Geology
This is a general research guide to support OSU's Geology program. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, research tools, and suggested sources on the web. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for Geology: Andrea Wirth (Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu).
In this guide you will find suggestions for locating books, articles and other resources.
| Finding Books | |
| Using the catalogs | |
| Browsing | |
| Finding Articles | |
| Recommended Geology Databases | |
| General Databases | |
| Obtaining Articles | |
| Current events/News | |
| Geology Websites | |
Finding Books in Catalogs
OSU Libraries Catalog: Use the catalog to find books, journals, government publications, maps, and other materials owned by OSU Libraries. Do not use the catalog to find journal articles.
Summit Catalog: This catalog expands our patrons’ access to academic library collections throughout Oregon and Washington.
You can request materials directly through Summit. Materials take approximately 3 business days to be delivered to your home library.
OCLC WorldCat: Index to over 60 million records cataloged by libraries worldwide. Materials indexed include books, journals, conferences, films, videos, recordings, musical scores, computer software, maps and manuscripts.
Call Numbers for Browsing
- GB 400-649.................. Geomorphology, landforms, and terrain
- GB 651-2998................ Hydrology/Water
- QC 801-809.................. Geophysics
- QC 811-849...................Geomagnetism
- QE ............................... Geology
- QE 351-399 ................. Mineralogy
- QE 420-499.................. Petrology
- QE 500-625 ................. Dynamic/Structural geology
- QE 640-699 ................. Stratigraphic geology
- QE 701-996 ................. Paleontology (including paleozoology and paleobotany)
Recommended databases
GeoRef - Provides access to the geoscience literature of the world and contains over 2.8 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
Geobase - Index with some abstracts: 1980-present. Multidisciplinary database for the earth sciences, ecology, geomechanics, human geography, and oceanography.
Web of Science - Index and abstracts: 1996-present. The Web of Science accesses bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals across science and social science disciplines.
General Database
( A multidisciplinary database that is a good place to begin discovery of research topics)
Academic Search Premier (recommended general search database)- Full-text and abstract/index: 1975-present. Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Also includes magazines and newspapers. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.
Obtaining Articles
To determine if the library owns the journals you need, check:
- E-journals list
- Search for the title of the journal
- Check to see if the dates of coverage include the year you need
- Library Catalog
(limit search to journals)
- Search for the title of the journal
- Use the "LIB. HAS" information or the list of volumes to determine if we have the article in print
- You will also be able to link to *most* of our electronic holdings from the catalog as well
Current Events/News in Geology
(A short selection, many more news sources are available on the web)
- Geotimes (a publication of the AGI)-- Prefer the print version? Find it at: QE1 .G694
- GSA Today (a publication of the GSA)-- Prefer the print version? Find it at: QE1 .G87
- Geology.com (harvests news from many sources)
- Science Daily - Geology section (harvests news from many sources)
Geology websites (via del.icio.us bookmarking)
The geology librarian is using del.icio.us to manage her links to geology resources on the free web. Please visit the site directly to search for selected websites, or choose from the links below for the most heavily used tags.
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