Geology (Subject Guides)
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Databases
GeoRef
The GeoRef database covers the geology of North America
from 1785 to the present and the geology of the rest
of the world from 1933 to the present.
Web of Science
Access to the Science Citation Index, the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Please log out when you are finished.
ScienceDirect
(Full Text)
Provides full text collection of over 1 million articles
from 1995 to present covers a wide variety of subject
areas and disciplines, including earth sciences, environmental
science, and physics.
Science Resource Center (Full Text)
Comprehensive curriculum-oriented database of reference and periodical content covering Life Science, Physical Science, Earth and Space Science. This resource contains more than 30 reference titles, over 300 periodicals, multimedia content, web site links and a selection of newspaper science sections.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.
JSTOR(Full Text)
Contains decades of full-text articles from 8 general sciences journals and 10 geography journals.
Academic
Search Premier (Full Text)
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary
database providing full text for nearly 4,700 publications,
including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed
journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic
study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
This database is updated daily.
Infotrac Academic OneFile (Full Text) 
A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
SciFinder
Scholar (Library Use Only)
SciFinder Scholar provides access to the Chemical
Abstracts Service database, the world's largest and
most comprehensive database of chemical information.
Available to students only on library computers.
Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database includes over 2 million master's theses and dissertations, with over 60,000 titles added every year. It's a great resource for researchers in a wide variety of fields.
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Print and Electronic Resources
Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features (Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Full Text)
Focuses on the physical and geological aspects, structure, and features of 48 of the earth's landforms. Written for middle school students to support earth science and landform-related assignments, alphabetically arranged entries follow a standard and consistent subheaded format; range in length from 9 to 11 pages; and cover common and unusual landforms such as archipelago, estuary, isthmus, tributary, and many more.
Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (Full Text)
Includes 402 original articles covering all the physical, chemical and biological aspects of ocean science.
World of Earth Science (Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Full Text)
This title in Thomson Gale's "World of" Series is a comprehensive guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, pioneers, and issues relating to topics in earth science. Its encyclopedic approach offers approximately 650 entries in a convenient A-Z format, cross-reference headings, and is written in easy to understand language.
Bibliography and Index of Geology
REF QE3 B57
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy
QE5 M3654
The Penguin Dictionary of Geology
REF QE5 W45
Encyclopedia of Minerals
REF QE355 R6
Encyclopedia of Geochemistry
REF QE515 E48
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Internet Resources
AAAS
Atlas of Population and Environment
Provides
"maps and graphics that quantify and illustrate
many of the issues, and text that lays out the broader
links between population dynamics and the environment
and places them within their historical perspective."
Topics include natural resources, land use, atmosphere,
waste and chemicals, ecosystems, and biodiversity. Also
includes cases studies on specific regions.
Geologic
Investigations Series, USGS (I-maps)
The Geological Society of America
Links to resources, publications and announcements.
Links for Minerologists
Subcategorized, annotated lists of web sites for mineralogists, petrologists, crystallographers, and geologists.
Michigan
Technological University Volcanoes Page
Mineralogy Database
"contains 4,442 individual mineral species descriptions with links and a
comprehensive image library," which should be a godsend for geology students. Links to automated translations make the site content available in multiple languages.
National
Atlas.Gov
This Atlas updates a large bound collection of paper
maps that was published in 1970.
Scirus
Quality, science specific Web search engine.
State Geological Surveys
U.S.
Geological Survey
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Resources at the College
Current Print Periodicals
Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences
Earth Science
Geological Magazine
Geology
Geology Today
The Journal of Geology
Southeastern Geology
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