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Earth Sciences Subject Guide

Finding Journal Articles:

Earth Science Databases (read these directions for remote access)

Finding background information: Selected Reference Books on earth sciences in Buley: 

• Dictionary of Global Climate Change - Ref. QC981.8.C5 M38 1992
• Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences - QC854 .A48 2003 v.1-6 
• Environmental Encyclopedia – Ref. GE10 .E38 2003
• Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather – Ref. QC854 .E523 1996 
• Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences - Ref. QE5 .E5137 1996 
• Encyclopedia of Water - Ref. GB655 .N38 2003
• Encyclopedia of Volcanoes Ref. QE522 .E53 2000
• The Facts on File earth science handbook - Ref. QE5 .F32 2000 
• Geology (Encyclopedia) – Ref. QE5 .G465 1999 
• Glossary Of Weather And Climate - Ref. QC854 .G56 1996
• Handbooks Of Weather, Climate, And Water - Ref. QC861.3 .P67 2003 and Ref. QC880 .H34 2003
• Natural disasters – Ref. GB10 .N373 2001
• Sciences of the earth: an encyclopedia of events, people and phenomena – Ref. QE11 .S38 1998 
• Magill's survey of science : Earth science series – Ref. QE28 .M33 1990

Additional information on Geography and Maps.

Finding books:

• Use CONSULS the online CSU catalog for books at Southern and the other CSU libraries.
• Use WorldCat (SCSU database or website) to find books from all over the world. You can Interlibrary loan many of the books we don't have.

Internet Metasites: Guides to websites on earth sciences

• Internet Public Library: Earth Sciences
• Internet Scout Report Archives for Earth Sciences
• Mineralogy and Petrology Research on the Web
• Natural Resources Research Information
• Virtual Library: Earth Sciences

Some Selected Internet Sites:

• US Geological Survey (USGS) - The USGS serves the United States as an independent fact-finding agency that collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems.
• National Earthquake Information Center:  a wealth of information on the location and size of most earthquakes supplied by the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC).
• Mineral gallery: The Mineral Gallery is a constantly growing collection of mineral descriptions, images, and specimens, lots of pretty pictures.
• Tides and Tide Prediction links to online tide predictors, tide observations/sea level measurements, tide prediction software and general information on tides and tide prediction. 
• The World of Soil An extensive site compiled by a retired British gentleman that appears to cover everything you could possibly want to know about soil (even includes chat rooms!)

Rebecca Hedreen
Earth Sciences Reference Librarian