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Most Relevant Databases
- GeoRef and GeoRef In Process
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and abstracts to articles, books, maps, reports, and other literature on the geosciences.
- GeoRef and GeoRef In Process provide bibliographic citations to journal and conference literature in the geographical and geological sciences. GeoRef covers the geology of North America from 1785 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered. GeoRef In Process contains records that are, literally, in the process of being indexed prior to their integration in the main GeoRef database. The majority of the records originate from non-English language literature that was not necessarily published recently.
- Coverage Dates: 1693-current
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ProQuest-CSA
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=geoo-uga1
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- GeoScienceWorld
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Online access to geoscience publications, and access to GeoRef.
- GeoScienceWorld is a database covering the various geoscience disciplines that provides full text access to over 35 major publications in the geosciences as well as a direct link into GeoRef.
- Coverage Dates: 2000-current
- Updated: Ongoing
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: gsw
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=geow-uga1
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Related / Narrower Databases
- Columbia Gazetteer of the World
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.A database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world.
- The Columbia Gazetteer of the World is a geographical encyclopedia of names, descriptions, and characteristics of places in the world. Entries include: demography; physical geography; political boundaries; industry, trade, and service activities; agriculture; cultural, historical, and archaeological points of interest; transportation lines; longitude, latitude, and elevations; distance to relevant places; pronunciations; official local government place-names and changed or variant names and spellings.
- Coverage Dates: Current
- Updated: Ongoing
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Columbia University Press
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=coli-uga1
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- Ei Engineering Village
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Comprehensive research from engineering journals and conferences.
- Ei Engineering Village 2 is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. About half the citations (from 2600 journals and conferences) include abstracts and indexing in the records. The highest percentages of journal literature are in the fields of chemical and process engineering, computers and data processing, applied physics and electronics and communication. In addition, Ei Engineering Village 2 includes civil and mechanical engineering.
- Coverage Dates: 1970-
- Updated: Weekly
- Database Provider: eng_info
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xeic-uga1
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- Environmental Engineering Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.On air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.
- This database covers air and water quality, environmental safety and energy production. Specific topics include water analysis and treatment techniques, treatment of sewage and industrial wastes, mines and quarry equipment, hydroelectric power, internal combustion engines, steam power, heat exchangers, pipes and pipelines, arctic and tropical engineering, sources and control of air pollution, environmental impact and protection, hazardous materials, tidal and wind power, nuclear power plants, thermoelectric energy, turbines, agricultural equipment and methods, coastal engineering.
- See also: zcee:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1990 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
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- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zcee
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- Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database
Online Access: On/Off CampusGeologic Guidebooks of North America Database consists of references to geologic field trip guidebooks of North America.
- Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database consists of references to geologic field trip guidebooks of North America. Most of the guidebooks cited are from the period 1940-1988. A few are from earlier years. Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) volunteers have added many post-1988 guidebooks to the database. Beginning in 2002, new guidebooks will be added to GeoRef as part of the regular database production, and then added to the guidebook database from the GeoRef records. The guidebook database contains the information in the print publication The Union List of Geologic Field Trip Guidebooks of North America, sixth edition, compiled and edited by the Geoscience Information Society Guidebooks Committee, Richard Spohn, Chair, and published by the American Geological Institute in 1996.
- URL: http://www.agiweb.org/georef/onlinedb/gnaintro.html
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- Georgia Aerial Photographs
Online Access: On/Off CampusAerial photographs of Georgia counties.
- Georgia Aerial Photographs provides online access to approximately 50,000 black and white aerial photographs and indexes of forty-seven counties from the state of Georgia. The photographs and indexes, produced from 1938 to the 1980s by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) and the U.S. Geological Survey, are part of the University of Georgia's Map Library's collection. A Digital Library of Georgia database.
- Coverage Dates: 1938-1989
- Database Provider: dlg
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=gaph
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- IHS Standards Expert (IHS)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to commercial standards, including military specifications. Only current ASTM Textiles standards are available in full text.
- Specs and Standards provides online searching for citations to current commercial textiles standards issued by national organizations in the United States (including military specifications), and international organizations.
Only current ASTM (American Society for Testing & Materials) Textiles standards are available in full text.
Search Tip: To find only ASTM standards, enter search terms/document number, and select ASTM from the Browse/Refine search by menu, Organization option. Selecting ASTM initiates the search.
- Coverage Dates: Current specifications.
