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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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Alternate Titles:
- Also known as: Nationalatlas.gov
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Publication Date Notes:
- Began in: 1998; ceased in: 2014.
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System Details:
- Mode of access: Internet from the National Atlas web site. Formerly available at address (as of 7/25/01): http://www.nationalatlas.gov/; current access is available via PURL.
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General Notes:
- "[T]his new atlas provides a comprehensive, maplike view into the enormous wealth of geospatial and geostatistical data collected for the United States. It is designed to enhance and extend our geographic knowledge and understanding and to foster national self-awareness"--Resource home page.
The archived version does not replicate the full functionality of the formerly-live online database.
"Removed from service September 30, 2014 ... USGS budget austerity has compelled our organization to ... consolidate its core investments"--Resource home page.
"The National Atlas of the United States will be removed from service ... [but] some of its products and services will continue to be available from The National Map (nationalmap.gov) while others will not"--Questions and answers ... file.
"This atlas updates a large bound collection of paper maps that was published in 1970."
Description based on: Version last modified 17 April 2014; title from resource home page (viewed Jan. 25, 2018).
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Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
Began in: 1998; ceased in: 2014.
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Call Numbers:
- I 19.111:
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SuDocs Numbers:
- I 19.111:
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Other Standard Numbers:
- Government Printing Office Item Number: 0619-G-26 (online)
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OCLC Numbers:
- 40865405