Clarkson University
HomeAcademicsAthleticsProspective StudentsDirectorySite IndexNews
Library - Research Help
spacer          Library Home           Physical Therapy Library           Quick Links


Reference Desk HelpSubject GuidesResearch Strategy
How to Cite Sources
Search the Internet

Books & MoreJournals & ArticlesServicesAbout Us

Zip Codes, Maps, & Gazetteers

  • United States Postal Service - zip codes, location of post offices, and product & serivices, buy postages, domestic and international money orders
  • Altapedia - full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world
  • CIA - The World Factbook - Reference maps, flags of the world, background, geography, location, government, economy, communications, people, transportation, military, transnational issues
  • Color Landform Atlas of the United States - Shaded relief maps showing landforms of each US state, Satellite views of 48 states, 1895 maps, External links to newpapers, weather, and top 100 family sites
  • Geography - World atlas and maps, geography answers, photos, country facts, cultural & historical maps, time zones, street & road maps, topograhic maps, zip codes, and articles on topics
  • Google Maps - Google service offering powerful, user-friendly mapping technology–including business locations, contact information, and driving directions–in the United States, Canada, and the UK (more locations coming soon)
  • Map Collections: 1500-2003 - General maps, cities & towns, cultural landscapes, military battles & campaigns, conservation & environment, discovery & exploration, transportation & communication, by Geography & Map Division, Library of Congress
  • Maps.com - One stop shop for maps, with driving directions, USA and world maps
  • MapQuest - Maps, driving directions, road trip planner, and yellow pages
  • National Geographic.com - Shop for maps, map machine, free maps, trails illustrated, mapexchange, printer-friendly maps, conservation maps, country profiles, atlas updates, and recommended links
  • NIMA: GEOnet Names Server - Access to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) database of foreign geographic feature names, covering worldwide excluding the United States and Antarctica (links provided), updated monthly
  • TopoZone.com - Provides recreational and professional topographic maps, working with the USGS to create the Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States
  • U.S. Census Bureau - Provides links to maps and cartographic products, free & downloadable maps in Portable Document Format, from Census Bureau TIGER Mapping Service
  • TerraServer - Provides free public access to a vast data store of topographical maps and aerial photographs of the United States
  • Geographic Names Information System - Contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States, with related links, by USGS
  • American Fact Finder - Provides 2000 census data with reference maps, which show basic boundary information (cities, counties, census tracts, etc.), and thematic maps
  • Yahoo Maps - Provides street mapping, as the only site including Canadian maps
  • MapBlast! - Maps addresses or cities with driving directions, offering traffic reports for the region and local weather reports
  • Demographic Data Viewer (DDViewer) - Provides data from 1990 and 2000 U.S. census of population and housing, mapping at the levels of county, county subdivision, census tract, and blockgroup, by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
  • Tiger Mapping Service - Search by city or provide a specific set of coordinates, enabling users to map a limited number of census variables to geographic map areas, such as U.S. congressional districts, zip code areas, and blockgroup areas, and cultural features such as highways and parks, by the U.S. Census Bureau
  • United Nations Cartographic Section - Provides access to more than 100 non-U.S. maps organized by region and country, peacekeeping maps, and thematic maps
  • TopoZone - Commercial site for USGS quadrangle maps for personal use, searching by map name, by city or place, or by the name of a geographic feature
  • MapTechMapServer - Commercial site for topographic maps, nautical charts, and aerial photos called NavPhotos, which cover coastal regions exclusively, and multiple map scales
  • National Atlas of the United States - Site from the U.S. Geological Survey, download special software available on the Web site
  • The Library of Congress American Memory Map Collections - Digital representation of maps found in the Geography and Maps Division of the Library of Congress, covering 1500-1999, browsing by creator and geographic indexes to find maps that are focused on Americana and cartographic treasures found in the Library of Congress