Finding Map Resources
How to find maps, atlases and other spatial resources in the catalog.
2 Ways to Search by Subject
Searching by Subject
1. Try one of the common subject forms below, inserting the applicable [place] for your search.
See Formatting Place Names for more help.
2. If there are no hits for your subject, try the same words in a keyword search.
Common subject headings:
| [place]--Maps | Cities and towns--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Aerial Photographs | City Planning--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Civilization--Maps. | Ecclesiastical geography--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Climate--Maps | Forest reserves--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Historical geography. | Forests and forestry--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--History--Maps. | Geology--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Maps, Outline and base. | Geomorphology--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Maps, Physical. | Human geography--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Maps, Tourist. | Land capability for agriculture--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Maps, Pictorial. | Land use-Michigan--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Maps--Bibliography. | Magnetic anomalies--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Maps--Catalogs. | Magnetic declination--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Maps--Exhibitions | Nautical Charts. |
| [Place]--Maps--Indexes. | Parks--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Maps--Information services. | Phytogeography--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Maps--Periodicals. | Rain and rainfall--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Photo maps. | Roads--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Public lands--Maps. | Soils--[place]--Maps. |
| [Place]--Religion--Maps. | Urban geography. |
| [Place]--Topographic Maps | Urbanization--[place]--Maps. |
| Weather--Maps. | |
| Wetlands--[place]--Maps. | |
| Wind power--[place]--Maps. | |
| Winds-Speed--[place]--Maps. | |
| World maps |
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