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Map Libary Subject Guide

Selected Resources for Studies of the British Empire
HIST 3133 Spring 2006




Searching for Maps

Chinook

Many of the maps in the Map Library have not been cataloged yet (and are not accessible through Chinook). If you do not find what you need in Chinook, please ask the Map Library staff for help in searching the uncataloged portion of our collection.

Online Maps


Map Citation Guides


Gazetteers
You can use gazetteers to find the latitude and longitude of cities, geographic features, and cultural sites.
  • Columbia Gazetteer
    Three volume print gazetteer held in the Map Library and the Norlin Reference Department.
  • GEOnet Names Server
    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) online database of foreign geographic feature names. Can be downloaded for use in a GIS.

Other Resources
The books listed below may be helpful to your research. Each title links to the catalog record in Chinook. For the most part, these books are not in the Map Library, they are located in different parts of the Libraries, so check the location in the catalog record.
     
 
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