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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

548Crystallography

549Mineralogy

550Earth Science

551Geology, Hydrology, Meteorology

552Petrology

553Economic Geology

560Paleontology, Paleozoology

561Paleobotany

Government Documents

AAgriculture Dept.

EEnergy Dept.

EDEducation Dept.

EPEnvironomental Protection Agency

IInterior Dept.

I19U.S. Geological Survey

NSNational Science Foundation

SISmithsonian Institution

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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/

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