What's in the Map Collection?
What's in the Map Collection?
- Atlases - atlases of many types, including world, geographic, political, demographic, economic and marketing, historical, military, nature, and celestial atlases. Atlases are primarily located in the circulating collection or automated retrieval collection (ARC). Note that Reference Collection atlases are for use only in the map room and are available during map library hours.
- 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)
- A light table - located in the University Archives (Halle 117)
Special indexes
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Gateway to Astronaut Photography of EarthNASA photographs, thoroughly-indexed and searchable by city, state, or other geographic feature.