Maps at Armstrong Science Library

At Middlebury College, printed maps and atlases are located in both Armstrong Library and the Main Library. You may find you need to use both libraries to find all the sources you are looking for. Students, faculty and staff who cannot locate a desired map in the Middlebury College Libraries can borrow maps through Interlibrary Loan.

In most cases the best place to start your research is the Middlebury College Maps and GIS subject guide. If you have trouble navigating these sources they can be filtered by clicking the All Subjects link at the top of the page and then restricting the Maps and GIS subject guide based on “Step 2: Select source types”.

Scope of Map Collections at Armstrong

Generally, Armstrong Library has printed sheet maps, books, and journals related to human and physical geography and geology.

The Armstrong Library maintains the College’s collection of topographical maps, including U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) topographical quadrangles.  The Library holds the latest editions of most series, and these may be checked out for two weeks. All editions of the Vermont series are retained; the two most recent editions may be checked out but older editions are kept in a locked case and do not circulate.   The Library owns multiple copies of some Vermont maps. 

Topographic maps are available at the following scales:

• 1:24,000 or 1:25,000 (7.5-minutes), including orthophotoquads and orthophotomaps. Current Vermont coverage is duplicated in the Main Library Index Area, although these sheets are non-circulating.
• 1:25,000 (7.5 by 15-minutes)
• 1:50,000 (15-minutes), published by the Defense Mapping Agency
• 1:62,500 (15-minutes)
• 1:100,000 (30 by 60-minutes)
• 1:250,000 (1 by 2-degrees)

Maps at the Main Library

The Main Library also has a large number of books dealing with the geography of nations, regions, and other places around the world, as well as many of the College’s reference atlases.