Basic Resources
Items listed here are basic research tools useful for finding journal, magazine, and newspaper articles relevant to geology and earth sciences.
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowThis database covers almost all subject areas and is especially good at interdisciplinary areas. Good place to start for class assignments. It contains full text articles for more than 6,500 journals.
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowThis is a collection of more than 8,000 newspapers and other news sources from nearly 200 countries. It provides full-text access to several major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles. Platform is updated daily making it good source for current events.
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- Columbia EarthscapeColumbia Earthscape is an integrated, interdisciplinary resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with their social, political and economic dimensions.
- GeoScienceWorld This link opens in a new windowA database for research and communications in the geosciences, built on a core database of select peer-reviewed journals.
World Events
Web resources useful for finding information on recent and current geological events such as earthquakes, volcano activity,etc.
- Active Fire Mapping SystemFrom the USDA Forest Service. Updated each Friday, or as conditions warrant.
- Electronic Volcano (archive)A window into the world of information on active volcanoes. Provides access to maps, photographs and full texts of dissertations as well as a few elusive documents.
- National Interagency Fire CenterLinks on left side to maps, statistics, videos, podcasts, and wildland fire gear. Top of the page has links to prevention and educational materials.
- Volcano World: the Web's Premier Source of Volcano InfoLinks on right side of page give access to sites on volcanoes and volcanic phenomena, using remote sensing images to provide near real time currency. Offers interactive experiments, interviews, and teaching resources.
- WaterWatchSite includes Google Earth, real-time streamflow, and regional streamflow data all in KML format, flood and drought watches, and recent/historical maps.
- World-Wide Earthquake LocatorProvides basic data and map displays about recent earthquakes from the (US) National Earthquake Information Center, as well as links to several related sites.
Facts and Definitions
- Encyclopedia of Earth This link opens in a new windowEoE is a database about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. Free, expert-reviewed collection of content contributed by scholar/professionals who collaborate and review each other's work.
- Earth Statistics This link opens in a new windowA website that includes a rich array of documents (including images, movies, animations, and data sets) that explore the Earth and Space sciences and the historical and cultural ties between science, exploration, and the human experience.
Encyclopedias for geology:
- Encyclopedia of Earth This link opens in a new windowEoE is a database about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. Free, expert-reviewed collection of content contributed by scholar/professionals who collaborate and review each other's work.
- U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features"The physical and geological aspects, structure, and features of 48 of the earth's landforms - what they are, how they look, how they were created, how they change over time, and major geological events associated with them."--Website
