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TUS: Cite them right: Harvard Guide

Maps

Material type In text citation Reference

See Cite Them Right, 12th ed G18  p. 89-90

Maps citation order:

(Author/ Complier, year)
  • Corporate author and publisher
  • Year of publication (in round brackets)
  • Title of Map (In italics)
  • Sheet number, scale
  • Place of Publication: Publisher
  • Series (in round brackets) 
Ordnance Survey Maps example (Ordnance Survey, 2001) Ordnance Survey (2001) Clare, Limerick, Tipperary. Sheet 65, 1:50,000. Dublin: Ordnance Survey (Discovery Series).
 

Ordnance Survey Maps:

Example 2

 Ordanance Survey, 2006)  Ordnance Survey (2006) Chester and North Wales. Sheet 106, 1:50000. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. (Landranger series).
 

Online maps: citation order:

(Map publisher, year)
  • Map publisher
  • Year of publication (in round brackets)
  • Title of map section (in italics) 
  • Sheet number or tile, scale
  • Available at: DOI or URL (Accessed: date)
Online Map: example: (Maps.ie, 2022) Maps.ie (2022) Athlone. Available at https://www.maps.ie/#map_container (Accessed: 5 July 2022).