popular & scholarly

• Academic Search Complete - dates vary
• Infotrac Onefile - 1980s-present

scholarly

• GeoRef - North America 1785-present; elsewhere 1933-present
• Web of Science - 1900-present
• SciFinder Scholar2007: contact a Science Librarian for access
• JSTOR
• ScienceDirect
• more...

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics - NOTE: requires PC
• Geo-data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia - Science Ref q G103.5 .G36 2003
• NIST Chemistry WebBook
• WebElements Periodic Table Scholar Edition
• more...

• Scientific societies-GSA, AGI, AGU, AWG
• U.S. federal agencies: USGS and NOAA
• State geological surveys
• Geoscience Departments on the WWW
• more...

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
  
  
• Access Science
• Oxford Reference Online
  
• Glossary of Geology Online WC campus

• Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences - Science Ref qQE5 .E5137 1996
• Encyclopedia of Earth - peer-reviewed
• Geologic Guidebooks of North America - index
• more...

• 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: use the wildcard * to find variations of a word, for example:
      keyword: Dana* AND mineral*
  
  
• free online books in Earth Sciences & Environmental Studies - National Academies Press
  
  
• USGS Publications Warehouse - bulletins, professional papers, etc.
  
  
• search WorldCat for items Wellesley doesn't own - click on the Find It! Wellesley button to request them

Librarians for Geosciences

Irene Laursen
Research & Instruction, x3082

Deborah Lenares
Collections, x3596

Student Library Research Award

Course Guides

GEOS 208: Oceanography
GEOS 320: Isotopic Geochemistry

Related resources

Library catalog

Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing sources

Environmental Science Research Guide

Geosciences Department
Dept of Biological Sciences
Chemistry Department
Environmental Studies

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