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Atlases
The Map Section has over 1,200 atlases, including historical atlases of various regions. The atlases are shelved, either vertically or horizontally (** preceding the call number means "oversize" atlas, thus shelved horizontally) at the north end of the Map Section area and are available for use during the general Library's opening hours. Atlases in storage may be requested at the Documents and Map Information Desk, 3rd floor center, and will be available for use on the following day (weekdays only). Our atlas collection includes a variety of world and historical atlases, airphoto atlases, and atlas of various topics, such as languages and diseases, to just name a few.

The most recent and popular atlases are available at the reference desk on the 2nd floor, such as "The Times Atlas of the World," "Chicagoland Atlas." Popular gazetteers, "Columbia Gazetteer of the World" and "Columbia Gazetteer of North America" are also available at the reference desk. (A comprehensive collection of historical gazetteers is available at the Map Section.)

"G" call number - Atlases - General
The atlas "G" call numbers range between G1000 and G3122. This "G" classification system for atlases is structured using geographical hierarchy. 

G1000-1000: Atlases of the Moon, Planets, etc.
G1001-1046: World Atlases
G1050-1052: Northern and Southern Hemispheres
G1053 : The Tropics
G1054-1055: Polar Regions
G1059-1061: Maritime Atlases (General)
G1100-1779: Western Hemishphere, America
 G1105-1694: North America
    G1110-1114: Greenland
    G1115-1193: Canada
    G3700-4384: United States
    [US state order: East<South<Midwest<West]
    G1535-1537: Caribbean Area
    G1540-1542: Latin America (General)
    G1545-1549: Mexico
    G1550-1594: Central America
    G1600-1694: West Indies
 G1700-1799: South America
G1780-2799: Eastern Hemishphere
 G1791-2082: Europe
 G2200-2444: Asia
 G2445-2739: Africa
 G2740-2799: Australasia
G2800-3064: Oceans (General)
G3100-3102: Antarctica
G3122: Atlases of Imaginary, Literary, and Mythological Places

Finding Atlases using Catalogs:
All our atlas holdings are reflected in the library's online catalog, UICAT. Finding tip - to look up atlases only, include a search keyword "atlas" and then set a search limit (click "More Limits"), "Atlases/Maps" in the "Additional Format Specification" box.