Subject Guide » Geography
Maps
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The Map Room, located on the third floor of Waldo Library, contains over 185,000 thematic and topographic maps and atlases. The collection is international in scope and has excellent coverage for the United States and Europe. Most maps in the collection were published during the 20th Century.
The resources in the Map Room can help you find your way from Kalamazoo to the Big Apple or Appleby, Texas. Thematic maps can show you the distribution of peoples, languages, or nuclear reactors across the United States. Other maps can help you investigate the topographic or geologic features of a specific location.
Finding Maps
While the atlases in the collection appear in WESTCAT, the sheet maps do not. To find the maps, use the department's map card catalog. The catalog is organized according to American Geographical Society subject headings. The maps are arranged in the drawer by Library of Congress call numbers.
A main part of the map collection is large-scale topographic maps (1:24,000) for the entire United States. These maps give detailed topographic information helpful to environmental researchers, students, professional planners, and geographers. Index maps provided by the United State Geological Survey are used to locate specific maps. The collection also contains topographic maps covering most areas of the world.
Library staff is available in the Map Room most hours that the room is open. They can help you find the data you are interested in.
Map Room Hours
The Map Room is open the following hours. NOTE: These hours are subject to change.
Monday : 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday : 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday : 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday : 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday : 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday : Closed
Sunday : 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Odden's BookmarksTHE source on the web for information about maps and map-making. It appears to be an obsession with Odden, who includes everything in the field he can find.
College Campus MapsMany college camps maps are available online from the John R. Borchert Map Library at the University of Minnesota.
Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 Maps of 300 Michigan towns and cities drawn at a scale of 50 feet to the inch, including street blocks and building numbers.
National Geologic Map Database
A catalog of paper and digital geologic maps and related data for all the geosciences. Includes resources from the USGS, state agencies, associations, and research institutes.
Ask A Librarian
Michael McDonnell, E-mail: michael.mcdonnell@wmich.edu
Phone: 269-387-5187
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