Maps

What's in the Map Collection?

• Travel and Tourism collection - road maps, travel brochures, and visitor guides to sites in the United States and around the world. Find these in the filing cabinets in the Information Commons South.
• Atlases - atlases of many types, including world, geographic, political, demographic, economic and marketing, historical, military, nature, and celestial atlases.
  • Reference Collection atlases are for use only in the map room and are available during map library hours.
  • A wide collection of other atlases are kept in the Information Commons South, are available during all library hours, and may be checked out at the circulation desk.
• Topographic maps - USGS topographic maps for Michigan and many other states
• Ocean surveys and coastal charts
• Government documents and publications - including CIA and defense mapping agencies
• Posters, calendars, and aerial photography (see Special Indexes for links)
• Free maps! Free tourist maps and brochures in the stand outside the door to the map room.