Geology Seminar

Guide to Library Resources

Author: Char Myhre

Link to NDSU Geology Seminar; Geology 491

Index

Quick Links to Electronic Reference Databases

NOTE: GSA has stopped allowing access to the online versions of their year 2000 journals. The tables of contents and abstracts are still available.

Quick Links to Guides

Print Resources

    Jackson, J.A., ed., 1997, Glossary of geology, 4th ed. Alexandria, VA: AGI (REF QE5 .G56 1997)
      This indespensable tool is located in the Reference Area of the Library. If you are going to continue in Geology, you should consider buying a copy.

    McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (REFERENCE Q121 .M3 1997)

    The Library has many other print reference tools such as dictionaries and specialized encyclopedias. Use the Online Catalog to find them, or ask your librarian.

E-Journals

Some years of the following journals are available online:

    Canadian Geotechnical Journal: Volume 34, Number 1, February 1997-present
    Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences: Volume 35, Number 1, January 1998-to present
    Canadian Mining Journal: Full text starts on January 1996. This journal is part of the ProQuest ABI/Inform Global collection.
    Chemical Geology: This journal is part of the Elsevier Science Direct collection.
    Cretaceous Research: Full text starts with Volume 14, Number 1, 1993.
    Earth And Planetary Science Letters: This journal is part of the Elsevier Science Direct collection.
    Earth Science Reviews: This journal is part of the Elsevier Science Direct collection.
    Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: Wiley InterScience
    Energy Journal: Full text starts on January 1998. This journal is part of the ProQuest ABI/Inform Global collection.
    Environmental Geology: Full text starts with Volume 28, Issue 1, 1996 - not all issues available in full text.
    Gas Energy Review: Full text runs from April 1993 to October 1996. This journal is part of the ProQuest ABI/Inform Global collection.
    Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta: This journal is part of the Elsevier Science Direct collection.
    Geoderma (soils): This journal is part of the Elsevier Science Direct collection.
    Geology: Year 2000
    GSA Bulletin: Year 2000
    GSA Today: Year 2000
    IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing: Full text starts with 1998-present
    Journal of Geology: Full text starts January 1997.
    Nature: Starting with year 2001 (Tables of Contents of earlier years available)
    NPN, National Petroleum News: Full text starts on January 1992. This journal is part of the ProQuest ABI/Inform Global collection.
    Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology: This journal is part of the Elsevier Science Direct collection.
    Petroleum Economist: Full text starts on August 1998. This journal is part of the ProQuest ABI/Inform Global collection.
    Quaternary Research: Full text starts with Volume 39, Number 1, 1993.
    Quaternary Science Reviews: This journal is part of the Elsevier Science Direct collection.
    Science: JSTOR coverage: Vols. 1-266, 1895-1994
    Science: Full text starts January 1983. This journal is part of the InfoTrac General Reference Center Gold collection.
    Sedimentary Geology: This journal is part of the Elsevier Science Direct collection.
    South African Journal of Geology

Library Information

Research Tips

The Research Process

A Few Good Web Search Engines and Subject Indexes

How to Effectively Search the Web

How to Evaluate Web Information:

Guidelines for Evaluating Internet Resources

Guidelines from the Colorado State Model for Information Literacy

Evaluating Quality on the Net. Published by Hope Tillman, Babcock College Libraries.

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources. Published by E. Grassian, UCLA.

The Web is not an Encyclopedia. Guidelines from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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