Lloyd Reeds Map Collection
Mills Memorial Library
McMaster University
GUIDE TO CITING MAPS AND ATLASES
Basic Form
Examples
Map on a Single Sheet
Author. Title. Edition. Scale. Place of
publication: Publisher, Date.
National Geographic Society. South Asia, with Afghanistan and Myanmar.
Scale 1:7,345,000. Washington: National Geographic Society, 1997.
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Manitoba Natural Resources, Surveys and Mapping Branch. Manitoba:
Municipalities & Local Government Districts 1988. 3rd ed. Scale
1:1,000,000. [Winnipeg, Man.]: Manitoba Natural Resources, Surveys
and Mapping Branch, 1987.
Map in a Topographic Series
Author. Sheet title from the series. Edition.
Scale. Series, number. Place of publication:
Publisher, Date.
Canada Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada Centre for Mapping.
Brantford, Ontario. Ed. 7. Scale 1:50,000. Canada 1:50,000, 40P/1.
Ottawa, Ont.: Canada Centre for Mapping, 1994.
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Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. [Ontario Base Maps] 1:10,000, sheet
10 17 5850 47900. Toronto, ON: Ministry of Natural Resources, 1983.
Map in a Series (Not Topographic)
Author. Sheet title. Edition. Scale. Series title
and/or number. Place of publication:
Publisher, Date.
Sado, E.V. and B.F. Carswell. Surficial Geology of Northern Ontario. Scale
1:1,200,000. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2518. Toronto: Ontario
Geological Survey, 1987.
Facsimile or Reproduction Map
Author. Title. Scale. Original place of
publication: Original publisher, Original date
of publication. As reproduced by, Place of
publication: Publisher, Date.
Melish, John. Map of the Seat of War in North America. Scale not given.
1813-1815. As reproduced by, Ottawa: Association of Canadian Map
Libraries and Archives, ACML Facsimile Map Series #144, 1993.
Map in a Book
Map author. Map title. Scale. Place of
Publication: Publisher, Date. In: Book author.
Book title. Edition. Place of publication:
Publisher, Date, page.
Hulbert, Archer Butler. Map of French Forts in America, 1750-60. In:
Hulbert, Archer Butler. History of the Niagara River. Harrison, N.Y.:
Harbor Hill Books, 1978, p.165.
Map in a Journal
Map author. Map title. Scale. In: Article author.
“Article title,” Journal title, Volume (Date):
page.
The Distribution of Canadian Multinational Headquarters in Ontario, 1992.
Scale 3.5 cm=50 km. In: Meyer, Stephen P. “Canadian Multinational
Headquarters: The Importance of Toronto's Inner City,” The Great Lakes
Geographer, 3 (1996): 7.
Basic Form
Examples
Atlas
Author. Title. Edition. Place of publication:
Publisher, Date.
Pelletier, B.R. (Ed.). Marine Science Atlas of the Beaufort Sea: Sediments.
Ottawa, Ont.: Geological Survey of Canada, 1984.
Map or Plate in an Atlas (print or computer-based)
Map author. Map title. Scale. In: Atlas author.
Atlas title. Edition. Place of Publication:
Publisher, Date, page.
Military Service. Scale not given. In: Seeger, Joni and Ann Olson. Women in
the World: An International Atlas. London, England: Pluto Press, 1986,
plate 32.
Map of Prussia in 1791. Scale not given. In: Centennia. Version 1995.5.
Chicago, Ill.: Clockwork Software Inc., 1995.
Geospatial Data
Author. Title. Edition. Place of production:
Producer, Date of copyright or production.
DMTI Spatial. DMTI Enhanced Points of Interest (EPOI). v2009.3.
Markham, ON: DMTI Spatial Inc., 2009.
Map Produced Using GIS Software
Author. Title of map created. Layers used. Scale.
Edition. Place of production: Producer, Date
of copyright or production. Using: Author.
Computer software. Edition.
Percentage of Total Population with Italian as Mother Tongue, Hamilton
CMA, 1991. Layers used: Census of Canada 1991, Hamilton CMA
Census Tracts Digital Boundary File (g91ct537.exe) and Census of
Canada 1991. Scale 1"=15 miles approx. Hamilton: GIS Lab, McMaster
University, 2011. Using: ArcGIS. Version 10.0.
Map (static) on the Web
Author. Map title. Scale. “Title of website”
<URL> (date accessed).
Afghanistan. Visual Scale. “The World Factbook 2: Afghanistan”
<http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html> (Accessed
September 5, 2001).
Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Tuscon 1896. Scale not given. “Sanborn Fire
Insurance Maps, 1867-1970, Arizona”
<http://sanborn.umi.com.ezproxy2.library.arizona.edu/> (Accessed Jan. 2,
2009).
Aerial Photograph
Author. Title or frame number(s). Scale. Flight
title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of
image collection (NOT date of reproduction).
Airborne Sensing Corp. Aerial Photography, Spring 1985, Photos 62 and 63.
Scale 1:5,000. Hamilton, Ont.: Planning and Development Dept.,
Hamilton-Wentworth Region, 1985.
Interactive Map created from Website
Author. Title of map created. Layers used. Scale.
Name of person who generated map; using
“Title of Website” <URL> (date accessed).
Statistics Canada. Less than grade 9, population 20 years and over by highest
level of schooling as % of Total Population...Hamilton [172 areas].
Layer used: 2001 Census of Population. Scale unknown. Map generated
by Cathy Moulder; using “E-Stat” <http://estat.statcan.ca/> (Accessed
July 20, 2004).
Source:
Kollen, Christine, Wangyal Shawa and Mary Larsgaard. Cartographic Citations: A Style Guide. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: Map and
Geography Round Table, American Library Association, 2010.
Nov.2011