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Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing sources

• search "[desired place name] maps" (no quotes) in the Library catalog

• Perry Castañeda Library Map Collection - U. Texas
• David Rumsey Map Collection - focus on 18th & 19th century maps
• American Memory Map Collections - Library of Congress
• Map Collection - Yale University Library
• US Geological Survey (USGS)
• National Atlas of the U.S.

• Scholar's Lab (formerly Geostat) - Geospatial & Statistical Data Center - U. of Virginia
• Geodata.gov - U.S. maps & data
• Libre Map Project

• MapQuest
• Google Maps
• Wikimapia and OpenStreetMap
• Google Earth zoomable satellite imagery - requires free download
  

• Odden's Bookmarks - everything cartographic
• Maps & Mapping at MIT - research guide
• Maps & GIS - InfoMine
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - links to detailed historical urban property maps available free on the Web
• Citing Maps - Ohio Wesleyan

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