The Libary's collection includes local road maps, national road maps, international atlases, and atlases of the solar system, galaxies and specific planets. All maps and atlases are reference materials and do not circulate. Most are located in the Atlas stand near the front of the library. To see what maps and atlases we have, go to NASA GALAXIE, select Power Search, then limit the search to Library:HQ and Location: ATLASSTAND. For satellite/aerial photos of Earth, diagrams of the solar system, or maps of the sky, see the websites below.

Databases

NASA Aeronautics and Space Database - There are two versions of NASA ASD: one is open to everyone on a nasa.gov computer. The other includes limited documents and requries a password. Both databases include documents from NASA and related agencies, meeting papers, journal articles, and videos. NASA Headquarters employees can contact the Library or CASI for help in using this database.

NASA GALAXIE - NASA GALAXIE is our library catalog. It includes the collections of most NASA Center libraries. The catalog indexes books, journals, atlases, conferences, books-on-tape, video recordings, software, images, and print and electronic documents. It can only be accessed from a NASA computer. Limited to NASA employees.

Websites

Earth Observatory - This NASA Goddard Space Flight Center site offers new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet focusing on Earth's climate and environmental change. "Materials published on the Earth Observatory are freely available for re-publication or re-use, except where copyright is indicated."

Internet Public Library - Maps - A collection of online map resources compiled by the University of Michigan School of Information.

MapMachine - (National Geographic) Access free street maps, historical maps, weather maps and more. Various other map-related products are available for purchase, such as globes, atlases, wall maps and software.

Solar System Live - An interactive orrery by John Walker at Fourmilab. "You can view the entire Solar System, or just the inner planets (through the orbit of Mars). Controls allow you to set time and date, viewpoint, observing location, orbital elements to track an asteroid or comet, and a variety of other parameters."

Solar System Simulator, Jet Propulsion Lab - Creates images of objects in the solar system based your selected spacecraft/planet/moon and date.

USGS Maps & Photos - links to databases of maps and aerial photos offered by businesses working in conjuction with the U.S. Geological Survey.

World Wind - Developed at NASA's Ames Research Center, this program enables you to virtually visit anywhere on the globe, roam the Moon and planets, and explore among the galaxies.

Your Sky - An interactive planetarium by John Walker at Fourmilab. Creates a sky map for any given location at any time.