General Purpose Atlases  The Map Library has a wide variety of general atlases for the world and the United States.  The most current and commonly used, such as Rand McNally Commerical Atlas and Marketing Guide, The Oxford World Atlas, and Delorme's Pennsylvania Road Atlas, are shelved on reference stands in the atlas area.  Older editions, and the other 49 states are shelved in the Map Library stacks.  We have a sampling of US and world atlases from the 19th and 20th Centuries.  Excellent for comparing cartographic styles, political development, propoganda and geneology.

Foreign Atlases  Also available are a wide selection of foreign atlases from every continent.  Get first hand information on Argentina, brush up on a foreign language, or see the Soviet take on where American cities and tows are located (you may be amused).  There is a lot of information in these volumes that just isn't available in US publications.

Historical Atlases  Maps are a critical component in teaching, interperting and understaning history and the influence of geography on politics, economics and society.  From the Big Bang to the Atlas of the Future, the Map Library has a wealth of historical atlases that can aid your teaching, research or just be an interesting read.  Religion, war, exploration, AIDS, slavery, antropology, nearly any topic you can think of is covered.

Reproductions  See how man saw the world, and his fellow man, in the reprints of several classic atlases from the Roman times, when you're likely to fall off the edge of the world, up through the Enlightenment when exploration and scientific breakthroughs reveal the world in it's actual form.

Environmental/Geological Atlases  Examine the physical world, plate tectonics, endangered species, weather patterns, mineral resources.  The world's eco-system has allowed life on our planet to exist, a unique situation in our known universe, as well as flourish.  Take a look at the Earth's history, the vast wealth of life that lives on her, and the diverse resources man kind has put to use.