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Geology Library Research Guide

Find Books: PEGASUS: Items at UCSB; Next-Generation Melvyl (Prototype): Items at UCSB, any UC library, and other libraries around the world.; Melvyl: Items at any UC library; Geology Books Online; USGS General-Interest Publications [Online]: online books about geology and earth science(USGS).; Columbia Earthscape Books:
Includes a small collection of geology books. Some books have complete text; others have partial text.

Find Articles: Geology Databases: GeoRef
(1785+) Best database for geology and geophysics.; Columbia Earthscape
Covers the earth sciences, incl. geology, seismology, & paleontology.; Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
(1971+) Covers earthquake engineering and earthquake studies.

Find Articles & Information: Databases Useful for Geologists: Academic Search Complete
(1984+) Provides basic articles (popular and some scholarly) on all subjects including geological research.; Biosis Previews
(1985+) Biology database useful for paleontology.; Compendex
(1970+) Engineering database, covers remote sensing applications.; InfoMine: http://infomine.ucr.edu/.
Indexes web sites in a variety of subjects.; Inspec
(1969+) Covers geophysics; also covers computers & software in geological research.; MathSciNet
(1940+) Mathematical treatment of remote sensing.; NTIS
(1990+; CD,1983-97): U.S. government technical reports on all subjects, including geology.; SciFinder Scholar
(1907+) Chemical Abstracts online; useful for Geochemistry.; Spatial Data over the Web: http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/other-sites/; Water Resources Abstracts
(1967+) Covers technical and scientific literature on water-related topics.; Web of Science
(1945+) Science Citation Index; including geology and related subjects.

Supplemental Indexes and Abstracts (SEL Abstract/Index Area): Deep Sea Research Part B: Oceanographic Literature Review (1967-1992) -- SEL Ref GC 1 .D45; Mineralogical Abstracts (1923-2003) -- SEL Ref QE 1 .M55

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (for definitions and background information): Challinor's Dictionary of Geology -- SEL Ref QE 5 .C45 1985; Chambers Earth Sciences Dictionary --SEL Ref QE 5 .C453 1991; Classification of Igneous Rocks & Glossary of Terms -- SEL Ref QE 461 .I547 1989; Concise Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences -- SEL Ref QE 5 .C66 1991; Dictionary of Concepts in Physical Geography -- SEL Ref GB 10 .H82 1988; Dictionary of Earth Sciences; Dictionary of Gems and Gemology -- SEL Ref QE 392 .M29 2005; Dictionary of Geological Terms (AGI) -- SEL Ref QE 5 D55 1984; Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms -- SEL Ref TN 9 .T5; Dictionary of Petrology -- SEL Ref QE 423 .T65 1983; Dictionary of Rocks -- SEL Ref QE 423 .M58 1985; Earth Science (5 vol. on different topics) -- SEL Ref QE 28 .E12 2001; Earth Sciences Reference -- SEL Ref QE 5 .M366 1991; Elsevier's Dictionary of Mining and Mineralogy -- SEL Ref TN 10 .D67 1993; Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs -- SEL Ref QE 862 .D5 C862 1997; Encyclopedia of Earth Science -- SEL Ref QE 5 .K85 2005; Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences (series, each vol. has different title) -- SEL Ref QE 5 .E58; Encyclopedia of Earth System Science -- SEL Ref QE 5 .E514 1991; Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes -- SEL Ref QE 521 .R58 2007; Encyclopedia of Gemstones and Minerals -- SEL Ref QE 392 .H65 1991; Encyclopedia of Geochemistry -- SEL Ref QE 515 .E48 1999; Encyclopedia of Geology -- SEL Ref QE 5 .E516 2005; Encyclopedia of Minerals -- SEL Ref QE 355 .R6 1990; Encyclopedia of Paleontology -- SEL Ref QE 703 .E58 1999; Encyclopedia of Prehistory -- SEL Ref QE 26.3 .L36 2002; Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science -- SEL Ref QE 741 .E53 2007; Encyclopedia of the Solid Earth Sciences -- SEL Ref QE 5 .E75 1993; Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks -- SEL Ref QE 471.2 .E53 2003; Encyclopedia of Volcanoes -- SEL Ref QE 522 .E53 2000; Encyclopedic Dictionary of Exploration Geophysics -- SEL Ref TN 269 .S524 1991; Facts on File Dictionary of Geology and Geophysics -- SEL Ref QE 5 .L29 1987; Glossary of Geology (AGI) -- SEL Ref QE 5 .B38 2005; Glossary of Mineral Species -- SEL Ref QE 355 .F56 1991; Glossary of Mineral Synonyms -- SEL Ref QE 357 .F68 1999; Hey's Mineral Index -- SEL Ref QE 357 .C53 1993; Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs -- SEL Ref QE 861.3 .D59 2007; Illustrated Glossary of Petroleum Geochemistry -- SEL Ref TN 870.5 .M493 1989; Illustrated Petroleum Reference Dictionary -- SEL Ref TN 865 .I43 1985; International Petroleum Encyclopedia -- SEL Ref TN 865 .I52 1990; Magill's Survey of Science. Earth Science Series -- SEL Ref QE 28 .M33 1990; Mineral Reference Manual -- SEL Ref QE 372.2 .N53 1991; Oxford Companion to the Earth -- SEL Ref QE 5 .O94 2000; Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures -- SEL Ref QE 841 .M225 1999; Treatise on Geochemistry -- SEL Ref QE 515 .T69 2004; Treatise on Geophysics -- SEL Ref QC 806 .T73 2007

