Selected Resources ~ Earth Sciences
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Use Catalist, SUNY Ulster's Online Catalog to find out if Macdonald DeWitt Library owns the books and journals you need and where they are located in the collection.
American Geological Institute. Dictionary of Geological Terms. Garden City, N.Y.: Dolphin Books, 1962. REF 550.3 A63
Bates, Robert Latimer. Glossary of Geology. Alexandria, Va.: American Geological Institute, 1987. REF 550.3 B329 1987
Challinor, John. Challinor's Dictionary of Geology. Cardiff: University of Wales Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. REF 550.3 C437 1986
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences. Oxford [Eng.]; New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. REF 550.3 C744 1991
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. New York: Pica Press: distributed by Universe Books, 1977. REF 550.3 D42.
The Facts on File Dictionary of Marine Science. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, 1988. REF 551.46 F142 1988
GEOLEX: Geologic Names Lexicon [GEOLEX is a search tool for U.S. lithologic and geochronologic unit names.]
Hopkins, Jeanne. Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1976] REF 520.3 H67
Schweighauser, Charles A. Astronomy from A to Z : a Dictionary of Celestial Objects and Ideas. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Issues, Sangamon State University, 1991. REF 520.3 S413 1991
Tver, David F. Ocean and Marine Dictionary. Centreville, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1979. REF 551.46 T83
Watt, Alec. The Barnes & Noble Thesaurus of Geology :
The Principles of Geology Explained and Illustrated. New
York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1983. REF 550.3 W2
The Encyclopedia of Beaches and Coastal Environments. Stroudsburg, Pa.: Hutchinson Ross Pub. Co., 1982. REF 551.457 E62
Firth, Frank E. The Encyclopedia of Marine Resources. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1969. REF 551.46 F47
Lewis, Richard S. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe : Exploring and Understanding the Cosmos. New York: Harmony Books, 1983. REF 523 L39X
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980. REF 551.46 M22
Ritchie, David. The Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes. New York: Facts on File, 1994. REF 551.203 R598 1994
Roberts, Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of Minerals. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1974. REF 549.03 R62
Van der Leeden, Frits. The Water Encyclopedia. Chelsea,
Mich.: Lewis Publishers, 1990. REF 553.7 V2177 1990
Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (U.S.) The Times Atlas of the Moon. London: Times Newspapers, 1969. REF 523.39 T46
Atlas of Mercury. [Washington]: Prepared for the Office of Space Sciences, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1976. REF 523.49 A85
The Rand McNally Atlas of the Oceans. New York: Rand McNally, 1977. OVERSIZE 912.1 R26
Visher, Stephen Sargent. Climatic Atlas of the United States. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. REF 551.5 V48
Water Atlas of the United States. Port Washington:
Water Information Center, 1973. REF 551.49 G37
The Astronomical Almanac for the Year _ (We have 1981 through the current year). Washington: U.S. G.P.O.; London: H.M.S.O., 1981--annual. REF 528 A859 2001
BP Amoco Statistical Review of World Energy
Climates of the States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration narrative summaries, tables, and maps for each state, with current tables of normals, 1941-1970, means and extremes to 1975 : overview of state climatologist programs. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1978. REF 551.69 C54
Dixon, Robert S. A Master List of Nonstellar Optical Astronomical Objects. [Columbus]: Ohio State University Press, 1980. REF 523 D49
Robinson, J. Hedley. Astronomy Data Book. Newton Abbot [Eng.]: David & Charles, 1979. REF 523 R62
Volcanoes of the World: Gazetteer of Volcano Names, Synonyms, and Subfeatures
Books at Other Libraries
If you don't find the books you need in Catalist, SUNY Ulster's Online
Catalog, you may check other Library catalogs to identify
books that are available at other libraries. To request a
needed book from another library, visit the Reference Desk
in the Library and fill out an InterLibrary Loan Request form.
SENY Virtual Union Catalog Access to most academic libraries in the region
USGS Library 225,000 items with some links to online publications.
Lunar and Planetary Institute Library Catalog
National Agriculture Library Home Page
WorldCat (OCLC).
Journals at Ulster County Community College
Search Macdonald DeWitt Library's Catalist, SUNY Ulster's Online Catalog to find whether the library subscribes to the periodicals that you need.
Full-text of journal articles and some other publications are available using resources listed on the SUNY Ulster Library database page. Talk to a Reference Librarian in the library or call 687-5208 for instructions. Some of the databases that now contain full-text are:
Academic Search Premier
Article First
Eco scholarly journals
GeoBase
WorldCat
The following journals have web sites containing some full-text articles:
American Meteorological
Society
Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy News One essay and article list
from each issue.
Astronomy
Magazine Selected articles in the current issue
are full text.
Astronomy Net
Astronomy Now
Online
The
Astrophysical Journal
Business
GEOgraphics 7 years searchable full-text online
in their archives.
Elsevier
Science searches multiple journals.
GEO
Asia pacific 7 years searchable full-text online
in their archives.
GEOEurope 7 years searchable full-text online in their archives.
Geological
Society of America: Geology (Full-text for a limited
time only)
GEOWorld 7 years searchable full-text online in their archives.
GSA
Today. 1995-current
Journal
of Dinosaur Paleontology
Journal
of Geology
Mapping
Awareness 7 years searchable full-text online
in their archives.
Scientific American
Sky Online
Space
Physics and Aeronmy in Geophysical Research Letters.1998-2000
Locating journal articles by subject using online indexes or tables of contents
American Geophysical Union Publications. Tables of contents for AGU publications.
Online Earth Science Journals at Colorado State University. Tables of contents and searchable indices.
To request a needed journal article from another library,
visit the Reference Desk in the Library and fill out an InterLibrary
Loan Request form.
FINDING EARTH SCIENCE ON THE WEB
Argus Clearinghouse (University of Michigan)
Earth/Geoscience Information on the WWW (Illinois Sate Geological Survey)
Galaxy Einet Mega-Links to Geosciences Servers
GeoIndex: A Search Engine for Geo-Environmental Professionals
GSC Atlantic's Earth Science Site of the Week
WINDandSEA: the Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Locator
Education and Employment
Guide to Geoscience Departments
Employment Resources in the Earth, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
GIS - Geographic Information Systems
GIS Specialty Group/Association of American Geographers
Guide to GIS Resources on the Internet
Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections -- Maps & GIS
National Geospatial Data
Clearinghouse
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