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Recommend Guides

• Guide to Citing Maps & Atlases (McMaster University)
• How to Reference Maps, Atlases, Air Photos and Digital Resources (Brock University)
• How to Cite Maps and Geospatial Products (Statistics Canada)
• General Library Guide to Citing your Sources (Carleton University)
• Electronic styles: A handbook for citing electronic information
  PN171.F56L5 1996

Examples

Data retrieved from a local area network

Format

Database Name [type of medium]. Producer location, province/state: Producer Name, year.

Example

Grand River Watershed Data [computer file]. Cambridge, Ontario: Grand River Conservation Authority, 2003.

Data from a CD-ROM or commercial online database

Format:

Database Name [type of medium]. (Year). Producer location, province/state: Producer name. Available: Supplier/Database identifier or number [Access date].

Examples:

ESRI ArcCanada 2.0 [CD-ROM]. (1999). Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute.

DMTI Spatial Inc. CanMap Streetfiles 7.3 (Ontario). Markham, Ontario: DMTI Spatial Inc, 2003

Digital Cartographic Reference Base of Ontario, Version 3.0, Cartography Section, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, 2002.

Data downloaded from an FTP server

Format:

Database Name [type of medium]. (Year). Producer location, province/state: Producer name. Available FTP: address/path/file [Access date].

Example:

Canada Land Use Monitoring Program [computer file]. 1966-1986. Ottawa, ON: Ministry of Natural Resources. Available FTP: http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/download/clump/ [June 4th, 2003].

Maps produced using GIS software

Format:

Author. "Map title" [format]. Scale. Computer database title [format]. Edition. Place of production: Producer, Date of copyright or production. Using: Author. Computer software title [format]. Edition. Place of production: Producer, Date of copyright or production.

Examples:

"Ottawa outline" [map]. 1:60,000. City of Ottawa GIS Data [computer files]. Ottawa, Ont.: City of Ottawa, 1999. Using: ArcView [GIS software]. Version 3.2. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 1992-1999.

"Percentage of Total Population with Italian as Mother Tongue, Hamilton CMA, 1991" [map]. 1"=15 miles approx. Census of Canada 1991, Hamilton CMA Census Tracts Digital Boundary File (g91ct537.exe) and Census of Canada 1991 CD-ROM [computer files]. Hamilton: Lloyd Reeds Map Collection, McMaster University, 1996. Using: ArcView GIS [GIS software]. Version 3.0. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 1992-1996.