Included in this section are resources that you can use to find maps to aid in your research.
Tredway Library's Map Collection
Tredway library is home to a physical map collection containing maps of Illinois, Iowa, and surrounding areas. The maps are housed on the first floor of the library.
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Maps
USGS programs produce geologic maps and 3-D geologic frameworks for use in research, as well as organize, maintain, and publish the geospatial baseline of the Nation's topography, natural landscape, built environment and more.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - University of Texas at Austin
The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (PCL 1.306) is an online general collection of more than 70,000 maps covering all areas of the world in both modern and historic times.
National Map Small-Scale Collection - USGS With the 1997-2014 Edition of the National Atlas of the United States being retired in September 2014, USGS created The National Map (TNM) in order to make a collection of the small-scale datasets originally developed for the National Atlas available to users.
Water Resource Maps - USGS
The Water Resources Mission Area has created a wide variety of spatial products from GIS datasets, online mappers and decision-support tools, data visualizations, and traditional static maps for use in research.
The David Rumsey Map Collection, housed at Stanford University, is home to over 150,000 historic maps and cartographic materials from around the world, over 121,000 of which have been digitized into this online collection. All the images in this collection are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
