Geography

  • Atlapedia Online - Full-color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on many countries.
  • Electronic Embassy - From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, you'll find links to information from every country's embassy here, along with a help and resource center, virtual library and multimedia gallery.
  • Eternal Egypt- The EgyptianCenter for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage in conjunction with IBM has developed Eternal Egypt, a fascinating living record of Egyptian history. The site, available in English, French and Egyptian, allows visitors to 'see Egypt as it once was,' to explore '5,000 years of art, architecture, music and writing.' Take the 'Guided Tour' through the various sites, stop at the 'Library,' check the Timeline but give yourself ample time for research, then visit the Sites and Museums. Don't miss the Multimedia section where you'll find virtual environments that display 'famous Egyptian sites as they were thousands of years ago, and as they are today.' Additionally, the webcams 'provide up-to-date interactive views from some of the most breath-taking locations in Egypt' and the zoomable pictures give visitors the capability for detailed examination of the artifacts. Here's your opportunity to travel to Egypt without ever leaving home!
  • The Library of Congress Country Studies - This website contains on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Because the original intent of the Series' sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser-known areas of the world, the series is not all-inclusive; at present, 101 countries and regions are covered.

  • National Atlas of the United States of America   This largely digital collection of maps from the United States Department of the Interior is an updated version of the paper collection published in 1970 providing access to geographical information about the United States: environmental, economic, socio-cultural, historical, and political. There is a printable maps section offering outline maps, both labeled and unlabeled. A “Make Maps” section allows users to create their own maps with one or more “layers” of geographical information and features. An FAQ page offers good links to other geographical information on the Web.

  • Nationmaster - This useful site includes statistics, maps and country profiles. Printable handouts, including citations, are also available. It includes topographical maps for countries outside the United States, plus a very helpful feature which allows interactive generation of charts and maps. 
  • Portals to the World - is a Library of Congress site that contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area, with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by area specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. The development of this website is in progress, and when completed, it will include all the nations of the world.
  • Social studies outline maps - These maps from Houghton Mifflin may be printed and copied for personal and classroom use.
  • States and Capitals is a links resource for everything you ever wanted to know about the 50 states as well as the commonwealths and territories.
  • The World Factbook- Information on countries of the world compiled by the CIA.
  • Worldmapper- By using a combination of computer-generated maps and various types of demographic information, the maps, called cartograms, alter the size of countries of the world to represent more or less of whatever the map is showing. For example, on the “Exports of Machinery” map, western European countries and Japan are shown as very large areas because they are the main net exporters in terms of dollar value of exports per person per year. Some 366 different cartograms are grouped under 16 topics, among them “Natural Resources and Energy,” “Wealth and Poverty,” “Housing and Education,” and “War and Crime.” Each map is available as free downloadable PDF posters.

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