Map Room
Hours:
Monday through Friday
Afternoons only: 1-5 p.m
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.
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Map Room items of interest:
View a list of recently received Dibblee Geologic Maps.
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!
Earthscape has a few new features on the home page. The "browse" button in the upper right will give you quick access to previous updates. Recent updates have focused on environmental issues in mountain regions around the globe, and new U.S. climate reports by region. Earthscape also posted recent updates on environmental issues in Africa, Asia as well as a collection of reports from the European Union.
Another new feature on the home page is a link to the list of contributing institutions. This makes browsing the collection by contributor easier.
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
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