Geology
See Also Selected Resources on the Internet for Ecology and Geography
In addition to the websites listed in this guide, students, faculty and staff of the UW-W may wish to use the online indexes and databases purchased by this institution to find popular or scholarly articles, and other science related information. Those Internet resources specifically focusing on the sciences are located on this webpage Indexes & Databases by Subject: Sciences. The complete Alphabetical List of Indexes and Databases may also be browsed for useful resources.
Sites with Links
- About Geology - The Complete Guide to Earth Science - (About.com)
- Geo-Guide - Gateway to Internet resources on earth sciences, including thematic maps and geography
- GeologyLink - (Cengage Learning) - Links, virtual tours, updates and more
- LII - Geology Topics - (Librarians' Index to the Internet)
- LSU Libraries: Geology and Geophysics Subject Guide - (Louisiana State University)
- OALS: Arid Lands Information Center: Information Resources
- USDOC / NOAA / NESDIS / National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
- U.S. Geological Survey
- West's Geology Directory
Earthquakes
- Seismo-surfing the Internet - Links to websites with seismic data and research information - (University of Washington, Geophysics Program)
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program - (United States Geological Survey)
- USGShttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/ - (United States Geological Survey)
Minerals
- Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
- Mineralogy Database - (David Barthelmy)
- Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonion Institution
Paleontology
- A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites - Contains a wide variety of information on trilobites
- Invertebrate Paleontology Image Gallery - (Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University)
- National Museum of Natural History - Paleobiology - (Smithsonian NMNH)
- UCMP - Museum of Paleontology - (University of California, Berkeley)
Remote Sensing
- NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service) - (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA))
- National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center - Issues river and flood forecasts and provides hydrometeorlogical data and products
- SIR-C/X-SAR Images of Earth - (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, U.S. NASA)
Volcanoes
- The Electronic Volcano - Multilingual volcano site. Ed. Barbara De Felice, et al - (Dartmouth)
- M T U Volcanoes Page - (Michigan Technological University)
- Subject: Volcanoes - (Librarians' Index to the Internet)
- USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) - (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Volcano World - The Premier Source of Volcano Information on the Web - (University of North Dakota)
Specialized Sites
- Academic Info: Geology - Organizations, Societies and Centers - Geology and Geoscience
- AGIWEB - (American Geological Institute)
- Coastal and Marine Geology Program - Current research and project descriptions - (USGS )
- Geological Society of America - Science, Stewardship, Service
- Tour of Geologic Time - (University of California, Berkeley - Museum of Paleontology)
- Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey - This interdisciplinary organization conducts natural resources surveys and research to produce information used for problem solving, education, etc.
- USGCRP - (U.S. Global Change Research Program)
eJournals and Other Periodicals
- Arid Lands Newsletter - explore events and issues of interest to arid lands researchers, resource managers, and policy makers around the globe
- GSA Online - includes Geology, GSA Bulletin, GSA Today and others. Some issues are available in full text - (Geological Society of America)
- Publication Warehouse Basic Search - (USGS) - Can be search for words in author or title. Use the advanced search to reorder the results list. If the full text of a publication is not available online, search the Library Catalog by title to see if it is held by the library.
- Project Muse - (Johns Hopkins University)
- Perspectives on Science quarterly. 6 (1998) - 8 (2000)
- SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Data Archive - Abstracts from articles in PALAIOS, Journal of Sedimentary Research (JSR) and SEPM Data Archive
- University of Chicago Press
Check the Journal Holdings List list to verify which titles the library subscribes to. A select title is linked below:- Journal of Geology 105 (1997) - present
Last Revised: cje - 9/4/2008


