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
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