Six major sections cover: general aspects of information retrieval, primary and reference sources, bibliographies, indexing, abstract services, on-line services, and reviewing media; the history of cartography; map production; map librarianship; types of mapping; map use and promotion (an assessment of literature available for different needs and levels). Also provided are listings of map publishers, cartographic journals, and societies. For practitioners, academics, and map librarians. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.