Q. What maps and atlases does the Library have?

Many atlases and maps formerly located in the old Abercromby Wing Basement Store 1 of the Sydney Jones Library, and the Closed Store of the Harold Cohen Library, are now available on request from the off-site Brunswick Library Store (BLS).

In addition there are also atlases and maps available in the Sydney Jones Library in the following locations:

• Oversize Collection (Grove Wing 1st Floor)
• Archaeology Collection (Abercromby Wing Basement Store)
• Special Collections and Archives (SC&A) (Grove Wing Ground Floor)
• open shelves (Grove Wing Ground and 1st Floors)
• basement stores (stores 2 and 3).

 A small number of maps and atlases are available in the Institute of Irish Studies.

Geological, medical and veterinary maps and atlases are also available at both the Harold Cohen and Leahurst Campus libraries.

Elsewhere on-campus paper/printed maps are available from the Geographical Information Centre, Map Room, 6th Floor Roxby Building. There is a large reference collection of approximately 100,000 maps. The Map Curator, Tinho da Cruz, is on hand to help with enquiries and the use of the collections and facilities: dacruz@liverpool.ac.uk / 0151 794 2844.

• Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection – access to all UK maps, both 1: 25 000 and 1: 50 000 scales
• Geology Digimap - geological maps and data from the British Geological Survey
• Historic Digimap - historic maps from Landmark
• Open GeoScience - free access to geological data/maps, scans, photos and other information
• Old Maps Online - access to online map images and metadata records held in libraries and other host organisations

See our History Library Guide or your local/county record office. In addition the National Archives have produced a research guide.

Maps are available online via Digimap.

Paper/printed maps are available from the Geographical Information Centre, Map Room, 6th Floor Roxby Building. There is a large reference collection of approximately 100,000 maps. The Map Curator, Tinho da Cruz, is on hand to help with enquiries and the use of the collections and facilities: dacruz@liverpool.ac.uk / 0151 794 2844.

Paper/printed maps may also available from local public libraries (Liverpool, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Knowsley, Sefton and Wirral).