Mabee Learning Center
Owen Wildman, Telecommunications  
    Thursday, August 28, 2008
Earth Science

Looking for information about El Nino? Need information about research materials in the areas of geology, geography, paleontology, meteorology, or volcanology? Need factual data about the components within the Earth’s atmosphere? These and other questions can be answered with the aid of resources listed below. If you have additional questions, ask the librarians.

General Background Information
Atlas of Volcanic Phenomena, Ref 551.21 U58a
Basic Guide to Pesticides, Ref 363.1792 B854bg
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences, Ref 550 C178s
Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Natural History, Ref 508.0321 L738ca
Conservation and Environmentalism: An Encyclopedia, Ref 363.7003 C755pa
Dictionary of the Environment, Ref 574.503 A417doe
Dictionary of the Environmental Sciences, Ref 550.3 D965d
Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, Ref 567.9103 G567de
Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Ref 551.203 R598ev
Encyclopedia of Energy Technology and the Environment, Ref 333.7903 E56bio
Encyclopedia of Geochemistry and Environmental Sciences, Ref 551.8 F164e
Encyclopedia of World Regional Geology, Ref 550.9 F164e
Environment and the Law, Ref 344.73046 P322ew
Facts on File Dictionary of Marine Science, Ref 551.46003 F142ma
Geologic References Sources, Ref 550.016 W256g
History and Use of Our Earth’s Chemical Elements, Ref 546 K92he
Index Fossils of North America, Ref 562 Sh55i
Maps on File, Ref 912 M297f
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Earth Sciences, Ref 550.3 M147
Millennium World Atlas, Ref 912 R187mla
Our Magnificent Earth: Rand McNally Atlas of the Earth, Ref 333.7 O936
Oxford Dictionary of Natural History, Ref 508.0321 O98a
National Geographic Atlas of the World, Ref 912 N277ng6
Rand McNally Road Atlas, Ref 912.7 R187r
Sciences of the Earth, Ref 550.9 S416goo
Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual, Ref 808.0666 S416cbe6
Simon and Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals, Ref 552.075 S594p
Times Atlas of the Oceans, Ref 912 T583cp
Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia, Ref 503 V26s8
Water Encyclopedia,  Ref 551.48 T634w
Weather America, Ref 551.6973 W362gwd
World Energy Outlook, Ref 333.79 W927i

Locating the Earth Sciences Collection
548    Crystallography
549    Mineralogy
550    Earth Science
551    Geology, Hydrology, Meteorology
552    Petrology
553    Economic Geology
560    Paleontology, Paleozoology
561    Paleobotany

Government Documents
A        Agriculture Dept.
E         Energy Dept.
ED      Education Dept.
EP      Environomental Protection Agency
I          Interior Dept.
I19     U.S. Geological Survey
NS      National Science Foundation
SI       Smithsonian Institution

Finding Materials for Earth Sciences
1st floor, south Reference
1st floor, north Periodicals
1st floor annex Government Documents
2nd floor General Books
3rd floor Media

Sources of Journal Articles
PRINT RESOURCES
General science index
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost)
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)
Article1st (FirstSearch)
FactSearch (FirstSearch)
Highwire Press
Issues and Controversies
MAS FullText Ultra
Today’s Science
WorldCat (FirstSearch)

Internet Resources
EBSCOHost:     Full-text periodical database
NetLibrary:       Full-text e-book database
NewsBank:        Full-text newspaper database
First Search:     Periodical and information indexes

ACID RAIN ELEMENTRY HANDBOOK
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/Top8/files.htp?fileid=60773&use=jr

AGRIBIZ.COM
http://www.agribiz.com

AGRICULTURE NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER
http://www.agnic.org

AGRICULTURE ONLINE
http://www.agriculture.com

AGRIPEDIA: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AGRICULTURE
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agripedia/

BIODIVERSITY
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/Top8/files.htp?fileid=62924&flt=CAB

CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html

DINOBASE
http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/dinobase/ dinopage.html

DINOSAUR ILLUSTRATIONS
http://www.search4dinosaurs.com/ pictures.html

DINOSAURIA
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu

DINOSAURIA ONLINE
http://www.dinosauria.com

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
http://info.er.usgs.gov/network/science/earth/

