Map Cataloging Resources Online
Online resources (some free, some subscription only) we find helpful in map cataloging.
- Babelfish or Google Translate (for rudimentary translation)
- Catalogers Desktop (subscription required) -- Cartographic Resources, Map Cataloging Manual, AACR2
- Classification Web (subscription required) -- in search, select "both" schedules and tables
- Date Codes for road and other maps. Compiled by Phil Hoehn for WAML.
- Genre term list (thanks to Joel Hahn)
- Geographic Area Codes (from MARC standards)
- Guidelines for Distinguishing Cartographic Electronic Resources from other Electronic Resources (from CPSO) (when to use maps format for electronic resources)
- Lat/Long - Decimal Degrees Converter
- Map Cataloging Manual from the Library of Congress. Excellent for examples.
- MARC standards from LOC. Includes formats and code lists.
- Megaconverter (conversion for a myriad of standard and unusual measurements)
- OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards
- RDA Toolkit (subscription required)
- Romanization Tables (for transliteration)
- SACO Proposals (Geographic Names) Web Resources
- Scale Calculator by Terry Reese, Oregon State University
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