Searching Newton for books on cartography and gazetteers
Searching for books on cartography and gazetteers
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Subject heading examples
Searching for maps and atlases
See here for information on searching Newton for Maps and Atlases.
General information about Newton can be found here. In particular, the section on subject searching may be of use.
Note that although since August 2000 all new Map Department acquisitions have been catalogued on Newton, to make a comprehensive search of our holdings you will also need to visit the Map Department to search our card catalogue.
Searching for books on cartography and gazetteers
- Use Advanced search
- Select Subject from one of the drop down menus on the right hand side
- Make sure that the central column is set to all of these (unless otherwise stated)
- Type your search terms - see list below of the more commonly used terms - in the corresponding search box on the left
- The search terms can be combined with a place name, e.g. Great Britain cartography
| atlases history | For texts about atlases |
| bibliography maps | For lists of maps (see also: catalogs) |
| cartography | For texts on how maps are made |
| cartography history | For texts on the history of cartography |
| cartographers | For biographies and other works about cartographers |
| catalogs maps | For lists of maps - sometimes lists of maps in a particular institution (see also: bibliography) |
| discovery and exploration | As a phrase. Also Scientific expeditions |
| early maps | Search as a phrase for books, periodicals, etc. on early maps |
| gazetteers | For gazetteers |
| globes | For books about globes |
| map collections | For books about map collections in general or about those in specific institutions. Can be combined with, for example, directories or catalogs |
| map reading | |
| map drawing | For books on how maps are drawn and made |
| maps terminology | For dictionaries, etc, of cartographic terms |
| maps in literature | As a phrase. Also, for example, maps in art; maps in journalism; maps in motion pictures … |
| surveyors | Combine, for example, with dictionaries or history |
| surveying | Note that books on surveying are usually not kept in the Map Department |
| tithes maps | For books about tithe maps |
Also try these terms – which are Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) – in the Basic Search option on Newton by typing your search terms in the box on the left and selecting Subject Headings in the box on the right.
A searchable list of LCSHs is available at here. Also take a look at the subject searching help pages for Newton.
Also see these Real Examples.
Printable version of this text
See Map Department Information Sheet 5C - Searching Newton for maps, atlases and books on cartography (a MS Word document)
or ask a member of Map Department staff for a hard copy
Subject Heading Examples
| BOOK TITLES | SUBJECT HEADINGS | |
| The history of cartography. University of Chicago Press. 1987- [S696.b.079] | Cartography –History | |
| Cartographical innovations: an international handbook of mapping terms to 1900. Edited by Helen M. Wallis and Arthur H. Robinson. 1987. [S696.c.98.71] | Maps --Terminology | |
| Dictionary of land surveyors and local mapmakers of Great Britain and Ireland 1530-1850. Sarah Bendall. 1997. [S696.c.99.120-121] | Cartographers --Great Britain –Dictionaries Cartographers --Great Britain –History Surveyors --Great Britain –Dictionaries Surveyors --Great Britain –History |
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| English maps: a history. Catherine Delano-Smith and Roger J. P. Kain. 1999. [S696.c.062.2] | Geography, Medieval --England –Maps Cartography --England –History |
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| Tooley’s dictionary of mapmakers. Revised ed. 1999-2004. [S696.b.99.289-292] | Cartographers –Dictionaries | |
| Who’s who in the history of cartography: the international directory of current research in the history of cartography (D9). 1998. [S696.b.036.9] | Cartographers –Directories Cartography --Research –Directories Cartography –Bibliography |
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| Maps in the atlases of the British Library: a descriptive catalogue c. AD 850-1800. Rodney Shirley. 2004. [S696.b.200.118-119] | British Library --Map collections –Catalogs | |
| The Mapping of the World: early printed world maps 1472-1700. 4th ed. Rodney W. Shirley. 2001. [S696.a.200.4] |
Early maps --Bibliography Cartography --History |
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| Early printed maps of the British Isles: a bibliography 1477-1650. Rev. and updated ed. Rodney W. Shirley. 1991. [S696.b.99.23] | Cartography --Great Britain –History Great Britain --Maps –Early works to 1800 --Bibliography. |
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| Printed maps of the British Isles 1650-1750. Rodney W. Shirley. 1988. [S696.b.060.6] | Cartography --Great Britain –History Great Britain --Maps –To 1800 --Bibliography. |
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| The Mapping of North America: a list of printed maps, [vol. 1] 1511-1670; vol. II 1671-1700. Philip D. Burden. 1996-2007. [S696.a.026.1-2]
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Cartography --North America --History --Sources –Bibliography North America --Maps --Early works to 1800 --Bibliography –Catalogs North America --Historical geography --Maps |
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| Ordnance Survey maps: a concise guide for historians. 2nd ed. Richard Oliver. 2005. [S696.b.200.130] | Great Britain. Ordnance Survey –History Cartography --Great Britain –History Great Britain –Maps |
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| Ordnance Survey maps: a descriptive manual. J. B. Harley. 1975. [S696.b.97.107] | Great Britain. Ordnance Survey Cartography --Great Britain Great Britain --Maps, Topographic |
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| A History of the Ordnance Survey. Edited by W. A. Seymour. 1980. [S696.b.98.3] | Great Britain. Ordnance Survey –History | |
| Mapping the UK. C. R. Perkins and R. B. Parry. 1996. [S696.b.99.153] | Cartography--Great Britain Great Britain--Surveys |
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| World mapping today. 2nd edition. R. B. Parry and C. R. Perkins. 2000. [ S696.b.200.3] | Acquisition of maps Maps--Publishing--Directories |
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