{"id":4158,"date":"2026-04-01T14:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/?page_id=4158"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:35:39","slug":"dictionaries-encyclopedias-almanacs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/from_the_web\/dictionaries-encyclopedias-almanacs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dictionaries, Encyclopedias &amp; Almanacs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.berkeley.edu\/EART\/abbrev.html\"> Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing <\/a><br \/>\nFrom UC Berkeley Library<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/glossary.html\"> Glossary of Cartographic Terms <\/a><br \/>\nFrom\u00a0Maps for America\u00a0and hosted by U Texas, Perry-Caste\u00f1eda Library. The online version of ESRI&#8217;s\u00a0Dictionary of GIS Terminology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/support.esri.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/Gisdictionary\/browse\"> GIS Dictionary <\/a><br \/>\nFrom Esri.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/\"> Background Notes <\/a><br \/>\nCountry information from the Department of State including human and physical geography, economy, government, history, etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lcweb2.loc.gov\/frd\/cs\/cshome.html\"> Country Studies <\/a><br \/>\nPrepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies\/Area Handbook Program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/\"> The World Factbook <\/a><br \/>\nIncludes information on countries of the world compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency. The content of this site focuses on current statistical data with emphasis on economy, government, transportation, geography, and social environment. Appendices and general reference maps are also included.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/publications\/time-series\/statistical_abstracts.html\"> Statistical Abstract of the United States <\/a><br \/>\nScanned version of the venerable print product produced by the Bureau of the Census. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org\/pages\/700011.html\"> Encyclopedia of Chicago <\/a><br \/>\nThe link leads to the maps in the encyclopedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing From UC Berkeley Library Glossary of Cartographic Terms From\u00a0Maps for America\u00a0and hosted by U Texas, Perry-Caste\u00f1eda Library. The online version of ESRI&#8217;s\u00a0Dictionary of GIS Terminology. GIS Dictionary From Esri. Background Notes Country information from the Department of State including human and physical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4159,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4158\/revisions\/4159"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}