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Study Abroad in Mexico Research Tutorial

Geography and Maps of Mexico

Maps and atlases are great tools for getting a feel for the landscape and geographic borders of your destination. Many geographical resources are available to you at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Maps in Print

A wide range of maps can be found in the Maps Collection in the Reference area in Davis Library. The Undergraduate Library and Davis Library have many types of atlases, including international and historical. They are on atlas cases in each library's reference section. A few useful atlases are:

Atlas of World History
Davis Library Reference and Undergrad Library Reference G1030 .O85 1999

Map of Mexico from the CIA World Factbook

National Geographic Atlas of the World
Undergraduate Library Reference G1021 .N38 2004
Davis Library Reference G1021 .N38 2004

Oxford Atlas of the World
Undergrad Library Reference G1021 .A7545 2003

Maps Online

For an extensive collection of online international maps, search the University of Texas's Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. Here you can find maps of individual Mexican states in addition to the entire country.

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