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Maps and atlases are great tools for getting a feel for the landscape and geographic borders of your area. Many geographical resources are available to you at UNC.
A wide range of maps can be found in the Maps Collection on the lower level of Wilson Library. The Undergraduate Library and Davis Library have many types of atlases, including international and historic. They are on atlas cases in each library's reference section. A few useful atlases are:
Atlas of World History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Davis and Undergrad Library Reference G1030 .O85 1999
National Geographic Atlas of the World.
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1997.
Undergrad Library Reference G1021 .N38 1999 and Davis Library Reference G1021 .N38 1996
Oxford Atlas of the World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Undergrad Library Reference G1021 .A7545 2003 and Davis Library Reference G1021 .A7545 2004
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 the UK and maps of Ireland .
