Maps and Atlases
Using Indexes and Databases
There are many aids for finding maps. The resources listed
below can be used as indexes to identify maps. When you use general map
indexes, you will also need to check the library's online catalog or consult
with a reference librarian to determine if the NCSU Libraries owns the
map.
Online resources:
NCSU
Library Online Catalog - This is the first place to look. Try a keyword
search for the geographic name or area and limit your search to Material
- Maps. You can also look for maps in atlases by using "atlases"
as a keyword.
National Geologic Map Database - Maps
and related data about geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics,
geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology.
Topographic Map Indexes - USGS topographic indexes of the United States in the following scales: 1:24,000, 1:100,00, and 1:250,000.
Print indexes:
North Carolina:
Index to Maps of North Carolina in Books and Periodicals Illustrating
the History of the State from the Voyage of Verrazzano in 1524 to 1975
/ by David Sanders Clark.
D. H. Hill Library - Reference
Z6028 .C58 1976
United States:
Descriptive Catalog of Maps Published by Congress, 1817-1843, compiled
by Martin P. Claussen and Herman R. Friis. Washington, D.C., 1941.
D H Hill Library Reference
Z6027 .U5 C6
CIS US Serial Set Index: Index and Carto-Bibliography of Maps, 1789–1969.
Indexes many early maps published by the federal government on topics
including exploration west of the Mississippi River, the growth of American
railroads, the Civil War, and more.
Reference U.S. Depository Collection, D H Hill.
J74 .C65 1975
Maps Contained in the Publications of the American Bibliography, 1639-1819
: an index and checklist by Jim Walsh.
D H Hill Library Reference.
Z6027 .U5 W35 1988
Index to Maps of the American Revolution in Books and Periodicals: illustrating
the Revolutionary War and other events of the period 1763-1789. By David
Sanders Clark.
D H Hill Library Reference.
Z6027 .U5 C57 1974
Thematic:
Index to Plant Distribution Maps in North American Periodicals through
1972. Compiled by W. Louis Phillips and Ronald L. Stuckey. 1976.
D H Hill Library Folio.
Z6026 .B6 P45
Index to Maps in Earth Science Publications, 1963-1983. Compiled by John
Van Balen.
D H Hill Library Reference.
QE36 .V36 1985
Contact
For more information, please ask at the D. H. Hill Reference Desk or contact:
- Jeff Essic
- Data Services Librarian
- (919) 515-5698
- jeff_essic@ncsu.edu
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