Map Collections at UCD and on the Web: Citing / Referencing
Citing Maps Using the Harvard Style
Printed sheet map
Author(s) or Compiler(s) or Producer(s) name, initial(s).of map (year of publication). Title of map [map], Edition, sheet number, scale, Place of Publication: Publisher (Series).
Ordnance Survey (1882) Co. Dublin, Rathmines and Rathgar township, [map], sheet XXII.16, 5 feet to 1 mile, Dublin
Ordnance Survey Ireland (2005) Clare,Limerick,Tipperary [map], 2nd edition, sheet 65, 1:50,000, Dublin: Ordnance Survey Ireland (Discovery Series)
Gill, Valentine (1811) A new map of the county of Wexford, from actual survey [reproduction map]. 4 sheets, scale Irish miles: 54 miles 4 furlongs 34 perches 2 yards to a degree. London, V.Gill
Rocque, John (1756) An exact survey of the city and suburbs of Dublin [facsimile map]. 4 sheets, scale 200 feet to an inch, London, England: 1756. As reproduced by: Harry Margary, Lympe Castle, Kent, 1977.
Map printed from OSI Store:
Author/Cartographer/Producer Name (year of publication) Title of map [Location of map] [map], scale, [accessed date].
Ordnance Survey Ireland (2013) Urban/Rural PLACE map [Portmarnock, Co. Dublin] [map], scale 1:5,000, [Accessed 9 June 2014].
Electronic Map from Website:
Author(s) or Compiler(s) or Producer(s) name, initial(s). of map (year of publication) Title of map [map online], scale, available: web address [accessed date].
Ordnance Survey Ireland (2013) Limerick [map online], 1:25,000, available: http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,558481,656919,4,10 [accessed 08 Jul 2014].
Static Historical Map from Website:
Citation Style [fill in the details which are available]
Author. Map title. Date of map creation if known. Scale. "Title of website" <URL> (date accessed).
Fraser's Map of the County of Wicklow, including the Environs of the City of Dublin. 1855. Scale not given."UCD Digital Library". <http://digital.ucd.ie/view/ivrla:437> (Accessed January 16, 2014)
Ordnance Survey Ireland. City of Dublin Sheet 5. 1864. 1:1056. "Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) 19th Century Historical Maps". <http://digital.ucd.ie/view/ucdlib:40816> (Accessed March 14, 2018)
Map printed from OSI MapGenie:
Basic Form of Citation: Author(s) or Compiler(s) or Producer(s) name, Product name [map online], Scale, Title, Date of Publication, Available: OSI MapGenie Service, Date downloaded.
Note on Product Name: Use the Projection and Name listed in the table MapGenie Mapping Series, e.g. IG Basemap Premium libguides.ucd.ie/findingmaps/MapGenie
Note on Scale: Give the scale that the map was exported / printed at.
Note on Title: If no title exists create a short one and put square brackets around it.
Note on Date: If you have several maps published in different years then give the dates of the earliest and latest maps, e.g. 1898-1924
Sample Citations:
Ordnance Survey Ireland, ITM Historic Map 6 inch B&W [map online], Scale 1:6,000, [Arklow], Published 1907, Available: OSI MapGenie Service, [Accessed 06 May 2014].
Ordnance Survey Ireland, ITM/basemap_premium [map online], Scale 1:10,000, [Phoenix Park, Dublin], Available: OSI MapGenie Service, [Accessed 20 March 2021].
Acknowledgement for maps from sheet collections or supplied as PDFs, or via MapGenie
Includes data reproduced courtesy of Ordnance Survey Ireland
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