Atlases & Gazetteers : a guide to library resources
*all in print format except where otherwise indicated*
Australian Atlases & Gazetteers
The following are some key resources
Atlas of Australian history (1990)
Atlas of Australian resources - now in its 3rd series (1980-1990), this atlas covers Soils & land use, Population, Geology & minerals, Vegetation, Agriculture, Climate.
Atlas of New South Wales (1987)
Atlas of South Australia [web access] - interactive atlas with mapping capabilities. The earlier edition (1986) is available in print or via the web
Atlas of Tasmania (1965)
Atlas of Victoria (1982)
Atlas of the Australian people - documents the ethnic characteristics of the population from the 1986, 1991 & 1996 censuses
Australian natural resources atlas [web access]
Australian place names (1989)
Climatic atlas of Australia - first published 1975-1979 supplemented by updates and new editions of various volumes
Country matters: social atlas of rural and regional Australia [web access]
Gazetteer of Australia [web access]
Scroll down to free resources:
As the cocky flies - distance calculator
Place name calculator
Maps of Australia [web access]
[From the National Library of Australia. Enables a geospatial search of catalogue records for over 100 000 maps of Australia held in Australia's libraries]
Melbourne atlas (2006) [web access] - also available in print format
National marine atlas : non-fisheries use in Australia’s marine jurisdiction [2004]
NSW natural resources atlas [web access]
PlaceNames Online [web access] - gazetteer of place names in South Australia
Reader's Digest atlas of Australia (2nd edition, 1994)
Reef, range and red dust : the adventure atlas of Queensland (1993)
Social atlas series (2006 census) - presents colour maps of the key social, demographic and economic characteristics of Australia's capital cities at the time of the 2006 Census. Also available online from ABS website.
Social health atlas [web access] - covers the nation, the states and the territories in separate volumes. Also available in print format
What's in a name? : nomenclature of South Australia (1984) - derivations of some 4000 historically significant place names
General World Atlases
Cartographic satellite atlas of the world (1998) - based on a view of Earth from 88km at a 1km resolution with a traditional cartographic overlay
Macquarie world atlas (revised edition, 1994)
National Geographic Atlas of the world (8th edition, 2005)
Oxford atlas of the world (14th edition, 2007)
Peters atlas of the world - the controversial projection used gives a very different representation of the earth
Times comprehensive atlas of the world (12th edition, 2007)
World Gazetteers
*Gazetteers are used to find the geographic location of a named place
In print format
Chambers world gazetteer: an A-Z of geographical information (5th edition, 1988)
Columbia gazetteer of the world (3 volumes, 2008)
Oxford dictionary of the world (1995)
Place-name changes 1900-1991 (1993)
Via the web
Alexandria Digital Library project - the ADL Gazetteer is searchable and has international coverage
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online - a database of over one million place names around the world with an emphasis on art, architecture and material culture
World Gazetteer
Created by Stefan Helders
Economic & Development Atlases
Atlas of global development (World Bank) (2007-)
Earlier title World Bank atlas (1976-2004)
Atlas of the world economy (1991)
Atlas of world development (1994)
State of the world atlas (7th ed, 2003)
Environment Atlases
Atlas of climate change (2006)
Atlas of global change (1998)
Atlas of the environment (1990)
Globalis [web access]
An interactive world atlas
New Gaia atlas of planet management (2005)
New state of the earth atlas (2nd edition, 1995)
One planet, many people: atlas of our changing environment [web access]
Select downloads
Resources and environment : world atlas (2 volumes, 1998)
State of the environment atlas (1995)
Geo-political Atlases
Atlas of world affairs (11th edition, 2007)
State of the world atlas (7th edition, 2007)
Historical Atlases
Atlas of exploration (2008)
Atlas of world history (2000)
Cassell atlas of world history (1997)
Historical Map Web Sites
From the Perry-Castanda Library, University of Texas. Includes Historical maps of Australia and the Pacific
Times atlas of world exploration (1991)
Times atlas of world history (4th edition, 1993)
Physical Atlases
Atlas of the biosphere [web access] - the Maps section of this site contains data in four general categories: Humans, Land Use, Ecosystems, and Water Resources
Atlas of water (2004)
Atlas of water : mapping the world’s most critical resource (2009)
United Nations atlas of the oceans [web access] - an information system on ocean issues which includes an interactive world map
World atlas of biodiversity [web access] - this atlas from UNEP-WCMC provides a map-based view of the world's living resources
World atlas of desertification (2nd edition, 1997)
World Atlas of Panoramic Aerial Images [web access]
From the California Geographic Survey
Regional & National Atlases
A reasonably efficient way of discovering atlases/maps for individual nations or regions is to search the catalogue using the Keywords option (but not the Keywords search engine style version).
To search for individual countries or regions adapt the following searches to suit your purpose:
skey sri lanka and skey maps
skey middle east and skey maps
skey antarctic ocean and skey maps
(skey zambia or skey zimbabwe) and skey maps
The Web has a vast amount of static and dynamic maps & atlases.
Gateways for discovering maps on the web:
Worldatlas
World Atlas: Maps & Geography of the World
Maps - National Geographic
Social & Demographic Atlases
AAAS atlas of population & environment (2000) [web access] - contains both maps & expository text on population-environment linkages. Also available in print format
Atlas of international migration (1993)
Atlas of women (3rd edition, 2003)
Penguin atlas of diasporas (1995)
UC Atlas of Global Inequality [web access] - explores inequality using online maps & graphics
Where the poor are: an atlas of poverty [web access]
Last update: 14th January 2010 Helen Attar
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