Course Guides
Databases
Scholarly, peer-reviewed journals are available from our subscription databases. Listed below are suggestions for starting your research. A complete list of our Digital Resources are available from the Databases link.
- Academic Search Premier [INFO]
- Project MUSE (Basic Research Collection) (full-text backfiles) [INFO]
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences I, II, & III Collection (full-text backfiles) [INFO]
Books and More
The Library catalog is a collection of books and other print materials, such as videos/DVDs, music CDs, and scores. The catalog offers a variety of searches - Keyword, Subject, Author, Title, and Call Number. Examples of searches are below:
- Subject search for earth sciences
- Subject search for geology
- Subject search for volcanoes
- Subject search for minerals
- Subject search for earthquakes
Reference Material
Reference sources may provide a good starting point for research and include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and statistical sources. Some key resources are listed below. Additional titles may be located by seaching the Library catalog
- Earth Science
- Innovations in Earth Sciences
- Minerals of the World
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of the Geological Sciences
- Earth Science
- Innovations in Earth Sciences
- Minerals of the World
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of the Geological Sciences
Web Sites
- Earth Sciences and Map Library
- The Edwards Aquifer Home Page
- Mineral Gallery
- Mission to Planet Earth
- Recent Global Events (Earthquakes)
- Recycler’s World
- Soil, Water, and Climate Web Server
- Surfing the Internet for Earthquake Data
- National Park Service
- U.S.G.S.Water Resources of the United States
- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Region Marine and Coastal Surveys
- Volcano World
- NASA’s Global Change Master Directory
- The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
- Selected Web Sites for Geoscientists
- The Virtual Geosciences Professor
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- Subject librarian: Bill Kietzman