EARTH CHANNEL
http://www.earthchannel.com

EARTH SCIENCE JOURNALS ON THE NET
http://www.BrockU.CA/library/research/earthsci/journals.htm

EARTH SCIENCE RESOURCE CENTER
http://www.wadsworth.com/geo/

EARTH SCIENCES META-SITE
http://www.islandnet.com/~pjhughes/earth.htm

EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION FROM U.S.G.S.
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov

EARTHQUAKE MAPS ON THE WEB
http://cires.colorado.edu/people/jones.craig/Wweb_EQs.html

EARTHQUAKE REPORT
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakexe/quakes/

EARTHWATCH
http://www.earthwatch.com

EL NINO RESOURCES
http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/lib/elninolinks/

ELECTRIC VOLCANO
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/

ENVIROLINK
http://www.envirolink.org

ENVIROMENTAL EDUCATION
http://www.blm.gov/education/index.html

ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS NETWORK
http://www.enn.com

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
http://www.epa.gov

FOSSIL ENERGY
http://www.fe.doe.gov/education/main.html

GEMOLOGY & LAPIDARY
http://www.tradeshop.com/gems/

GEOINDEX
http://www.geoindex.com

GEOLOGICAL MAPS
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/knowledge/
vsl_files.htp?fileid=119536&flt= CAB

GEOLOGY LINK
http://www.geologylink.com

GEOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL PARKS
http://www.mnu.edu/mabee/ref/refscience.html

GLACIER
http://www.glacier.rice.edu

GLOBAL RECYCLING NETWORK
http://grn.com/grn/

GLOSSARY OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND THE RELATED GEOSCIENCES WITH REFERENCES
http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/paleo/paleogloss/paleogloss.html

HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov

HURRICANE CENTRAL
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/

INTERNATIONAL COLORED GEMSTONES ASSOCIATION
http://www.gemstone.org

JOURNAL OF DINOSAUR PALEONTOLOGY
http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/jdp.htm

LIVE ACCESS TO CLIMATE DATA
http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/fbin/climate-server/

MINERAL GALLERY
http://mineral.galleries.com

MINERAL YEARBOOK
http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/ myb.html

MORRISON RESEARCH INITIATIVE
http://www.apsu.edu/mri/index.html

MOUNT ST. HELENS
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/msh/msh.html

NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov

NATIONAL CAVES ASSOCIATION
http://www.cavern.com

NATIONAL CLIMATE DATA CENTER
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
http://www.nationalgeographic.com

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

NEW MILLENNIUM OBSERVATORY
http://newport.pmel.noaa.gov/nemo_cruise98

NOAA CENTRAL LIBRARY
http://www.lib.noaa.gov

OCEAN PLANET
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean-planet.html

OCEAN SCIENCES EDUCATION TEACHERS RESOURCE CENTER
http://www.vims.edu/bridge/

OCEANOGRAPHY
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/

RECENT SEISMIC ACTIVITIES
http://hoshi.cic.sfu.ca/quake.html

REEF RELIEF
http://www.blacktop.com/coralforest/

ROCKHOUNDS INFORMATION PAGE
http://www.rahul.net/infodyn/rockhounds/

SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES ONLINE
http://www.explorers.org/webfiles/scivesources.html

SEISMOLINKS
http://www-social.wr.usgs.gov/seismolinks.html

STORMWATCH
http://www.fema.gov/fema/trop.htm

SURFING THE INTERNET FOR EARTHQUAKE DATA
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html

TORNADO PROJECT ONLINE
http://www.tornadoproject.com

UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES
http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/

UNRSL HELICORDER CAMERA
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/Webcam/webcam.html

U.S. CORAL REEF TASK FORCE
http://coralreef.gov

VIRTUAL CAVE
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html

VOLCANOES PAGE
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/

VOLCANOES ONLINE
http://library.advanced.org/17457/

WATER MANAGEMENT RESEARCH LABORATORY
http://pwa.ars.usda.gov/fno/wmrl/

WETNET
http://www.wetlands.ca

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
http://www.wmo.ch