General Search and Browse Instructions: A single word or phrase may be entered in any of the search term boxes. Do not use quotation marks to enclose the search terms, but punctuation such as commas and periods may be entered if they are part of the phrase. Also, note that this tool provides a string search rather than a word search. So, if you enter "oil map" you will also see items with "soil map." Likewise, a search for "tex" could find "Texas" and "Texarkana" as well as the town of "Latex."

On the search page, to see all the maps in the collection, enter "%" (without the quotes) as the search string, and leave the Limit by Date fields blank.

Limiting by Date (search page and browse page): Enter a single beginning year to locate maps for only that year. To find all maps prior to a certain year, enter that year as the ending year, and enter 1000 (or any year earlier than 1500) as the beginning year.

Search Field Descriptions

• Title--Title or name of the map. If the map has no title, this is a brief description of the map provided by the map librarian.
• Subject--Subject entries include general map descriptors or types, such as "topographic" for contour maps and "roads" for road maps.
• Author--The author, cartographer, illustrator, or other person responsible for the graphic content of the map.
• Publisher--The company or individual that produced the map.
• Notes--Note entries include any general information that is important about the map but not included in other fields.
• Geographic Coverage--This is generally a named region, such as Dallas, Irving, Northeast Texas, or Davis Mountains.
• Extent of Coverage--This is one of four terms: city, county, state, or region. Region may relate to either multiple counties or multiple states, depending on the Geographic Coverage.
• Accession Number--The map number assigned to the map by the map librarian.