Last revised: July 2009

Geology

This guide was created to help students and faculty find information in the field of geology. Email the subject area specialist Bob Kackley at rkackley(@umd.edu) or call 301-405-9155 for more information.

Finding Books

At UM Libraries

To locate books on a specific topic, search the online catalog. To start with, try a subject beginning with ... search using phrases such as Geological mapping, Geologists, or Sediments. These searches will return books classified under those subject headings. Also, under the subject heading Geology, look for the geology of specific areas like Geology--Arizona--Santa Rita Mountains. A search for this subject would return the following:

To narrow your results down to a particular focus, use the catalog's advanced search and limit your search by publication year, location, or by adding additional keywords.

A word/s anywhere search will locate terms and phrases that appear in the title, subject headings, or notes of a catalog record. Examples of some common terms and phrases used to locate books on geology include:

Books dealing with similar subjects are likely to be grouped together on the shelves. Thus, another way to locate books on a particular topic is to shelf-browse. The following are some call number ranges where you can find books about or related to geology:

At Other Libraries

The best tool for locating books and journals beyond holdings of the University of Maryland and its consortium libraries is WorldCat. WorldCat contains records for materials found in research libraries worldwide. However, in order to obtain materials found outside the university system you will need to request an interlibrary loan.

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Reference Works

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Cattermole, Peter John. Earth and other planets : geology and space research. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QB631.C37 1995
• Encyclopedia of European and Asian regional geology. London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, c1997.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE260 .E53 1997
• Encyclopedia of geochemistry. Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE515.E48 1999
• Encyclopedia of geology. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic, 2005.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE5.E516 2005
• Encyclopedia of hydrology and water resources. Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, 1998.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: GB655 .E53 1998
• Encyclopedia of planetary sciences. London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, c1997.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QB600.2 .E53 1997
• The Facts on File dictionary of earth science. New York : Facts on File, c2006.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE5 .F318 2006
• Kearey, P. The new Penguin dictionary of geology. London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1996.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE5.K42 1996
• Kusky, Timothy M. Encyclopedia of earth science. New York : Facts on File, c2005.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE5 .K85 2005
• McGraw-Hill concise encyclopedia of earth science. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
• McGraw-Hill dictionary of earth science. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE5 .M364 1997
• McGraw-Hill dictionary of geology and mineralogy. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE5.M3654 1997
• Michel, Jean Pierre. Dictionary of earth sciences : English-French, French-English. Chichester ; New York : Wiley ; Paris : Masson, 1997.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE5 .M52 1997
• Moureau, Magdeleine. Comprehensive dictionary of earth science : English-French, French-English. Paris : Technip, 2000.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE5 .M68 2000
• Petrash-Vaughan, Marta. Wood’s illustrated English-Russian/Russian-English encyclopaedic dictionary of exploration & production geophysics. Dallas, Tex. : Albion Woods, 1997.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QC801.9.P487 1997
• Sciences of the earth : an encyclopedia of events, people, and phenomena. New York : Garland Pub., 1998.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE11 .S38 1998

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Handbooks & Manuals

• The Facts on File earth science handbook. New York : Facts on File, Inc., c2000.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE5 .F32 2000
• Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering handbook. Boston : Kluwer Academic, c2001.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA705 .G427 2001
• Geowriting : a guide to writing, editing, and printing in earth science. Alexandria, Va. : American Geological Institute, 2004.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE48.85 .G44 2004

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Directories

• Association of Engineering Geologists. Directory. [S.l.] : The Association.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference, Off-Site Shelving
  CALL NUMBER: TA705.A83
• Earth and astronomical sciences research centres : a world directory of organizations and programmes Harlow, Essex, UK : Longman ; Detroit, MI, USA : Distributed exclusively in USA, its possessions, and Canada by Gale Research Co., c1984.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QE40 .E27

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Finding Articles

Core Databases

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Multidisciplinary Databases

Provides abstracts and indexing for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications.

Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Records include complete ordering information to obtain preprints, abstracts, proceedings and other publications derived from the conference, together with title and author information needed to track the specific papers.

This database is the authoritative source for information about and full text of doctoral dissertations and master's theses. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities.

A collection of E-texts covering topics specifically chosen by Maryland Academic Libraries.

Catalog of books, serial publications, media, visual materials, musical scores, and archival materials in libraries worldwide.

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Periodicals

To find journals conduct a Journal Search in the UM catalog or browse E-Journals in Research Port. Click here for a select list of geology e-journals.

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Web Resources

General

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Online Journals

• AAPG EXPLORER
  http://www.aapg.org/explorer/archives.html
• Advances in Geosciences
  http://www.advances-in-geosciences.net/index.html
• Biogeosciences
  http://www.biogeosciences.net/index.html
• Current Research in Earth Sciences
  http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Current/
• Earth Sciences Research Journal
  http://www.geociencias.unal.edu.co/ESRJ_eng.htm
• Geochemical Transactions
  http://www.geochemicaltransactions.com/
• Geological Materials Research
  http://gmr.minsocam.org/
• Glacial Geology and Geomorphology
  http://ggg.qub.ac.uk/papers/frame.htm
• Journal of Earth System Science
  http://www.ias.ac.in/jessci/
• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
  http://www.natural-hazards-and-earth-system-sciences.net/index.html
• Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
  http://www.nonlinear-processes-in-geophysics.net/index.html
• Norwegian Journal of Geology
  http://www.geologi.no/njg/
• Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
  http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/index.php

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Professional Associations

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