Geology - Selected Resources

Web Sites 

• US Geological Survey
• British Geological Survey
  Includes a spatial index to datasets about the British Isles
• Geological Survey of Canada
  "...a comprehensive geoscience knowledge base contributing to economic development, public safety and environmental protection by acquiring, interpreting and disseminating geoscience information concerning Canada's landmass, including the offshore."
• Volcano World
  Wide ranging page of research and recreational sites about volcanoes

Biographies

• Dictionary of scientific biography
  SCIENCE LIB Reference Q141 .D5 1981
  Eighteen-volume encyclopedia containing detailed biographical essays on scientists and mathematicians. Articles are signed and generally include extensive bibliographies.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of earth sciences
  SCIENCE LIB Reference QE5 .E5137 1996
• Encyclopedia of earth system science
  SCIENCE LIB Reference QE5 .E514 1992
• Encyclopedia of geomorphology
  SCIENCE LIB Reference GB400.3 .E53 2004
• Encyclopedia of paleontology
  SCIENCE LIB Reference QE703 .E58 1999
• Encyclopedia of Quaternary science
  SCIENCE LIB Reference QE741 .E53 2007
• Encyclopedia of water
  SCIENCE LIB Reference GB655 .N48 2003
  An A-Z overview of the many important roles water has played in human society and the natural world over the centuries. Many of the topics covered deal with scientific and technical issues, such as the physical and chemical properties of water, steam, and ice; the uses to which water and steam are put; and the purification, transfer, and use of water by communities. The book also describes the role of water in the natural world, including the hydrologic cycle, the properties and distribution of ice masses, and the properties of oceans and rivers.
• Glossary of geology
  SCIENCE LIB Reference QE5 .G56 1987 c.2
• McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology
  SCIENCE LIB Reference Q121 .M3 2007
  Illustrated encyclopedia of all the sciences.
• Oxford companion to the earth
  SCIENCE LIB Reference QE5 .O94 2000