Subject Guide: Geosciences

The Library's Subject Guides help you find resources that are specialized for certain areas of study. There are many other resources available which provide generalized information--not specific to one topic or area. To see more of these general resources, see the Subject Guide: Generalpage.

Geosciences Department Homepage

Online Resources

Databases and indexes provide information about books and articles from j­ournals, magazines and newspapers.

• GeoRef indexes geoscience scientific literature of North America from 1785 to the present and the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey.
• BIOSIS Previews is a good source for paleontological research.
• General Science Abstracts
• History of Science, Technology & Medicine
• Web of Knowledge containing Science Citation Index

Reference Books

Kilauea eruption, 19 February 2008. Thanksgiving Eve Breakout rootless shields collapsed revealing the furnace-like cavities hidden beneath thin crusts (http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/ archive/2008/Feb/20080219-2978-TRO_S.jpg)

Reference books provide background information on people, terms and concepts.

• A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
• Encyclopedia of Paleontology  QE703 .E52 1999 (2 vols.)
• The Encyclopedia of Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics  QE601 .E53 1987
• Geologists and the History of Geology  QE21 .S28 vol.
• Guide to Fossils  QE711.2 .M3913 1992
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences  QE5 .E5137 1996
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology available online as Access Science
• The Oxford Companion to the Earth
• Practical Handbook of Physical Properties of Rocks and Minerals  QE431.6 .P5P73 1989

Web Resources

Here are a few web sites you might find useful:

• EQNET: Earthquake Information Network
• EROS Data Center provides maps and satellite images.
• Geologic Hazards Team includes information on earthquakes, volcanoes and other geologic hazards.
• Geology.com
• Museum of Paleontology - Berkeley
• Ohio Geological Survey Web Site
• U.S. Geological Survey
• West's Geology Directory
• WINDandSEA

Online Journals

Here are a few of the journals available via the web in this field:

• Nature
• Science
• American Journal of Science
• Journal of Geology
• Journal of Geophysical Research - All parts
• Scientific American Archive (1993-Current)
• Tectonics
• To determine whether we have a journal available online, please search the CONSORT catalog or use the Electronic Journal Finder.