/Cultural Anthropology and Archaeology. It contains a selective list of resources that should be helpful for getting started. While the General Anthropology resources and databases listed here are suitable for all branches of Anthropology, also see the Guide to Research in Linguistics for Linguistic Anthropology and the Guide to Research in Biology for Biological/Physical Anthropology. Please consult a
Classics : Byzantine Studies atlases/gazetteers. Byzantium, but also takes account of neighbouring regions (Italy,Southern J. Friedman, 2000 Covers the peoples, places, technologies, and http://library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/hum/classics/subject/byz.html
German Genealogy: Gottschee Germans gazetteers; atlases, Historical atlases Magocsi, Paul Robert, Historical Other Statesand places. Emigration waves; Occupations; Etymology; regions of settlement http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/ESE/gottsche.html
Extractions: Genealogy Home What's New General Help Regional Research It is the desire and intent of the German Genealogy team , who maintain these web-pages, to constantly increase their value to the worldwide German genealogy community. This can only be done with the help of the expertise which exists in that world. If you wish to add to the work you find here, either as volunteer researcher or as a specialist who will maintain, manage and grow a whole subcategory, please send a short description of what you have in mind to the email address given below. A team member will contact you.
German Genealogy: Uruguay with success in the southern and eastern regions. In different places these estatesformed small scattered housing gazetteers; atlases; Maps University of Texas http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/WELT/uruguay.html
Extractions: Uruguay is situated in southern South America near the delta of the Rio de la Plata. To the east lies the Atlantic Ocean, to the north Brazil, and in the west Argentina. The border with Argentina is formed by the river Uruguay, which also gave its name to the country. The country covers 176,215 square kilometers and has 3.1 million inhabitants. The capital is Montevideo with 1.5 million inhabitants. The landscape is rather regular with the highest points being in the Sierra de read Animas (514 m). The climate is subtropical to moderate and very damp. Political Divisions
LANDFORMS AND BODIES OF WATER A GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY purposes of geographic tools and technologies, such as reference works (eg atlases,gazetteers, geographic dictionaries 4 places and regions - knowing and http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/iga/LITERACY LPS/landforms_and_bodies_of_water_a_.htm
Extractions: July 7-19, 2002 The book The Bunyans, by Audrey Wood uses the tall tale adventures of the Bunyan family to explain the landforms and natural wonders of North America. The Geography theme of Place is illustrated through pictures and descriptions of the physical characteristics of places in North America such as Mammoth Cave, Niagara Falls, and the Continental Divide. The Bunyans will be read aloud to the students, and they will build on this model by creating a class Geographical Dictionary of Landforms and Bodies of Water. Subject areas integrated in the activity are social studies, language arts, and art. Teaching Level : Grades 3 and 4 Time Frame: 1-2 class periods Objectives: Students will be able to describe the physical characteristics of a particular landform or body of water. Students will construct a page for a class book by researching an assigned landform or body of water, drawing the feature, and including a definition of the feature on the page that illustrates and describes its physical characteristics.
CREATING A CLASSROOM COMMUNITY experience influence peoples perceptions of places and regions. technologies,such as reference works (eg atlases, gazetteers, geographic dictionaries http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/iga/LITERACY LPS/creating_a_classroom_community.htm
Extractions: July 7-19, 2002 Background: Students should have a basic understanding of the five themes of geography and their importance in answering the questions; Where is it? Why is it there? What are the consequences of it being there? Previous lessons include map skills and a study of landforms and bodies of water. Motivation: Alice McLerrans story, Roxaboxen, is about a group of children who use the resources of the desert and a few boxes to transform a desert area into a community that includes a town hall, jail, cemetery, houses and shops. Through discussion of the story, and student study of natural resources and peoples wants and needs, students will design a classroom community of their own. Connection to the Curriculum: Subject areas integrated in this activity are social studies, language arts and art. Teaching Level: Grade 3 Time Frame: 3-4 class periods Geography Themes: Location, Place, Human Environment Interaction, and Movement
Extractions: Imagination Express Destination: Pyramids PK AH 3. participate in activities and traditions associated with the cultural heritage of members of the class Holidays provide excellent opportunities. Component: Egypt by Design Reference: Teacher's Guide p. 41-43 Required: Suggested: Interested: PK WI 1. become familiar with cultures of other people around the world by listening and responding to their stories and music Sharing oral traditions, illustrating stories and music with pictures Class members may share stories and music from their cultural backgrounds. Component: Egypt by Design Reference: Teacher's Guide p. 41-43 Required: Suggested: Interested: K AH 4. identify stories and music of other times and places Use stories or music students may be familiar with and explore with them the historical and cultural roots. Component: Egypt by Design Reference: Teacher's Guide p. 41-43 Required: Suggested: Interested: K WI 1. compare stories and music of other cultures Component: Egypt by Design Reference: Teacher's Guide p. 41-43
Collection Narrative Statement For Maps Atlases atlases, plus as many atlases of other gazetteers describing continents, regions,countries, provinces, states, counties, populated places, lakes, rivers http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/collections/Mapat1.htm