- Updated: Daily
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: IHS Engineering Products
- Unlimited users for searching; 1 user for viewing full text.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=spec-uga1
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- Specs and Standards provides online searching for citations to current commercial textiles standards issued by national organizations in the United States (including military specifications), and international organizations.
- Oceanic Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Of worldwide research on marine and brackish-water environments.
- Oceanic Abstracts is focused exclusively on worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment. It is as a leading source of information on topics relating to oceans. The database focuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. Oceanic Abstracts is comprehensive in its coverage of living and non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
- See also: zcoa:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1981 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zcoa
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- SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)
Online Access: On Campus OnlyElectronic access to Chemical Abstracts from your desktop. Available on campus and at research facilities only.
- Download SciFinder Scholar software to access the database. If you have questions, please contact Monica Pereira (pokey@uga.edu>) or Ian Thomas(ithomas@uga.edu).
- SciFinder Scholar combines the contents of databases produced by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and MEDLINE from the National Library of Medicine:
- The Chemical Abstracts database contains documents from journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical papers, and books going back to 1967 and covering all fields of chemistry, including physical, analytical, inorganic, applied, macromolecular, organic, and biochemistry.
- The MEDLINE database indexes biomedical literature back to 1958.
- The CAS Registry provides structure diagrams, names, molecular formulas, and more for specific substances, including organic compounds, biosequences, coorination compounds, polymers, alloys, and tabular inorganics.
- The CAS REACT database, indexing journals from 1985 and patents from 1991, provides reaction information from single- and multi-step reactions, displaying hit reactions, structures for reactants, reagents and products, all reaction participants (solvents and catalysts), and reference information.
- CHEMCATS and CHEMLIST provide chemical source and regulatory information from 1979 to the present.
Important: Available to UGA faculty, staff and students only. Commercial (research other than academic) and patentability searches are prohibited. See User Agreement / License for details.
- The Chemical Abstracts database contains documents from journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical papers, and books going back to 1967 and covering all fields of chemistry, including physical, analytical, inorganic, applied, macromolecular, organic, and biochemistry.
- Coverage Dates: Chemical Abstracts (CA), 1967- ; Medline, 1958- ; CAS Registry, current; CASREACT, 1958- ; CHEMCATS, current; CHEMLIST, 1979-
- Updated: Ongoing
- This database is not available off campus. 6 concurrent users.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xsfs-uga1
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- SciFinder Scholar combines the contents of databases produced by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and MEDLINE from the National Library of Medicine:
- Specs and Standards (IHS)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to commercial standards, including military specifications. Only current ASTM Textiles standards are available in full text.
- Specs and Standards provides online searching for citations to current commercial textiles standards issued by national organizations in the United States (including military specifications), and international organizations.
Only current ASTM (American Society for Testing & Materials) Textiles standards are available in full text.
Search Tip: To find only ASTM standards, enter search terms/document number, and select ASTM from the Browse/Refine search by menu, Organization option. Selecting ASTM initiates the search.
- Coverage Dates: Current specifications.
- Updated: Daily
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: IHS Engineering Products
- Unlimited users for searching; 1 user for viewing full text.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=spec-uga1
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- Specs and Standards provides online searching for citations to current commercial textiles standards issued by national organizations in the United States (including military specifications), and international organizations.
- Water Resources Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Of research on water-related topics in the life and physical sciences, as well as engineering and legal aspects of water conservation and management.
- This databases indexes scientific and technical literature on water planning, the water cycle, water quality, and related issues. Topics include arid environments, climatology, water conservation, ecological modeling, ground and surface water hydrology, industrial wastes, increasing water supplies, metropolitan water resources, nuclear radiation, public health, water recreation, remote sensing and water recycling.
- See also: zcwr:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1967 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Title List
- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zcwr
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Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Annual Reviews
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium-high for this database to function properly.Critical reviews of scholarly research in the biomedical, physical, and social sciences.
- Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization, provides critical, authoritative reviews of scholarly advances in various fields of science.Annual Reviews can be searched in its entirety or within each of the following suites: Biomedical Science, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
The Biomedical Science Suite is further subdivided as Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Cell and Developmental Biology, Ecology and Systematics, Entomology, Genetics, Genomics and Human Genetics, Immunology, Medicine, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Nutrition, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology, Phytopathology, Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, Psychology, and Public Health.
