Cataloging Tools

Map Cataloging Tools Available Online

See the Bibliography for additional resources.

General Map Cataloging Tools

• Map Cataloger's Toolbox, University of Buffalo
  • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/maps/cat/map_cat_tools.html

• Map Librarian's Tool Box, Western Association of Map Libraries
  • http://www.waml.org/maptools.html

Subject Headings

• Library of Congress Authorities
  • http://authorities.loc.gov/

• Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Headings, Library of Congress
  • http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1/

• Subject Headings Used in North Carolina Maps

• Historic Map Types in the David Rumsey Collection
  • http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/what/

Scale

• Map Scale Calculator, Oregon State University
  • http://oregonstate.edu/%7ereeset/html/scale.html

• Converting Degrees/Minutes/Seconds to Decimal Degrees
  • http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html

• Finding Coordinates Using Google Earth
  • North Carolina Maps: Finding Coordinates

METS / MODS / MIX

• Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS)
  • http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/

• Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
  • http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/

• NISO Metadata for Images in XML Schema (MIX)
  • http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/

North Carolina Map Collections

• North Carolina State Archives
  • Online catalog (which includes maps at the Outer Banks History Center) available at http://mars.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, Duke University, North Carolina Central University
  • Search the combined library catalogs of these four universities at http://search.trln.org/

• East Carolina University
  • http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

• Davidson College
  • http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x14938.xml