Sciences Library Map Collection Guide
Major Categories Available: (older editions preserve a record of change)
Atlases - search Josiah; includes: environmental historical natural history political transportation Classroom wall (mostly political) - search Josiah; in Rockefeller map collection Gazetteers - search Josiah; includes: environmental historical natural history political transportation Geoscience thematic - see locating thematic maps - includes: antarctic geologic coal investigation circum-pacific geophysical investigation geologic quadrangle hydrologic investigations atlases miscellaneous geologic investigations land cover land use miscellaneous USGS field studies mineral resources investigations oil and gas investigations Historical (various types)- search Josiah; specific collections include: Age of Discovery: 15th - mid-19th centuries in North America (John Carter Brown Library) 19th-century Rhode Island and New England (John Hay Library) historical atlases (various locations) exploration military regional	Misc. thematic - search Josiah and GPO monthly catalog; includes: agricultural climatic economic environmental soil vegetation Nautical charts - search Josiah Political CIA series (international): government documents - search GPO monthly catalog classroom wall maps: search Josiah or look through collection; located in rockefeller library map collection U.S. Census: search GPO monthly catalog and Josiah ; mostly located in rockefeller library map collection; contact the Social Sciences Data Librarian for help miscellaneous, search in Josiah and GPO monthly catalog Topographic (USGS) - see locating topographic maps contour (with physical features such as streams, streets, buildings, and woods) planimetric data only (no contours) aerial photography surface management status quadrangles of various scales, county, and state Transportation - miscellaneous holdings in Josiah canals cycling railroads roads Miscellaneous - search Josiah and GPO monthly catalog