The Physical Science Suite is further subdivided as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Energy and the Environment, Fluid Mechanics, Materials Science, Nuclear and Particle Science, and Physical Chemistry.
The Social Science Suite is further subdivided as Anthropology, Energy and Environment, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, and Sociology.
- Coverage Dates: 1984- present; Tables of Contents only: 1984-1995; Full Text: 1996- present
- Updated: ongoing
- Languages: English
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xann-uga1
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- Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization, provides critical, authoritative reviews of scholarly advances in various fields of science.Annual Reviews can be searched in its entirety or within each of the following suites: Biomedical Science, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
- ScienceDirect
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from scholarly journals on all the sciences, including the social sciences.
- ScienceDirect provides full text access to scholarly journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries.
- Coverage Dates: 1995 - present (Academic Press journals: 1996 - present)
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Database Provider: Elsevier
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xsdi-uga1
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- Web of Science (at Web of Knowledge)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Provides access to the combined Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
- Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index covering over 8,000 journal. These three databases can be searched separately, in any combination, or all at once. These databases are unique in that the user can search to find which articles have cited a certain author or article. This technique of doing research, called pearl growing, allows researchers to find articles that are related to an earlier work. Often this technique turns up articles which are not found through traditional subject and keyword searches.
- Coverage Dates: 1945- (Science Citation Index); 1956- (Social Science Citation Index); 1975- (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwos-uga1
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Book Reviews
- JSTOR
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals.
- JSTOR provides electronic access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals. The goal of the project is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. The journals are organized into the Arts and Sciences Collections I & II, the General Sciences Collection, the Ecology and Botany Collection, the Business Collection, the Language and Literature Collection, the Mathematics and Statistics Collection, and the Music Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1800s- (dates vary)
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: jstor
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjst-uga1
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Books
- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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- National Academy Press
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Selected titles online. Use the Discovery Engine for words in title or text. Asterisk (*) will truncate.
- URL: http://www.nap.edu/index.html
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- NetLibrary (full-text electronic books)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.A collection of electronic books (eBooks) on most topics, including computers and technology.
- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
Users can create an account in order to use personalization tools, including creating a Favorites list, but a personal account is not required for accessing eBooks through the GALILEO interface. A personal login is required when accessing through library catalogs and through the NetLibrary web site.
NetLibrary Titles Index for Shared Collections 1 and 2 (at SOLINET).
Database provider: NetLibrary, a Division of OCLC.
- Coverage Dates: Currently available
- Updated: Collections are closed.
- Database Provider: netlibrary
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zmnl
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- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
- WorldCat
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Huge catalog of books and other materials held by libraries worldwide.
- The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide.
The OCLC NetFirst database has been integrated into WorldCat. NetFirst bibliographic citations describe Internet-accessible resources, including World Wide Web pages, interest groups, library catalogs, FTP sites, Internet services, electronic journals, and newsletters. NetFirst is no longer available as a separate database.
WorldCat listings include netLibrary ebook records.
- Coverage Dates: Approx. 1000 A.D. to the present
- Updated: Daily
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zowc
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- The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide.
Conference Papers/Proceedings
- Conference Papers Index
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.For scientific and technical proceedings.
- Coverage includes scientific and technical proceedings in animal and plant science, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, experimental medicine, geology, marine science, mathematics, and pharmacology.
- See also: zccp:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1989 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: Cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zccp
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- PapersFirst (conference papers)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of papers presented at conferences.
- The PapersFirst database provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, PapersFirst is a major new research aid, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast proceedings collection since October 1993. Users may order the full text of papers cited in PapersFirst from The British Library using the FirstSearch online ordering service.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zopi
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- ProceedingsFirst (conference proceedings)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of conference proceedings.
- The ProceedingsFirst database provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each ProceedingsFirst record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast collection of conference proceedings.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zop1
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Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of Earth
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Encyclopedia of Earth is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia of Earth is a searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and are targeted to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as the general public.
- URL: http://www.eoearth.org/
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- Encyclopedia of Earth System Science
Call Number: SciRef QE5.E514 1992- Also available in Main Library Reference Collection, same call number.
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- Encyclopedia of Minerals
Call Number: SciRef QE355.R6 1990- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Definitions in alphabetical order for terms in the areas of energy, meteorology, geology, ecology, and hydrology. Provides tables, diagrams, and drawings.
