As the Library of Michigan's maps and atlases are located throughout the building, you should consult ANSWER, the Library's online catalog system, to find exact locations. Because some of the maps and atlases are not on ANSWER, please ask a librarian for further assistance.

Our bound collections of maps illustrate places, themes or subjects. Oversized volumes usually are located on the bottom shelves, beneath the regular-sized materials with similar call numbers.

The easiest way to locate maps on ANSWER, by subject is to enter the place name or subject, followed by the word maps.

Examples:

ingham county mich maps

michigan maps

china maps

cemeteries michigan maps

atlases

Unless otherwise noted in ANSWER, maps and atlases do not circulate.

Many maps and atlases are too large to photocopy. Please check ANSWER, or ask a librarian to see if the materials also are available on microform for copying.

Below is a list of the Library of Michigan's nine collections where you can find major types of maps and atlases. They are arranged by series titles or broad categories, with notes as to their locations and their core call numbers. Also consult ANSWER, for specialized subject maps.

1. Reference Collection - 2nd floor North

• Atlases (United States, other countries and the world) - G's
• Encyclopedias - AE's
• Gazetteers (Geographic dictionaries or indexes) - G's
• Telephone directories for city maps - Alphabetized by U.S. postal abbreviations

2. Michigan Collection - 2nd floor North

• Atlases (state, counties, and cities) - G's
• City maps - F574's and G's
• County plat maps (showing township land divided into lots with the owner's names since the 1870's) - G's
• Flood Insurance Study (1970's) - GB 1399.4 .M5
• Great Lakes navigation charts (1970's) - G's

Note: The Map Room (see 6, below) contains other Michigan Collection maps

3. Abrams Historical Collection (Genealogy) - 2nd floor South

• Atlases (states and counties other than Michigan) - G's
• County histories (except for Michigan) - F's
• Gazetteers - G's

4. Michigan Documents Collection - 2nd floor South

• Department of Natural Resources maps - CN's
• Department of Transportation maps (airports, roads and truck routes) - HW's
• Michigan Manual (includes Legislative district maps) - ST9, AD9 and LG L514:9

Note: The Map Room (see 6, below) contains other Michigan Documents maps.

5. United States Documents Collection

1. 4th floor South (folded and bound maps)

• Aeronautical Charts - C 55.416/
• Country maps - PrEx 3.10/4:
• Flood Insurance Study (Michigan only) - FEM 1.209:
• National Forest Service maps - A 13.28:
• National Park Service maps - I 29.2:
• Non-Michigan census tract maps (1980) - C 3.223/
• Soil Survey (Non-Michigan) - A 57.38:
• U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers maps - D 103
• Weather maps - C 55.109:

2. 2nd floor South (folded or bound maps)

• Michigan census tract maps (1970-1980) - C 3.224/
• Soil Survey (Michigan counties) - A 57.38:
• Weather maps - C 55.209:

Note: The Map Room (see 6, below) contains other United States Documents maps.

6. Map Room - 2nd floor North

1. Michigan Collection

• Cities and Counties Map File (includes some 1860's plat maps of counties)
• Perspective maps (a view of a city from above, looking at a distance; also known as bird's eye view) - G's

2. Michigan Documents

• Department of Transportation maps - HW's
• Geological survey maps - CN's
• Soil surveys maps - CN's

3. United States Documents

• Airport Obstruction Chart - Fed. Docs Map C 55.411/3:
• Census district maps for the United States - Fed. Docs Map C 3. 223/11:1990
• Michigan census district maps (1970-1980) - unclassified
• Nautical Charts - Fed. Docs Map C 55.418/7:
• Topographical maps (Michigan only) - Fed. Doc. Map I 19.81:

7. Microform Rooms For additional information on maps in our Microform Rooms see our publication: Maps on Microform Available at the Library of Michigan - Mich. Docs LG L69:L7m36

• 2nd floor South (Microfilm)
• Michigan topographical maps - mfm G 4111 .C2 svar G 43
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (Michigan) - mfm G 1411 .G 475 S3z , mfm G 4110 .G475 1992 .S3
• State and county atlases - mfm F's

8. 2nd floor North (Microfiche)

• Canadian Historical Atlas Collection Gene. Fiche G 1148 .05 C3 1988
• Flood Insurance Study - Fed. Docs. Fiche FEM 1.209: or HH 10.9:
• Michigan road maps - Mich. Docs. Fiche HW H635: 18m36-
• National Wetland Inventory maps - Fed. Docs Fiche I 49.6/7-2
• Townland Maps (Ireland) - Gene. Fiche G 1830 .I5 1989
• University Microfilm International (UMI) Geneaogy and Local History Collection (Microfiche series of genealogical and local history books and periodicals. Use ANSWER to identify authors, titles, subjects and keywords)- Gene.Fiche UMI

9. Internet Resources Access these and other map sites on the Internet from our 2nd floor workstations.

• Atlases and maps Internet Public Library
  http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref42.50.00/
  
• Destination locator Lycos Road Maps
  http://maps.lycos.com/
  
• Maps and Geographical Information Systems Michigan eLibrary
  http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=701&pathid=4232
  
• Michigan maps Michigan Center for Geographic Information
  http://www.michigan.gov/cgi
  Census Geographic Areas
  http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_28434---,00.html
• Map sites Yahoo
  http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Geography
  /Cartography/maps/
  

Updated 04/24/2007