Virtual Reference Desk: Atlases
World Maps (Oxford Reference Online) 
Includes over 775 maps, with locator, physical and political maps for each country, over 120 island maps, state maps for North America, Canada, and Mexico, and more than 100 city maps.
Columbia gazetteer of the world online 
Database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of 165,000+ places in the world.
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
Downloadable maps for each state in the United States.
A Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
This dictionary gives the history, meanings, and origin of country, region, island, city, and town names from around the world.
TopoZone
USGS topographic maps, orthophotomaps, and aerial photographs for the entire United States.
Worldmapper
"A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the rnsubject of interest. The maps presented on this website are equal area cartograms, which re-rnsize each territory according to the variable being mapped."
Panoramic maps, 1847-1925.
Images from the Library of Congress.
Map Machine.
Interactive satellite and street maps from the National Geographic Society.
Geographic Names Information System
Database of geographic names in the US and its territories.
World Maps and Country Profiles (World Press Review)
Search by country or region for maps and news.
