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A to Z Maps Online
Over 145,000 world, continent, country, and state maps including political maps, physical maps, and thematic maps on population, weather, trees, etc.
GeoData.gov
"Geospatial One-Stop" U.S. Maps and Data Hosts U.S. federal, state, and local geographic maps and data.
Homer
USC Library's catalog of books.
ProQuest
Multi-disciplinary index of general and scholarly titles for arts, business, humanities, social sciences, science and newspaper resources--many with full-text.
USC Spatial Science Program
Spatial Science Program and GIS lab at USC

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