Quick Reference Sources
Maps & Atlases
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Atlapedia Online"Atlapedia® Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world."
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Geographic Names InformationFind locations and name variants of places and features in the United States.
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National Geographic's Mapmaker InteractiveThis resource allows users to observe and manipulate a wide variety of data sets on a world map. The weather/climate tab provides visual representations of climate data, but users can make other curricular connections as well. Users can also create links on the maps to show photographs or videos of an area.
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Texas Digital Sanborn MapsDetailed property and land-use records of 12,000 U.S. towns and cities from 1867 to 1970. The maps can be manipulated, expanded, printed, and downloaded. (Full-text).
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