Research Guides: HY 497: History Capstone: Data and Maps

Data Resources

ICPSR This link opens in a new window
An archive of social science data for research and instruction.

See related Research Guide: ICPSR

Contact UAB Librarian Brooke Becker at babecker@uab.edu, or send an email to icpsr-help@umich.edu if you experience issues.
SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
Web-based mapping application where users can quickly collect data to create thematic maps and custom reports using demographic, business, and marketing data. Includes D&B US Company Data, SimmonsLOCAL Data & EASI Health Data.

American History, 1493-1945 This link opens in a new window
Includes primary source documents split across two modules, including correspondence, diaries, government documents, business records, books, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, photographs, artwork and maps.
Grand Tour This link opens in a new window
Collection of primary and secondary sources; artworks; photographs and maps for the study of travel. Content from 1550 - 1850.

Harvard Map Collection: Digital Maps
Thousands of the Harvard Map Collection's maps and atlases from around the world are available online in hi-res.
Historical Map Archive
The Historical Map Archive is a digitized collection of selected map holdings from sources including the University of Alabama Map Library, the W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, the Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection of the Birmingham Public Library, the Geological Survey of Alabama, Samford University Special Collections Library, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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We are indebted to these organizations for their cooperation in facilitating the introduction of these digitial maps to the Internet.
Library of Congress: Maps
Treasure trove of map collections.
USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer
The US Geological Survey (USGS) and Esri collaborated to bring the ever-increasing collection of US historical topographic maps to everyone through the USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer. This app brings to life more than 178,000 maps dating from 1882 to 2006.