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Disciplines & Professions: GeologyWeb SitesAbout.com's Geology Directory Allows you to search Web under the rubric of geology, offers an “In the Spotlight” news feature in addition to a listing of related topics and subject directories to other Web sites. Academic Info's Geology and Geosciences Gateway An independently maintained site that offers directories and indexes to Web geology resources, a digital library listing, and links to other Academic Info pages on subjects loosely related to geological sciences. American Geological Institute The American Geological Institutes' Web page. Has links to various sites affiliated with the AGI, such as their magazine, GeoTimes, their data repository, and information about careers in the geosciences. The entire site is searchable by keyword. Geology.com Contains a list of geology links organized by topic. Also includes links to an illustrated dictionary of geological terminology, geology journals, professional organizations, and universities. Open Directory's Geology Directory Provides links to 1,000+ sites on geology. Offers visitors additional subject headings under which geological information is located, and offers an annotated list of direct links to 6 useful URLs. Yahoo!'s Geology and Geophysics Directory Annotated list of the most popular geology Web sites. Allows the Yahoo! search engine to be confined to geology-related topics, and has links to message boards and chat rooms for further discussion in addition to geology club listings. DatabasesGEOBASE (Elsevier, available through OCLC FirstSearch and SilverPlatter) Over 600,000 entries with abstracts of books, journals, monographs, reports, and more. Indexes more than 2,000 sources from 1980 to present. GeoRef (American Geological Institute, available through OCLC FirstSearch and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) Established by the American Geological Institute. Over 2 million references to articles, maps, books, conference papers, and theses. Covers North America from 1785 to present, and the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. Print ResourcesAllaby, Ailsa, and Michael Allaby, eds. A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1999. More than 6,000 definitions of terminology and concepts in geology and related fields. Entries are organized alphabetically. Includes an extensive bibliography. Clark, John O. E., and Stella Stiegeler, eds. The Facts on File Dictionary of Earth Science. New York: Checkmark, 2000. Offers 3,000+ clear and concise explanations of frequently used terminology in Earth science. Organized alphabetically. Dasch, E. Julius, ed. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference, 1996. Alphabetically arranged articles on a variety of earth science topics. Each entry includes a bibliography. Volume 2 provides a cumulative index. Hurt, C. D. Information Sources in Science and Technology. 3rd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998. Covers all disciplines within science, mathematics, and engineering. Sources organized by discipline, then by type of reference work. Includes an author/title index. Malinowsky, H. Robert. Reference Sources in Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Agriculture. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1994. Provides more than 2,400 sources across science and related fields. Organized by scientific discipline. Many entries include abstracts. Includes author, subject, and title indices. Woodhead, James A., ed. Geology. 2 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem, 1999. More than 80 articles, each of which includes an overview of the subject, the fields in which it is studied, definitions of relevant terms, a bibliography and cross-references. Organized alphabetically. |
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