GEOS:208: Oceanography
The following resources should be helpful for research you will be doing for the course. Feel free to contact me for further help, Irene Laursen (ilaursen), x3082.
Contents:
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- Maximum of two $300 awards for a paper or project of any length from a 100 or 200 level Wellesley College course
- One $750 award for a paper or project of any length from a 300 level Wellesley College course, excluding 360s, and 370s
Deadline: April 1, 2008
Nature - Geoscience
ScienceNow - AAAS weekly magazine
Science - Oceanography Collection - AAAS
ScienceDaily - Oceanography News
Reference books can be used to acquire basic information on an unfamiliar concept or gather ideas for your paper topic.
Quick lookups:
AccessScience - dictionary
Practical Handbook of Marine Science - Science Reference GC11.2 .P73 2001
Glossary of Coastal Terminology - NOAA
Glossary of Geology Online - WC campus
Oxford Reference Online - More than 100 dictionaries
Longer explanations:
AccessScience - encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Earth (browse Oceans subtopics)
Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
From Cape Cod to the Bay of Fundy: an Environmental Atlas of the Gulf of Maine - Science Ref QH105.M2 F76 1995
Oxford Companion to the Earth - from mid-ocean ridges to tsunamis
Seas at the Millennium: an Environmental Evaluation - Science Ref QH541.5 .S3 S35 2000WINDandSEA: The Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Guide - 2007
World Ocean Atlas Select
UN Atlas of the OceansGeographic names:
USGS Geographic Names Information SystemPopular articles:
American Scientist - 1998-present - WC campus ; earlier issues (print, microform)
Scientific American Archive - interdisciplinary science magazine for the intelligent layperson - 1993-present
'Publications' --> 'Scientific American' --> Select year --> Open desired issue --> Scan list of citations for desired article
The following databases provide either full-text articles or citations (information about when and where the peer-reviewed article was published).
- Once you have a citation for
an article, use the Find
It! @ Wellesley
link
from each citation to search one or more electronic journal sources through
the Wellesley College Library Catalog. - Use the name of the journal as the title and make sure you look at the dates covered carefully!
- If Wellesley does not own the article, you can request it via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Major databases:
GeoRef -oceanography (and other branches of geosciences) - journal articles, meeting abstracts, maps and theses, 1785 to present
Science Direct - indexes more than 2,000 journals, often from volume one; online articles (= green icons) for 150 scientific journals - 1995- present - Help pages
Web of Science - interdisciplinary subject searching of scholarly articles in the physical, life, and social sciences - also can search for articles that cite known journal articles or books - 1965-present - email me if you want a brochure on using Web of Science
For additional resources, see our Research Guide for Geosciences
Wellesley College Library Catalog
- tip: in the library catalog, start with keyword > choose a useful book > Full Record tab - follow the subject links to find more on that topic
- tip: to see the subscription details for a print journal or serial ['Lib has'] > Full Record tab.
WorldCat - Use WorldCat to find books and other materials not at Wellesley. If you find a book you want that Wellesley does not own, you can use the ILL link within WorldCat to request the book.
Remember, you must evaluate web resources that you find with a search engine the same way you would evaluate print sources
- Accuracy: How factual is the web page? Are the facts well-documented?
- Authority: What are the professional credentials of the authors? Can you recognize the difference between a webpage author and a webmaster?
- Objectivity: Pros and cons? Are there conflicting interests? Is the page advocating a cause? Who is the intended audience?
- Currency: Is the page being updated regularly? How current is it now?
- Coverage: Does the page require special software to view it? Is there a fee to view it, or is it free? Is the information presented cited correctly?
- Ease of Use: Is the page easy to navigate? Are directions straightforward? If it is not easy to use, visitors will leave the site quickly.
Coral reefs:
MIT Sea Grant College Program - See 'Coastal' categories
National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) - NOAA - Oceanographic data at NODC
Ice Cores - nature magazine - Web Focus
Year of Planet Earth (2008)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - United Nations
Ocean Sciences - USGS - Related topics at right
Oceanographic institutions:
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Oceanographic Collections (sediment, rock, geophysical data)
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) - Waves, Currents, Ice, Data Center, and more
SeaWeb - nonprofit organization focusing on ocean conservation
Guide for Citing Resources: Chicago Manual of Style (Author - Date System)
Geology Style - Geological Society of America - See examples for different formats at bottom of the page.
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