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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 23:09:00 +0100
From: roelof oddens <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: databases <fwd>
Sender: roelof oddens <[log in to unmask]>
Thank you, Tom!
The starting point for using the Oddens' Bookmarks database is:
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/ (oddens.geog.uu.nl/main.html is without frames)
Roelof Oddens
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Map Collection, Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen, Universiteit Utrecht
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Visit Oddens' Bookmarks (database with 12,000+ cartography links):
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Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:15:47 -0600
> From: "Huber, Tom" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: databases <fwd>
> Sender: "Huber, Tom" <[log in to unmask]>
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> The two most popular here at the Illinois State Library are:
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> USGS' Geographic Names Information System
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> mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis
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> Genealogists, historians, and archeologists (as well as myself) LOVE this
> one.
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> Oddens' Bookmarks
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> oddens.geog.uu.nl/main.html
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> Maps, maps, and more maps.
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> Tom Huber
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> Map Librarian
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> Illinois State Library
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> 300 S. 2nd.
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> Springfield, IL 62701-1796
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> (217) 782-5823
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> FAX: (217) 557-6737
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> [log in to unmask]
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> Jesse White, Secretary of State and State Librarian
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> From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 4:04 PM
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> Subject: databases <fwd>
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> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:48:55 -0500
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> From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: databases
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> Sender: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
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> NYPL has found that while we have databases available, and our readers
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> come in and use the internet, www, opac...they are not using the
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> databases which we spend a lot of money on. This raised the question
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> in my puny mind as to what databases are most popular/most requested
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> or used in map libraries. Somehow Proquest doesn't come to mind, but I
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> may be wrong...
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> Might individuals send me your TOP TWO [NOT TOP TEN!] databases as
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> used in your map library?
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> Send to [log in to unmask]
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> If I get a significant response, especially clusters of faves, I will
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> post the results. Or I will post the results anyway!
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> Many thanks. Just trying to improve or offer new services here in ye
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> olde paper map room, and am always open to stealing good ideas from
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> folks further out on the edge of technology than I am.
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> Alice Hudson
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> Chief, Map Division, NYPL
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