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Citing sources

• search "[desired place name] maps" (no quotes) in the Library catalog
• CIA contemporary country and regional maps. Ask at Clapp Reference Desk for location.
• Census Bureau Maps: Docs HA 201. Digitized Census map data is also available on CD-ROM and DVD.
• U. S. Geological Survey and Defense Mapping Agency Maps: Inquire in Science Library for assistance.

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

• Scholars' Lab (formerly Geostat) - Geospatial & Statistical Data Center - U. of Virginia
• Geodata.gov - U.S. maps & data
• Libre Map Project
• Geography Network (managed by ESRI) - global network of geographic information users and providers

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

• Oddens' Bookmarks - everything cartographic
• GIS, Maps & Mapping - MIT
• Maps & GIS - InfoMine
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - detailed historical urban property maps available free on the Web
• Citing Maps - Ohio Wesleyan

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