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

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/

• 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/