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Please Note: Maps references services and parts of the Maps collection moved to the Davis Library Reference Department,
effective August 23, 2006. Please read this news item for more details. The rest of the
collection will move in the summer of 2007.
The Maps Collection houses over 250,000 maps covering the
world and parts of our solar system. It collects materials
in support of teaching and research on campus as well as
general reference. The Collection contains atlases,
gazetteers, cartographic reference volumes, CD-ROMs,
mapping software, journals, microforms, transparencies, and
government depository publications.
The volumes in the Maps Collection have been cataloged and are listed in the UNC-Chapel Hill online catalog. Many of the flat map collections are not yet cataloged. The Maps Collection's in-house files must be consulted for holdings information about them.
The Maps Collection is administratively part of the Davis Library Reference Department, which also collects atlases, particularly those of thematic and historical nature. Many of the maps received through the Federal Depository program are placed in the Maps Collection. The Documents Section of the Reference Department likewise houses a number of government maps, particularly Soil Surveys, National Park maps, and Forest Service maps. Davis Reference also supports geographic information services for Academic Affairs Libraries.
Maps
The flat map collections provide comprehensive coverage of
the world with both topographic and thematic
(administrative divisions, population, transportation,
vegetation, etc.) mapping. The Map Collection's holdings
are predominantly 20th century materials, but there are
good collections of classical maps and U.S. historical
maps, especially of the southern states. The Maps
Collection acquires maps of general and research interest
for all parts of the world with more detailed coverage for
its area specializations in Latin America, Africa, East
Asia, and Eastern Europe.
The Maps Collection houses the Library's Government Printing Office Maps Depository. This depository contains topographic and geologic maps of the Geologic Survey (USGS); topographic, nautical, and aeronautical maps and charts of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); and the nautical and aeronautical charts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Maps from the following agencies are also available: U.S. Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife, Census Bureau, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Central Intelligence Agency. The Documents Section of the Reference Department of Davis Library also has some maps from these agencies, as well as CD-ROM resources.
Other collections include city maps and travel atlases for the U.S. and other countries; state maps and county highway maps for the U.S.; and maps of states, departments, and provinces for other countries.
Charts
The Maps Collection has a collection of the nautical and
aeronautical charts that are published by U.S. government
agencies. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
produces nautical charts of U.S. coastal waters and port
areas and aeronautical sectional charts for the U.S. The
National Imagery and Mapping Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency produce hydrographic
charts for international waters; hydrographic charts of
coastal waters and ports of other countries; and
aeronautical charts covering the world at four scales.
Historical Maps
The Maps Collection has a small collection of historical
maps and atlases. Resources are available for classical
history, but most maps in the historical holdings are from
the 15th-19th centuries, with the majority in the 19th
century. Topographic maps in the U.S. Geological Survey
collections date from the late 1880s.
Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for North Carolina are housed in the North Carolina Collection. A listing of the North Carolina Collection holdings is provided in Sanborn Insurance Company Maps for North Carolina. For other maps, Davis Library relies on the Center for Research Libraries (which has the complete mircofilm set) and the NCSU Library (which has the microfilm reproductions for the South).
The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for North Carolina are now available online at Sanborn Maps North Carolina.
Wall Maps
A small collection of wall maps for use in classroom
instruction and class presentations is maintained by the
Maps Collection. Faculty suggestions for additions to this
collection are welcome. Please e-mail requests to Robert Dalton (rdalton@email.unc.edu)
Gazetteers
The Maps Collection has over 550 gazetteers to assist in
the location of current and historical place names. The
scope of these gazetteers may be general, covering the
world, or detailed, covering individual countries, states,
or provinces. Various formats are available: books,
CD-ROMs, microforms, and Web access.
Computer Mapping
Atlases, maps, gazetteers, aerial photographs, street
plans, trip planners, and database files are available in
CD-ROMS and mapping software. For additional information, please see the
GIS services information page.
Atlases
The Maps Collection acquires atlases to supplement the
flat map collections and to expand its thematic map
resources. Holdings include world, regional, national, and
city atlases; U.S. and Canadian state and provincial
atlases; selected historical and thematic atlases. Atlases
are also available at other locations in the Library system
and are included in the Library's online catalog.
Reference
A reference collection is available to assist with the use
of cartographic materials. The collection contains
cartobibliographies for countries, cartographers, and
collections; volumes on historical cartography; catalogs of
map collections; indexes; resources about geography; and
government depository publications.
Journals
Journal holdings include historical cartography, map
librarianship, and guides to current geographical and
cartographical publications. Online access to other
journals of interest to map users is available through the
Library's online
catalog.
Imagery
The Maps Collection currently maintains a small collection
of aerial photographs and satellite imagery. Staff can
provide assistance in locating print and Web resources.
North Carolina Collection
The North Carolina Collection has the Library's largest collection of historical maps of North Carolina. There are also
historical and current maps in state and county history works, atlases, and government reports. The Maps Collection does not
attempt to duplicate the historical holdings of the North Carolina Collection, but does have many of the same current holdings,
such as the U.S. Geological Survey quadrangles, travel and transportation maps, and city plans and atlases.
Geological Sciences
Library
The Geological Sciences Library formerly housed the Library's
principal geologic map collection, consisting mainly of
U.S. Geological Survey geological maps and selected
topographic maps for North Carolina and the
surrounding states. These have been incorporated into the Maps Collection,
Davis Library.
Maps and atlases found elsewhere in the Library system:
For more assistance,
Please contact Robert Dalton
rdalton@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-1151
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