GEOS 315: Environmental Geochemistry
The following resources should be helpful for Geos 315. Also consult the resources on the main Geoscience subject page. Feel free to contact me for help, Irene Laursen (ilaursen), x3082.
Contents:
New!
- 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
Reference books can be used to provide background information on a topic, acquire basic information on an unfamiliar concept, or gather ideas for a paper topic.
Glossary of Geology Online WC campus - Definition, illustration, term equivalent in Spanish
Encyclopedia of Earth - Peer-reviewed
Encyclopedia
of Ocean Sciences - Science Reference q GC9 .E57 2001
Treatise on Geochemistry
Atomic Properties of the Elements - NIST - html version - pdf version
Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements - Royal Society of Chemistry
CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics - WC campus - NOTE: requires PC
Interactive Chart of the Nuclides - Brookhaven National Laboratory
NIST Chemistry WebBook
NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
Radioactive Decay Systems of Geochemical Interest - Cornell Univ
Reference Standards:
Geochemical Reference Materials and Certificates - USGS
NIST Standard Reference
Materials - NIST
GEoReM - Geological and Environmental Reference Materials "Max-Plank-Institute database for reference materials of geological and environmental interest (e.g., rock powders, mineral, isotopic,.. river water and seawater reference materials)"
The following databases provide either full-text articles or citations (information about when and where the 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 is the electronic bibliographic database of the American Geological Institute.
Scope: articles in journals, maps, chapters in books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and technical reports
Time Coverage: for North American documents, dates back to 1785; for the rest of the world, back to 1933
Context-sensitive 'help' screens ; see Help & Support
Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
Scope: i nterdisciplinary subject searching of scholarly articles in the physical, life, and social sciences.
Citation searching: search for articles that cite known journal articles or books.
Un-select the box for Social Science Citation Index
Time Coverage: from 1965+
Scope: Indexes more than 2,000 journals Full text (= green icon) for about 150 scientific journals
Time Coverage: from 1995+
Scope: multidisciplinary coverage of peer-reviewed literature— journal articles, theses, books, preprints, and more
Cautions: complements, but does not replace, searching in other databases
Time Coverage: unspecified
Caution: breadth/depth of sources also unspecified
Advanced Scholar Search Tips
See our A-Z list for additional databases.
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 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.
Environmental Test Methods and Guidelines - US EPA
Geochemistry - USGS - 'Related topics' includes useful methodology
Geology in the Eastern Region - USGS
Mineral Resources Program - USGS
Water Resources of the United States of America - USGS
**Remember, you must evaluate web resources you find with a search engine the same way you would evaluate print sources.
- Who is the author of the information?
- Can you find information about the author?
- How current is the information? Is there a "last updated" date?
- Who is the intended audience for the information?
- Is the content objective or is it coming from a certain viewpoint?
- Is the information advocating a cause?
National Geochemical Atlas - NCSU Libraries
National Geochemical Data Base (NGDB) - US NASA
National Geochemical Survey Database - USGS
Canadian Geochemical Surveys - Natural Resources Canada
Geological & Geochemical Organizations
American Geological Institute
Geological Society of America
U.S. Geological SurveyThe Geochemical Society - Journals list, reference list
Association of Applied Geochemists - Index of Elements
Chemical Institute of Canada - Selected societies, research groups and pubs
The European Association of Organic Geochemists - Links to other scientific orgs and to future organic geochemistry meetings
International Association of Geochemistry - Canada
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Return to Research Guides by Subject: Geosciences