UCF Research Guides: Maps and Geographic Information System (GIS) Resources: World Resources

CIA Maps & Publications

CIA Maps & Publications
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Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin)
provides approximately 25,000 political, physical, topographical, economic, relief, and historical maps in digital format

Maps for Reproduction

Maps on File
Call Number: Reference G 1021 .M33
provides black & white maps designed for photocopy reproduction.
Volume I provides maps for all regions, continents and countries of the world.
Volume II provides maps for U.S. states and subject maps for the world, including demographics (population, human development index, population growth rate, life expectancy), natural resources and energy resources (deforestation, protected natural areas), politics, economics and the military (international organizations, GDP per capita, annual economic growth, inflation, food production per capita), education and social issues (literacy, primary school enrollment rates, secondary school enrollment rates), U.S. statistics, and Canadian statistics
Historical Maps on File
Call Number: Reference G 1030 .M37
provides black & white maps designed for photocopy reproduction. Coverage includes ancient civilizations, Europe (from the Fall of the Roman Empire to 1500), Europe (from 1500 to 1815), Europe (from 1815 to the present), United States, Western Hemisphere, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, and Australia
Geography on File
Call Number: Reference G 1021.F32 1991
provides black & white maps for photocopy reproduction. Coverage includes aspects of physical geography such as world climate & landforms; human geography in terms of regions and the world.

CIA World Factbook

World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency)
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 262 world entities.
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download archived issues 2000+

World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency - CIA)
Call Number: UCF Main Library U.S. Documents - 1st Floor -- PREX 3.15:
Latest edition in Documents Ready Reference
U.S. Documents PREX 3.15: - 1995, 2000, 2002-2011, 2012/2013+
Online access to Archived Issues - 2000-2012
World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency) (1981+)
HathiTrust digitized editions
World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency) (1997+)
EBSCOhost digitized editions
World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency) (1986+)
Call Number: ASI Microfiche 9114-2 (1986+)
Online access 2004+
World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency) (1981-1985)
Call Number: ASI Microfiche 244-11 (1981-1985)
U.S. Documents microfiche
National Basic Intelligence Factbook (1975-1980)
Call Number: ASI Microfiche 242-1 (1975-1980)
U.S. Documents microfiche
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World Maps

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
"focuses on rare 18th and 19th century maps of North and South America, although it also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.... Items range in date from about 1700 to 1950s.... there are now over 21,000 items online, with new additions added regularly
National Geographic Maps
- Atlas Explorer - political & physical maps
- EarthPulse: A Visual Guide to Trends
- Browse the National Geographic print map collection
- Photography Maps
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin)
provides approximately 25,000 political, physical, topographical, economic, relief, and historical maps in digital format
United Nations Cartographic Section
provides more than 100 general maps of regions and countries, plus deployment maps of peacekeeping operations
World Map Collections
"a cooperative project of several public and private universities of Florida and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to make digitized modern and antique maps available on the Web. The Florida and Caribbean collections are particularly strong, but Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East are also represented."
Collins World Atlas Gazetteer
"features 90,000 locations. The maps are presented in a highly accessible style, displaying all the qualities for which Collins atlases are renowned: authority, accuracy, style and comprehensive coverage of the world."
Philip's World Factbook
"contains articles and maps for all the countries of the world, arranged in alphabetical order. A simple locator map shows the position of the country within its region"
Concise Atlas of World History
"Each map is accompanied by an informative essay on the region and period. In addition, each regional map includes keys to geographical, political, and social details (cities, battle sites, borders, and migrations of population etc.), as well as numbered “pointers” that further elucidate major historical events and themes embodied in the map."

Serial Set Maps (Readex)

Serial Set Maps (Readex)

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