Handbooks and Guides (for information on materials and techniques): AGI Data Sheets for Geology in the Field, Laboratory, and Office -- SEL Ref QE 52 .A36 1982; Atlas of Ore Minerals -- SEL Ref QE 390 .P52 1982; Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils -- SEL Ref QE 718 .T5 1982; Cambridge Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils -- SEL Ref QE 363.8 .B57 1999; Facts on File Earth Science Handbook -- SEL Ref QE 5 .F32 2000; Fossil Collector's Handbook -- SEL Ref QE 746 .M3 1983; Handbook of Geochemistry -- SEL Ref QE 515 .W42; Handbook of Mineralogy -- SEL Ref QE 366.8 .H36 1990; Handbook of Paleozoology -- SEL Ref QE 761 .K8413 1986; Handbook of Physical Properties of Rocks -- SEL Ref QE 431.6 .P5 H36 1982; Manual of Mineral Science -- SEL Ref QE 372.2 .K54 2002; Manual of Mineralogy -- SEL Ref QE 372 .D2 1985; Mineral Reference Manual -- SEL Ref QE 372.2 .N53 1991; Minerals of California -- SEL Ref QE 375 C32 .P45 1983; Physical Properties of Rocks and Minerals -- SEL Ref QE 431.6 .P5 P48 1989; Pictorial Guide to Fossils -- SEL Ref QE 714 .C32 1982; Strunz Mineralogical Tables -- SEL Ref QE 388 .S813 2001

Frequently Used Geological-Survey Series (check Pegasus for holdings and locations): Bulletin (California Dept. of Water Resources) -- SEL GB 705 .C3 C25; Bulletin (California Div. of Mines and Geology) -- SEL TN 24 .C2 A3; U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin -- SEL QE 75 .B8; U.S. Geological Survey Circular -- SEL QE 75 .C5; Open File Report (California Div. of Mines and Geology) -- SEL TN 24 .C2 A323; Open-File Reports (U.S. Geological Survey) -- SEL QE 75 .O7, also fiche; U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper -- SEL QE 75 .P7; Special Publication (California Div. of Mines and Geology) -- SEL TN 24 .C2 A328; Special Report (California Div. of Mines and Geology) -- SEL TN 24 .C2 A33; U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper -- SEL GB 701 .U5