General Earth Sciences/Geology/Paleontology Research Guide

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.
• Illinet Online Materials in 65 Illinois libraries.
• WorldCat Materials in 9,000 libraries worldwide.
  

Reference Works: Find backgound information, illustrations and data

• 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
  
  

Videorecording Sets : View important concepts in the Earth Sciences

• Earth Revealed. 26 videocassettes
  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/

Citing sources: MLA and APA formats

• The Library's Citing Sources Guide
  MLA and APA styles with links to helpful websites and a citation formatting program
  http://www.cod.edu/library/research/Citenet.htm

New Earth Sciences Videos 2007-2008

New Earth Sciences Books 2007-2008

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