All nautical charts are filed by chart number in map case 14. (The drawers with the blue square on them.) Only the most current charts are kept, and none of the charts are updated re. Notice to Mariners. Catalog/indexes for nautical charts are filed in red plastic pamphlet boxes labeled Nautical Charts behind the reference desk on the 5th floor.

INDEXES

Defense Mapping Agency Catalog of Map, Charts, and Related Products, pt. 2--vol. I, Hydrographic Products: Nautical Charts and Publications.

In order to find a particular chart, you will need to have the chart number. The DMA catalog is the source for this. It is organized in sections, each section devoted to a region of the earth. From these chart indexes, you can find the chart number. Also, at end of each section (region) is a numerical list of maps.

The sections (regions) are also reproduced as separate publications, which are updated more frequently than the DMA catalog. Current ed. 3rd (1996-1998):

 

Region 1: United States and Canada

Region 2: Central and South America and Antarctica

Region 3: Western Europe, Iceland, Greenland and the Arctic

Region 4: Scandinavia, Baltic and the former Soviet Union

Region 5: Western Africa and the Mediterranean

Region 6: Indian Ocean

Region 7: Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand

Region 8: Oceania

Region 9: East Asia

Portland State keeps only series: 10,000-19,000 (North America).

At the back of the DMA Catalog is a section called, Miscellaneous Charts and Publications Index of Regions and Subregions: The World-General Nautical Charts, and The World-International Chart series.

The World-General Nautical Charts

The World-International Chart Series

Portland State keeps only series: INT xxxxx and others, which have numbers in the range 1-800.

Nautical Chart Symbols Abbreviations and Terms, 9th ed. Chart No.1: United States of America (January 1990), 99p.

Current preferred U.S. symbols shown on charts of the NOS (National Ocean Service) and DMAHTC (Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center.

Catalog of [Nautical] Charts and Publications: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1995-1996.

A series of foldout index maps, issued in parts. Chart and publication:

no.1	Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
no.2	Pacific Coast, including Hawaiian, Marianna and Samoa Islands
no.3	Alaska, including the Aleutian Islands
no.4	Great Lakes and Adjacent Waterways
no.5	Bathymetric and Fishing Maps, including Topographic/Bathymetric Maps