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Map Collection


The Map Collection provides various cartographic materials on the world, individual continents, countries, regions, states, counties and cities, as well as subject maps which cover areas such as history, vegetation, geology, soil, climate, and population. As well as our collection of cataloged materials we house a large collection of uncataloged materials.

Cataloged materials may be found by using the online catalog. The uncataloged materials are indexed, but are not yet cataloged.

Maps circulate for a period of 28 days.

The map collection is located on the lower level of the Dick Smith Library.

The Map Collection is available all hours the library is open, however staff will be available for your help until 10 p.m.

Map Collection

Map Categories

  • National Geographic maps are cataloged and filed by continents - In Map Case
  • Highway maps are cataloged and filed - In Map Case
  • Texas County maps - In Map Case - General Highways maps prepared by the Texas State Department of Public Transportation
  • Floodplain Maps are filed by county - Map Stacks - Texas and a few Colorado
  • Africa - Map Stacks
  • Asia - Map Stacks
  • Australia - Map Stacks
  • Antarctica - Map Stacks
  • Europe - Map Stacks
  • North America - Map Stacks
  • South America - Map Stacks
  • Topographical maps
  • United States - Map Stacks - filed alphabetically by state and quandrangle name
    -Series 1501 Air Joint Operation Graphics (Air) 1:250,000
    -Series 1301 Edition 1-AMS
    -Series Q701 Edition 1-DMA
    -Series (Topographic) 1:25,000
    -Series (Topographic) 1:63,360 Provision edition

U.S. Geological Survey maps are filed by map index number - Map Stacks

Atlases are located in the Reference Section.

U.S. Geological Survey maps are filed by map index number - Map Stacks