U.S. Topographic Maps
USGS Maps & Folios
U.S. State Geological Maps
U.S. Government Maps
Political Maps
Historical Maps
Thematic Maps
Illinois Maps
Gazetteers
Atlas Cases
Oversize
The following is a list of major collections by drawer/case:
United States Topographic Maps (first set of cases)
Illinois Plat Books (against wall in bookcases)
Illinois Collection: (first cases East of open area)
Historical Maps (by drawers):
Thematic Maps:
World Globes (Three: two large globes near the Illinois Collection, and one smaller globe on top of the US Topo maps cases.)
World Political/Historical Maps: Canada, Central America, nautical collections (Historical USGS Harbor Charts)
World Political/Historical Maps: Europe, Asia, Middle East
World Political/Historical Maps: Middle East, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, India, Sri Lanka, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, South East Asia, Africa
World Political/Historical Maps: Australia, World Outline Plotting Maps, New Zealand, Oceans, Pacific Area, Hawaii, Antarctica, Arctic
US State Geological Maps (index in bottom drawer) ... to be moved to end of US States Collection.
Unlocalized:
USGS Map Folios (separate yellow case)
Other U.S. Topo and random maps: (separate case)
File cabinets: (far East section)
U.S. State Gazetteers: alphabetically arranged on top of the map cases beside the Oversize shelves.
US Governmant Documents maps: Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Forest Service, Park Service, HEW, HUD, Interstate Commerce Commission and Labor, State Department, Transportation, and Miscellaneous (Now housed in Fourth Floor workroom -- contact Documents Librarian, Angela Bonnell)
Atlases are found in both the Oversize shelves (near the South stairwell, near Rooms 429a-c) and in the general shelves by call number; see G1000.3 - 3122 for atlases. Below is a recent world atlas with physical, geological, and thematic materials:
National Geographic global atlas : a comprehensive picture of today with more than 300 new maps, infographics, and illustrations. National Geographic Society (U.S.), 2014. Call Number: G1021 .N3935 2013
The Library of Congress call number classifications for maps are as follows:
Subclass G
G1-922 Geography (General)
G65-69 Geographers
G70-70.6 Philosophy. Relation to other topics. Methodology
G80-99 History of geography
G100.5-108.5 Toponymy Including gazetteers, geographic names and terms
G140 Great cities of the world
G141 Historical geography
G142 Aerial geography
G149-180 Travel. Voyages and travels (General)
G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
G200-336 History of discoveries, explorations, and travel
G369-503 Special voyages and travels
G521-539 Adventures, shipwrecks, buried treasure, etc.
G540-550 Seafaring life, ocean travel, etc.
G575-890 Arctic and Antarctic regions
G905-910 Tropics (General)
G912-922 Northern and Southern Hemispheres
G1000-3122 Atlases
G1000-1000.5 Atlases of the moon, planets, etc.
G1001-1046 World atlases. Atlases of the Earth
G1050-1052 Northern and Southern Hemispheres
G1053 Tropics. Torrid Zone
G1054-1055 Polar regions. Frigid Zone
G1059-1061 Maritime atlases (General)
G1100-3102 By region or country
G1100-1779 America. Western Hemisphere
G1105-1692 North America
G1110-1114 Greenland
G1115-(1193) Canada
G1200-1534.24 United States
G1535-1537 Caribbean area
G1540-1542 Latin America (General)
G1545-1549 Mexico
G1550-(1594) Central America
G1600-1692 West Indies
G1700-1779 South America
G1780-2799 Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia, Africa, etc.
G1791-2196 Europe
G2110-2196 Former Soviet republics. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.). Russia (Empire)
G2200-2444.84 Asia
G2445-2739 Africa
G2740-2799 Australasia
G2800-3064 Oceans (General)
G3100-3102 Antarctica
G3122 Atlases of imaginary, literary, and mythological regions, etc., A-Z
G3160-3171 Globes