Temple and Philadelphia Area
Department of Geography
and Urban Studies, College of Arts and
Sciences
Paley Library has more than 50,000 current maps and atlases, including USGS topographic
maps for all U. S. states. Maps and atlases of historic Philadelphia
are held in the Urban
Archives on the ground floor of Paley. The map collections contain primarily topographic maps in the USGS United
States 7.5 minute series, located primarily on the ground floor in the Governments Documents area. For more details
about the Paley Library Map Collection, contact the Map Librarian, Gregory McKinney .
Social Science Data Library (SSDL)
Geograpical Society of Philadelphia
Topic Overview
Begin geographical research by reviewing a research guide in order to become familiar with reference books and information sources in Geography:
A Guide to information sources in the geographical sciences / edited by Stephen Goddard. London : Croom Helm ; Totowa, N.J.: Barnes & Noble, 1983
Keyguide to information sources in cartography / A.G. Hodgkiss and A.F. Tatham. London ; New York : Mansell, 1986
The literature of geography : a guide to its organisation and use / by J. Gordon Brewer. London : Clive Bingley ; Hamden, Conn. : Linnet Books, 1978
Social science reference sources : a practical guide / Tze-chung Li. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2000
The Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary
Guide to Selected Sources / N. L. Herron ( Table
of Contents )
Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2002
Visitors to this Guide
Associations and Societies
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Association for Geographical Information
International Geographical Union
Royal
Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers
Odden's Bookmarks: a
comprehensive listings of cartographic and Geographic Societies around
the world, assembled by Roelof P. Oddens, University of Utrecht
Subject Specialist |
 Gregory McKinney Contact Info Paley Library Room: 221 1210 W. Polett Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 Phone: 215-204-4581 Fax: 215-204-5201 Email: gregmck@temple.edu Send Email Links: Profile & Guides |
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