Illinois
Tabular Index to UIUC Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection by the UIUC Map and Geography Library (1975).
Print copy on reserve at the Map Library circulation desk; see also online holdings lists
Fire Insurance Maps from the Sanborn Map Company Archives, Late 19th Century to 1990, Illinois by Bruce M. Stave (1992)
Thirty-six microform reels and a print guide; located at the History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library
General Index, Sanborn Maps, Chicago, Illinois (1970)
Tabular index to Chicago house numbers to show Chicago Sanborn volume and sheet number of coverage. Volume also includes a map index showing volume coverages. Best used in conjuction with the 1896 index to Chicago Sanborn volumes found below as volume coverages have shifted. Chicago house numbers were systematized in 1909. Consult Plan of Re-numbering, City of Chicago to verify older addresses; document provided by the Chicago History Museum.
General Index of Chicago Maps (1896)
Map index to Chicago Sanborn fire insurance atlases indicating volume coverages. Best used with the map index included in the 1970 General Index above. Also found at the Library of Congress.
United States
Union List of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Held by Institutions in the United States and Canada by R. Philip Hoehn (1976)
Updated version available online.
Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress by Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division (1981)
Available online from the Library of Congress
About Sanborn Maps and the Company
Description and Utilization of the Sanborn Map by the Sanborn Map Company (1953)
Fire Insurance Maps: Their History and Applications by Diane L. Oswald (1997)
Sixtieth Anniversary, 1866-1926, Sanborn Map Company by the Sanborn Map Company (1926)
Online in pdf format