Earth Sciences Research Guide - College of DuPage Library

General Earth Sciences/Geology/Paleontology Research Guide

Earth Sciences Audio/Visual Materials

Databases:Links to databases indexing magazine, journal and newspaper articles

Earth Science Research Databases For articles from research journals and popular magazines on Earth Science topics.
Newspaper Research Databases For newspaper articles on current issues in Earth Science.
Earth Science Journals in the C.O.D. Library
Geology Journals in the C.O.D. Library
Earth and Environmental Sciences Journals full-text in databases

Library Catalogs: Books, videos and other audiovisuals

COD Library Catalog Items in the COD Library Collection only.
I-Share/VuFind Materials in 65 Illinois libraries.
WorldCat Materials in 9,000 libraries worldwide.

Reference Works: Find backgound information, illustrations and data

Dictionary of Earth Sciences . Online
Dinosaurs, the Encyclopedia . Reference QE 862 .D5 G652 1997
Earth Science. 5 vols . Reference QE 28 .E12 2001
Earth Science on File . Reference QE 43 .L36 1999
Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs . Reference QE 862 .D5 C862 1997
Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences. 11 vols. Reference QE 5 . E513 1998
Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences . 2 vols Reference QE 5 .E5137 1996
Encyclopedia of Earth System Science . 4 vols. Reference QE 5 .E514 1992
Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes . Reference QE 521 .R58 2001
Encyclopedia of Paleontology . 2 vols. Reference QE 703 .E58 1999
Encyclopedia of Volcanoes . Reference QE 522 .E53 2000
Facts on File Dictionary of Earth Science . Reference QE 5 .F318 2000
Facts on File Earth Science Handbook . Reference QE 5 .F32 2000
Geology. 2 vols. Reference QE 5 .G465 1999
Facts on File Dictionary of Earth Science . Reference QE 5 .F318 2000
Glossary of Geology . Reference QE 5 .B38 1997
Illinois Land Cover: an Atlas. Reference QE 105 .I5 1996
Magill's Survey of Science: Earth Science Series . 5 vols. Reference QE 28 .M33 1990
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Earth Science . Reference QE 5 .M364 1997
Natural Disasters . (Salem Press). 3 vols. Reference GB 5014 .N373 2001
Natural Disasters (Checkmark Books) . 3 vols. Reference GB 5014 .D38 2002
Natural Resources . 3 vols. Reference QE 5 .N 3 1998
Oxford Companion to the Earth . Reference QE 5 .O94 2000
Practical Handbook of Physical Properties of Rocks and Minerals. Reference QE 431.6 .P5 P73
World of Earth Science. 2 vols. Reference QE 5 .W59 2003
Volcano Registry: Names, Locations, Descriptions, and History for Over 1500 Sites .
Reference QE 5 .E5137 1996
Water Encyclopedia. Reference TD345 .L393 2005 and online

Videorecording Sets : View important concepts in the Earth Sciences

Earth Revealed. 26 videocassettes and streamed online through www.learner.org
Gives a broad introduction to basic elements of the study of geology .
Circulation Desk QR 41.2 .U6 1999

Internet Science Sites: Major science gateways

DLESE: Digital Libary for Earth Science Information
Access to reviewed internet sites with educational information and data sets for all levels of earth science instruction. Choose grade leve or resource type or browse resources and collections by main topic.
http://www.dlese.org
Scirus
Comprehensive search engine for science-specific topics. Results cite Science Web sites and provide abstracts from Medline, Science Direct, U.S. Patent office documents and more.
http://www.scirus.com
Science.gov
The gateway to government science information. Provides access to over 47 million pages of government science information from 30 databases and 1700 websites, many part of the "deep web" that is inaccesible to search engines.
http://www.science.gov

Internet Earth Science, Geology & Paleontogy Sites

General Links

Cornell's Digital Earth
Interactive digital map of the world displaying, for a chosen area, the man-made features, topography, surface geology, subsurface geophysics. Be sure to read the user's guide. Installation of special Java applet may be required.
http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/digitalearth
Earth Science World: the Gateway to the Geosciences
Images, climate data, games and more from the American Geological Institute.
http://www.earthscienceworld.org
Geology in the National Parks
Guide to the geological features of the U.S. National Parks.
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/
NASA's Visible Earth Project
Images, animations and visualizations of the earth from Landsat and other sources.
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
National Geophysical Data Center
From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Geophysical Data Center, geophysical data related to the solid earth, sea floor, and solar/terrestrial environment from the more than 300 databases held by the NGDC.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
United States Geological Survey
A must-use site for information about earth science, natural hazards, the environment, maps, earth science news and educational resources.
http://www.usgs.gov
Yahoo's Index of Earth Sciences Links
Search for information by earth science subject categories or by keyword.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/

Plate Tectonics

Geology: Plate Tectonics
The history and theories of plate tectonics, with animation of continental drift and much information about geological time periods.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
Paleomap Project
Illustrations, text and animations explain the plate tectonic development of ocean basins and land, and climate and other characteristics of geologic time periods from Precambrian times to predictions of continental locations 250 million years in the future.
http://www.scotese.com/

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Seismosurfing the Internet for Earthquake Data
Hundreds of links to seismic data and research on the web.
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html
How Volcanoes Work
Images and text describe the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes.
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/TitlePage.html
Volcano World
Historic and current information on volcanic eruptions, terminology, virtual field trips and more.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

Mineralogy

Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, & Textures
Photomicrographs and polarized light views of numerous igneous and metamorphic rocks and minerals.
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/mainmenu.html
Links for Mineralogists
From the University of Wurzburg, an annotated guide to web resources on many mineralogical topics.
http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/mineralogie/links.html
Mineralogy Database
Descriptions of over 4,000 minerals with links to images and an excellent guide to other websites with mineral data.
http://webmineral.com

Paleontology

Dino Russ's Lair
From Russell Jacobson of the Illinois State Geological Survey, a gateway to dinosaur and vertebrate paleontology websites, the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia, a mirror site for Dinosauria Online and more.
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/dinos/dinos_home.html
PaleoNet
Listservs and llnks to paleontology topics.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/paleonet/
Paleontology and Fossils Resources
Huge list of links relating to fossils and research in paleontology, organized by broad topic
http://members.cox.net/jdmount/paleont.html
University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
"Discover the History of Life" section has much useful information on phylogeny, geologic time and evolution. Fine list of links under "Subway to Other Resources."
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/