Maps & Travel

Explore the diversity of birdlife with detailed species accounts, maps, multimedia, and research drawn from four leading works of ornithology. Designed for bird enthusiasts, students, and researchers. Access remotely anytime with a library card.

An authoritative source of global information produced by the Central Intelligence Agency. Provides concise profiles of 266 world entities, including data on history, population, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues. Updated regularly for use by students, researchers, and professionals.

This is a specialized resource listing known Colorado fire insurance maps held by Colorado institutions and the Library of Congress. It includes an introduction to the history of fire insurance mapping in Colorado, instructions for using the maps, and links to digitized versions where available. It is useful for historians, preservationists, and genealogists.

A streaming collection explicitly designed for children and families. Offers kid-safe, ad-free access to educational and entertaining videos, songs, audiobooks, and games. Includes beloved programs like Sesame Street, The Electric Company, The Berenstain Bears, Franklin, and more. Encourages learning through fun, interactive media. Access remotely anytime with a library card, or within the Library.

This resource, provided by Pitkin County Government, offers access to GISMO, the county’s Geographic Information System. It includes property research tools such as parcel ownership, addresses, zoning, streets, urban growth boundaries, and aerial photos over Aspen and Pitkin County. This information is useful for real estate, planning, and geographic research.

This site provides free access to over 200,000 U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps dating back to 1884. The maps are available in PDF or XML format and cover both historical and current U.S. landscapes.