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| Map Collection > Finding Maps at Stony Brook > Types of Material: Foreign Maps in Series, Foreign Sheet Maps |
| TYPES OF MATERIAL: Foreign Maps in Series, Foreign Sheet Maps |
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Foreign maps in series are filed by Library of Congress classification number after the foreign sheet maps . Each series usually has its own index, which is filed in the first drawer of the maps of that series. Coverage of foreign areas is uneven. The library has detailed topographic coverage for Western Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and some other areas. When detailed maps are not available for a particular area, check the Map of the World at a 1:1,000,000 scale (filed with other series covering the entire world at the beginning of the foreign maps in series) or the 1:500,000 scale Tactical Pilotage Charts (TPCs) in the white file cabinets on the wall behind and to the right of the reference desk (see map of the map collection).  This small map of Haiti produced by the Central Intelligence Agency is typical of many of the maps that you can find among the foreign sheet maps. Foreign sheet maps are filed in the map cases before the "foreign maps in series," which are mostly topographic maps (see the map of the map collection ). Foreign sheet maps include maps of whole countries, road maps, and maps of individual cities. Foreign sheet maps are arranged according to their Library of Congress Classification number. Some of these maps are cataloged and can be located through the STARS computers. Uncataloged foreign sheet maps have the first part of the call number (or "stem") written on them. A summary of the Library of Congress classification schedule for foreign maps is posted on top of the first maps case in the foreign sheet map section. |
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