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geoscience thematic - see locating thematic maps - including:

• antarctic geologic
• coal investigation
• circum-pacific
• geophysical investigation
• geologic quadrangle
• hydrologic investigations atlases
• miscellaneous geologic investigations
• land cover
• land use
• miscellaneous USGS field studies
• mineral resources investigations
• oil and gas investigations
• other
  
  

historical (various types)- search josiah; specific collections include:

• age of discovery: 15^th - mid-19^th centuries in north america (john carter brown library)
  
• 19^th-century rhode island and new england (john hay library)
  
• historical atlases (various locations)
  • exploration
  • military
  • regional

political

• census: search GPO monthly catalog and josiah ; mostly located in rockefeller library map collection; contact the government information for help
• classroom wall maps: search josiah or look through collection; located in rockefeller library map collection
  

topographic (USGS) - see locating topographic maps

• contour (with physical features such as streams, streets, buildings, and woods)
• planimetric data only (no contours)
• aerial photography
• surface management status
• quadrangles of various scales, county, and state
  
  

transportation - miscellaneous holdings in josiah

• canals
• cycling
• railroads
• roads
  
  

atlases - search josiah

• environmental
  
• historical
  
• natural history
  
• political
  
• transportation
  
• miscellaneous
  

gazetteers - search josiah

• environmental
  
• historical
  
• natural history
  
• political
  
• transportation
  
• miscellaneous
  

miscellaneous - search josiah and GPO monthly catalog

classroom wall (mostly political) - search josiah; in rockefeller map collection

historical (various types)- search josiah

political

• CIA series: government documents - search GPO monthly catalog
• miscellaneous, search in josiah and GPO monthly catalog
  
  

misc. thematic - search josiah and GPO monthly catalog; include:

• agricultural
• climatic
• economic
• environmental
• soil
• vegetation
• miscellaneous
  
  

nautical charts - search josiah

atlases - search josiah

• environmental
  
• historical
  
• natural history
  
• political
  
• transportation
  
• miscellaneous
  

gazetteers - search josiah

• environmental
  
• historical
  
• natural history
  
• political
  
• transportation
  
• miscellaneous
  

miscellaneous - search josiah and GPO monthly catalog