----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Thanks to everyone who responded to my query regarding introductory works. I have been requested to post the list of recommend titles to the list. Aronoff, Stan Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective DeMers Fundamentals of GIS Wiley 1997 Dent, Borden Cartography - Thematic Map Design 4th edition Mapping America's Past: A Historical Atlas H. Holt 1996 Muehrcke, Phillip and J. Muehrcke Map Use, Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation 4th edition JP Publications, Madison, WI Robinson, Arthur, P.C. Muehrcke, and others Elements of Cartography 6th edition Sherry Engle Government Documents Project Librarian J. Robert Van Pelt Library Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931 906-487-1837 [log in to unmask]