Cartobibliographies & Indexes

Discovery interface to scanned maps of the world at scales 1:50,000 to 1:125,000 ArcGIS Online interface to medium-scale scanned topographic maps at Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines

Discovery interface to scanned maps of the world at scales 1:200,000 to 1:253,440 ArcGIS Online interface to large-scale scanned topographic maps at Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines

Early Maps of the USDA Soil Survey Series, 1899-1962 – A cartobibliography and indexes of soil survey maps for Alaska, Hawaii, California and the Pacific Northwest including Idaho, Oregon and Washington compiled by Richard Soares at CSU-Chico.

Geologic Atlas of the United States / USGS Folios – Digital copies available from Texas A&M University. Paul Leverenz published an index to the Geologic Atlas of the United States in the March, 1988 issue of the WAML Information Bulletin, Volume 19, Number 2, pages 74-77.

Geologic Map Indexes by Quadrangle Names – Published in the WAML Information Bulletin

• California, 1883-1980, A-G, Volume 12, Number 3, June 1981 , pages 238-264.
• California, 1883-1980, H-O, Volume 13, Number 1, November 1981, pages 74-100.
• California, 1883-1980, P-Z, Volume 13, Number 2, March 1982, pages 221-250.
• California, 1883-1980, 1981 Supplement, Volume 14, Number 1, November 1982 pages 32-45.
• California, 1883-1980, 1982 Supplement, Volume 15, Number 2, March 1984, pages 216-238.
• Hawaii, 1883- 1986, Volume 19, Number 2, March 1988, pages 64-73.
• Nevada, 1879-1982, A-L – Volume 15, Number 2, March 1984, pages 197-215.
• Nevada, 1879-1982, M-Z – Volume 15, Number 3, June 1984, pages 342-361.
• Nevada, 1883-1986, Volume 16, Number 1, November 1984, pages 64-68.
• Nevada, 1883-1985, Volume 17, Number 3, June 1986, pages 235-239.
• Ohio – 1883-1988, Volume 23, Number 1, November 1991, pages 6-31.

Geologic Map Indexes

• Utah Geological Survey index for 7.5 Quadrangle maps 

National Park Maps

• National Park Service: Park Brochures / Site Bulletins
  PDF scans of visitor and scientific documents back to the early 1900’s

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Union List – Digital version of WAML’s Union List of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Held by Institutions in the United States and Canada based at the University of California, Berkeley.

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress – online holdings, search by city and state
  • Introduction to the collection – by Dr. Walter Ristow

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of California

Map Librarianship Bibliographies

Alan Edward Schorr, 1977. Map Librarianship, Map Libraries & Maps, A Bibliography: Supplement I. SLA Geography & Map Division Bulletin 107, pages 2-18.

Alan Edward Schorr, 1974. Map Librarianship, Map Libraries & Maps, A Bibliography, 1921-1973. SLA Geography & Map Division, Bulletin 95, pages 2-35.