- URL: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/contents.html
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- Glossary of Geology
Call Number: SciRef QE5.B38 1997- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- Glossary of Important Terms in Glacial Geology
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Selected items taken or adapted from the American Geological Institutes Glossary of Geology (3rd ed. rev. 1987). A 1997 edition of the Glossary at QE5.B38 1997 in the UGA Science Library Reference stacks.
- URL: http://www.homepage.montana.edu/~geol445/hyperglac/glossary.htm
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- McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Earth Science
Call Number: SciRef QE5.M364 1997- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) Glossary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A dictionary and an encyclopedia with photos, diagrams, and drawings. Subjects include geology, ecology, zoology, life history, botany, and cell biology.
- URL: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary.html
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Directories
- Geo-Engineering Graduate School Directories
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system, highlighted by a World Wide Web site dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then where necessary, subdivided by geography. Users select their desired curriculum and receive pages of information over their computer through browser software such as Netscape's Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer or America On-line's web browser. Pages contain listings of program providers, both free listings and paid links.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/geoEngineering_menu.html
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- Geographic Information Systems Graduate School Directories
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system, highlighted by a World Wide Web site dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then where necessary, subdivided by geography. Users select their desired curriculum and receive pages of information over their computer through browser software such as Netscape's Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer or America On-line's web browser. Pages contain listings of program providers, both free listings and paid links.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/geoinfosys_menu.html
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- Geology Graduate School Directories
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system, highlighted by a World Wide Web site dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then where necessary, subdivided by geography. Users select their desired curriculum and receive pages of information over their computer through browser software such as Netscape's Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer or America On-line's web browser. Pages contain listings of program providers, both free listings and paid links.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/geology_menu.html
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- Geophysics Graduate School Directories
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system, highlighted by a World Wide Web site dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then where necessary, subdivided by geography. Users select their desired curriculum and receive pages of information over their computer through browser software such as Netscape's Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer or America On-line's web browser. Pages contain listings of program providers, both free listings and paid links.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/geophysics_menu.html
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- National Geoscience Data Repository System
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The National Directory of Geoscience Data Repositories is the report of a survey conducted by the American Geological Institute in 1996. Repositories holding geoscience data, particularly cores, cuttings, and paper records were surveyed and compiled into a report. This report is now available electronically via this web site. Site is updated as necessary.
- URL: http://www.agiweb.org/ngdrs/overview/datadirectory.html
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Government Publications
- Bulletin (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Selected Bulletins available. Adobe Acrobat required to read most items. Print copies available in the Science Library Government Documents section at J84: I19.3: no.
- URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/products/books/bulletins.html
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- Circular (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Selected Circulars available. Adobe Acrobat required to read some items. Print copies available in the Science Library Government Documents section at J84: I19.4/2: no.
- URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/products/books/circular.html
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- Environmental Protection Agency
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Environmental Protection Agency is the United States governmental agency charged with protecting human health and the environment. The website contains information on a variety of environmental concerns.
- URL: http://www.epa.gov
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- Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States
Online Access: On/Off Campus- An online database of the definitions of the lithology, thickness, age, underlying and overlying formations, and type locality of geologic names.
- URL: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/geolex_home.html
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- Minerals Information (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This site provides statistics and information on the worldwide supply, demand, and flow of minerals. It includes mineral commodity summaries, mineral industry surveys, and mine and mineral processing plant locations.
- URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/
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- Online Water-Resources Reports (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Searchable database of selected online publications from USGS including: Bulletin, Circulars, Open-File Reports, Professional Papers, Water-Supply Papers, etc. If your choice is not online, please use GIL@UGA to get call number (J84:??) and location of print copy at the UGA Libraries.
- URL: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/
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- Open File Reports (U.S. Geological Survey)
Call Number: Science MFC: J84: I19.76: yr.-no.- Location: Science Library Only
- Professional Paper (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Selected Professional Papers available. Adobe Acrobat required to read some items. Print copies available in the Science Library Government Documents section at Science J84: I19.16: no.
- URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/products/books/profpaper.html
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- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The USGS provides reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth, minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters, manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect quality of life.
- URL: http://www.usgs.gov/
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- Water Resources of the United States (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This U.S. Geologic Survey web site provides maps, tables, reports, fact sheets, and other information about water quality, water use, stream flow, ground water, hydrology, and watersheds.
- URL: http://water.usgs.gov/
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- Water-Supply Paper (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A few Water-Supply Papers available. Adobe Acrobat required to read some items. Print copies available in the Science Library Government Documents section at Science J84: I19.13: no.
