LSU Libraries - Reference Tools Tutorial

CONTENTS:

Introduction
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Almanacs
Bibliographies
Biographical Dictionaries
Concordances
Directories
Chronologies
Atlases and Gazetteers
Handbooks and Manuals
Statistics

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Atlases and Gazetteers

ATLASES are books of maps. They can be maps of physical places as well as more abstract concepts such as migration, weather patterns, population expansions, etc.

atlas stands Several of the most popular atlases are kept on atlas stands near the Reference Desk but many others are shelved throughout the library according to their subjects. To find atlases in the library catalog do a keyword search combining a broad subject with the word atlas. This search works best if you truncate the word atlas$

Examples:

crime and atlas$
astronomy and atlas$

There are also several free map services on the web such as:

MapQuest

Yahoo Maps

Maps on Us

GAZETEERS are dictionaries of geographical place names. You can look up the name of a city, country, river, mountain, etc. and it will tell you where and what it is. (Note: Gazetteers often call themselves "dictionaries")

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	Several of the most popular atlases are kept on atlas stands near the Reference Desk but many others are shelved throughout the library according to their subjects. To find atlases in the library catalog do a keyword search combining a broad subject with the word atlas. This search works best if you truncate the word atlas$ Examples: crime and atlas$ astronomy and atlas$