Map Room Home
Hours, Directions
Our Collection
Aerial Photos
Sanborn Maps
Links & Resources
Remote Sensing &
GIS
Site Map
CRUZCAT Maps
CRUZCAT
(External)
Melvyl/CDL
S&E Home
Hours:
Monday through Friday
Afternoons only: 1-5 p.m
The Map Room is
CLOSED
for collection maintenance :
Sept. 2 - 12
(2 weeks)
About the Map Room
The University Library Map Collection is located on the lower floor
of the Science & Engineering Library. It contains more than
160,000 items, including the region's largest and most comprehensive
collection of maps and aerial photographs, and more than 500 mounted
wall maps for classroom use.
Please phone us before coming to campus if you haven't visited us before to ensure the best response
to your question. 831-459-2364
If you haven't visited the campus before, please check out our
parking
recommendations.
Map Room items of interest:
We own all the Dibblee maps. Check Cruzcat by clicking here and entering Dibblee, T W as the author, and a place name or quadrangle name as the title.
Try
the
Cruzcat- Maps &
Atlases
feature that lets you do a search
limited to maps
& atlases
!
(External)
Earthscape
This month Earthscape focuses on environmental concerns in
Australia
, adding articles and links to online resources that address climate change,
sustainable urban development, water resources, agriculture, biodiversity,
land management, and corporate responsibility, among other topics.
Featured articles from this update include:
This summer Earthscape will unveil a new look and features including rolling updates, streamlined navigation, and updated search and sort functions.
UC Santa Cruz has access to the Columbia Gazetteer online , an excellent source of geographic information.Use GeoRef to find articles about geology and hydrology. Try our brief list of search tips .
Try
our
Five Minute Aerial Tutorial
to find out everything you ever wanted to know about our aerial
photographs.
Color
print film is an excellent medium for making copies of maps. See
our helpful
Photographing Old Maps
page.
Note: For Library Staff, see Maps
Blog
Contact us ( maproom at library.ucsc.edu ). Last updated August 29, 2008. Text Version .