- URL: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wsp/
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- World Data Center System
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Includes solar, geophysical and related environmental data.
- URL: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/wdc/wdcmain.html
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Guides/Handbooks
- Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals
Call Number: SciRef QE443.C45- In addition to color photographs and descriptions of 232 minerals and 40 types of rocks, this volume provides keys to their identification, instructions on collecting and a glossary of terms.
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- Field Geologists' Manual
Call Number: SciRef QE45.F53 1989- While written for use in Australia, this volume's wide coverage makes it useful throughout the world. Chapter headings include Ethics and Reporting, Mineral and Rock Information, Geological Mapping and Hydrogeology.
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- Journal Citation Reports (at Web of Knowledge)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
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- Journal Citation Reports ranks peer reviewed journals by how often they have been cited. The database has two components: the Science Edition, covering 5,700 journals; and the Social Sciences Edition, covering 1,700 journals. Over 200 disciplines are included.
To help users best compare journals and discover which are the most significant to them, JCR Web provides these data fields:
- Impact factor: Provides a way to evaluate or compare a journal's relative importance to others in the same field.
- Immediacy index: Measures how quickly the average article in a journal is cited, or how often articles published in a journal are cited within the same year.
- Article counts: The number of articles published in a journal in a particular year.
- Cited half-life: Benchmarks the age of cited articles.
- Source data: Provides information on which journals published reviews versus original research articles and how many references each of these published.
- Coverage Dates: Varies by data element
- Updated: Annual
- Languages: English
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- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjcr-uga1
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- Journal Citation Reports ranks peer reviewed journals by how often they have been cited. The database has two components: the Science Edition, covering 5,700 journals; and the Social Sciences Edition, covering 1,700 journals. Over 200 disciplines are included.
- Keys to Soil Taxonomy (9th ed.)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Keys to Soil Taxonomy provides the taxonomic keys necessary for the classifcation of soils according to Soil Taxonomy in a form that can be used easily in the field. It also acquaints users with recent changes in the classification system.
- URL: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/tax_keys
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- Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States
Online Access: On/Off Campus- An online database of the definitions of the lithology, thickness, age, underlying and overlying formations, and type locality of geologic names.
- URL: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/geolex_home.html
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- Mineralogy Database
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Contains 4,255 individual mineral species descriptions with links to crystallography, X-Ray powder diffraction, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, classification, as well as sources of mineral data available on the WWW.
- URL: http://webmineral.com/
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- Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The methods described in this manual are those used by the laboratory at the National Soil Survey Center (NSSC). They are documented by method codes and linked with analytical results that are stored in the NSSC laboratory database.
- URL: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/lmm
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- Soil Survey Manual (USDA Handbook 18 - 1993)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Soil Survey Manual provides in a single volume the major principles and practices needed for making and using soil surveys and for assembling and using data related to them. The Manual is intended primarily for use by soil scientists engaged in the classification and mapping of soils and in the interpretation of soil surveys.
- URL: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/manual
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- State Soils
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Each state in the United States has selected a state soil, fifteen of which have been legislatively established. These "Official State Soils" share the same level of distinction as official state flowers and birds.
- URL: http://soils.usda.gov/gallery/state_soils
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- Union List of Geologic Field Trip Guidebooks of North America 6th ed.
Call Number: SciRef QE71.U75 1996- An extensive listing of guidebooks with their holding libraries. The volume includes three columns of guidebooks for Georgia including Look-Out Mountain and the Brevard fault zone.
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- Virtual Field Trips
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Covers all regions of the earth. Georgia sites include Stone Mountain and Sapelo Island.
- URL: http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/fieldtrips.html
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Maps/Atlases
- Global Change Research Program
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The U.S. Global Change Research Program is a source for ground-based and remotely sensed earth science data. The program examines terrestrial and marine processes and the natural history of global change, including the interactions between climate and the hydrologic system.
- URL: http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/default.php
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- Index of USGS Web Sites (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A comprehensive site with information on biological resources, earthquakes, marine geology, volcanos, and water resources.
- URL: http://www.usgs.gov/network/index.html
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- Macmillan Centennial Atlas of the World
Call Number: Reference Atlas shelves Folio G1021.M213 1999- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- National Atlas of the United States (online)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This site is the successor to the 1970 print National Atlas updated to include more recent data. An Interactive Map Browser allows the user to superimpose map layers on a map of the United States. Layers include agricultural, biological, demographic, environmental, and other factors.
