Geology

General Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8,000 journals with many available in full-text.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) includes bibliographic citations for dissertations and theses worldwide, from 1861 to the present, with full-text access available for the newer titles, and abstracts available for the older titles.

*Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

*Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale Cengage Learning) is a resource that utilizes many different sources to provide information on both sides of controversial topics.

Subject Databases

*AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications database contains over 60,000 articles from sources including AAPG Publications, SEPM Journal, GCAGS Transactions, and Journal of Petroleum Geology.

American Chemical Society Web Editions (ACS Web Editions) provides online full-text access to all ACS journal and magazine publications with coverage from 1996 to present.

*GeoRef (EBSCO) includes citations to nearly 2 million international records about geology and earth sciences.

Science & Technology Collection (EBSCO) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications, of which over 800 leading, full-text journals cover relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, physics, archaeology, and materials science.

*SciFinder is an access point to several Chemical Abstracts databases, providing chemical literature from over 10,000 journals, 1907-present, including organic and inorganic substance information (CAS registry), patents, structure diagrams, and more. New users start here.

*Scirus: for scientific information only searches more than 150 million science-related Web sites, along with 11 journal databases with full-text articles often included.

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E-Text

Online Books: Geology

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QE 1-996.5 Geology

CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool Locate the bibliographic details you need quickly and easily. Search by Title, Abbreviation, CODEN, ISBN, or ISSN

Martindale's "The Reference Desk" Calculators On-line Center (Geosciences)
Calculators for various Dating methods, Plate tectonic reconstruction, Geothermics, Gravity, Seismology, etc.

Resources of Scholarly Societies - Earth Sciences
A directory of scholarly societies in the earth sciences, each society site providing links to its own resources, and links to other recommended related sites.

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Websites

DICTIONARIES

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Abbreviations and acronyms of terms used in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography and Remote Sensing.

EARTHQUAKES

Earthquake Hazards Program (USGS)
Worldwide information on earthquakes.

FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOKS

Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database
This is the electronic version of the print edition of this publication. It is searchable by geologic feature, formation or other subject term. It also provides lists of libraries that own the relevant guidebooks found.

MAPS

National Geologic Map Database (USGS)
A catalog of paper and digital geologic maps and where to find them, including paleontological, geophysical, structural, environmental, hazard, and resource maps. It also provides links to other sites for topographic maps, and a Geologic Name file that gives basic descriptions of geologic rock units.

MINERALS

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
An interface to a crystal structure database that includes every structure published in the American Mineralogist, The Canadian Mineralogist, European Journal of Mineralogy and Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, as well as selected datasets from other journals.

Mineralogy Database
An exhaustive mineral database providing descriptions of more than 4,000 mineral species, with more than 5,000 pages of data, and links to other sources of mineral data on the web.

Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
The Bureau of Economic Geology functions as the State Geological Survey for Texas. Many of the bureau’s publications are available in the Texas Documents collection at Stephen F. Austin State University on the second floor of Ralph W. Steen Library.

USGS Minerals Information
Statistics and information on world supply, demand and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy.

TIME CHART

Geologic Time Chart
Produced by the University of California at Berkley Museum of Paleontology, this site will allow you to explore Geologic Time.

VOLCANOES

Volcanoes of the World
The USGS volcano site.

MISCELLANEOUS

Note: The databases marked with an asterisk (*) are not part of any search using the Articles & More choice from the library home page.