Atlases

• Atlas of North America
  • Zumberge Atlases, G1105 .A85 2005
    
    
• DK Compact World Atlas
  • Zumberge Atlases, G1021 .D2774 2003
  • Useful for making 8.5 x 11" copies
    
    
• National Geographic Atlas of the World
  • Zumberge Atlases, G1021 .N38 2005
    
    
• Oxford Atlas of the World
  • Zumberge Atlases & Steelcase Reference, G1021 .A7545 2004
    
    
• Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide
  • Zumberge Atlases, G1019 .R22 2005
    
    
• Rand McNally Road Atlas: United States/Canada/Mexico
  • Zumberge Atlases, Steelcase Reference, & Frey Reference, G1201.P2 R186
    
    

• National Atlas of the United States
  • This atlas includes an interactive map engine, multimedia maps, printable maps, and a map layer warehouse that allows you to ftp map layers at no cost.
• National Geographic Map Machine Online Atlas
  • This interactive atlas includes thematic maps of the world and United States, as well as historic maps, street maps, and more.
• Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • This atlas contains a variety of maps for every state including topographic maps, county outline maps for the state, black and white shaded relief maps, satellite images, a map from the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas of the World, and more.
• 1895 Atlas of the United States
  • To access these scanned images from this 1895 Rand McNally Atlas scroll down toward the bottom of the page and then click on the state you are interested in.  The images are fairly large files and can take some time to load.
• Atlas of United States Mortality
  • "Released to the public on April 14, 1997, this atlas is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas referred to as Health Service Areas (HSA's).  The 18 causes of death included in this atlas account for 83 percent of all deaths in the United States during 1988-92.  In addition to maps with age-adjusted death rates for each HSA, the atlas includes maps that compare each HSA rate to the national rate, smoothed maps for each cause that show the broad geographic patterns at selected ages, and a chart with regional rates for each cause of death." 
• Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-1994
  • "Provides interactive maps, graphs (which are accessible to the blind and visually-impaired), text, tables and figures showing geographic patterns and time trends of cancer death rates for the time period 1950-1994 for more than 40 cancers."
• 1997 Agricultural Atlas of the United States
  • This atlas consists of data from the 1997 Census of Agriculture.
• Groundwater Atlas of the United States
  • "The Ground Water Atlas of the United States provides a summary of the most important information available for each principal aquifer, or rock unit that will yield usable quantities of water to wells, throughout the 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands."
• Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States
  • "This atlas estimates wind energy resource for the United States and its territories, and indicates general areas where a high wind resource may exist. This information is valuable to wind energy developers and potential wind energy users because it allows them to choose a general area of estimated high wind resource for more detailed examination."  The atlas includes bibliographies at the end of each chapter and color maps.

Canada

• Atlas of Canada
  • From Natural Resources Canada, this official atlas contains a large number of thematic maps on a variety of topics ranging from history to climate to the economy.
• Historical Atlas of Canada
  • "The Historical Atlas of Canada was a three-volume collaborative publishing project, finished in 1993. . . The Atlas uses thematic mapping to describe events, issues or patterns in Canada's development. . . Each theme is presented through maps, graphs, and pictures which are tied together by the text on the plate."  Approximately 15% of the atlas is currently available online.

World Atlases

• InfoPlease Atlas
  • Access maps of the continents, world regions, countries, proposed countries, U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and territories and dependencies of various countries.
• United Nations Atlas of the Oceans
  • "The Atlas includes four main entry points to access information:
    1. about the oceans - from history, biology, maps and statistics to research, climatology and ecology
    2. uses of the oceans - from fishing, shipping and mining to tourism, dumping and marine biotechnology
    3. issues - from food security and climate change to governance and human health
    4. geography - information categorized by geographical area."

Lunar Atlases

• Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
  • "The Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon by Bowker and Hughes is considered the definitive reference manual to the global photographic coverage of the Moon. The images contained within the atlas are excellent for studying lunar morphology because they were obtained at low to moderate Sun angles. The digital Lunar Orbiter Atlas of the Moon is a reproduction of the 675 plates contained in Bowker and Hughes."
• Consolidated Lunar Atlas
  • "The Consolidated Lunar Atlas by Gerald P. Kuiper, Ewan A. Whitaker, Robert G. Strom, John W. Fountain, and Stephen M. Larson is a collection of the best photographic images of the moon."
• Apollo Image Atlas
  • "The Apollo Image Atlas is a collection of photographic images of the moon taken during the Apollo Saturn missions."