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Geographical Sources: Mrs. Marline G. Roma

Geography sources provide location information through text-based gazetteers and visually through maps, with gazetteers listing details on places alphabetically and maps showing various types of information like streets, landforms, and political boundaries. Atlases are collections of maps that can focus on specific regions, themes, or time periods. Libraries offer a variety of geography sources like gazetteers, atlases, and maps both in print and online to help users learn about locations and visualize spatial relationships.

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Geographical Sources: Mrs. Marline G. Roma

Geography sources provide location information through text-based gazetteers and visually through maps, with gazetteers listing details on places alphabetically and maps showing various types of information like streets, landforms, and political boundaries. Atlases are collections of maps that can focus on specific regions, themes, or time periods. Libraries offer a variety of geography sources like gazetteers, atlases, and maps both in print and online to help users learn about locations and visualize spatial relationships.

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GEOGRAPHICAL

SOURCES
Mrs. Marline G. Roma
• Geography is an interdisciplinary area of study spanning both earth
science (physical geography), which studies the physical features of
the earth, and social science (human geography), which studies the
relationship between humans and the environment.

• Today, geography explores the relationship between the earth and its
people through the study of place, space, and environment.
• Geographic sources provide information in narrative form through
gazetteers and other text resources and visually through maps.
Ways in using Geographic information
sources:
They can be employed to find the location of towns, rivers, mountains,
countries, continents, and other geographic entities.
 They make it possible for users to more easily visualize the relationship
between countries and continents.
 They show the makeup of a particular land area – its mountains,
valleys, rivers, and plains.
 Some geographic sources show the environmental and climatic or
ecological factors in an area so we can better understand how this
affects the ability of the area, for example, to develop agriculturally.
 Geographic sources may deal with the past as well as the present.
Gazetteers
• Are text-based sources of information about geographic places and
features.
• They are arranged alphabetically and describe as concisely and
precisely as possible where, for example, a particular town or
mountain range is located and other pertinent facts about it.
Examples of gazeeters

• Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online- is a well-regarded source of


information on geographical places and features.
• It has over 170,000 detailed entries listing geographical sites such as
countries, cities, lakes and mountains, and cultural and historical
points of interest worldwide.
• The online version (http://www.columbiagazetteer.org) is available by
subscription
• Merriam-Webster’s Geographical Dictionary, 3rd edition
• A one-volume gazetteer and a good choice for libraries not needing
the more extensive Columbia Gazetteer of the World.
• It contains more than 54,000 brief entries with economic, political,
and physical data and 250 black-and-white maps.
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
• (http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn
• A free online gazetteer developed by the Getty Research Institute.
• Lists nearly a million place names.
• It provides information about the preferred name for a place and all
variants by language and through history.
Maps
Types of maps:
1. Streets and Highways – are route and street maps that show the streets
and highways so that someone can determine the best route to get from
one place to another.
2. Topographic maps – show the natural land features through the use of
color so that the user can see clearly the mountainous areas, the rivers, and
the plains.
3. Political maps – show the boundaries of major cities, towns, and villages,
and the boundaries of countries.
4. Thematic maps – usually deal with a narrow theme such as religion, ethnic
diversity, or history, using the visual format of maps to convey information.
Atlas
• Is a collection of maps with some unifying theme.

• They offer more than maps since they often include other geographic
information such as population, the environment, and statistics on
countries, with a detailed index.
Examples of Atlases
• Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World
• Called by Booklist as the “pinnacle of atlases”
• This atlas provides a balanced coverage of all parts of the world and
includes extensive mapping of all continents with at least ten maps
per continent.
• Watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWzbWpxJOi4
• National Geographic Atlas of the World
• Though smaller than the Times Atlas, with fewer pages, maps, and
index entries, is nevertheless a very good atlas that particularly excels
in U.S. maps.
• A country section provides basic information on all independent
countries including the country flag, demographics, and economic
information.
• Oxford Comprehensive Atlas of the World
• This includes 250 pages of maps; a fifty-six-page section on different
aspects of world geography including climate change, biodiversity,
and global warming; a set of six ocean floor maps; and photos of the
planets.
• It is recommended for its excellent maps.
Examples of medium-sized atlases
• Times Concise Atlas of the world
• A smaller version of the Times Atlas.
• It includes the usual Collins Bartholomew maps, the detailed index of
130,000 place names, and a list of countries with concise information
on each country and a picture of the flag.
• Hammond World Atlas
• One of the series of Hammond atlases.
• Commentary relating to each continent precedes each section.
• It uses a smaller scale for countries other than the United States,
which makes comparisons difficult.
• It is an excellent atlas for its size and price.
Oxford Atlas of the World HarperCollins New World Atlas
Some examples of Historical Atlases
• Sheperd’s Historical Atlas
• A rich source of historical maps, especially European maps.
• It shows the changes in boundaries throughout the ages, providing
the user with an understanding of the impact of wars and treaties on
the face of Europe.
• History of Cartography Gateway
• http://www.maphistory.info/
• This links to map collections and the Library of Congress American Memory
Collection.
• Users can search the American Memory Collection by cities and towns or by
subject, for example, conservation and environment, discovery and
exploration, cultural landscapes, military battles and campaigns, and
transportation and communication.
• Yale University provides on its website a selection of maps from its historical
map collection. (http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/index.html)
Some examples of thematic atlases
• Times History of the World
• Atlas of World History
• Oxford New Historical Atlas of Religion in America
Examples of Road Atlases and Maps
• Rand McNally Road Atlas
• It is integrated with (www.randmcnally.com) via codes on the map
pages.
• National Geographic Society (
www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/map-machine)
• National Atlas of the United States (www.nationalatlas.gov)
• Google maps (http://maps.google.com/)
• Google earth (http://www.google.com/earth/index.html)
• INFOMINE (http://infomine.ucr.edu/)
• MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/)
Globe
• Is a type of map.
• It provides a way to see the relationship between continents and land
masses and provides a more accurate visualization of the earth.
Activity
1. Select one geographical source in your library and explain the
procedures of using it.

2. Include in your paper the process of borrowing such geographical


source in your library.

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