- URL: http://nationalatlas.gov/index.html
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- National Geologic Map Databases
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The site includes a catalog of paper and digital maps, a glossary of lithologic and geochronologic names, and a listing of places where new geological mapping is in progress.
- URL: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov
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- Soil Orders
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Photographs and descriptions of the twelve soil orders. Location maps included for each soil taxon that also indicates the dominant suborders.
- URL: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/orders
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Organizations/Associations
- American Geological Institute (AGI)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 44 geoscientific and professional associations. AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in our profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources and interaction with the environment. Also provides links to member societies.
- URL: http://www.agiweb.org/
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- American Geophysical Union
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Lists meetings, publications, member services and discussions of geological issues that impact society at large.
- URL: http://www.agu.org/
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- American Quaternary Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) is a professional organization of North American scientists devoted to studying all aspects of the Quaternary Period, about the last 2 million years of Earth history.
- URL: http://www.amqua.org/
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- Geological Society of America
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Includes a bookstore, information about careers, and employment opportunities as well as information on geoscience initiatives.
- URL: http://www.geosociety.org
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- International Union of Geological Sciences
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Union supports the study of geological problems of worldwide significance and facilitates international and interdisciplinary cooperation in the earth sciences.
- URL: http://www.iugs.org
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- National Park Service
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Includes details on the programs, activities and affiliations of the parks, preserves, and other designated areas.
- URL: http://www.nps.gov
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- Paleontological Research Institute
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI)is a natural history museum with a mission including both research and education. The facility holds over 2 million fossils and shells, and a 50,000 volume research library.
- URL: http://www.priweb.org/index.html
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- Seismological Society of America
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This society's site focuses on its publications and meetings, but does include links to other earthquake sites.
- URL: http://www.seismosoc.org/
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- Soil Science Society of America
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This site includes the organization's newsletter, a professional meeting calendar, awards, a style manual, and information on jobs.
- URL: http://www.soils.org/
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Statistics
- LexisNexis Statistical
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Statistics published by the U.S. government and other agencies
- LexisNexis Statistical consists of:
- Search Tables Base Edition: selected statistical tables drawn mainly from sources published by the U.S. government since about 1998.
- Search Abstracts:
- American Statistics Index (ASI) abstracts (1970-) and full text (ca 2004-) of Federal government sources
- Statistical Reference Index (SRI) abstracts (1980-) of state and private sources
- Index to International Statistics (IIS) abstracts (1983-) of international and inter-governmental sources
Coverage ranges across many topics including income, production, retail and wholesale trade, interest rates, economic indicators, demographics, energy, environmental protection, agriculture and fisheries, crime, medicine, and education.
- Coverage Dates: 1970s-
- Updated: Biannually
- Database Provider: cis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xstu-uga1
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- LexisNexis Statistical consists of:
- U.S. Surface-Water Data Retrieval
Online Access: On/Off Campus- These pages provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Online access to this data is organized around the following categories: ground water, surface water, and water quality.
- URL: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/
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Web Subject Guides
- dmoz Open Directory Project: Geology
Online Access: On/Off Campus- An extensive site that includes basic geology links as well as more specific areas of study.
- URL: http://dmoz.org/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geology/
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- GeologyLink (Houghton Mifflin)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/index.html
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- Guide to GIS Resources on the Internet
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The staff at the Berkeley Digital Library includes resource directories for GIS, remote sensing and related tabular data resources here. They also provide software links for Web GIS: http://www.gisc.berkeley.edu/software.
- URL: http://www.gisc.berkeley.edu/links/
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- Key Databases for Oceanography and Earth Sciences
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Useful for resources in oceanography, climatology and geosciences.
- URL: http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/guide/library.html
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- Map Library (UGA)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A gateway to collections of maps and air photos compiled by the University of Georgia Map Librarian. The Map Library at the University is at 955 East Whitehall Rd at the end of South Milledge Ave. A small collection of atlases are housed in the reference room of the Main Library.
- URL: http://www.libs.uga.edu/maproom/index.html
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- National Geophysical Data Center
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Center collects geophysical data on all aspects of geology including glaciology, marine geology, marine geophysics, paleoclimatology, solar terrestrial physics, and solid earth geophysics.
- URL: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov
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