Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
New Jersey:
Geography / Geology
Local Resources
Special Collections and University Archives has a large collection of New Jersey maps, a
description of which can be found
here.
Finding aids are available at the Special Collections Reference Desk for
our collections of Early Maps, Manuscript Maps, Wall Maps and Atlases of New Jersey
Municipalities. April Carlucci's Guide to New Jersey Maps in Special Collections and
Archives, Rutgers University Libraries (see below) is also available at the Reference
Desk in the New Jersey Room.
Carlucci, April. Guide to New Jersey Maps in Special Collections and Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Libraries, 1986.
SPCOL/UA SNCLNJ GA195.N5C37 1986 [copy also available at reference desk]
ALEXANDER REF GA195.N5C37 1986 REF [2 copies]
CAMDEN REF GA195.N5C37 1986
DANA REF GA195.N5C37 1986
DOUGLASS REF GA195.N5C37 1986
KILMER REF GA195.N5C37 1986
LSM REF GA195.N5C37 1986
Extensive guide to maps in Special Collections and University Archives.
Most of these maps are located in the map case near the back of the New Jersey Room.
Note that this volume describes many, but not all, of the maps in Special Collections.
Kelland, Frank S. and Marylin C. Kelland. New Jersey, Garden or Suburb?: A Geography of New Jersey.
Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1978.
SPCOL/UA SNCLNJ F140.K29N
New Jersey Department of Transportation. Local Names.
[Trenton, NJ]: New Jersey Department of Transportation, 2002.
SPCOL/UA SCLNJ F132.N482 2002
Alphabetical listing of names of locales, areas and municipalities in New Jersey, along with the incorporated municipality and county in which each is located.
Stansfield, Charles A. A Geography of New Jersey: The City in the Garden.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1998.
SPCOL/UA SNCLNJ F134.S79 1998
Snyder, John P. The Mapping of New Jersey: The Men and the Art.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1973.
SPCOL/UA SNCLNJ GA439.S64
ALEXANDER STACKS GA439.S64
CAMDEN STACKS GA439.S64
DANA STACKS GA439.S64
DOUGLASS STACKS GA439.S64
Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries, 1606-1968.
Trenton, Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. (See also 1988 supplement (below).
SPCOL/UA SNCLNJ F142.B7S6 SNCLNJ [2 copies]
ALEXANDER DOCREF F142.B7S6 [2 copies]
ALEXANDER STACKS F142.B7S6
CAMDEN REF F142.B7S6
CAMDEN STACKS QE141.A19 no. 67
DANA REF QE141.A19 no.67
LSM DOCNJ QE141.A19 no.67
See also the 1988 supplement (below).
Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries. 1988 Supplement.
[Trenton]: New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Resources, Geological Survey, 1988.
SPCOL/UA SNCLY2 F142.B7S6 suppl.
Stansfield, Charles A. New Jersey: A Geography.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1983.
SPCOL/UA SNCLNJ F134.S8 1983
Wacker, Peter O. and Paul G. Clemens. Land Use in Early New Jersey: A Historical Geography.
Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, 1995.
SPCOL/UA SNCLNJ HD266.N5W33 1995
Electronic Resources
Geology [Rutgers Restricted]
Rutgers University Libraries - Find Articles - Indexes and Databases.
Environmental Science [Rutgers Restricted]
Rutgers University Libraries - Find Articles - Indexes and Databases.
New Jersey Environmental Digital Library
Rutgers University Libraries - Find Articles - Indexes and Databases.
New Jersey Historical Maps (Rutgers Cartography Department, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
Large website featuring over 200 maps from Special Collections and University Archives of the Rutgers University Libraries.
New Jersey Municipalities Search (State of New Jersey)
Database searchable by county, municipality name or legislative district.
Environmental Studies: New Jersey Resources.
Rutgers University Libraries - Research Resources - Subject Research Guides.
